This two volume textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the issues, theories and methods of
psychology, including both classic approaches and recent research. The areas covered range from the intellectual, social and emotional development of the child to the ways in which adults perceive, attend, remember and communicate; from Freud's psychoanalytic framework to the work of present-day clinical psychologists; from debates about the scientific status of psychology to the special problems which the study of
people poses for psychologists. Each chapter presents important issues...