Applied psychology /

"Applied Psychology is designed to introduce the student to the six main areas of applied psychology (Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Educational Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Forensic Psychology and Sports & Exercise Psychology) as well as the core psychological knowledge th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davey, Graham
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
Series:Bps textbooks in psychology
Subjects:
Psychology, Applied.
PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology
Online Access:Cover image
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 - Introduction.
  • Chapter 2 - Clinical psychology & mental health problems.
  • Chapter 3 - Common mental health problems & their treatment.
  • Chapter 4 - The causes of mental health problems: schizophrenia & autistic spectrum disorder.
  • Chapter 5 - The causes of mental health problems: anxiety and mood disorders.
  • Chapter 6 - Clinical psychology: training and development.
  • Chapter 7 - What is health psychology?
  • Chapter 8 - A biopsychosocial approach to health psychology.
  • Chapter 9 - Stress, coping and health.
  • Chapter 10 - Social psychology and health.
  • Chapter 11 - Training and working as a health psychologist.
  • Chapter 12 - Introduction to forensic psychology: working with organisations and offenders.
  • Chapter 13 - Working with child and adult victims.
  • Chapter 14 - Eyewitnesses and the use and application of cognitive theory.
  • Chapter 15 - Violence assessment and intervention.
  • Chapter 16 - Training in forensic psychology and professional issues.
  • Chapter 17 - Educational psychology: history and overview.
  • Chapter 18 - Educational psychology: problems and interventions.
  • Chapter 19 - Educational psychology: research on cognitive and biological factors.
  • Chapter 20 - Educational psychology: research on developmental and social factors.
  • Chapter 21 - Educational psychology: professional issues.
  • Chapter 22 - Occupational psychology in practice - the individual.
  • Chapter 23 - Occupational psychology in practice - the organization.
  • Chapter 24 - Cognition in the workplace.
  • Chapter 25 - Social and development psychology in work and organizations.
  • Chapter 26 - Professional issues in occupational psychology.
  • Chapter 27 - The nature of sport and exercise psychology.

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