Psychology Companion

BRIDGET ADAMS was, until recently, Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK. She is now a full time author and tutor. During her 20 years at BCUC she was responsible for developing and facilitating the psychology content of nursing courses and helping to establish the college-wide programme of study skills, academic tutoring and professional development. Her previous publications include Psychology for Health Care (Palgrave Macmillan, 1998) and ABC of Communication Studies (Nelson Thornes, 1999), both of which she co-authored.

'This is a really helpful book, especially for A-level students or those who have just begun a psychology degree. ...[it] is likely to be a valuable resource for all psychology students throughout their degrees.' - Helen Galliard, Psych-Talk 'In a single volume, this book demystifies the divisions that bedevil psychology and also provides a dictionary of terms and concepts and an unbiased history of the discipline. This is the companion students will keep by them throughout their psychology course, and probably long after.' - Christopher Spencer, Emeritus Professor, University of Sheffield, UK 'This book is a potential life-saver. I liked the way that names are linked to topics in a way that could speed up the initial research process. My students all liked the broadness of the book.' - Andrew White, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and teacher, running an A Level psychology course.

• PART 1: STUDYING PSYCHOLOGY Context of PsychologyYour Psychology CourseStudy Skills for PsychologyPART 2: APPROACHES IN PSYCHOLOGY Ways of Looking at the Behaviour and Minds of PeopleCore ApproachesOther ApproachesPART 3: KEY TERMS AND CONCEPTSPART 4: KEY THEORISTS AND STUDIES History and Philosophy of PsychologyAlphabetical List of Key Theorists and StudiesPART 5: RESEARCH METHODS Methodology and Ethical IssuesKey Terms and Concepts in Research Methods and StatisticsPART 6: CAREER PATHWAYS Further Study, Accreditation and Transferable SkillsPsychology-related CareersPART 7: LEARNING RESOURCES BibliographyWebsite ReferencesPsychology Organisations and Institutions.