This best-selling textbook has been fully revised in the light of AS teaching and examining experience. It now features a stunning full-colour design and special new features to help students new to Psychology.
This new edition of Psychology for AS-level, edited by the best-selling team of Cardwell, Clark and Meldrum, has been fully updated to reflect the revised AQA(A) specifications. It features a stunning new full-colour design and many added features tailored to the particular needs of students at AS-level.
Written by subject specialists and edited by experienced examiners and teachers, Psychology for AS-level guides you through every aspect of your course, providing clear and accessible information as well as invaluable tips and advice from a leading examiner.
Contents:
Introducing Psychology
Human memory
Attachments in Development
Stress
Abnormality
Social Influence
Qualitative & quantitative research methods
Research design, implementation & analysis
Preparing for the AS examination
Mike Cardwell is a senior examiner for a major awarding body and Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Bath Spa University College. He has written and contributed to many best-selling resources, including Do Brilliantly AS & A2 Psychology (Collins), and is an editor of Psychology Review.
Liz Clark is Head of Distance Learning at the Royal College of Nursing and has been a subject consultant to the National Extension College. She is also an experienced Psychology author on Collins Education titles
Claire Meldrum is an experienced teacher of A-level Psychology at schools and FE colleges. As well as co-editing the best-selling Psychology for A-level series, she has written a number of books, including AS Instant Revision Psychology and Do Brilliantly AS Psychology, both published by Collins.