Table of Contents

• 01: applying psychology
• • • 02: applied cognitive psychology
    • 03: applied social psychology
    • 04: applied bio-psychology
• 05: applied development psychology
• • • 06: clinical psychology
    • 07: counselling psychology
    • 08: health psychology
• 09: forensic psychology
• • • 10: eductional psychology
    • 11: applied psychology of teaching and learning
    • 12: occupational psychology
• 13: organisational psychology
• • • 14: engineering and design psychology
    • 15: space psychology
    • 16: sport psychology
• 17: consumer psychology
• • • 18: environmental psychology
    • 19: political psychology
    • 20: applied psychology as a profession
• : taking it further
• • • : index
    • : cognitive motives
    • : social motivation
• : cognition
• • • : thinking
    • : perception
    • : memory
• : genetics, evolution and learning
• • • : evolution
    • : genetic mechanisms
    • : levels of learning
• : learning and intelligence
• • • : infant learning
    • : forms of learning
    • : intelligence
• : childhood and adolescence
• • • : childhood
    • : adolescence
• : adulthood, retirement and ageing
• • • : adulthood
    • : ageing
• : working life
• • • : why do people work?
    • : human resource management
    • : organisational culture
• : leisure
• • • : watching television
    • : computer games
    • : sport psychology
• : education and health
• • • : the psychology of teaching and learning
    • : counselling and therapy
    • : health psychology
• : living in the world
• • • : proxemics and privacy
    • : sources of environmental stress
    • : disasters and accidents
• : developing psychological understanding
• • • : what do psychologists do?
    • : developing psychological knowledge
• : index

Promotional Information

With life sales of over 85,000 copies, Dr Nicky Hayes' Understand Psychology is the definitive introduction to the subject.

Promotional Information

With life sales of over 85,000 copies, Dr Nicky Hayes' Understand Psychology is the definitive introduction to the subject.

About the Author

Dr Nicky Hayes is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and an Honorary Life Member of the Association for the Teaching of Psychology. She has written widely and is a prominent media figure, thanks to her her ability to apply psychology to everyday life and her experience working with business and the public sector as well as in universities and colleges.

Reviews

"A great book for beginners with plenty of information to open doors to further study . . . . a superb way to get into a deep subject without being overwhelmed." - Amazon reviewer