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020			_a9781840468526
100			_aBenson, Nigel C.
245		0	_aIntroducing psychology
260			_aLondon _bIcon _c2007
300			_a171 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: as Psychology for beginners. 1998.
500			_aCover title: Psychology: a graphic guide
520			_aWhat is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific? ""Introducing Psychology"" answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subject has been in the past and what it is now. The main ""schools"" of thought and the sections within psychology are described, including Introspection, Biopsychology, Psychoanalysis, Behaviourism, Comparative (Animal) Psychology, Cognitive Approaches (including the Gestalt movement), Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Humanism. The key figures covered include: Freud, Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura, Piaget, Bowlby, Maslow and Rogers, as well as many lesser-known but important psychologists.
650			_aPSYCHOLOGY
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