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Understanding Biological Psychology

Philip Corr author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:16th Oct '06

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Understanding Biological Psychology is an accessible and distinctive new core textbook that helps students to appreciate the central role that biological processes play in psychology.

  • gives conceptual clarity to a complex and often confusing field;
  • innovative integration of theory and methods;
  • covers a core area of the undergraduate syllabus;
  • accessible, student-friendly text;
  • synthesizes biological processes with mainstream psychological topics to make the subject both interesting and accessible;
  • focuses on what biological psychology is for, rather than treating it as an end in itself;
  • provides basic introductions to biological principles and applications;
  • covers recent advances, such as neuroimaging and molecular genetics.

Upon publication, the textbook will be supported by an accompanying website containing a multiple choice testbank, weblinks, electronic versions of figures, and other additional resources. Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/corr for more information.

"Understanding Biological Psychology is really biology for psychology rather than a watered-down biology text. Its great strength is bridge building across the many areas of psychology. As a geneticist, I especially appreciated the way the book integrates the latest genetic advances, something seldom seen in biological psychology textbooks" Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry, London.


"Here is a textbook writer who encourages students to reflect on wider implications of research findings." The Psychologist

“Gives conceptual clarity to a complex field in covering a core area of the undergraduate syllabus, focussing on end uses of biological psychology rather than treating it as an end in itself.”
Times Higher Education Supplement

ISBN: 9780631219545

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 41mm

Weight: 1225g

712 pages