Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour 7th Edition

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The study of motivation is the study of all those pushes and prods – biological, social, and psychological – that defeat our laziness and move us, either eagerly or reluctantly, to action. Secondary traits are less consistent and influential than central traits and refer to tastes, preferences, political persuasions, reactions to particular situations, and so on. This thoroughly updated edition is colourful, engaging, and packed with features that help students to understand and evaluate classic and contemporary Psychology. Full of compelling information throughout, entails key studies and it is a brilliant book to reference from. Seriously out of all the books I purchased this one has been dragged out for nearly every assignment that I have done!

It progresses through a series of hierarchical, invariant and universal stages: the sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal operational. We evaluate every experience in terms of self, and most human behavior can be understood as an attempt to maintain consistency between our self-image and our actions. The primary role of autobiographical memory is to help us understand our place in the world, past, present, and future. Memory defines who we are and shapes the way we act more closely than any other single aspect of our personhood. it’s not something people ‘have’), but it’s to do with how we relate to other people and deal with the world in general.

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It includes a person’s awareness of ‘what they are and what they can do’, influencing both their perception of the world and their behavior.Sensation involves physical stimulation of the sense organs, while perception is the organization and interpretation of incoming sensory information. manageable units through features such as: Key Study Boxes which summarise influential classic and contemporary studies, Critical/Topical Discussion Boxes which place topics in context, relating them to current social debates (e.