Lawton, J: Psychology A2 for AQA (A)

Jean-Marc Lawton is a senior examiner at AS and A2 for a major awarding body, and has been teaching Psychology for over 20 years. He has written several revision and unit guides and makes regular contributions to 'Psychology Review'. Jean-Marc also delivers revision conferences and teacher support sessions on both AS and A2 Psychology units. Richard Gross is the leading author in Psychology publishing in the UK. His bestselling titles include Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour, Key Studies in Psychology and Themes, Issues and Debates in Psychology. Geoff Rolls is Head of Psychology at Peter Symonds College, one of the biggest AQA centres for Psychology and rated 'outstanding' in its last two Ofsted inspections. A highly experienced teacher he is also author of Classic Cases in Psychology.

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Introduction 1 Biological rhythms and sleep 2 Perception 3 Relationships 4 Aggression 5 Eating behaviour 6 Gender 7 Intelligence 8 Cognition and development 9 Psychopathology 10 Media psychology 11 The psychology of addictive behaviour 12 Anomalistic psychology 13 Psychological research and scientific method Index