Introduction to Biopsychology

Explores both the foundations and the history of biological psychology, including stories behind important discoveries in the field. Includes over 250 colour diagrams, the latest research and MCQs to provide psychology students with everything they need to know.

List of contents

Chapter 1: An introduction to biological psychology, brains and nerve function
Chapter 2: The visual system
Chapter 3: Sensory systems other than vision
Chapter 4: The control of movement
Chapter 5: Hunger and eating disorders
Chapter 6: Emotional states
Chapter 7: Sleep and circadian rhythms
Chapter 8: Sexual development and behaviour
Chapter 9: Learning and memory
Chapter 10: Language and cognition
Chapter 11: The biological basis of mental illness
Chapter 12: Drugs and addiction
Chapter 13: Degenerative diseases of the nervous system
Chapter 14: Genes and behaviour

About the author

Andrew Wickens obtained his PhD From Liverpool University, and spent 2 years as a post doctoral researcher in behavioural pharmacology at Aberdeen before becoming Course Leader for the neuroscience degree at Preston Polytechnic (now University of Central Lancashire) where he spent 27 years. He retired in 2017. Over this time he has written The Causes of Aging, A History of the Brain (which won the British Psychological Society’s best textbook of the year in 2018) and Key Thinkers in Neuroscience. Introduction to Biopsychology first appeared in 2000, and is now with SAGE for its fourth edition.  

Summary

Explores both the foundations and the history of biological psychology, including stories behind important discoveries in the field. Includes over 250 colour diagrams, the latest research and MCQs to provide psychology students with everything they need to know.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew P Wickens, Andrew P. Wickens, Andrew P. P. Wickens, Wickens Andrew P.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781529715934
• ISBN: 978-1-5297-1593-4
• No. of pages: 792
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Textbook, coursework