This textbook concentrates on six fundamental topic areas conceptual and historical issues in psychology, cognitive psychology, biological psychology, social psychology developmental psychology and the psychology of individual differences.Content: PART ONE: WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS: THE FOUNDATIONS OF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY Sex, Lies and Digital Horizons - Mark N O Davies and Philip Banyard How Psychology Became a Science - Simon Watts Issues and Debates in Psychology - Garry Young PART TWO: HOW WE THINK AND MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD: COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Memory - Thom Baguley and Andrew J Edmonds An Introduction to Sensation, Perception and Attention - Andrew K Dunn and Paula C Stacey Thinking and Problem-Solving - Gary Jones PART THREE: HOW OUR BRAINS AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOUR: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY The Human Nervous System: Functional Anatomy - Antonio Castro and Mark J T Sergeant Communication within the Brain - Rachel Horsley and Christine Norman Brain and Behaviour: Sex Differences - Mark J T Sergeant and Antonio Castro PART FOUR: HOW WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Behaviour within Groups - Susan Hansen, Paige Wilcoxson and Dan Bysouth Behaviour between Groups - Mick Gregson, Rowena Hill and Nicholas Blagden Social Judgements and Behaviour - Alex Meredith and Monica Whitty PART FIVE: HOW WE GROW AND CHANGE: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Development during the Early Years - Lucy J Betts et al Development during the School Years - Lee Farrington-Flint et al Atypical Child Development - Gayle V Dillon, Susannah J Lamb and Andrew Grayson PART SIX: HOW WE KNOW AND MEASURE OUR INDIVIDUALITY: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Personality - Glenn Williams, Jamie Murphy and James Houston Intelligence: Measuring the Mind - Eva Sundin Self - Jill Arnold and Brendan Gough Glossary References IndexAbstract: For students syuding psychology for the first time Essential Psychology: A Concise Introduction represents a fresh alternative to the range of expensive, US-oriented titles on the market