Applied Psychology

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For a significant portion of psychology students, their reason for choosing an undergraduate degree in psychology is their interest in applied psychology and a desire to use psychological knowledge to help solve personal and social problems. With this in mind, this textbook has been designed to satisfy these needs for applied psychology teaching at all undergraduate levels.

Applied Psychology is designed to introduce students to the main areas of applied psychology (Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Educational Psychology, Occupational Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Sports & Exercise Psychology, Counselling Psychology and Teaching Psychology) from UK, European and international perspectives. It also introduces the core psychological knowledge that underpins these applied and professional areas. As a result, students learn core knowledge from the five main areas of psychology, as well as acquiring a thorough grounding in how this knowledge is applied, and the professional issues associated with that application.

Highlights include a broad range of teaching and learning features designed to help the student learn and the teacher teach. These include: Focus Points, Colour Illustrations, Activity Boxes, Research Methods, Case Histories, Self-Test and Essay Questions, Learning Outcomes and Section Summaries, a Glossary as well as Links to Journal Articles and Further Reading.

The chapters on Counselling Psychology and Teaching Psychology are available online via the Student Companion Site at: http://tinyurl.com/c3ztvtj

The text is written to be accessible to Level 1 Introductory Psychology students, and also to provide the core knowledge and professional information that students at Levels 2 and 3 would require.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• 1.1 What Is Applied Psychology?
• 1.2 Research and Applied Psychology
• 1.3 Regulation and Standards Of Conduct
• 1.4 Emerging Areas of Applied Psychology
• Part One Clinical Psychology
• Chapter 2 Clinical Psychology and Mental Health Problems
• 2.1 How Does Clinical Psychology Affect You?
• 2.2 Who are Clinical Psychologists?
• 2.3 The Domain of Clinical Psychology
• 2.4 Conceptual and Classification Issues in Clinical Psychology
• 2.5 Conclusions
• Chapter 3 Common Mental Health Problems and Their Treatment
• 3.1 Categories of Common Mental Health Problems
• 3.2 Treating Mental Health Problems
• 3.3 Conclusions
• Chapter 4 The Causes of Mental Health Problems: Schizophrenia and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• 4.1 Schizophrenia
• 4.2 Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Chapter 5 The Causes of Mental Health Problems: Anxiety and Mood Disorders
• 5.1 Anxiety-Based Problems
• 5.2 Depression and Mood Disorders
• 5.3 Summary of Research on Anxiety and Depression
• Chapter 6 Clinical Psychology: Training and Development
• 6.1 Training to be a Clinical Psychologist
• 6.2 Key Capabilities And Competencies
• 6.3 Post-Qualification
• 6.4 International Comparisons
• 6.5 Summary
• Part Two Health Psychology
• Chapter 7 What Is Health Psychology?
• 7.1 An Academic Discipline and a Profession
• 7.2 A Biopsychosocial Model of Health
• 7.3 Constructing and Testing Psychological Theory
• 7.4 The Social and Societal Context of Health and Stress
• 7.5 Health-Related Behaviour Patterns and Health Promotion
• 7.6 Enhancing Health Care Through Behaviour Change
• 7.7 Conclusion
• Chapter 8 A Biopsychosocial Approach to Health Psychology
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Basic Features of The Nervous System
• 8.3 What Happens When You Experience Stress?
• 8.4 The Psychology of Pain
• 8.5 Psychoneuroimmunology
• 8.6 A Biopsychosocial Approach to Health Psychology Reviewed
• Chapter 9 Stress, Coping and Health
• 9.1 Stress
• 9.2 Coping
• 9.3 Social Support
• 9.4 Work Stress
• 9.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 10 Social Psychology and Health
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Personality and Health Behaviour
• 10.3 Predicting Health Behaviour
• 10.4 Changing Health Behaviour
• 10.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 11 Training and Working as a Health Psychologist
• 11.1 What Do Professional Health Psychologists Do?
• 11.2 Core Competencies Required by Professional Health Psychologists
• 11.3 Training as a Health Psychologist
• 11.4 Working as a Professional Health Psychologist: Author's Experience
• 11.5 Conclusion
• Part Three Forensic Psychology
• Chapter 12 Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Working with Organisations and Offenders
• 12.1 What Do Forensic Psychologists Do?
• 12.2 The Role of the Forensic Psychologist in an Organisation
• 12.3 The Role of the Forensic Psychologist When Working With Offenders
• 12.4 Ethical Issues Associated With Forensic Psychology
• 12.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 13 Working with Child and Adult Victims
• 13.1 The Effects of Criminal Victimisation
• 13.2 Attitudes Towards Crime
• 13.3 Repeat and Multiple Victimisation
• Chapter 14 Eyewitnesses and the Use and Application of Cognitive Theory
• 14.1 Information Recall
• 14.2 Person Recognition
• 14.3 Face Construction
• 14.4 Summary: Evidence and Eyewitnesses
• Chapter 15 Violence Assessment and Intervention
• 15.1 The Nature of Aggression
• 15.2 Assessing Aggression: Developing a Comprehensive Formulation
• 15.3 Psychological Treatments for Aggression: Some Key Components
• 15.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 16 Training in Forensic Psychology and Professional Issues
• 16.1 Introduction
• 16.2 Training in Forensic Psychology: an Overview
• 16.3 Reflective Practice in Forensic Psychology
• 16.4 Summary and Conclusions
• Part Four Educational Psychology
• Chapter 17 Educational Psychology: History and Overview
• 17.1 What is Educational Psychology?
• 17.2 Historical Origins of Educational Psychology
• 17.3 Approaches to Education
• 17.4 Understanding Pupil and Classroom Functioning
• 17.5 Research Methods in Educational Psychology
• 17.6 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 18 Educational Psychology: Problems and Interventions
• 18.1 Introduction
• 18.2 Difficulties Associated With Cognitive Functioning
• 18.3 Behavioural, Emotional And Social Difficulties
• 18.4 Communication and Interaction Difficulties
• 18.5 Diffi culties Associated With Sensory and Physical Needs
• 18.6 Approaches to Intervention
• 18.7 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 19 Educational Psychology: Research on Cognitive and Biological Factors
• 19.1 Introduction
• 19.2 Behavioural Approaches to Learning
• 19.3 Cognitive Perspectives on Learning
• 19.4 Cognitive Processes in the Curriculum
• 19.5 Learning Difficulties
• 19.6 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 20 Educational Psychology: Research on Developmental and Social Factors
• 20.1 Introduction
• 20.2 Theories of Cognitive Development
• 20.3 Sociomotivational Processes at School
• 20.4 Behavioural, Emotional and Social Difficulties in The Classroom: Aetiology and Intervention
• 20.5 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 21 Educational Psychology: Professional Issues
• 21.1 What Do Educational Psychologists Do? Key Functions and Responsibilities
• 21.2 Every Child Matters
• 21.3 Ethics
• 21.4 Structure of Educational Psychology Services in the United Kingdom
• 21.5 Training and Qualifications
• 21.6 The Structure of Training
• 21.7 The Future of Educational Psychology
• Part Five Occupational Psychology
• Chapter 22 Occupational Psychology in Practice - The Individual
• 22.1 Introduction
• 22.2 The Employee Life Cycle
• 22.3 Entering the Life Cycle and Induction
• 22.4 Managing Performance and Performing the Job
• 22.5 Training, Feedback, Preparing for Different Roles
• 22.6 Interruptions from the Employment Cycle - Stress, Work-Life Balance and Maternity
• 22.7 Leaving, Retiring and Redundancy
• 22.8 Summary and Integration
• Chapter 23 Occupational Psychology In Practice - The Organisation
• 23.1 Introduction
• 23.2 Organisational Behaviour
• 23.3 The Group as a Source of Work Motivation
• 23.4 Leadership as Motivation
• 23.5 Organisational Development and Change
• 23.6 The Work Environment
• 23.7 Summary and Conclusions
• Chapter 24 Cognition in the Workplace
• 24.1 Introduction
• 24.2 Training
• 24.3 Decision Making
• 24.4 Human-Machine Interaction
• 24.5 Team Cognition
• 24.6 Summary
• Chapter 25 Social and Development Psychology in Work and Organisations
• 25.1 Social Psychology in Organisations
• 25.2 The Self in Organisational Contexts
• 25.3 Social Influence and Organisational Behaviour
• 25.4 Leadership as Social Influence
• 25.5 Group Performance
• 25.6 Life-Span Approaches to Occupational Careers
• 25.7 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 26 Professional Issues in Occupational Psychology
• 26.1 Introduction
• 26.2 Pathways into Occupational Psychology
• 26.3 Ethics and Organisations
• 26.4 The Scientist-Practitioner Approach
• 26.5 Diversity in an International Context
• 26.6 Summary and Conclusion
• Part Six Sports and Exercise Psychology
• Chapter 27 The Nature of Sport and Exercise Psychology
• 27.1 Who are the Clients?
• 27.2 Key Issues in Service Delivery
• 27.3 Performance Enhancement Versus the Health of the Athlete Debate
• 27.4 Gaining Evidence to Support Performance Enhancement
• 27.5 Guiding Philosophical Issues
• 27.6 Measurement Issues Relevant to Conducting a Needs Analysis
• 27.7 Conclusions
• Chapter 28 Psychological Skills Interventions in Sport and Exercise Psychology
• 28.1 Psychological Skills Interventions
• 28.2 Supervision
• 28.3 Ethics of Practice
• 28.4 Engaging in Reflective Practice
• 28.5 Conclusion
• Chapter 29 Sport and Exercise Psychology - Understanding Cognitive and Biological Factors
• 29.1 Cognitive Factors
• 29.2 Biological Factors
• 29.3 Chapter Summary
• Chapter 30 Sport and Exercise Psychology - Understanding Social, Developmental and Personality Factors
• 30.1 Social Factors
• 30.2 Developmental Factors
• 30.3 Personality Factors
• 30.4 Conclusion
• Chapter 31 Sport and Exercise Psychology - Professional Structure and Applied Case Study
• 31.1 Training Structure of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology (ASEP)
• 31.2 Case Study: Sport Psychology in Practice
• 31.3 Conclusion
• Glossary
• Index