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Since emerging as a discipline in the middle of the eighteenth century, natural history has been at the heart of the life sciences. It gave rise to the major organizing theory of life-evolution-and continues to be a vital science with impressive practical value. Central to advanced work in ecology, agriculture, medicine, and environmental science, natural history also attracts enormous popular interest.
In Finding Order in Nature Paul Farber traces...
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This book explores changing American views of race mixing in the twentieth century, showing how new scientific ideas transformed accepted notions of race and how those ideas played out on college campuses in the 1960s.
In the 1930s, it was not unusual for medical experts to caution against miscegenation, or race mixing, espousing the common opinion that it would produce biologically dysfunctional offspring. By the 1960s, the scientific community...
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Looking to expand your knowledge of psychology?
This comprehensive 4-volume series breaks down all the key concepts in psychology so you can learn faster, ace your exams, and improve your knowledge of this fascinating field.
Each of the units provides a step-by-step guide to the major approaches, key terms, and leading figures of each area of psychology. Clear explanations, engaging stories, and memorization strategies will help you to learn the...
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Looking to expand your knowledge of psychology?This comprehensive 4-volume series breaks down all the key concepts in psychology so you can learn faster, ace your exams, and improve your knowledge of this fascinating field.Each of the units provides a step-by-step guide to the major approaches, key terms, and leading figures of each area of psychology. Clear explanations, engaging stories, and memorization strategies will help you to learn the content...
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Looking to expand your knowledge of psychology?This comprehensive 4-volume series breaks down all the key concepts in psychology so you can learn faster, ace your exams, and improve your knowledge of this fascinating field.Each of the units provides a step-by-step guide to the major approaches, key terms, and leading figures of each area of psychology. Clear explanations, engaging stories, and memorization strategies will help you to learn the content...
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Looking to expand your knowledge of psychology?
This comprehensive 4-volume series breaks down all the key concepts in psychology so you can learn faster, ace your exams, and improve your knowledge of this fascinating field.
Each of the units provides a step-by-step guide to the major approaches, key terms, and leading figures of each area of psychology. Clear explanations, engaging stories, and memorization strategies will help you to learn the...
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How effective are health promotion programmes?
Are there social explanations for health problems?
What's the Biopsychological model of health and well-being?
These are just a few of the interesting and important questions that we will be exploring in this book as we explore what health psychology is and how it affects us.
So, join me as together we explore the fascinating world of health psychology in this book with an intriguing conversational...
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Perfect for anyone interested in forensic psychology!
Do you want to learn what forensic psychology is?
Do you want to learn about the psychology of courts?
Do you want to learn about the psychology of imprisonment and rehabilitation?
If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more then this is the book for you, as we investigate the psychology behind courts, sexual offending, offender treatment, the public and more in an engaging...
9) Psychology Boxset: Biological, Cognitive and Sociocultural Psychology: An Introductory Series, #15
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Boxset Includes:Biological PsychologyDo you want to know how our biology can impact our behaviour?Have you any wondered the importance of sleep and the meaning of dreams?Do you want to learn how and why we experience the senses we do?If the answer is yes to any of those questions and more then this is the book for you as you'll learn a lot of great information about biological psychology and how our biology impacts our behaviour. All explained in...
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Do you want to learn why human relationships are important? Do you want to learn what causes human relationships to form? Do you want to learn why humans show prosocial behaviour? If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more, then this is the book for you as we investigate how human relationships form, types of love and relationships and the psychology of prosocial behaviour. By the end of this book, you will know: Why human relationships...
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Perfect for students, anyone interested in psychology and psychology for beginners.
What is psychology?
What areas of human behaviour does psychology cover?
What approaches are there to human behaviour?
If the answer is yes to any of those questions and more, then this is the book for you!
As you will learn about what psychology is, the five approaches to human behaviour and you'll have an introduction to nine subfields of psychology.
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Do you want to know how our biology can impact our behaviour?
Have you any wondered the importance of sleep and the meaning of dreams? Do you want to learn how and why we experience the senses we do? If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more, then this is the book for you as you'll learn a lot of great information about biological psychology and how our biology impacts our behaviour. All explained in an interesting and easy-to-understand...
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Whether you're a forensic psychology student, trained professional or a person interested in forensic psychology. This book is for you!
Do you want to know about criminal profiling?
Do you want to know the truth about FBI profiling?
Do you want to know what the two types of criminal profiling are?
If the answer to these questions and more is yes. Then you will love this book. As it explains criminal profiling in an engaging and easy to understand...
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Do you want to learn about child development?
Do you want to learn how a child develops cognition, language and more?
Do you want an easy to understand and engaging guide to developmental psychology?
If the answer is yes, then this is the book for you as in this book you will learn about a wide range of topics in developmental psychology.
By the end of this book, you will know:
What developmental psychology is?
What Developmental Psychology...
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Three amazing, engaging and easy to read forensic psychology books!
“Forensic Psychology”
Do you want to learn what forensic psychology is?
Do you want to learn about the psychology of courts?
Do you want to learn about the psychology of imprisonment and rehabilitation?
If the answer is yes, then this is the book for you! By the end of this book, you will have a lot of knowledge about forensic psychology and you'll learn about:
What is forensic...
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Whether you're a psychology student, a forensic psychologist or just a person interested in forensic psychology. You'll love this book!
Do you want to know why people shoplift?
How burglars make decisions?
How burglars choose their targets?
If the answer is yes to these questions and more. This is the book for you.
By the end of this forensic psychology book, you'll know:
Why people shoplift?
Why shopworkers steal?
How burglars decide their...
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Whether you're a psychology student, trained psychologist or a person interested in clinical psychology. This is the book for you!
Do you want to learn about depression?
Do you want to know how depression is viewed by other cultures?
Or how other cultures treat depression?
If the answer is yes, then this is the book for you!
In this book, you'll learn about a general overview of the causes of depression. Before you hear about the fascinating...
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Do you want to know how our mental processes impact our behaviour?
Have you ever wondered about memory works and why is it flawed? Do you want to know how we think and what affects our decisions? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then this is the book for you.
By the end of this book, you'll learn:
What is cognitive psychology?
How memory works?
What affects our memory?
How we learn language?
How technology affects our mental processes?
And...
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This 4th edition is filled with fascinating topics psychology students and professionals will enjoy!Do you want to learn why human relationships are important?Do you want to learn what causes human relationships to form?Do you want to learn why humans show prosocial behaviour?If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more, then this is the book for you as we investigate how human relationships form, types of love and relationships and the...
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3 Amazing, Easy to Understand Books In 1 Place!
A Great Guide to The Amazing Worlds Of Biological, Cognitive And Social Psychology!
“Biological Psychology”, Third Edition
Do you want to know how our biology can impact our behaviour?
Have you any wondered the importance of sleep and the meaning of dreams? Do you want to learn how and why we experience the senses we do? If the answer is yes to any of these questions and more, then this is the...