BSc (Hons) Psychology Year Reading List 2011-12

Throughout your time studying on the Psychology degree at the MMU you will be

encouraged to read extensively. There is no single core text for this course because you will

study different topic areas in psychology and each area requires specialised reading which is

typically not provided by general psychology text books that you may have used at A level or

in your previous study experience. Furthermore, textbooks tend to be written from a given

viewpoint whereas the discipline of Psychology aims to provide students with examples of

varying viewpoints therefore readings will be suggested from a variety of sources. However,

it is useful to have some basic texts for reference, so students may wish to purchase one or

more of the following recommended text books, and supplement this with reading suggested

by tutors during the year or referenced in your lecture handouts (often available from the

University library).

The list below is not exhaustive but suggests texts for purchase and other recommended

texts for each of the units you will study in your first year on the Psychology degree. Many of

these texts will also be useful throughout Years 2 and 3.

Note: Past students often advertise second hand text books for sale via the ‘student to

student’ noticeboard during the first few weeks of term.

COGNITIVE AND BIOPSYCHOLOGY UNIT

Books recommended for purchase Cognitive: Eysenck, M. W. & Keane, M. T. (2010). Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook. 6th Edition. Taylor and Francis. Biopsychology: Pinel, J. (2009). Biopsychology. 7th Edition. Pearson International Edition. Other Essential Reading/Resources Cognitive: Ashcraft, M. H. & Radvansky, G. A. (2009). Cognition. 5th Edition. Pearson Education. Braisby, N. & Gellatly, A. (2005).Cognitive Psychology. Oxford University Press. Matlin, M W. (2008). Cognitive Psychology: International Student Version. 7th Edition.John Wiley & Sons. Quinlan, P. T. (2008). Cognitive Psychology. Prentice Hall Biopsychology: Breedlove, S. M. , Watson, M. R., & Rosenzweig, N. V. (2010). Biological Psychology. An Introduction to Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience. 6th Edition. Sinauer Associates. Carlson, N. R. (2011). Foundations of Physiological Psychology. 7th Edition. Pearson-Allyn and Bacon : Boston, M. A.. Toates, F. (2007). Biological Psychology. 2nd Edition. Pearson- Prentice Hall: Harlow, UK.

Wickens, A. (2009). Introduction to Biopsychology. 3rd Edition. Pearson- Prentice Hall: Harlow, UK.

DEVELOPMENTAL & INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES UNIT

Books recommended for purchase Developmental: Berk, L. E. (2007). Development through the Lifespan (4th ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon. Sugarman, L. (2001). Lifespan Development: Frameworks, Accounts and Strategies. Hove: Psychology Press. Individual Differences: Maltby, J. Day, L. and Macaskill, A. (2010). Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence (2nd ed.). Harlow, England: Pearson. Other Essential Reading/Resources Birch, A. and Hayward, S. (1994). Individual Differences: Introductory Psychology Series. London :Macmillan Press Ltd. Christensen, P. and James, A. (eds) (2008). Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices (2nd ed.). Abingdon: Routledge. Eysenck, M. W. (1994). Individual differences: Normal and Abnormal. Hove : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Ltd. Holmes, D. A. (2010). Abnormal,Clinical and Forensic Psychology. London: Pearson Education. Holmes, D. A. (1998). Essence of abnormal psychology. Prentice-Hall. Kalat, J. (2005). Introduction to Psychology (7th ed.). Thompson. Shorter, E. (1997). A history of psychiatry: From the era of the asylum to the age of prozac. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Inc. Smith, P. K., Cowie, H. and Blades, M. (2003). Understanding Children’s Development. (4th ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. Stevenson, A. (2009). Cultural Issues in Psychology. London: Routledge. Timimi, S., (2005). Naughty Boys: Anti-social Behaviour, ADHD and the role of Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY UNIT Books recommended for purchase Bell, A. and Rowley, K. (2010). IBM SPSS Statistics (18.0) Workbook. Hitchin: Climbing Turn Ltd. Langdridge, D. (2004). Introduction to Research Methods and Data Analysis in Psychology. Harlow: Pearson. Stevenson, A. (2007). Studying Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Other Essential Reading/Resources Brace, H., Kemp, R. and Snelgar, R. (2009). SPSS for Psychologists (4th ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. Coolican, H. (2009). Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology (5th Revised ed.). Hodder Education. Field, A. P. (2003). How to design and report experiments.London: Sage. Field, A. P. (2009). Discovering statistics using SPSS. London: Sage. Forrester, M. A. (2010). Doing Qualitative Research in Psychology. London: Sage. Gavin, H. (2008). Understanding Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology. London: Sage. Howitt, D. (2010). Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Psychology. London: Pearson. Miles, J, & Banyard, P (2007) Understanding and Using Statistics in Psychology, Sage Publications. Pallant, J. (2010). SPSS Survival Manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using SPSS (4th ed.). Open University Press. Williq, C. (2008).Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology (2nd ed).Open University Press.

SOCIAL & COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY

Books recommended for purchase by students Banyard, P. and Grayson, A. (2000). Introducing Psychological Research (2nd ed.). China: Palgrave Macmillan Baron, R. A., Byrne, D.and Branscome, N. R. (2006). Social Psychology (11th ed.). Boston, New York: Pearson & Allyn & Bacon Davies, N. (1998). Dark heart: the shocking truth about hidden Britain. London: Vintage Press. Other Essential Reading/Resources Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press. Bauman, Z. (2007). Liquid times: living in an age of uncertainty. Cambridge: Polity Press. Burr, V. (1995). Introduction to social constructionism. London: Routledge. Calhoun, C., Gerteis, J., Moody, J.,Pfaff, S. and Indermohan, V. (2007). Classical sociological theory (2nd ed.). Oxford: Blackwell. Cochrane, R. and Carroll, D. (1991). Psychology and social issues. London: Falmer Press. Crisp, R. J. and Turner, R. N. (2007). Essential Social Psychology. London.Sage. Gough, B. and McFadden, M. (2001). Critical social psychology: an introduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Hills, J. and Stewart, K.(2005). A more equal society? New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion. Bristol: The Policy Press. Hodgetts, D., Drew, N., Sonn,C., Stolte, O., Nikora, L.W. and Curtis, C. (2010). Social psychology and everyday life. Basingstoke,: Palgrave Macmillan. Hogg, M. A. and Cooper, J. (2007). The SAGE Handbook of Social Psychology; Concise Student Edition. London. Sage.