Summary:
Brand new for the AQA(B) specifications, AQA(B) Psychology for A2 is the complete textbook for the new A2 Level specifications. Written by Julie McLoughlin and Donald Pennington, bestselling authors of AQA(B) Psychology for AS, this is the ideal resource for the new AQA(B) A2 specification.

Covering all the key topic areas of the A2 Level, each chapter provides the student and teacher with a wide range of activities to promote understanding, consolidate learning and develop the skills of critical analysis and application of psychology. Activities, descriptive studies and evaluative comments also aid students in their revision and exam performance. Generously illustrated, and now in full colour, AQA(B) Psychology for A2 is the essential textbook for the AQA(B) student.

• Written for the brand new AQA(B) specifications: clear and student-friendly core textbook for A2.
• Best-selling authors Donald Pennington and Julie McLoughlin, well-known for their previous AQA(B) texts.
• Now in full colour and completely redesigned - plenty of photographs and illustrations to make text readable, accessible and memorable.
• Accompanying Student material is available on the Hodder Plus website which contains an expanded range of resources to support the AQA(B) A2 specification.

Table of Contents:
Section 1: Child development
Chapter 1: Social development
Chapter 2: Cognitive development
Chapter 3: Moral development
Section 2: Applied Options
Chapter 4: Cognition and law
Chapter 5: Schizophrenia and mood disorders
Chapter 6: Stress and stress management
Chapter 7: Substance abuse
Chapter 8: Forensic psychology
Section 3: Approaches and debates in psychology
Chapter 9: The biological approach
Chapter 10: The behaviourist approach
Chapter 11: The social learning theory approach
Chapter 12: The cognitive approach
Chapter 13: The psychodynamic approach
Chapter 14: The humanistic approach
Chapter 15: Comparison of approaches
Chapter 16: Debates in psychology
Section 4: Methods in psychology
Chapter 17: Methods in psychology

About the Author(s):
Julie McLoughlin is an experienced senior examiner at AS and A2 Level and Head of Psychology at The Kingsley School, Leamington Spa.
Donald Pennington has extensive experience of examining at AS and A2 Level. He has written numerous books on social psychology and personality and is Professor of Psychology at Coventry University.

Readership:
AQA(B) Psychology for A2 students