The third edition of Essential Psychology provides a thorough introduction for students and anyone who wishes to gain a strong overview of the field. This team of authors provide a student-friendly guide to Psychology, with a vivid narrative writing style, features designed to stimulate critical thinking and inspire students to learn independently, and online resources for lecturers and students. This comprehensive introductory text is relevant for both the specialist and non-specialist psychology student, challenging those who studied psychology before university while remaining accessible to those who did not.
The third edition:

- Gives students a firm foundation in all areas covered on accredited British Psychological Society degree courses

- Includes new chapters on psychopathology, research methods, language, motivation and emotion, lifespan development, health psychology, forensic psychology and critical social psychology

- Relates theory to the real world to help students think about where they will employ their degree after undergraduate study

PART I: The Foundations of Modern Psychology: What We Know About Human BeingsChapter 1: Once Upon a Time...The Evolution of Human Behaviour - James Stiller and Philip BanyardChapter 2: How Psychology Became a Science - Sarah Buglass, Lydia Harkin, Peter Macaulay, Luke Vinter and Rosie DalyChapter 3: Doing Psychological Research - Philip Banyard, Darren Rhodes, David Crundall, Mark Griffiths, Sarah Seymour-Smith and Belinda WinderChapter 4: The Replication Crisis - Mark Andrews and Lucy JusticePART II: Cognitive Psychology: How We Think and Make Sense of the WorldChapter 5: Memory - Thom Baguley, Harriet Smith, Lucy Justice and Duncan GuestChapter 6: An Introduction to Sensation, Perception and Attention - Andrew K. Dunn, Paula C. Stacey and Kate RobertsChapter 7: Learning - Andrew MacKenzie and Philip BanyardChapter 8: Thinking and Problem Solving - Gary Jones, Georgina Gous, Mark J.T. Sergeant and Antonio CastroChapter 9: Language and Literacy - Jens Roeser and Clare WoodPART III: Biological Psychology: How Our Brains Affect Our BehaviourChapter 10: The Human Nervous System: Functional Anatomy - Antonio Castro, Gary Jones and Mark J.T. SergeantChapter 11: Communication within the Brain - Lucy Webster and Christine NormanChapter 12: Brain and Behaviour: Sex Differences - Mark J.T. Sergeant and Antonio CastroChapter 13: Motivation and Emotion - Sebastiano Costa, Joshua Baker, Preethi Premkumar and Pancy PoonPART IV: Social Psychology: How We Interact with Each OtherChapter 14: Behaviour within Groups - Mhairi Bowe and Juliet WakefieldChapter 15: Behaviour between Groups - Juliet Wakefield and Mhairi BoweChapter 16: Social Judgements and Behaviour - Sebastian Teicher and Maria KontogianniPART V: Developmental Psychology: How We Grow and ChangeChapter 17: Development during the Early Years - Lucy Betts, James Stiller, Rebecca Larkin, Gareth Williams and Kate Ellis-DaviesChapter 18: Development during the School Years - James Stiller, Lucy Betts, Rebecca Larkin and Gareth WilliamsChapter 19: Atypical Child Development - Lai Sang Iao, Matthew Belmonte, Gayle Dillon, Andrew Grayson and Susannah LambChapter 20: Adulthood to Ageing - Olatz Lopez-Fernandez, Rebecca Stack, Suvo Mitra and Louise A. Brown Nicholls PART VI: The Psychology of Individual Differences: How We Know and Measure Our IndividualityChapter 21: Personality - David J. Wilde, Nadja Heym, Glenn A. Williams and Loren AbellChapter 22: Intelligence: Measuring the Mind - Eva Sundin, Sarah McDonald and Philip BanyardChapter 23: Self - Jill Arnold, Ben Oldfield and Filipa DascostaricocaladPART VII: Applied Psychology: How We Use PsychologyChapter 24: Mental Health, Mental Illness and Psychopathology - Sarah McDonald, Palwinder Athwal-Kooner and Karen SladeChapter 25: Psychological Interventions - Karen Slade, Palwinder Athwal-Kooner and Sarah McDonaldChapter 26: Health Psychology - Rebecca Stack, Mike Rennoldson, Prrethi Premkumar and Eva SundinChapter 27: Forensic Psychology - Rebecca Lievesley, Sebastian Teicher and Lorraine Smith