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Biological Psychology
Third edition
- Suzanne Higgs - Birmingham University, UK
- Alison Cooper - Birmingham University, UK
- Jonathan Lee - Birmingham University, UK
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February 2023 | 640 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Biological Psychology offers a highly visual, in-depth guide to the basic biological functions of the brain that you will need to learn throughout the course of your psychology degree. This edition boasts a revamped learning structure with a strong applied focus. This allows you to engage with biological psychology through a range of real world applications, getting you to apply your learning to conditions such as epilepsy, PTSD and Parkinson’s, and treatments such as gene therapy and brain-computer interfaces for spinal cord injuries.
Key features include:
• New 'real world applications' boxes that help put theory into practice, showing you the human side of the science
• 'Focus on methods' boxes that demonstrate the research methods you will use as a biological psychologist to uncover the workings of the brain
• Key debates to deepen your understanding of contemporary research and its impact
• Critical thinking questions
• Key points and glossary definitions to solidify your understanding of complex ideas and new terminology
• Further reading suggestions to help build your bibliography for assignments
• Video animations to help you grasp basic neuroanatomy and psychobiology
This book goes above and beyond to familiarise you with the links between biology and psychology, making it an essential read for psychology students at all levels.
Suzanne Higgs is Professor in the Psychobiology of Appetite at the University of Birmingham.
Alison Cooper is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Jonathan Lee is Professor of Memory Neuroscience at the University of Birmingham.
Key features include:
• New 'real world applications' boxes that help put theory into practice, showing you the human side of the science
• 'Focus on methods' boxes that demonstrate the research methods you will use as a biological psychologist to uncover the workings of the brain
• Key debates to deepen your understanding of contemporary research and its impact
• Critical thinking questions
• Key points and glossary definitions to solidify your understanding of complex ideas and new terminology
• Further reading suggestions to help build your bibliography for assignments
• Video animations to help you grasp basic neuroanatomy and psychobiology
This book goes above and beyond to familiarise you with the links between biology and psychology, making it an essential read for psychology students at all levels.
Suzanne Higgs is Professor in the Psychobiology of Appetite at the University of Birmingham.
Alison Cooper is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
Jonathan Lee is Professor of Memory Neuroscience at the University of Birmingham.
Chapter 1: What is Biological Psychology
Chapter 2: Structure and Communication in the Nervous System
Chapter 3: Drugs and the Nervous System: Psychopharmacology
Chapter 4: Development, Degeneration and Recovery in the Nervous System
Chapter 5: The Importance of Experience: Learning and Memory
Chapter 6: Sensory Systems
Chapter 7: Motor Control
Chapter 8: Emotional Behaviours
Chapter 9: Motivated Behaviours
Chapter 10: Psychological Disorders
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For students:
- Animations allow you to visualise essential biological functions and concepts.
- Suggested video clips, podcasts and news articles contextualise biological psychology for all learning styles, available on the go via your phone or laptop.
For lecturers:
- Animations Teaching Guide include quiz and discussion questions linked to the videos to help you use them in your classroom or for flipped learning.
- PowerPoint Slides provide teaching tools to help easily embed this book into your teaching.
- Teaching guide, which includes a range of chapter-by-chapter short answer and multiple choice questions to check your students’ understanding and facilitate class discussion.
- Video Links save you time searching through YouTube by providing a list of useful video clips demonstrating the key topics of each chapter.
- Weblinks provide a list of websites, podcasts and articles to contextualise biological psychology for all learning styles and provide useful links to include in your lectures or to share with your students.
- Course Cartridge allows you to easily upload all the lecturer and student resources into your institution’s learning management system (i.e. your Blackboard or Moodle), and customise the content to suit your teaching needs.
Watch a Sample Animation
A short animation introducing psychology students to the different parts of the brain. Just one of many animations, videos and more you will get access to when buying a copy of the textbook Biological Psychology by Suzanne Higgs, Alison Cooper and Jonathan Lee.
A short animation introducing psychology students to the different parts of the brain. Just one of many animations, videos and more you will get access to when buying a copy of the textbook Biological Psychology by Suzanne Higgs, Alison Cooper and Jonathan Lee.
Watch a Biopsychology Webinar
Prof. Suzanne Higgs, Dr Alison Cooper and Prof. Jonathan Lee discuss the approach that inspired them to write Biological Psychology, third edition. They offer advice on boosting student engagement, encouraging critical thinking and making the most of the resources that accompany the book.
Prof. Suzanne Higgs, Dr Alison Cooper and Prof. Jonathan Lee discuss the approach that inspired them to write Biological Psychology, third edition. They offer advice on boosting student engagement, encouraging critical thinking and making the most of the resources that accompany the book.
A great text! A comprehensive introduction to this area of psychology complete with lots of dynamic and colourful information provided in a range of ways.
Psychology, Derby University
July 24, 2023
An excellent publication, clearly illustrated, conceptually clear and concise.
Higher education, Norwich City College of FE And HE
June 14, 2023
