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This text introduces readers to the scientific approach to understanding human behaviour. Each of the chapters in the book reviews the current state of knowledge about various aspects of behaviour - from intelligence and emotion to child development and prejudice - based on sound scientific study

This edition continues to treat the discipline as an experimental and natural science, combining a scholarly survey of research with applications of research results to problems that confront us today.KEY TOPICS:Emphasizes psychology as a science. Includes topics such as heredity, behavior genetics, sociobiology, and health psychology.