Key Features
* Provides nursing students with solid psychological foundation for taking care of psychological needs of individuals, families and community.
* The language and style is simple and lucid so that students can grasp the subject very clearly and completely.
* Written in accordance with the present prescribed syllabus for nursing students at degree level.
* The information provided is based on established knowledge and practice and also backed by scientific principles.
* Serves as a good source not only for nursing students but also a source of reference and revision to the nurses who are in service and educational settings.
Table of Contents
1 Historical Development of Psychology
2 Nature and Scope of Psychology
3 Methods of Psychology
4 Body-Mind Relationship
5 Genetics and Behavior
6 Biology of Behavior
7 Psychology of Sensation
8 Glandular and Muscular Control of Behavior
9 Attention
10 Perception
11 Learning
12 Habits, Skills and Interest
13 Memory and Forgetting
14 Imagination, Thinking and Reasoning
15 Intelligence, Aptitude and Their Measurement
16 Psychological Testing
17 Motivation
18 Emotions
19 Stress
20 Attitude, Will and Character
21 Personality
22 Development of Human Behavior
23 Psychology of the Group
24 Mental Health
25 Ego Defense Mechanisms
26 Adjustment
27 Guidance and Counseling
Glossary
Index
