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Download or read book Approaches to Psychology written by William E. Glassman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition of Approaches to Psychology builds on the wide appeal of the earlier editions. It explains what the discipline of psychology is, how it developed and how it contributes to the understanding of human behaviour and experience. This book introduces students to the five major conceptual frameworks or "approaches" to psychology: biological, behaviourist, cognitive, psychodynamic and humanistic. The methods, theories and assumptions of each approach are explored so that the reader builds an understanding of psychology as it applies to human development, social and abnormal behaviour. Book jacket.