Psychology All in One: Concepts and Brief Text

• ISBN13: 9789372261554
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: Atlantic
• Publication Date: May 8, 2026
• Pages: 257
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 430 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): General, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, and Developmental / Lifespan Development

Psychology All in One: Concepts and Brief Text provides a clear, concise and comprehensive overview of key psychological concepts, tailored for students pursuing degrees in psychology or related disciplines. Drawing from credible sources and academic references, this book ensures both relevance and reliability. It encompasses all major domains typically found in psychology curricula, with dedicated chapters on History and Schools of Psychology, General Psychology, Clinical and Abnormal Psychology, Health Psychology, Applied Psychology and Statistics, Measurement, and Psychometry. A unique section on miscellaneous topics introduces readers to both foundational and emerging areas within the field, offering a broader perspective on psychological science. Designed with a structured and student-friendly approach, this book serves as an essential resource for learners and enthusiasts seeking accessible, streamlined and rigorous material in psychology.

Dr Naveen Pant is an independent researcher, author and teacher. He is currently associated with the Department of Psychology at Gurukula Kangri (Deemed University) in Haridwar, India. Apart from authoring three books and contributing to seven book chapters, he has also served on the editorial and review boards of over four reputed journals. Additionally, he has published more than fourteen research papers in respected national and international journals. The Young Scientist Award recognised his academic excellence at VDISA 2020 in Hyderabad, India. With over a decade of academic and research experience, he has also worked as an academic counsellor in psychology at various institutions. Some of his areas of expertise and interest include Spirituality, Indian Psychology, Sexuality and Mental Health.

• List of Tables xiii
• List of Figures xiii
• Acknowledgements xv
• Introduction xvii
Chapter 1: History and Schools of Psychology 1
• A SHORT HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY 1
• Stages of Development of Psychology as an Independent Subject 2
• Discussion of Stages of Development of Psychology 3
• Contribution of British Empiricists and Associationists in Psychology 5
• Contribution of Physiologists in Psychology 5
• Beginning of Experimental Psychology 5
• SCHOOLS OF PSYCHOLOGY 6
• Contribution of Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Bradford Titchener in Psychology 6
• Contribution of William James and Hermann Ebbinghaus in Psychology 8
• Psychoanalysis 9
• Behaviourism 10
• Humanistic and Existential Psychology 11
• Field Theory 11
• KEY POINTS 12
• REFERENCES 13
Chapter 2: General Psychology 15
• WHAT ARE GENERAL, COGNITIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY? 15
• COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 16
• What is Cognitive Psychology? 16
• ATTENTION 17
• SENSATION AND PERCEPTION 19
• Sensation 19
• Perception 21
• Attention and Perception 21
• Motivations, Expectations and Perception 21
• Nature, Theories of Perception and Perceptual Learning 22
• Bottom-up, Top-Down Approach and Pattern Recognition 23
• COGNITION: THINKING 24
• Thinking 24
• Concept 27
• PROBLEM-SOLVING 28
• DECISION-MAKING 29
• Basic Concepts of Decision-Making 29
• Importance of Making Good Decisions 30
• Characteristics of Good Decision-Makers 30
• Reasoning and Decision-making 30
• Difference Between Decision-making and Judgement 31
• Major Heuristics in Decision-making 31
• Biases and Errors in Decision-making 33
• Decisions Regarding Career 34
• Decision-Making in Interpersonal Context 35
• Decision-Making at the Workplace 35
• Self-efficacy 36
• LEARNING 36
• Physiological Basis of Learning 37
• Types of Learning 37
• Edward Thorndike’s Views on Learning and Psychology (1874–1949) 41
• Hull’s Views on Learning and Psychology 42
• MEMORY AND FORGETTING 43
• Types of Memory 44
• Causes of Forgetting 45
• INTELLIGENCE 47
• Theories of Intelligence 47
• PERSONALITY 50
• Personality: A Brief Overview 50
• Personality Types 52
• Theories of Personality 53
• KEY POINTS 57
• REFERENCES 58
Chapter 3: Clinical Psychology and Abnormal Psychology 65
• MEANING OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY 65
• Clinical Psychology and Major-related Fields 66
• Professional Regulation and Ethics 66
• STUDY METHODS OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND CLINICAL ASSESSMENT 67
• DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT 68
• Diagnosis: Meaning and Procedure 68
• Bases of Assessments 69
• Purpose of Diagnosis and Classification 69
• DIAGNOSTIC MANUALS 70
• DSM 70
• Critical Aspects of the DSM 71
• DSM-5 (DSM, 2013) 72
• ICD 76
• TREATMENT 77
• Psychotherapy 78
• PSYCHOPATHOLOGY/ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY 79
• Anxiety Disorders 79
• Schizophrenia 80
• Personality Disorders 81
• Cognitive Disorders 82
• THERAPY 82
• Psychoanalytic Therapy 82
• Humanistic Therapy 83
• Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy 83
• Group Therapy 83
• CLINICAL INTERVENTION 85
• Issues Faced by the Therapist 86
• DIAGNOSTIC VALUE OF DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS: BINET, WAIS AND MMPI 86
• KEY POINTS 87
• REFERENCES 88viii
Chapter 4: Health Psychology 91
• PAIN 92
• STRESS 93
• Symptoms of Stress 95
• Causes of Stress 96
• Types of Stress 96
• Reaction to Stress 97
• MODELS OF STRESS 98
• Response-based Models 98
• Stimulus-based Models 101
• THEORIES OF STRESS 103
• Theory of Arousal of Stress 104
• Theories of Cognitive Costs 104
• Theory of Emotional Functioning 105
• Lazarus’ Cognitive Theory of Stress 105
• Stress and the Theory of Learned Helplessness 106
• Psychological Defence Mechanisms 108
• SOURCES OF STRESS 109
• Pressure 109
• Uncontrollability 109
• Frustration 110
• Aggression 110
• THE PSYCHOLOGY OF STRESS: HOW STRESS AND PERSONALITY ARE RELATED 110
• Type A and Type B Personality 111
• Type C Personality 111
• The Hardy Personality 112
• STRESS MANAGEMENT 113
• Meaning of Coping 113
• Coping With Stress and the Types of Coping Strategies 113
• Dealing with Stress 115
• Characteristics of Well-Adjusted People 115
• STRESS AND HEALTH 116
• STRESS AS A CORRELATE OF MALADJUSTMENT OF PERSONALITY AND THE ROLE OF GENDER AMONG ADOLESCENT STUDENTS 116
• Personality Maladjustments 117
• Method 119ix
• Results 121
• T-Test 122
• Discussion 122
• Conclusion 124
• KEY POINTS 124
• REFERENCES 126
Chapter 5: Applied Psychology 131
• MEANING OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 131
• Branches of Applied Psychology 132
• Emerging Trends in Applied Psychology 132
• GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING 133
• Guidance 133
• Counselling 133
• DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY 136
• Difference Between Counselling and Psychotherapy 137
• INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY 138
• Industrial Morale and Performance Appraisal 138
• Job Satisfaction 139
• Monotony and Boredom 139
• Industrial Accidents 140
• KEY POINTS 140
• REFERENCES 141
Chapter 6: Statistics, Measurement and Psychometry 145
• MEANING OF STATISTICS 145
• Frequency Distribution 146
• Graphical Representation of Group Data 147
• Measures of Central Tendency 147
• Variability 147
• Normal Distribution 148
• Probability 149
• Skewness and Kurtosis 149
• Correlation 150
• Sampling 151
• Level of Significance 152
• Degree of Freedom 152x
• Type I and Type II Errors 152
• Parametric and Non-Parametric Statistics 152
• t-test 152
• Chi-Square 152
• PSYCHOMETRY/PSYCHOMETRICS 153
• Foundations of Psychometry 154
• Types of Psychological Tests 155
• Criterion of Parallel Tests 156
• Standardising Test 157
• Psychological Testing 157
• Ethical Issues in Psychological Testing 158
• TEST CONSTRUCTION 159
• Item Writing: Meaning and Types of Items 160
• Method of Scoring 160
• Item Analysis: Meaning and Purpose 161
• Psychological Scaling 164
• Variables and Constants 165
• RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY 165
• Reliability 165
• Methods of Reliability 165
• Factors Influencing the Reliability of a Test 168
• Validity 169
• Factors Influencing the Validity of the Test 169
• APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING 169
• Applications of Psychological Testing in Education (Magadh University, n.d.) 170
• Applications of Psychological Testing in Counselling and Guidance 170
• Applications of Psychological Testing in Clinical Settings 171
• OTHER KEY TOPICS OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH 172
• Research Methods versus Methodology 172
• Sample versus Parameters 172
• Population versus Universe 173
• Parametric versus Non-parametric Statistics 174
• One-Tailed versus Two-Tailed Tests 175
• KEY POINTS 176
• REFERENCES 178xi
Chapter 7: Miscellaneous Topics 183
• HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY 183
• Branches and Scope of Psychology 184
• Critical Perspectives in Psychology 184
• Mind-Body Relationship 185
• Self and Personality 186
• Positive Psychology 187
• Hope, Optimism and Love 188
• Emotional Intelligence 189
• POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 191
• TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY 192
• The Scope of Transpersonal Psychology 194
• Topics That Transpersonal Psychologists Study (Cunningham, n.d.) 195
• INDIGENOUS AND INDIAN PSYCHOLOGY 196
• Indigenous Psychology 196
• Indian Psychology 199
• PARAPSYCHOLOGY 200
• DARK PSYCHOLOGY 201
• The Dark Psychology Triad 202
• EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 203
• DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 204
• History of Developmental Psychology 204
• Theories of Developmental Psychology 205
• Life Stages in Developmental Psychology 206
• The Age of Adolescence 207
• SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 212
• Social Psychology versus Sociology 212
• Topics in Social Psychology 213
• FORENSIC AND CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY 213
• Forensic Psychology 214
• Criminal Psychology 215
• PSYCHOLOGY IN INDUSTRY 217
• ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY 218
• The Nature and Scope of Environmental Psychology 219xii
• SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY 220
• History of Sports Psychology 220
• Types of Sports Psychologists 221
• PSYCHOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL AGE/ICT 221
• Online Surveys and Experiments 221
• Digital Therapeutics and Online Therapy 222
• Digital Therapeutic Tools 222
• Research Opportunities 222
• Ethical Considerations 222
• Future Directions 223
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) 223
• REFERENCES 223
• Index 231
• About the Author 237