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Humanities: Prescribed, Recommended and Open Textbooks: Psychology

PRESCRIBED AND RECOMMENDED

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PSYC 1004 - 1010

PSYC 1004 : Psychology for Health Sciences

SEMESTER 1 AND 2 : BLOCK 1 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology: An Introduction (4th Ed)

L. Swartz, C. De la Rey, N. Duncan, L Townsend, Vivien O'Neill

Prescribed

 

PSYC 1007 : Psychology for Health Sciences

SEMESTER 1 AND 2 : BLOCK 1 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology: An Introduction (4th Ed). (2016)

L. Swartz, C. De la Rey, N. Duncan, L Townsend, Vivien O'Neill

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PSYC 1008 : Psychological Foundation of Health

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology: An Introduction (4th Ed).  (2016

L. Swartz, C. De la Rey, N. Duncan, L Townsend, Vivien O'Neill

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PSYC 1009 : Introduction to Psychology

SEMESTER 1 AND 2 : BLOCK 1 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology: An Introduction (4th Ed). (2016)

L. Swartz, C. De la Rey, N. Duncan, L Townsend, Vivien O'Neill

Prescribed

 

PSYC 1010 : Introduction to Psychology

SEMESTER 1 AND 2 : BLOCK 1 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology: An Introduction (4th Ed). (2016)

L. Swartz, C. De la Rey, N. Duncan, L Townsend, Vivien O'Neill

Prescribed

PSYC 2002 -2021

PSYC 2002: Health Psychology

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 – 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 2005 : Psychological Research Design and Analysis  IIA

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 – 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books required

 

 

 

PSYC 2006: Psychological Research Design and Analysis  IIB

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 – 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 2009 : RDA for Health Sciences Students

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 – 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

Prescribed

 

PSYC 2012 : Psychological Research Design and Analysis  IIA

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 – 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 2020 : Psychology II

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 - 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Developmental Psychology. 2nd edition. 2009 edition

Watts, J; Cockfcroft, K & Duncan, N

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PSYC  2021 : Psychology II

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 - 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Developmental Psychology. 2nd edition. 2009 edition

Watts, J; Cockfcroft, K & Duncan, N

Prescribed

 

PSYC 2020 : Psychology II

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 - 4

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 2021 : Psychology II

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 - 4

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 3001 - 3034

PSYC 3001 : Abnormal Psychology

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Abnormal Psychology: An Integrative Approach. 6th (2012) edition

Barlow, D & Durand, V

 

 

PSYC 3013 : Cognitive Neuro-Psychology III

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 4

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 3015 : Health Psychology

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 – 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 3016 : Community Psychology

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 – 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Community Psychology: Analysis, Context & Action. 2007 edition

Duncan, N; Naidoo, A; Roos, V; Bowman, B & Pillay, J

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PSYC 3017:  Psychotherapeutic Intervention

 

TITLE

 

 

Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy (2017)

South African ed

Corey, Gerald

 

Prescribed

 

PSYC 3018 : Child and Adolescent Psychology

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Abnormal Child Psychology (6th edition, 2016).

Mash E.J. & Wolfe D.A.

Prescribed

 

PSYC  3019:  Critical Social Psychology

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 3020 : Organizational Behaviour

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Organisational Behaviour (2009)

Robbins, SP, Odendaal, A., & Roodt, G

Prescribed

 

PSYC 3021 : Employee Well-Being

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Occupational Health Psychology.

Houdmont, J. & Leka, S.

Recommended

 

PSYC 3022 : Employment Relations

 

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

South African Employment Relations. 2007 edition

Nel, P; Swanepoel, B; Kirsten, M; Erasmus, B & Tsabadi, M

Prescribed

 

PSYC 3023 : Organizational Effectiveness

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 - 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychology and work today. (2013), PNIE edition, 10th edition

Schultz, D., & Schultz, S.E.

Prescribed

 

PSYC 3034 : Cognitive Studies

SEMESTER 1 : BLOCK 1 - 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed books

 

 

 

PSYC 4007 - 4070

PSYC 4007 : Honours in Psychology : Cognitive Neuroscience

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

The Student’s Guide to Cognitive Neuroscience (3rd ed)

Ward, J.

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PSYC 4009 : Honours in Psychology : Community Psychology

SEMESTER 2 : BLOCK 3 - 4

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Community Psychology: Analysis, Context & Action. 2007 edition

Duncan, N; Naidoo, A; Roos, V Bowman, B & Pillay, J

Recommended

 

PSYC 4009 : Honours in Organisational Psychology : Group Processes

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Community Psychology: Analysis, Context & Action. 2007 edition

Duncan, N; Naidoo, A; Roos, V Bowman, B & Pillay, J

Recommended

 

PSYC 4016 : Honours in Organisational Psychology : Group Processes

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Group Theory and Group Skills. 10th (2008) edition.

Johnson, D & Johnson, F

Prescribed

Group Processes: A Developmental Perspective. 2nd edition

Wheelan, SA

Prescribed

 

PSYC 4026 : Honours in Psychology : Mind, Brain and Behaviour

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature, 2005

Buller, D

 

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Prescribed

PSYC 4029 : Honours in Psychology : Personality and Psychopathology : Psychoanalytic Perspective

SEMESTER 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. 2nd edition (2011)  (1994 edition available)

McWilliams, N.

Prescribed

 

PSYC 4034 : Honours in Psychology : Psychological Assessment

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychological assessment in South Africa: Research and Applications.

Laher, S. & Cockcroft, K

 

Prescribed

An Introduction to Psychological Assessment in the South African Context. 2014 ed. (2nd ed. 2005 available)

Foxcroft, C & Roodt, G

 

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PSYC 4035 : Honours in Psychology : Psychological Intervention

SEMESTER  2 : BLOCK 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in South Africa: contexts, theories and applications. 2013.

Smith C, Lobban, G and O’ Loughlin M. (Ed’s)

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PSYC 4042 : Honours in Psychology : Qualitative Methods

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

The Qualitative Research Experience (2004) Paperback, International edition

Padgett, D.K.

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PSYC 4045 : Honours in Psychology : Research Methods

SEMESTER 1  : BLOCK 1 - 2

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

The Practice of Social Research (SA edition)

Babbie, E & Mouton, J

Prescribed

Reading Statistics & Research.

Huck, SW

Recommended

Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis.

Cramer, D

Recommended

A simple guide to IBM SPSS statistics for version 18 & 19 – International edition (2012)

Kirkpatrick, L & Feeney B.C.

Recommended

 

PSYC 4053 : Honours in Organisational Psychology : Theoretical Foundations

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed textbook

 

 

 

PSYC 4057 : Honours in Psychology : Health Psychology

SEMESTER  : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Health Psychology: An introduction to behaviour and health. 8th ed. (2014) ( 7th ed. available)

Brannon, L & FeistJ.

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PSYC 4058 : HONOURS IN PSYCHOLOGY: DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY

SEMESTER   : BLOCK

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

No prescribed textbook

 

 

 

PSYC 7016

PSYC 7016

M. A. COMMUNITY-COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Community Psychology: Analysis, Context & Action. 2007 edition

Duncan, N; Naidoo, A; Roos, V Bowman, B & Pillay, J

Recommended

Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders. 5th ed.  (4th ed. available)

DSM V

Prescribed

Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry. 10th edition (2010)

Sadock, BJ & Sadock, VA

Prescribed

Self, Community and Psychology. 2004 edition

Ratele, KD; Hook, ND; Collins A; Mkhize, N & Kiguwa, P

Prescribed

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. 7th edition

Corey, G

Prescribed

The Art of Integrative Counseling. 2001 edition

Corey, G

Prescribed

CD-Rom for Integrative Counseling.

Corey & Haynes

Prescribed

Psychological assessment in South Africa: Research and Applications

Laher, S. & Cockcroft, K

Prescribed

Principles and Application of Assessment in Counseling.

Whiston, SC

Prescribed

 

M. A. CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders. 5th ed.  (4th ed. available)

DSM V

Prescribed

Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry. 11th edition (2014) 

Sadock, BJ & Sadock, VA

Prescribed

The Selected Melanie Klein. 1991 edition

Mitchell, J

Recommended

Psychological assessment in South Africa: Research and applications

Laher, S. & Cockcroft, K

Prescribed

Introduction to the Practice of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 2003 edition

Lemma, A

Prescribed

On Learning from the Patient

Casement, P.

Prescribed

Developmental Psychology. 2nd (2009) edition.

Watts, J; Cockcroft, K & Duncan, N

Recommended

 

M Ed EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Community Psychology: Analysis, Context & Action. 2007 edition

Duncan, N; Naidoo, A; Roos, V; Bowman, B & Pillay, J

Prescribed

Play Therapy: The Art of the Relationship. 2nd (2002) edition

Landreth, GL

Prescribed

Psychological assessment in South Africa: Research and Applications

Laher, S. & Cockcroft, K

Prescribed

The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: PsychoAnalytic Approaches.

Lanyado, M & Horne, A

Prescribed

Handbook of Community Psychology. 2000 edition

Rappaport, J & Seidman, E

Recommended

Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders. 4th edition

DSM V

Prescribed

Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry. 10th edition (2010)

Sadock, BJ & Sadock, VA

Recommended

 

M.A.  ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

An Introduction to Psychological Assessment in the South African Context. 2009 ed. (2001 and 2005 ed. available)

Foxcroft, C & Roodt, G

Recommended

Introduction to counseling. 4th (2009) ed. (3rd Ed.(Private-Copy available)

Mcleod, J

Prescribed

Psychological assessment in South Africa: Research and Applications

Laher, S. & Cockcroft, K

Prescribed

Engineering Psychology & Human Performance 3rd (2000) edition

Wickens, CD, & Hollands, JG

Prescribed

 

M.A.  RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY

TITLE

AUTHOR

 

Deconstructing Developmental Psychology, 2008 (2nd edition)

Burman, E.

Prescribed

Growing up in the new South Africa (2010)

Bray, R. Gooskens, I., Moses, S., Khan, L. & Seekings, J.

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