This book will help you look in a little more detail at the methods psychologists use to conduct their research, and how psychologists apply the knowledge gathered from their research in areas such as education, mental health, crime and work.Introduction, Welcome, Influences on People's Minds and Behaviour, How Do Psychologists Do Psychology?, What Makes us Happy?, Investigating the Brain, A Quick Tour of the Brain, Memories are Made of This, Hurt Feelings, A Brain of Two Halves, What Makes us Happy and Happy Brains, Learning Skills and Reading and Note Taking, It's the Thought that Counts, Organisation and Improved Recall, Organisation and Distorted Recall, Thinking about Our Social World, Learning Skills and Writing Essays, Relating to Others, The First Relationships, Childhood Relationships, Adult and Intimate Relationships, Identifying Social Identities, Role Play, Group Pressure, Cultural and Context, What Makes Us Who We are?, Multiple Influences, A Word from the Y183 Module Team, Glossary, References, Acknowledgements, Index.