Psychophysiology: Human Behavior & Physiological Response

by John L. Andreassi, Andreassi, John L. Andreassi, John L.

This highly readable and comprehensive overview of psychophysiology provides information regarding the anatomy and physiology of various body systems, methods of recording their activity, and ways in which these measures relate to human behavior. Biofeedback applications are contained in a separate chapter and discussions of stress management, job strain, and personality factors that affect cardiovascular reactivity are presented. There is much of interest here to the student, researcher, and clinician in behavioral medicine, ergonomics, emotion, cognitive neuroscience, neuropsychology, and health psychology.

Now in its fourth edition, Andreassi's Psychophysiology explores some of the newer areas of importance and updates findings in traditional topics of interest. Significant changes to this edition
*updated information on brain activity in memory, perception, and intelligence;
*new information on brain imaging and behavior;
*separate chapters on pupillography and eye movements;
*new information on the startle pattern and eyeblink;
*separate chapters on clinical and non-clinical applications;
*updated information on cardiovascular reactivity and personality;
*the latest biofeedback and ergonomics applications;
*novel findings in environmental psychophysiology;
*brief summaries at the end of each section; and
*an appendix on laboratory safety

Each chapter is a self-contained unit allowing instructors to customize the presentation of the material. With over 1,700 citations, Andreassi's Psychophysiology is the definitive text in the field.

An instructor's manual is now available. Based on the book, the manual is primarily a test bank to be used in giving examinations to students during the teaching of a course. Both multiple-choice and essay questions have been provided, along with lists of key terms and ideas. These can be used for definition-type questions and to highlight important concepts, as well as alerting the instructor to important terms and ideas that they may want to cover in lectures. Sample syllabi are provided for teaching a course at both undergraduate and graduate levels to help the instructor who is preparing a course for the first time. A number of possible laboratory exercises are also provided that can be carried out in conjunction with teaching the course.

Genres: Psychology

488 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 1980

Reviews

[Brad Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great textbook I used for Neurological monitoring units at Uni. To be fair, I haven't read the whole thing as I didn't need to be the pace of it is really quite good and I found it helpful for P300 and EEG scans and stuff. Quite good. Would subscribe.

[Rose · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will make a disclaimer that I have not read my entire way through this book. I know that is against the rules for this site, but I figure there can be a little bit of leniency with textbooks, since many classes don't require a reading through of the whole thing.

This book seems to be more of an advanced book for psychophysiology and was probably too heavy for the course that I was required to take. This seems to be a graduate level textbook. Readings are advanced and there is quite a bit of terminology that is difficult to follow if one is unfamiliar with it. This is not a good introduction to psychophysiology for someone who has never done any studying on the subject and is not taking a class to assist with the reading of the book.

From what I could understand in the chapters, the book seems to be decently detailed and contain good information. The chapters didn't seem to be too long or contain extraneous information, but it took me much longer to read these chapters than with most other books, as the lingo was quite a bit to get a grip on.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my favorite books with some insightful experimental references.
5 star content but a little scattered in the delivery.