Reading list

Psychology: Basic Course

Psykologi: Grundkurs

Course
PX1100
First cycle
30 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Autumn semester 2025 (2025-09-01)
Decision date
2025-05-20

Sub-course 1, Introduction

Borg, Elisabeth, & Westerlund, Joakim. (2020). Statistik för beteendevetare – Faktabok.(Fourth edition). Stockholm: Liber. About 100 pages.

Braun, Virginia, & Clarke, Veronica. (2013). Successful qualitative research – A practical guide for beginners. Sage. About 70 pages.

Jhangiani, Rajiv., Chiang, I-Chant., Cuttler, Carrie, & Leighton, Dana. (2019). Research Methods in Psychology (Fourth edition). https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HF7DQ About 300 pages.

Research articles, about 100 pages

Sub-course 2, Biological psychology 

Watson, Neil & Breedlove, Marc. (2018). The mind's machine: foundations of brain and behavior. (International second edition.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9781605357393

Sub-course 3, Cognitive psychology 

Reisberg, Daniel. (2021). Cognition: Exploring the science of the mind. (8th International Student Edition). New York/London: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN: 9780393877625. 350 pages

Sub-course 4, Developmental psychology 

Hwang, Philip & Nilsson, Björn. (2019). Utvecklingspsykologi. Stockholm: Natur och Kultur. 417 pages

Research articles, about 100 pages

Sub-course 5, Personality psychology 

Larsen, Randy & Buss, David. (2024). Personality psychology domains of knowledge about human nature. (4th edition). London: Mcgraw-Hill. About 300 pages

Research articles, about 200 pages

Sub-course 6, Social psychology 

Hewstone, Miles & Stroebe, Wolfgang. (2020). An Introduction to Social Psychology. (7th ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Selected parts. About 320 pages