Below are the lists of textbooks to be purchased for modules.
You can order your textbooks online from Loot (Loot can deliver anywhere in South Africa, and it can take around 11 to 15 working days for the book to arrive). Other places you could get textbooks: Takealot, also an online store, with delivery anywhere in South Africa Protea Bookshop, online and also physical bookshops around the country Van Schaik Bookstore, online and also physical book shops around the country Juta bookshop, online and also physical book shops around the country
Interpersonal Skills and Communication
- No textbooks are required to be purchased, readings will be on Funda
Abnormal Psychology: An Introduction
- Barlow, D.H.; Durand, V.M.; Du Plessis, L.; Visser, C. (2017). Abnormal Psychology – An Integrative Approach. 1st South African Edition, China: RR Donnelley: Cengage Learning.
Solution Focussed Brief Counselling
- No textbooks are required to be purchased, readings will be provided
Developmental Psychology – Contact and Online
- Kail, R.V & Cavanaugh, J.C. 2017. Human Development (8th Ed). Cengage Learning.
Counselling and Life Skills
- CONTACT – Nelson-Jones, R. 2016. Basic Counselling Skills. (4th Edition). SAGE
- ONLINE – All readings will be uploaded on Funda and in Slides
Research Methods & Statistics: An Introduction – Contact and Online
- Gravetter, F., Wallnau, L., & Forzano, L. (2020). Essentials of statistics for the behavioural science, (10th ed.). USA: Cengage Learning.
Family Counselling – Contact and Online
- Esposito, J. & Hattem. A. (2017) Introduction to Family Counseling: A Case Study Approach. London: Sage Publishers.
Community Psychology
- ONLINE – Visser, M., Akhurst, J., Carolissen, R., & Matamela, N. (2022). Community Psychology: A South African Praxis (3rd ed). Van Schaik.
- CONTACT – All readings will be made available on Funda. No textbook to be purchased.
Psychological Interventions
- There is no prescribed text for this module. Please use the resources listed for each week.
Theories of Personality
- Shultz, DP, & Shultz, S.E. 2017. Theories of Personality. Boston: Cengage Learning, Other readings will be accessible on Funda.
Abnormal Psychology
- Barlow, D. H., Durand, V.M., du Plessis, l. & Visser, C. (2017). Abnormal Psychology – AN
Integrative Approach. 1st South African Edition, China: R.R. Donnelley: Cengage Learning.
Psychological Assessment and Measurement
- Foxcroft, C. & Roodt, G. (2023). An introduction to psychological assessment in the South African Context (6th ed.). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
Research Methods and Statistics
- Rakow, T. (2021) Research Methods For The Behavioural Sciences Frederick J Gravetter; Lori-Ann B. Forzano; 1st EMEA Edition
Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences. Frederick J. Gravetter; Larry B. Wallnau (2020). Cengage Learning 10th Edition.
[Please note that both text books for RMS must be purchased. One will be used for quantitative and the other qualitative]
Community Psychology (Advanced)
- Visser M, Akhurst J, Carolissen R, Matamela N (Ed). (2022). Community Psychology South African Praxis, Van Schaik Publishers, ISBN: 9780627039973
Psychopathology
- Sadock,B., Sadock,V & Ruiz, P. (2015) Kaplan and Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry, USA: Williams & Wilkins.
- American Psychiatric Association. (2023) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 6th Edition, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C.
- Understanding Psychopathology 4th edition (2023) Editor Ure, Oxford University Press
Psychology Research Project
- Gravetter, F. J. Forzano L. B. and Rakow, T. (2021). Research Methods for the Behavioural Sciences. Cengage Learning, EMEA Edition
- Frederick J. Gravetter; Larry B. Wallnau (2020). Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences. Cengage Learning 10th Edition
Psychological Interventions
- Naidu, T. & Ramlall, S. (2016). Talk therapy toolkit. Theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. Van Schaick: Cape Town.
- Visser M, Akhurst J, Carolissen R, Matamela N (Ed). (2022). Community Psychology South African Praxis, Van Schaik Publishers, ISBN: 9780627039973.