Complete Psychology

Ian Albery is Reader in Psychology at London South Bank University, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chartered Health Psychologist. He has published widely in the general area of social cognition but has a particular interest in the development and maintenance of addictive behaviours and the operation of illusory cognitive biases. He is also an Associate Editor for The Psychologist - the British Psychological Society’s monthly publication.

Chris Chandler studied Psychology at Solihull College of Technology, Plymouth Polytechnic and the University of Hertfordshire. After obtaining his PhD he worked with Professor Ian Stolerman as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry. He is currently lecturer at London Metropolitan University (previously London Guildhall University). His work now focuses on addiction and the role of drug-related cues in the disease process, and he is also working on the long-term consequences of MDMA use.

Graham Davey is Professor of Psychology at the University of Sussex. He is an experimental psychologist with research interests in clinical and abnormal psychology and learning theory. He has published over 100 research papers in scientific journals and has written and edited 10 books, including Phobias: A handbook of theory, research and treatment (1997) and Worrying: Perspectives on theory, assessment and treatment (1994). He was President of the British Psychological Society from 2002-3.

Andy Field is Senior Lecturer of Psychology at the University of Sussex. He is an experimental psychologist with research interests in the learning of affective responses and the development of anxiety in children. He has published over 20 research papers in scientific journals, and authored the widely-used ‘Discovering statistics using SPSS’ (2000) and ‘How to design and report experiments’ (2003 - with Graham Hole). In 2001 he received a University of Sussex teaching award for ‘making Research Methods interesting’.

DAI JONES: Following stints at DRA Malvern and the University of Nijmegen, Dai Jones has been a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Gloucestershire since 1995, and Field Chair for the undergraduate degree since 1998. He developed and led an MSc programme on Psychology in the Workplace, and has been Academic Dean for the Faculty of Education & Social Sciences. His teaching and research interests include historical and critical psychology, cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology, and research methods. His previous publications include History and Theories of Psychology: A Critical Perspective, (Jones & Elcock, Arnold, 2001).

David Messer has carried out research on a range of topics in developmental psychology, including: infancy; language development; cognitive process; health issues and disabilities. He has written or edited nine books and has published extensively in Journals. He is Professor of Psychology at London South Bank University.

Simon Moore is Academic Leader for the BSc Hons Applied Psychology degree at London Metropolitan University. His PhD was in psychobiology, and his research interests revolve around the psychology of the media (computer games, advertising, body image, aggression, pornography, censorship) and criminal psychology. He has participated in various media programmes, including All In The Mind, BBC News 24 and Sky News.

Christopher Sterling took his degree and PhD at Stirling University, and has worked in various psychology departments across the UK. He is now at London South Bank University, where he teaches Research Methods, Neuropsychology and Memory and Attention. He co-authored ‘Dyslexia & Inclusion’ (2002) and he currently has a HEFCE grant to develop a programme to help students with problems with spelling related to dyslexia.