Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Principles of Social Psychology
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Originally published in 1987 this third edition won praise from students and instructors alike for its challenging "no nonsense" approach to the field. Thoroughly updated to reflect current research of the time, the text retains the qualities that had become its hallmarks: a cognitive approach...
Social Decision Making
Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2009
This book, in honor of David Messick, is about social decisions and the role cooperation plays in social life. Noted contributors who worked with Dave over the years will discuss their work in social judgment, decision making and ethics which was so important to Dave.
The book offers a unique...
The Psychology of Work
Theoretically Based Empirical Research
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
This edited volume is derived from a conference held in honor of Charles Hulin's contribution to the psychology of work. His research has carefully developed and tested theory related to job satisfaction, withdrawal from work, and sexual harassment. Edited by Hulin's students, The Psychology of Work...
by Warren Davies
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Do you want to spend less time studying but end up with better grades, and a deeper understanding of the subject?
Studying psychology is a skill that can be learned. In this unique and practical 'how to' guide, Warren Davies offers some simple techniques that will enable students to retain...
The Psychology of Graphic Images
Seeing, Drawing, Communicating
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
This book explores the nature of one of the most ancient tools for nonverbal communication: drawings. They are naturally adaptable enough to meet an incredibly wide range of communication needs. But how exactly do they do their job so well?
Avoiding the kinds of aesthetic rankings of different...
Touch and Blindness
Psychology and Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Research on touch and blindness has undergone rapid transformation in recent years, with dramatic developments in technology designed to provide assistance to those who are blind, and advancements in robotics that demand haptic interfaces. Touch and Blindness approaches the study of the topic from...
The Social Psychology of Aggression
2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
The second edition of this textbook provides a thoroughly revised, updated and expanded overview of social psychological research on aggression.
The first part of the book covers the definition and measurement of aggression, presents major theories and examines the development of aggression....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species. These days, to study any animal species while refusing to consider the evolved adaptive...
The Scientist and the Humanist
A Festschrift in Honor of Elliot Aronson
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw classroom,"...
Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being
The Search for the 'Good Life' and the 'Body Perfect'
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer...
Psychology of Self-Regulation
Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Processes
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent developments...
by David Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
‘Some years ago I read the phrase "the spontaneous revulsion to the deformed". The phrase seemed to be both potent and provocative: Was there a spontaneous revulsion to disabilities in children or did such conditions evoke a more compassionate response?’
Originally published in...
Lev Vygotsky (Classic Edition)
Revolutionary Scientist
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
When Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist published, it was unique in several ways. It presented Vygotsky as a Marxist methodologist, both locating him in his historical period and delineating how his life and writings have been a catalyst for a contemporary revolutionary, practical-critical, psychology....
Statistics in Psychology
An Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2005
This book presents an historical overview of the field--from its development to the present--at an accessible mathematical level. This edition features two new chapters--one on factor analysis and the other on the rise of ANOVA usage in psychological research.
Written for psychology, as well...