Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Becoming a Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Professional
A Global Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
This edited book by two prominent professionals of Sport and Exercise and Performance Sciences addresses relevant issues and experiences as one becomes a sport, exercise and performance psychology practitioner. Chapters discuss the supervision and training involved along with models of practice, theory, techniques, and ethical issues.
Psychology and Its Allied Disciplines
Volume 1: Psychology and the Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Psychology of Expertise
Cognitive Research and Empirical Ai
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This volume investigates our ability to capture, and then apply, expertise. In recent years, expertise has come to be regarded as an increasingly valuable and surprisingly elusive resource. Experts, who were the sole active dispensers of certain kinds of knowledge in the days before AI, have themselves...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
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...
Minority and Cross-Cultural Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment
Enduring and Emerging Trends
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Minority and cross-cultural psychology is more relevant now than ever in our diverse world. Given the dramatic local and global changes occurring daily with regard to demographics, population changes, and immigration issues, minority and cross-cultural psychology is fast becoming a respected and critical...
Straight Choices
The Psychology of Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Should I have this medical treatment or that one?
Is this computer a better buy than that one?
Should I invest in shares or keep my money under the bed?
We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the new edition of Straight...
Epistemic Cognition and Development
The Psychology of Justification and Truth
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Epistemic cognition, the philosophical core of metacognition, concerns people’s knowledge about the justification and truth of beliefs. Multiple literatures in psychology and education address aspects of epistemic cognition. In the absence of a coherent conceptual framework, however, these literatures...
Engendering Psychology
Women and Gender Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Engendering Psychology's treatment of issues is based solidly on scientific evidence and presented in a balanced manner. The text combines a developmental and topical approach. Denmark, Rabinowitz, and Sechzer explore the concept of gender as a social construction across the lines of race, ethnicity,...
Flashbulb Memories
New Challenges and Future Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Are Flashbulb memories special or ordinary memory formations? Are emotional, cognitive, or social factors highly relevant for the formation of Flashbulb memories? How can sociological, historical, and cultural issues help us to understand the process? What is the difference between Flashbulb memories,...
Piaget Vygotsky
The Social Genesis Of Thought
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This book is the outcome of a long and passionate debate among world experts about two of the most pivotal figures of psychology: Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotksy. The occasion was a week-long advanced course held at the Jean Piaget Archives in Geneva. The most interesting outcome of the meeting is that,...
Personnel Selection and Assessment
Individual and Organizational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The impetus for this volume came from the editors' belief that most current research and thinking about personnel selection and assessment in organizations considered only the perspective of the employer. The job applicant seeking to join the organization or the employee being considered for promotion...
Creativity Across Domains
Faces of the Muse
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2005
Creativity Across Domains: Faces of the Muse sorts through the sometimes-confusing theoretical diversity that domain specificity has spawned. It also brings together writers who have studied creative thinkers in different areas, such as the various arts, sciences, and communication/leadership. Each...
Time and Work, Volume 1
How time impacts individuals
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The concept of time is a crucial filter through which we understand any events or phenomena; nothing exists outside of time. It conditions not only the question of ‘when’, but also influences the ‘what, how and why’ of our ideas about management. And yet management scholars have rarely considered...
Burnout at Work
A psychological perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
The psychological concept of burnout refers to long-term exhaustion from, and diminished interest in, the work we do. It’s a phenomenon that most of us have some understanding of, even if we haven’t always been affected directly. Many people start their working lives full of energy and enthusiasm,...