Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
The Organization of Behavior
A Neuropsychological Theory
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Since its publication in 1949, D.O. Hebb's, The Organization of Behavior has been one of the most influential books in the fields of psychology and neuroscience. However, the original edition has been unavailable since 1966, ensuring that Hebb's comment that a classic normally means "cited but...
Employee Recruitment, Selection, and Assessment
Contemporary Issues for Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Personnel selection is changing. Whilst traditional face-to-face interviews are still common, the range of assessment processes that inform the selection of candidates is increasingly diverse, taking advantage not only of new technologies, but also using new methods and strategies, such as assessment...
by Donald O. Hebb
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Donald Olding Hebb, referred to by American Psychologist as one of "the 20th century's most eminent and influential theorists in the realm of brain function and behavior," contributes greatly to the understanding of mind and thought in Essays on Mind.
His objective was to learn about...
Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
First published in 1979. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Leader Development for Transforming Organizations
Growing Leaders for Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2004
This book examines numerous topic areas that are considered to be especially relevant for making a strategic leader development investment. The topics covered are areas that have theoretical and empirical connections to important aspects of growth, change, adult development, and underlying abilities,...
Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
Risks and Opportunities
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
In this volume, Romance and Sex in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Risks and Opportunities, top scholars in the field of family research examine the nature and origin of adolescents’ contemporary patterns of sexual and romantic relationships, spanning such diverse topics as the evolutionary...
Psychophysiology
Human Behavior and Physiological Response
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2010
As new technology fuels the rapid growth of research in psychophysiology, it is essential that those new to the field receive a comprehensive introduction. Psychophysiology: Human Behavior and Physiological Response provides students with elementary information regarding the anatomy and physiology...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Remembering the Times of Our Lives
Memory in Infancy and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The purpose of Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy and Beyond is to trace the development from infancy through adulthood in the capacity to form, retain, and later retrieve autobiographical or personal memories.
It is appropriate for scholars and researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology, memory, infancy, and human development.
The Psychology of Evaluation
Affective Processes in Cognition and Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
The affective connotations of environmental stimuli are evaluated spontaneously and with minimal cognitive processing. The activated evaluations influence subsequent emotional and cognitive processes. Featuring original contributions from leading researchers active in this area, this book reviews...
Implicit Memory
New Directions in Cognition, Development, and Neuropsychology
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
The immense growth of research on implicit and explicit memory is making it difficult to keep up with new methods and findings, to gauge the implications of new discoveries, and to ferret out new directions in research and theory development. The present volume provides a status report of work on...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide range of everyday activities, particularly in childhood. Children with weak working memory skills often struggle in key areas of learning...
Cultural Processes in Child Development
The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 29
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1999
The chapters of this volume were originally presented at the 29th Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology. The focus of this symposium on cultural processes in child development emerged from the growing recognition among those at the Institute of Child Development and many others in the field that...
Mathematical Models of Perception and Cognition Volume I
A Festschrift for James T. Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
In this two volume festschrift, contributors explore the theoretical developments (Volume I) and applications (Volume II) in traditional cognitive psychology domains, and model other areas of human performance that benefit from rigorous mathematical approaches. It brings together former classmates,...