Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Facial Expression Recognition
Selected works of Andy Young
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major theoretical and practical contributions.
This volume of...
Child Abuse and Neglect
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Child abuse and neglect are examined in this new edition -- the latest research, what it entails, and how to recognize and report it. Federal law mandates the reporting of suspected child maltreatment by many professionals. This book will appeal to those who one day find themselves in the role of...
The Social Cure
Identity, Health and Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
A growing body of research shows that social networks and identities have a profound impact on mental and physical health. With such mounting evidence of the importance of social relationships in protecting health, the challenge we face is explaining why this should be the case. What is it that social...
Perspectives on Cognitive Task Analysis
Historical Origins and Modern Communities of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
This volume is the first comprehensive history of task analysis, charting its origins from the earliest applied psychology through to modern forms of task analysis that focus on the study of cognitive work. Through this detailed historical analysis, it is made apparent how task analysis has always been cognitive.Chapters cover the histori
Studies of Thinking
Selected works of Kenneth Gilhooly
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2015
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.
Kenneth Gilhooly has...
Organized Activities As Contexts of Development
Extracurricular Activities, After School and Community Programs
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2005
School-aged children in the U.S. and other Western nations spend almost half of their waking hours in leisure activities. For some, out-of-school time is perceived as inconsequential or even counterproductive to the health and well-being of young persons. Recently, however, there has been a growing...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
There has been a burgeoning of interest in the relation between biological development--particularly brain development--and behavioral development. This shift in focus does a better job of reflecting the whole child and all of development. Not surprisingly, many of the individuals who are concerned...
Cultural Variation in Conflict Resolution
Alternatives To Violence
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This volume's central purpose is to provide a clearly written, scholarly exploration of cultural variation regarding conflict resolution and in so doing, highlight certain alternatives to violence. It presents an interdisciplinary examination of how conflicts are perceived and handled in a variety...
The Adolescent Experience
European and American Adolescents in the 1990s
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
The opening of the borders to Eastern Europe has expanded our view on European diversities and offered new opportunities to examine the effects of the heterogeneity in European cultural backgrounds and political systems on personality and social development. This book is a first step in utilizing...
Collective Memory of Political Events
Social Psychological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Research in collective memory is a relatively new area capturing the interest of scholars in social psychology, memory, sociology, and anthropology. The core idea is that collective attitudes and behaviors are created and shared through common experiences and communication among a cohort of people....
Peer Prejudice and Discrimination
The Origins of Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This award-winning book provides an analysis of the genetic/evolutionary, cultural/historical, and developmental aspects of prejudice and discrimination. It emphasizes how certain genetic/evolutionary mechanisms are utilized to both produce and prevent prejudice and discrimination from occurring or...
Reasoning: Representation and Process
In Children and Adults
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Originally published in 1975, this volume contains original reports of new models and data in the areas of propositional reasoning, syllogistic reasoning, and transitive inference in children and adults of the time. A wide range of theoretical viewpoints is represented, and an effort is made to integrate...
Optimal Human Being
An Integrated Multi-level Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Ken Sheldon's comprehensive new book addresses two questions: how can individuals best integrate the different facets of themselves to achieve "optimal human being", and how can researchers best integrate the different levels of analysis within the human sciences to understand "optimal...
by R. A.M. Gregson
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
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