Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Relations and Representations
An introduction to the philosophy of social psychological science
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
What is the nature of social psychological science? What does a realist approach to human behaviour offer?
Originally published in 1991, this lucid introduction to the philosophy of social psychological science takes a new and original approach to the subject. The author repudiates traditional...
Coping With Uncertainty
Behavioral and Developmental Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The first volume in this new series from The Center for the Study of Child and Adolescent Development at The Pennsylvania State University focuses on the relationship between the biological stress circuits and the behavioral concomitants to stress in animals and humans. The participants at this conference,...
Development of Cognition, Affect, and Social Relations
The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 13
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Mental Representation of Trait and Autobiographical Knowledge About the Self
Advances in Social Cognition, Volume V
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
If there is one topic on which we all are experts, it is ourselves. Psychologists depend upon this expertise, as asking people questions about themselves is an important means by which they gather the data that provide much of the evidence for psychological theory. Personal recollections play an important...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Traditionally, developmental psychology has its focus on individuals. Developmentalists aim to describe regularities in individuals' change and development across time, to explain the processes and mechanisms that are involved in producing change and regularity, and eventually, to design strategies...
Handbook of Moral Behavior and Development
Volume 2: Research
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
The publication of this unique three-volume set represents the culmination of years of work by a large number of scholars, researchers, and professionals in the field of moral development. The literature on moral behavior and development has grown to the point where it is no longer possible to capture...
Colour-Blindness
With a Comparison of Different Methods of Testing Colour-Blindness
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Originally published in 1925, this book embodies the results of research on red-green colour-blind subjects, supplemented by brief accounts of blue-yellow, total, and acquired colour-blindness to complete the description of the different forms of the defect. After a historical survey of previous work...
Closing the Gap
The Scientific Writings of David N. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
This book is a collection of Lee�s most important works, placed in a historical setting and contextualized through the commentaries of other leading researchers in the field. The contributors were selected on the basis of their standing in the field. Some have been directly involved in collaborations with Lee, while others have participated in publ
by W. R. Uttal
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
Published in the year 1982, Visual Form Detection in Three-dimensional Space is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology.
Test Theory
A Unified Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book introduces the reader to the main quantitative concepts, methods, and computational techniques needed for the development, evaluation, and application of tests in the behavioral/social sciences, including educational tests. Two empirical examples are carried throughout to illustrate alternative...
Mental Mechanisms
Philosophical Perspectives on Cognitive Neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2007
A variety of scientific disciplines have set as their task explaining mental activities, recognizing that in some way these activities depend upon our brain. But, until recently, the opportunities to conduct experiments directly on our brains were limited. As a result, research efforts were split between disciplines such as cognitive psychology, li
Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture
A Social Psychological Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization...
by F.J. Maarse, L.J.M. Mulder, A.N. Brand
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
A study of clinical assessment, computerized methods and instrumentation in psychology, containing 18 contributions from the workshop, "Computers in Psychology", held in September 1999 at the University of Utrecht.;The first section of the work contains contributions concerning clinical...
Organizational Commitment in the Military
A Special Issue of military Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017
Most military researchers who have attempted to measure organizational commitment have done so on an ad hoc basis, preferring to invent new items and scales rather than incorporate well-established measures. The purpose of this special issue is to reverse this trend by bringing military organizational...