Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Attention
A Neuropsychological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
Attention: A Neuropsychological Approach provides a fascinating overview of the neuropsychological aspects of attention, revealing how we select our information, divide our attention and control our focus of interest. Through fully integrating cognitive neuropsychological perspectives on attention,...
Contributions To Information Integration Theory
Volume 2: Social
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
The theory of information integration provides a unified, general approach to the three disciplines of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology. Each of these volumes illustrates how the concepts and methods of this experimentally-grounded theory may be productively applied to core problems in one of these three disciplines.
Behavioral Approaches to Pattern Recognition and Concept Formation
Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume VIII
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Volume eight in this highly acclaimed series discusses the behavioral approaches to pattern recognition and concept formation in two sections: categories and concepts in birds, and shape and form. An ideal reference for students and professionals in experimental psychology and behavioral analysis.
Twelve Years of Correspondence With Paul Meehl
Tough Notes From a Gentle Genius
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In 1996 Division 12 of the APA presented Centennial Awards to two psychologists who were considered to have made the greatest lifetime contributions to the discipline. One of those individuals was Paul Meehl. Dr. Meehl's writings on research methodology and mental illness influenced generations of...
Sensation Seeking (Psychology Revivals)
Beyond the Optimal Level of Arousal
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Originally published in 1979, this title represents a summary of 17 years of research centring around the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and the theory from which the test was derived. Now an integral part of personality testing, including adaptations for use with children, this reissue is a chance to see where it all began.
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory
Encoding and Retrieval
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Recent advances in techniques available to memory researchers have led to a rapid expansion in the field of cognitive neuroscience of memory. This book provides accessible coverage of four key areas of recent advance, including research on functional imaging, electrophysiological and lesion studies,...
Selective Mutism (Psychology Revivals)
Implications for Research and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Originally published in 1981, this title was designed to present a comprehensive review of research on, and treatment of selective mutism. It represents the only systematic overview of research and treatment procedures on this behavioral problem at the time. In many respects the literature on selective...
The Foundations of Remembering
Essays in Honor of Henry L. Roediger, III
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
The Foundations of Remembering presents a collection of essays written by top memory scholars in honor of Henry L. Roediger III. The chapters were originally delivered as part of the "Roddyfest" conference held in March 2005 to celebrate Purdue University's awarding of an honorary doctor...
Cognition and the Symbolic Processes
Applied and Ecological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This volume is a festschrift dedicated to James J. Jenkins, a pioneer in many areas of experimental psychology. It has three major goals: to provide a forum for debate on current theoretical issues in cognitive psychology, to capture the "state of the art" in reviews of research methods...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
This volume presents a collection of articles selected from Teaching of Psychology, sponsored by APA Division 2. It contains the collective experience of teachers who have successfully dealt with students' statistics anxiety, resistance to conducting literature reviews, and related problems. For those...
Psychophysics Beyond Sensation
Laws and Invariants of Human Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2004
This volume presents a series of studies that expand laws, invariants, and principles of psychophysics beyond its classical domain of sensation. This book's goal is to demonstrate the extent of the domain of psychophysics, ranging from sensory processes, through sensory memory and short-term memory...
The Science of Self-report
Implications for Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Rigorous methodological techniques have been developed in the last decade to improve the reliability and accuracy of self reports from research volunteers and patients about their pain, mood, substance abuse history, or dietary habits. This book presents cutting-edge research on optimal methods for...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Methodological Issues in Aging Research is the first volume in the "Notre Dame Series on Quantitative Methodology." This new series provides practical training on the latest quantitative methods used in social and behavioral research. Each volume features contributions from leading experts in state-of-the-art...
Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self
The Neurobiology of Emotional Development
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2012
During the past decade a diverse group of disciplines have simultaneously intensified their attention upon the scientific study of emotion. This proliferation of research on affective phenomena has been paralleled by an acceleration of investigations of early human structural and functional development....