Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Cognitive and Affective Growth (PLE: Emotion)
Developmental Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Originally published in 1981, this title is a collection of chapters based on papers presented at a conference called to explore what the editors called a developmental–interaction point of view – an approach to developmental psychology and education that stresses these interactive and reciprocal...
The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures
Going Beyond Words
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures provides a comprehensive discussion of research choices for investigating nonverbal phenomena. The volume presents many of the primary means by which researchers assess nonverbal cues. Editor Valerie Manusov has collected both well-established and new measures...
by Thomas G. Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Play is a paradox. Why would the young of so many species--the very animals at greatest risk for injury and predation--devote so much time and energy to an activity that by definition has no immediate purpose? This question has long puzzled students of animal behavior, and has been the focus of considerable...
Discovering the Social Mind
Selected works of Christopher D. Frith
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 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 practical theoretical contributions.
Christopher D. Frith...
Individual Differences in Judgement and Decision-Making
A Developmental Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Children face an overwhelming amount of information and a range of different choices every day, and so there has never been a more important time to understand how children learn to make judgments and decisions in our modern world. Individual Differences in Judgment and Decision-Making presents cutting-edge...
Creating A Memory of Causal Relationships
An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-based Learning Methods
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
This book presents a theory of learning new causal relationships by making use of perceived regularities in the environment, general knowledge of causality, and existing causal knowledge. Integrating ideas from the psychology of causation and machine learning, the author introduces a new learning...
Cognition and Emotion
Reviews of Current Research and Theories
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2010
Emotions are complex and multifaceted phenomena. Although they have been examined from a variety of perspectives, the study of the interaction between cognition and emotion has always occupied a unique position within emotion research. Many philosophers and psychologists have been fascinated by the...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
There is a growing acknowledgement of the importance of integrating the study of reasoning with other areas of cognitive psychology. The purpose of this volume is to examine the extent to which we can further our understanding of reasoning by integrating findings, theories and paradigms in the field...
by Vernon Gregg
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Originally published in 1986, this book was written for undergraduates who had completed an introductory course in psychology, and aimed to acquaint the student with the core of recent experimental findings and theoretical ideas concerning human memory. Each chapter deals with a specific area of memory...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
This book presents a current, interdisciplinary perspective on language requisites from both a biological/comparative perspective and from a developmental/learning perspective. Perspectives regarding language and language acquisition are advanced by scientists of various backgrounds -- speech, hearing,...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Smoking, diet, stress, coping, and exercise, among other behaviors and psychological states, are now clearly implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Prevention, based largely on altering behaviors that contribute to this chronic disease, is now as important a goal as is treatment...
A Lifetime of Communication
Transformations Through Relational Dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
A Lifetime of Communication explores the developmental processes that make for uniquely human change and growth. In this distinctive work, author Julie Yingling utilizes a single case example of a child, her parents, and other influential figures to demonstrate developmental interaction and transformational...
Children's Searching
The Development of Search Skill and Spatial Representation
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Published in 1985, Childrens Searching is a valubale contribution to the field of Developmental Psychology.
Group Conflict and Co-operation
Their Social Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Originally published in 1966 the author challenges the accepted theories of group conflict of the time, such as frustration and maladjustment. For him conflict and its accompanying aggressiveness are features of interaction between groups and he supports this theory with a detailed experimental study...