Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
Sensory Experience, Adaptation, and Perception
Festschrift for Ivo Kohler
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Published in 1983, Sensory, Experience, Adaptation, and Perception is a valuable contribution to the field of Cognitive Psychology.
Remembering
Attributions, Processes, and Control in Human Memory
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
In the 22 chapters in this volume, many of the world’s foremost memory scientists report on their cutting-edge research on the nature of human memory, with several chapters reporting new empirical studies that are being published for the first time. All the contributions are inspired by the work...
Motivation and Emotion in Sport
Reversal Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Why did Michael Jordan quit basketball and take up baseball? Why was Martina Navratilova so successful as a professional tennis player? These and many other questions about aspects of motivation and emotion in sport are addressed in this book which is newly available in paperback. Reversal theory's...
Creating A Memory of Causal Relationships
An Integration of Empirical and Explanation-based Learning Methods
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
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...
Jean Piaget and Neuchâtel
The Learner and the Scholar
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2007
Jean Piaget is widely acknowledged as one of the most important scholars of the twentieth century. His passionate philosophical search for an understanding of the nature of knowledge led him to make major contributions to the study of child development and epistemology. But how did his early life...
Spiritual Intelligence
A Special Issue of the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Creativity Conundrum
A Propulsion Model of Kinds of Creative Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book challenges traditional notions of creativity as a trait, and brings forward ideas of multiple types of creativity, along with the possibility of development of creativity.
Obedience to Authority
Current Perspectives on the Milgram Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Stanley Milgram's experiments on obedience to authority are among the most important psychological studies of this century. Perhaps because of the enduring significance of the findings--the surprising ease with which ordinary persons can be commanded to act destructively against an innocent individual...
Writing
A Mosaic of New Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development...
An Introduction to Theories of Personality
7th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
This 7th Edition helps students unravel the mysteries of human behavior through its highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists.
Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts. ...
by Al Siebert, Mary Karr
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Finalist:
2016 Best Book Awards, College Guides category
Whether enrolling in college for the first time or returning after an extended absence, this one-stop reference provides adult students with a wealth of practical guidance once they hit campus—either brick and mortar or online. This...
Individual Assessment
As Practiced in Industry and Consulting
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2003
Individual Assessment is a professional practice important to Human Resource Managers, Executives and anyone making decisions about employees. Finally, we now have a clear, practical guide with methodologically-grounded descriptions of how to successfully do it. The authors have put together a unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014
This volume represents an advance in our understanding of how to represent and reason about organizational phenomena. Although organizational theorists have long grappled with the complexities of adaptive agents, ecological systems, and non-linear relations among the basic elements of organizational...
by Robert A.M. Gregson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Nonlinear Psychophysical Dynamics utilizes new results in systems theory as a foundation for representing sensory channels as a form of recursive loop processes. It demonstrates that a range of phenomena, previously treated as diverse or anomalous, are more readily seen as related and as the natural...