Psychology Press imprint: 2143 books
The Dynamics of Aggression
Biological and Social Processes in Dyads and Groups
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Aggression usually involves a sequence of behaviors, reflecting escalations and de-escalations in the form or intensity of the actions taken, which play out over time. This book provides a context in which social and biological research on the aggressive behaviors of human and non-human subjects,...
Learning Through Problem Solving
A Special Double Issue of the Journal of the Learning Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
The articles in this special issue represent the findings of researchers working in classroom settings to explore key issues in learning through problem solving. Although they vary in the domains being studied, the age of students, and the methods they employ, there are numerous common themes that...
Epidemiology of Sleep
Age, Gender, and Ethnicity
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
What is the prevalence of insomnia in a particular age group, in men and women, or in Caucasians and African Americans? What is the average total sleep time among normal sleepers among these groups? How does the sleep of Caucasians and African Americans differ? These are just some of the questions...
by Norman H. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
The goal of Norman H. Anderson's new book is to help students develop skills of scientific inference. To accomplish this he organized the book around the "Experimental Pyramid"--six levels that represent a hierarchy of considerations in empirical investigation--conceptual framework, phenomena,...
by Daphne Blunt Bugental
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
This book explores the life experiences of children who are born with a variety of medical or physical disorders. It provides an integration of scientific and personal perspectives on such conditions. In accounting for both outcomes, it suggests how the social responses of others (family, friends,...
by Susan E. Gathercole, Alan D. Baddeley
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a wide-ranging...
by David Kemmerer
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language is one of our most precious and uniquely human capacities, so it is not surprising that research on its neural substrates has been advancing quite rapidly in recent years. Until now, however, there has not been a single introductory textbook that focuses specifically on this topic.
Cognitive...
theories of the Evolution of Knowing
the T.c. Schneirla Conferences Series, Volume 4
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This volume presents current thought and criticism on evolutionary epistemology -- the evolution of knowledge and knowing. As the theme of the fourth T.C. Schneirla Conference held at Wichita State University, evolutionary epistemology was examined from several diverse areas of study including comparative,...
Developmental Variations in Learning
Applications to Social, Executive Function, Language, and Reading Skills
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Developmental changes in cognitive abilities in childhood have long been of interest to researchers across many fields, including behavioral sciences, communications, education, and medicine. With the publication of research findings showing individual differences in the development of children's...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This volume covers several perspectives on autism which bring together the most recent scientific views of the nature of this disorder. A number of themes organize major developments and emerging areas in autism:
Cognitive and neural systems development: how autism arises in the behavior and...
Human Performance and Productivity
Volumes 1, 2, and 3
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
These volumes represent a concerted attempt to link what is known from human performance research to recognized national needs for improving productivity. The product of a National Science Foundation project directed by the series editor, the set features authoritative reviews by leading psychologists...
Intellectual Teamwork
Social and Technological Foundations of Cooperative Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This book seeks to establish an interdisciplinary, applied social scientific model for researchers and students that advocates a cooperative effort between machines and people. After showing that basic research on social processes offers much needed guidance for those creating technology and designing...
by Richard L. Gorsuch
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Comprehensive and comprehensible, this classic covers the basic and advanced topics essential for using factor analysis as a scientific tool in psychology, education, sociology, and related areas. Emphasizing the usefulness of the techniques, it presents sufficient mathematical background for understanding...
by Fons J.R. van de Vijver, Dianne A. Van Hemert, Ype H. Poortinga
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
In this book, top specialists address theoretical, methodological, and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided into four parts, the book opens with the basic conceptual and theoretical issues in multilevel research, including the fallacies...