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Originally published in 1976, this volume is based on a conference held in 1974. The purpose of the conference was to foster communication between those researchers studying habituation or closely related processes in children and those studying...

Romantic relationships, especially good ones, are desired of almost all humans. However, what makes such relationships good and nourishing? For the most part, it is the support and intimacy that exists within the couple, and their ability to experience...

Key Thinkers in Neuroscience provides insight into the life and work of some of the most significant minds that have shaped the field. Studies of the human brain have been varied and complex, and there have been many pioneers who have broken new ground...

Originally published in 1989, this title presents a view of adaptive behaviour which integrates both evolutionary and psychological perspectives on learning. The study of learning, and in particular conditioning, had evolved in isolation from the rest of...

Is psychotherapy first and foremost a technique that can be described, learned, and practices, or is it a relationship in which techniques play a part but ordinary human qualities are the crucial factors? True and False Experience discusses those factors...

How can the study of typical development inform our understanding of atypical development? How can the study of atypical development inform our understanding of typical development? This book addresses these questions in the context of cognitive...

Trust, distrust and conflict between social groups have existed throughout the history of humankind, although their forms have changed. Using three main concepts: culture, representation and dialogue, this book explores and re-thinks some of these...

Everything you always wanted to know about theories, meta-theories, methods, and interventions but didn't realize you needed to ask. This innovative textbook takes advanced undergraduate and graduate students "behind the curtain" of standard...

Cigdem Kagitcibasi's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. During the past two decades since its...

Contrary Imaginations was an original and suggestive study of two types of intelligent schoolboy - the converger with his preference for science and the diverger with his leaning towards the arts. In Frames of Mind, originally published in 1968, Liam...

Written for graduate students and early professionals who are conducting applied sport psychology work for the first time, Excelling in Sport Psychology is a guide for planning, preparing, and executing this work. Each chapter addresses a critical...

Reflections of a Neuropsychologist: Brushes with Brains follows the life of an influential neuropsychologist's fascinating and varied career. Unique in its autobiographical approach, it features coverage of research into human evolution, archaeology and...

Word recognition is the component of reading which involves the identification of individual words. Together the two volumes of Visual Word Recognition offer a state-of-the-art overview of contemporary research from leading figures in the field. This...

What is happening emotionally when we grieve for a loved one? Is there a 'right' way to grieve? What effect does grief have on how we see ourselves? The Psychology of Grief is a humane and intelligent account that highlights the wide range of responses...

This volume has as its primary aim the examination of issues concerning executive function and frontal lobe development. While many texts have addressed these issues, this is the first to do so within a specifically developmental framework.This area of...

Humor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativity, and with the theory and practice of psychoanalytic therapy. Yet, until very recently, analysts ignored Freud's lead and...

The Mental Models Theory of Reasoning presents theoretical and empirical research on an area of growing interest, the status of mental models in deductive reasoning. As research in the framework of the mental models theory flourishes, this book answers a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979773198Author Daniel CervoneFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Eliot Werner Publications IncPublisher Eliot Werner Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971242760Author Allan V. HorwitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Eliot Werner Publications IncPublisher Eliot Werner Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971242722Author Michel HersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 553Imprint Eliot Werner Publications IncPublisher Eliot Werner Publications Inc

These companion volumes provide a "behind the scenes" look into the personal experiences of researchers in an effort to eliminate the lack of communication surrounding family research methodology. They show how the researchers achieved their results and...

First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898590586Author Michael E. LambFormat HardbackPage Count 434Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1983. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898592597Author D.W. RajeckiFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898596458Author J. L. NespoulousFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

This unique volume addresses the inadequacies of basic statistical methods that standard textbooks tend to ignore. The author introduces new procedures with accompanying tables that illustrate the practicality of the methods. Concentrating on basic...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898596977Author D.F. KendrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780898591576Author N. E. SpearFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Lawrence Erlbaum Associates IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

This volume presents different perspectives on a dual model of impression formation -- a theory about how people form impressions about other people by combining information about a person with prior knowledge found in long-term memory. This information...

First Published in 1988. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780891168560Author Saul M. KassinFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Taylor & Francis IncPublisher Taylor & Francis...

Psychophysics is a lively account by one of experimental psychology's seminal figures of his lifelong scientific quest for general laws governing human behavior. It is a landmark work that captures the fundamental themes of Stevens's experimental...

This landmark theory of interpersonal relations and group functioning argues that the starting point for understanding social behavior is the analysis of dyadic interdependence. Such an analysis portrays the ways in which the separate and joint actions...

What is the role of unconscious fantasies in psychological development, in psychopathology, and in the arts? In Unconscious Fantasies and the Relational World, Danielle Knafo and Kenneth Feiner return to these interlinked questions with a specific goal...

Published in 1999, Enhancing the Quality of Life in Advanced Dementia is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychotherapy.About the AuthorVolicer, Ladislav; Bloom-Charette, LisaBook InformationISBN 9780876309650Author Ladislav VolicerFormat...

Increase your understanding of the link between alcoholism and shame and guilt with this tremendously important book that adds to our understanding of the total recovery process. This practical volume authoritatively defines the often elusive terms of...

This collection of essays, intended as a text for students, examines the different facets of research into attention. The book is divided into two sections: one deals with psychological research into such areas as visual search, dual-task interference...

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780863776816Author D. J. LewkowiczFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Psychology Press LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams)...

The last decade has seen an explosive burst of new information about human origins and our evolutionary status with respect to other species. We have long been considered unique as upright, bipedal creatures endowed with language, the ability to use...

A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book examines the origins of this aspect of human intelligence. The five...

This book provides an account of research in action and debate in progress in a selection of areas of childhood social development where significant progress is underway. The chapters are written by an eminent group of British and American developmental...

This wide-ranging introduction to the psychology of human language use offers a new breadth of approach by breaching conventional disciplinary boundaries with examples and perspectives drawn from many subdisciplines - cognitive and social psychology,...