Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
Behavior Analysis
Foundations and Applications to Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
This psychology textbook offers a comprehensive examination of the basic principles of behavior analysis and their application to issues of social significance.
Behavioral scientists are interested in elucidating the fundamental principles that govern the behavior of human and non-human animals. Behavior...
Psychology of Early Childhood
Up to the Sixth Year of Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Originally published in 1924, this sixth edition published in 1930 is thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the important advances in the field of child psychology at the time. In this new edition the personal standpoint is emphasized, while at the same time other psychological theories...
Constraints of Agency
Explorations of Theory in Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
This book explores the basic concept of agency and develops it further in psychology using it to better understand and explain psychological processes and behavior. More importantly, this book seeks to put an emphasis on the role of agency in four distinct settings: history of psychology, neuroscience,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
This Handbook presents a broad overview of the current research carried out in environmental psychology which puts into perspective quality of life and relationships with living spaces, and shows how this original analytical framework can be used to understand different environmental and societal...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
The Handbook of Eyewitness Psychology presents a survey of research and legal opinions from international experts on the rapidly expanding scientific literature addressing the accuracy and limitations of eyewitnesses as a source of evidence for the courts. For the first time, extensive reviews of...
Our Minds, Our Selves
A Brief History of Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
An original history of psychology told through the stories of its most important breakthroughs and the people who made them
Advances in psychology have revolutionized our understanding of the human mind. Imaging technology allows researchers to monitor brain activity, letting us see what happens...
Psychology
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2008
Why are we fascinated with celebrity? Why are we attracted to the wrong people? What does passive aggressive’ really mean? Can astrology really be a good indicator of personality? Sex, envy, survival, joy Martin gets to the very heart of what it is to be human. A broad yet concise book and...
by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran, MBBS, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, Second Edition is an award-winning three-volume reference on human action and reaction, and the thoughts, feelings, and physiological functions behind those actions. Presented alphabetically by title, 300 articles probe both enduring and exciting new topics in physiological...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Advances in Clinical Child Psychology is an annual series designed to bring summaries of the latest developments in the field to psychologists, psy chiatrists, educators, and other professionals who are concerned with troubled children. This volume, like its predecessors, attempts to high light...
The Psychology of the Language Learner
Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits, motivation, or language aptitude. In psychology, these attributes...
by Clayton Redfield
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2017
Written by Clayton Redfield, MA, Psychology and Counseling, clinical director of America's largest criminal behavior, community corrections and substance use treatment and medical detox centers as well as professor of psychology and juvenile justice, this work covers evidence-based information on...
Culture and Cognition
A collection of critical essays
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
The past few decades have seen a huge increase in global interest in psychology, with more psychologists, psychology programmes and students than ever before. Culture and Cognition: A collection of critical essays is made up of chapters written by experts in each topic, and is aimed at those wishing...
Cognition and Neuropsychology
International Perspectives on Psychological Science (Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
This is the first of two volumes which together present the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect...
Motivational Psychology of Human Development
Developing Motivation and Motivating Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
The idea for this book grew out of the conference "Motivational Psychology of Ontogenesis" held at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, in May 1998. This conference focused on the interface of development and motivation and therefore brought together scholars from three...