Psychology category: 48213 books
Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Frameworks for Clinical Training and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
An authoritative, up-to-date guide for psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians and other professionals working with vulnerable and at-risk children
Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Third Edition is an indispensable resource for psychologists and psychiatrists in training, as well as experienced...
by Joni E. Johnston PsyD
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
There are numerous textbooks that explain the theories and principles of psychology, but many are too dry or academic. Idiot's Guides: Psychology, 5th Edition breaks down the complexity of psychology and helps readers understand the how and why of the human mind, the causes of things like mental illness,...
by Donncha Hanna, Martin Dempster
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
The introduction to statistics that psychology students can't afford to be without
Understanding statistics is a requirement for obtaining and making the most of a degree in psychology, a fact of life that often takes first year psychology students by surprise. Filled with jargon-free explanations...
Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology
A Comprehensive Guide for Students and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2010
Now available in paperback, the Routledge Handbook of Applied Sport Psychology is a definitive guide to the theory and practice of applied sport psychology. It goes further than any other book in surveying the full variety of issues that practising sport psychologists will confront in their working...
by Dr Martin Turner, Jamie Barker
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
How are the best athletes in the world able to function under the immense pressure of competition? By harnessing the potential of their minds to train smart, stay committed, focus, and deliver winning performances with body and mind when the time is right.The mental side of performance has...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016
This book provides an introduction and overview of the increasingly important topic of gamer psychology and behavior by presenting a range of theoretic perspectives and empirical evidence casting new light on understanding gamer behavior and designing interactive gaming experiences that maximize fun....
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Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2011
The Handbook of Police Psychology represents the contributions of over thirty police psychologists, all experts in their field, on the core subject matters of police psychology. Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement. This...
Soviet Psychology
History, Theory, Content
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Originally published in 1975, this title sets out to show us the differences between Soviet and other ways of thinking about nature, man, and society. The basic factor distinguishing Soviet psychology is that it views phenomena from the perspective of a highly articulated body of theoretical assumptions,...
Forensic Psychology
Concepts, Debates and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for practice....
by Ms Katherine Cheshire, Professor David Pilgrim
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2004
A Short Introduction to Clinical Psychology gives an accessible overview of the field for psychology students and anyone considering training as a clinical psychologist.
Setting out the theoretical and practical dimensions of clinical psychology, the authors examine its origins, knowledge base...
Discovering Cultural Psychology
A Profile and Selected Readings of Ernest E. Boesch
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
This book is a landmark in contemporary cultural psychology. Ernest Boesch’s synthesis of ideas is the first comprehensive theory of culture in psychology since Wilhelm Wundt’s Völkerpsychologie of the first decades of the twentieth century. Cultural psychology of today is an attempt to advance...
Psychology for the Third Millennium
Integrating Cultural and Neuroscience Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
Electronic Inspection Copy available for instructors here
As the 21st Century opened, the discipline of psychology seemed to be separating into two radically distinct domains. Qualitative and Cultural Psychology focused on the discursive means for the management of meaning in a world of norms,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with...
Happiness, Healing, Enhancement
Your Casebook Collection For Applying Positive Psychology in Therapy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Praise for Happiness, Healing, Enhancement
"Filled with good strategies based in research, compelling case material, and most importantly, practical advice, this book belongs in the library of everyone interested in what it means to live well. It provides not only ample food for thought, but...