Handbook of Psychology, Volume 1, History of Psychology (eBook)

Donald K. Freedheim, Irving B. Weiner (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 2. Auflage
688 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-33741-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.

Autor

Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.

Inhalt

Foreword to the First Edition xiii
John A. Popplestone

Foreword to the Second Edition xv
David B. Baker and Margaret Clark Morgan

Handbook of Psychology Preface xvii
Irving B. Weiner

Volume Preface xix
Donald K. Freedheim

Contributors xxi

1 Psychology as a Science 1
Alfred H. Fuchs and Rand B. Evans

2 Psychology as a Profession 32
Robin L. Cautin, Donald K. Freedheim, and Patrick H. DeLeon

3 Biological Psychology 55
Robert E. Clark, Jena B. Hales, Stuart M. Zola, and Richard F. Thompson

4 Comparative Psychology in Historical Perspective 79
Donald A. Dewsbury

5 Sensation and Perception 100
Stanley Coren

6 Cognition and Learning 129
Thomas Hardy Leahey

7 Intelligence 155
Robert J. Sternberg

8 Emotion 177
Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld and George Mandler

9 Personality 198
Nicole B. Barenbaum and David G. Winter

10 Developmental Psychology 224
Ross D. Parke and K. Alison Clarke-Stewart

11 Social Psychology 248
Jill G. Morawski and Betty M. Bayer

12 Psychology of Women and Gender 279
Alexandra Rutherford, Jeanne Marecek, and Kate Sheese

13 Educational Psychology 302
Claire Ellen Weinstein, Pamela J. Way, and Taylor W. Acee

14 Assessment Psychology 314
Irving B. Weiner

15 Abnormal Psychology 340
Jill M. Hooley, Winifred B. Maher, and Brendan A. Maher

16 Clinical Psychology 377
Donald K. Routh

17 Counseling Psychology 397
David B. Baker and Nicholas R. Joyce

18 Industrial-Organizational Psychology 407
Laura Koppes Bryan and Andrew J. Vinchur

19 Forensic Psychology 429
Thomas Grisso and John C. Brigham

20 School Psychology 448
Thomas K. Fagan

21 Community Psychology 468
James H. Dalton, Jean Hill, Elizabeth Thomas, and Bret Kloos

22 Health Psychology 488
Cynthia D. Belar, Teresa Mendonca McIntyre, and Joseph D. Matarazzo

23 Undergraduate Education In Psychology 507
Thomas V. McGovern and Charles L. Brewer

24 Ethnic Minority Psychology 530
Frederick T. L. Leong, Bertha Garrett Holliday, Joseph E. Trimble, Amado M. Padilla, and Laurie Dawn McCubbin

25 International Psychology 562
Merry Bullock

26 A History Of Professional Organizations 597
Wade E. Pickren and Raymond D. Fowler

Author Index 619

Subject Index 645

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.10.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Schlagworte: Psychologie • Psychology • Wissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-118-33741-7 / 1118337417
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-33741-7 / 9781118337417