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.
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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. De Leon
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 Mc Intyre, and Joseph D. Matarazzo
23 Undergraduate Education In Psychology 507
Thomas V. Mc Govern 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 Mc Cubbin
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
Sobre el 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.
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