Books from Psychology Press A Level The latest books from Psychology Press A Level http://www.a-levelpsychology.co.uk en Copyright (C) Psychology Press A Level 2010 webmaster@psypress.com (Paul Watson) webmaster@psypress.com (Paul Watson) 720 <![CDATA[39th Clinical Aphasiology Conference]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:00:00 -0400
  • Edited by Beth Armstrong.

    • This year’s special issue contains papers presented at the 39th Clinical Aphasiology Conference held in Keystone, Colorado in May, 2009. The issue contains another excellent mix of articles, demonstrating the depth and breadth of issues covered in clinical aphasiology at the present time. As a…

    ISBN: 9781848727380

    Published Jul 21, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By James B. Worthen, and R. Reed Hunt.

    • This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both…

    ISBN: 9781841698946

    Published Jul 13, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Peter A. Frensch, and Ralf Schwarzer.

    • This two volume set presents the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, and written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances…

    ISBN: 9781848720619

    Published Jul 01, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Birgit Schyns, and David V. Day.

    • The quality of relationships between leaders and followers continues to be a relevant topic for researchers and practitioners. The importance of that relationship cannot be overestimated because it is a lens through which followers view their entire work experience. Also, the relationship between…

    ISBN: 9781848727281

    Published Jun 29, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Jerry M. Burger.

    • Despite widespread acknowledgment that both personal and situational factors influence behavior, researchers in the area of social influence have been slow to examine individual differences in their work. Indeed, social influence investigators often point to their findings to illustrate the power…

    ISBN: 9781848727342

    Published Jun 28, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Peter A. Frensch, and Ralf Schwarzer.

    • 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…

    ISBN: 9781848720220

    Published Jun 16, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Ralf Schwarzer, and Peter A. Frensch.

    • This is the second 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…

    ISBN: 9781848720237

    Published Jun 16, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Bob M. Fennis, and Wolfgang Stroebe.

    • Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charity (even to causes we have not heard of before), voting for political candidates (even of questionable reputation), and changing our health-related…

    ISBN: 9780415442732

    Published May 27, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Tom Postmes, and Nyla R. Branscombe.

    • This reader brings together the founding texts of the "Social Identity Approach" - a set of concepts, ideas, and principles contained in Social Identity Theory and Self-Categorization Theory. This approach originated in social psychology and is increasingly part of the standard curriculum in…

    ISBN: 9781841694924

    Published May 26, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Marie T. Banich, and Donna Caccamise.

    • While the notion of generalization fits prominently into cognitive theories of learning, there is surprisingly little research literature that takes an overview of the issue from a broad multifaceted perspective. This volume remedies this by taking a multidisciplinary perspective on generalization…

    ISBN: 9781848728981

    Published May 18, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Joseph P. Forgas, Joel Cooper and William D. Crano.

    • Human beings have a unique ability to create elaborate predispositions and evaluations based on their social experiences. The concept of attitudes is central to understanding how experience gives rise to these predispositions, and psychologists have spent the best part of the past 100 years trying…

    ISBN: 9781848729087

    Published May 18, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Nicola Brunswick, Sine McDougall and Paul de Mornay Davies.

    • This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading development and…

    ISBN: 9781841697123

    Published May 13, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Benjamin R. Newell, David A. Lagnado and David R. Shanks.

    • We all face a perplexing array of decisions every day. Straight Choices provides an integrative account of the psychology of decision making, in which clear connections are made between empirical results and how these results can help us to understand our uncertain world. Throughout the text,…

    ISBN: 9781841695891

    Published May 13, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Sergio Della Sala.

    • Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This…

    ISBN: 9781848720121

    Published May 04, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Philip C. Kendall, and Jonathan S. Comer.

    • In this revised edition of Childhood Disorders, Philip C. Kendall and Jonathan S. Comer present current information about the full range of psychological disorders that occur in childhood, and discuss the major models that guide the thinking about each disorder. Specific criteria for diagnosis…

    ISBN: 9780415486422

    Published May 04, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Marti Hope Gonzales, Carol Tavris and Joshua Aronson.

    • Elliot Aronson is among the 100 most influential psychologists of the 20th Century. He is best known for his theorizing and research on cognitive dissonance theory -- one of the most provocative and enduring theories in contemporary psychology -- and for his design of the "jigsaw…

    ISBN: 9781848728677

    Published May 04, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Marc Brysbaert.

    • Basic Statistics for Psychology Students is a highly readable textbook specifically tailored for the needs of first-year undergraduate psychology students, and geared towards helping students get over their fears that they might not be good at maths. Divided into twelve easily digestible…

    ISBN: 9781841695105

    Published Apr 30, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Dr Olivera Petrovich.

    • ISBN: 9780863772726

    Published Apr 30, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Valerie Maholmes, and Carmela Gina Lomonaco.

    • Developed for an NIH training institute, this volume is organized around the most frequently asked questions by researchers starting their careers in applied research in child and adolescent development. With contributions from the leading scholars in the field, actual research experiences…

    ISBN: 9781848728158

    Published Apr 26, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Clare Charles.

    • This exam companion provides students with the understanding they need to approach the AQA-A AS Level Psychology exam with confidence. Full of expert advice to help students achieve their best, the companion provides: A range of example exam questions, which cover all of the topics on the…

    ISBN: 9781848720466

    Published Apr 25, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Series Edited by Laura Murray.

    • The purpose of this special issue of Aphasiology is to honour Dr. Audrey Holland and her prolific research and clinical achievements over the past 50 years. The issue has been constructed to exemplify the breadth of Dr. Holland’s influence not only in terms of research topics (e.g., aphasia,…

    ISBN: 9781848727335

    Published Apr 25, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Wolfgang Stroebe, and Miles Hewstone.

    • Like all volumes of the European Review of Social Psychology, Volume 20 contains articles written by leading researchers, spanning the field of social psychology. This volume includes several articles that deal with theoretical and empirical research programs on the impact of implicit goals on…

    ISBN: 9781848727359

    Published Apr 15, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Laura L.S. Howe, and Neil Pliskin.

    • There are critical issues facing the neuropsychological community, such as inadequate reimbursement for services, a lack of familiarity among public policy makers regarding the science and practice of neuropsychology, and a lack of public policy awareness among professional neuropsychologists.…

    ISBN: 9781848727298

    Published Apr 15, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke and Thomas Schack.

    • Dance has always been an important aspect of all human cultures, and the study of human movement and action has become a topic of increasing relevance over the last decade, bringing dance into the focus of the cognitive sciences. This book discusses the wide range of interrelations between body…

    ISBN: 9781848720244

    Published Apr 13, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by James Michael Lampinen, and Kathy Sexton-Radek.

    • Providing an evidence-based understanding of the causes and consequences of violence against children, experts in the field examine the best practices used to help protect children from violence. Various types of violence are reviewed including physical and sexual abuse, (cyber-)bullying, human…

    ISBN: 9781848728417

    Published Apr 11, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • Edited by Emily Balcetis, and G. Daniel Lassiter.

    • This volume takes a contemporary and novel look at how people see the world around them. We generally believe we see our surroundings and everything in it with complete accuracy. However, as the contributions to this volume argue, this assumption is wrong: people’s view of their world is…

    ISBN: 9781848728042

    Published Apr 11, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By William Ascher, and Barbara Hirschfelder-Ascher.

    • The goal of this book is to recapture the diminished roles of affect, psychological needs, and the psychodynamic mechanisms that are crucial for understanding political behavior by explaining and extending the contributions of Harold D. Lasswell, the dominant figure in political psychology in…

    ISBN: 9781848728929

    Published Apr 07, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Robyn L. Tate.

    • This Compendium is a comprehensive reference manual containing an extensive selection of instruments developed to measure signs and symptoms commonly encountered in neurological conditions, both progressive and non-progressive. It provides a repository of established instruments, as well as…

    ISBN: 9781841695617

    Published Apr 06, 2010 by Psychology Press

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  • By Siu-Lan Tan, Peter Pfordresher and Rom Harré.

    • Why are some disturbances of air molecules heard as 'noise' while others are perceived as music? What happens at the level of the sound wave, the ear, and the brain when we perform or listen to music? How do musical abilities emerge and develop, and become refined as one acquires musical expertise?…

    ISBN: 9781841698687

    Published Apr 06, 2010 by Psychology Press

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