Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments.
An accessible examination of the wide variety of ways people make judgments
Features up-to-date theoretical coverage, including perspectives from evolutionary psychology and neuroscience
Covers dynamic decision making, everyday decision making, individual differences, group decision making, and the nature of mind and brain in relation to judgment and decision making
Illustrates key...
Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments.
Reading Development and Difficulties is a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the development of the two core aspects of reading: good word reading skills and the ability to extract the overall meaning of a text.
Unique in its balanced coverage of both word reading and reading comprehension development, this book is an essential resource for undergraduates studying literacy acquisition
Offers wide coverage of the subject and discusses both typical development and the development of difficulties in reading
Accessibly written for students and...
Reading Development and Difficulties is a comprehensive and balanced introduction to the development of the two core aspects of reading:...
Interest in community psychology, and its potential has grown in parallel with changes in welfare and governmental priorities. Critical Community Psychology provide students of different community based professions, working in a range of applied settings, at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, with a text which will underpin their community psychological work.
Key Features:
Clear learning objectives and chapter contents outlined at the start of each chapter
Key terms highlighted with definitions, either as marginal notes or in chapter glossaries
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Interest in community psychology, and its potential has grown in parallel with changes in welfare and governmental priorities. Critical Community Psyc...
Personality and Individual Differences is a state-of-the-art undergraduate textbook that covers the salient and recent literature on personality, intellectual ability, motivation and other individual differences such as creativity, emotional intelligence, leadership and vocational interests.
This third edition has been completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date and cutting-edge data and analysis. As well as introducing all topics related to individual differences, this book examines and discusses many important underlying issues, such as the...
Personality and Individual Differences is a state-of-the-art undergraduate textbook that covers the salient and recent literature on ...
This textbook provides an introduction to the action that various drugs have on the brain and behaviour providing an opportunity for learning about basic physiology. Its extensive coverage of social consequences and health implications makes it equally ideal for use in health psychology and health promotion.
This textbook provides an introduction to the action that various drugs have on the brain and behaviour providing an opportunity for learning about ba...
Psychobiology provides a comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the study of psychobiology and the key concepts, topics and research that are core to understanding the brain and the biological basis of our behaviour. Assuming no prior knowledge of biology, the text emphasises the interaction of psychobiology with other core areas of psychology and disciplines. Through the use of exciting and engaging examples, the role of psychobiology in the real world is explored and emphasisised to allow students to connect theory to practice in this fascinating subject.
Psychobiology provides a comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the study of psychobiology and the key concepts, topics and research tha...
The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses critical perspectives to challenge current ways of thinking and improve practice.
The first textbook of its kind, Critical Educational Psychology is a forward-thinking approach to educational psychology that uses criti...
New edition of a distinctive guide to clinical supervision, for all who work in the mental health field
Evidence-Based CBT Supervision offers an evidence-based perspective of particular interest to CBT supervisors working within mental health. It integrates the author's extensive professional experience with relevant theories, empirical knowledge derived from the latest research, and guidance from other leaders in the field. First published as Evidence-Based Clinical Supervision, the Second Edition puts the emphasis more firmly on a cognitive-behavioral...
New edition of a distinctive guide to clinical supervision, for all who work in the mental health field
Bridges the gap between the scholarly literature and pop-psych books on EI Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a topic of vast and growing interest worldwide and is concerned with the ways in which we perceive, identify, understand, and manage emotions.
Bridges the gap between the scholarly literature and pop-psych books on EI Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a topic of vast and growing in...
Bridges the gap between the scholarly literature and pop-psych books on EI Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a topic of vast and growing interest worldwide and is concerned with the ways in which we perceive, identify, understand, and manage emotions.
Bridges the gap between the scholarly literature and pop-psych books on EI Emotional Intelligence (EI) has become a topic of vast and growing in...
