A Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Quick Reference)

Andrew Colman

ISBN 10: 0199534063 / ISBN 13: 9780199534067

Published by Oxford University Press, 2009

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Synopsis:

With over 11,000 authoritative and up-to-date entries, this best-selling dictionary covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics. It features comprehensive coverage of key areas, for example, cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. Entries provide clear and concise definitions, word origins and derivations, and they are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use. In addition, over 80 illustrations complement the text. Detailed appendices follow the A-Z dictionary and include a list of 800 commonly used abbreviations and symbols, and a list of phobias and phobic stimuli with full definitions. Now containing an appendix of recommended web links, which are accessed and kept up to date via the Dictionary of Psychology website, this edition is loaded with more information than any other dictionary of its kind. A Dictionary of Psychology is an invaluable work of reference for students and teachers of psychology and related disciplines, professionals, and is ideally suited to anyone with an interest in the workings of the mind.

About the Author: Professor Andrew Colman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He graduated from the University of Cape Town, where he was appointed to his first lecturing position, and then lectured at Rhodes University before moving to Leicester. His previous publications include numerous journal articles and several books, including Facts, Fallacies and Frauds in Psychology (1987), Game theory and its Applications in the Social and Biological Sciences (2nd edn, 1995), What is Psychology? (3rd edn, 1994) , and A Crash Course in SPSS for Windows (4th edition, co-authored with Briony D. Pulford, 2008). He edited the two-volume Routledge Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology (1994) and the 12-volume Longman Essential Psychology Series (1995).

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Quick ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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Edition: 3rd Edition