A Dictionary of Psychology (Oxford Paperback Reference) - Tapa dura

From amnesia to Freudian, aggression to unconscious, this new work is an authoritative and accessible reference work and guide to psychology. Ideal for students of psychology and professional pyschologists, as well as the general reader, it contains over 9,000 main entries and provides clear and concise definitions of a wide range of terms and concepts in psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis. Topics include: Biological aspects of psychology and psychiatry, Sensation and perception, Cognition, Learning and skills, Emotion and motivation, Individual differneces and personality, Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Mental disorders, Research methods and statistics, Psychoanalysis, Phobias and phobic stimuli, Abbreviations and symbols; 79 line drawings; List of principal sources

Andrew Colman is Reader in Psychology at the University of Leicester. He is the author of What is Psychology? and editor of The Routledge Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology. Robert P. Kimble is at the University of Oregon. Dr. Leonard W. Hamilton and Harvey R. Schiffman are at Rutgers University. Robert J. Sternberg is at Yale University. And Dr. Robert Spitzer is at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.