Psychology

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A charismatic and controversial figure, Lacan is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century and his work has revolutionized linguistics, philosophy, literature, psychology, cultural and media studies. He gained his reputation as a...

The Family and Individual Development represents a decade of writing from a thinker who was at the peak of his powers as perhaps the leading post-war figure in developmental psychiatry. In these pages, Winnicott chronicles the complex inner lives ...

Some people are cleverer than others. This everyday observation is the subject of an academic field that is often portrayed as confused and controversial, when in fact, the field of intelligence holds some of psychology's best-replicated findings....

Schizophrenia is the archetypal form of madness. Schizophrenia is a common disorder and has a devastating effect on sufferers and their families-patients typically hear voices in their heads and hold bizarre beliefs. The schizophrenic patient pres...

Konrad Lorenz was the author of some of the most popular books ever published about animals, including the best-selling Man Meets Dog and King Solomon's Ring. On Aggression is one of his finest works, as well as the most controversial. Through an ...

This multi-authored textbook examines and explores the implications of a fast-changing world on social behaviour and psychology. Social Psychology in Everyday Life provides broad insights into the ambivalence of the twenty-first century, where th...

Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through and a time of importance and concern to parents, teachers and social workers. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the adolescent faces many challenges and opportunitie...

Is our sexuality a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have views of sexual norms changed over time? And how have feminism, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? This Very Short Introduction examines the...

The school years tend to be the healthiest period of life, but it is also when mental health problems often begin or become more apparent, due in part to the challenges posed by unique educational and socialization expectations and physical and ps...

What causes autism? Is it a genetic disorder, or due to some unknown environmental hazard? Are we facing an autism epidemic? What are the main symptoms, and how does it relate to Asperger syndrome? Everyone has heard of autism, but the disorder it...

About the Book Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has long captured the public imagination. Newspaper column inches have been devoted to murderers with psychopathic features, and we also encounter psychopaths in films and books. Individual...

Written with a unique and fresh approach, this book will help the readers enhance their personal and professional skills by providing perspectives on everyday life challenges. Life Skills for Success uses the basics of psychology to explain and ...

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There is hardly a field so vital and changing as abnormal psychology. This classic textbook deals with a comprehensive and up-to-date real-world overview of the subject of abnormal psychology. The book highlights the basic concepts of the subject ...

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, developed a totally new way of looking at human nature. Only now, with the hindsight of the half-century since his death, can we assess his true legacy to current thought. As an experienced psychiatris...

Including more than 11,000 definitions, this authoritative and up-to-date dictionary covers all branches of psychology. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception,...

Sigmund Freud: The Basics is an easy-to-read introduction to the life and ideas of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis and a key figure in the history of psychology. Janet Sayers provides an accessible overview of Freud’s early life and ...

A comprehensive textbook covering the theories of health behaviour and their analysis, application value and research potential. Satisfying a long-standing need for an approachable textbook that brings together the Western and Indian perspectiv...

This fresh and innovative textbook aims at introducing readers to the rapidly evolving science of abnormal psychology by thoroughly integrating DSM-5. This book offers up-to-date coverage of topics through a multilevel perspective ranging from cul...

Dangerous outcast traces prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times through the arrival of the British, examining how the profession was reordered to suit British desires. Drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee...

bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) is a form of psychological therapy. It is not a unitary approach, but instead has evolved through a range of approaches that share a common underpinning m...

This is the most lucid and timely introduction to the thought of Carl Gustav Jung available to date. Though he was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for clear exposition, and his ideas are less widely ...

Islamic Psychology: The Basics is a jargon-free and accessible introduction that explores psychology from an Islāmic perspective, and provides a foundation level overview of the fundamental principles and practices of Islāmic psychology. The book ...

Psychiatry is an endlessly controversial endeavour, incorporating emotively-charged questions over the reality of mental illness, the medicalization of everyday life, and the role of nature versus nurture which cause constant discussion today, and...

Experimental Psychology, that studies external behaviour as well as the internal processes of the different stages of human development as also of animals, is considered the most important branch of psychology. The credit for establishing psycholo...

Culture and Psyche is a collection of Sudhir Kakar's essays on cultural psychology, which analyses various facets of Indian identity and sexuality through sources as diverse as case studies, Indian myths and legends, and popular cinema. The second...

This insightful guide provides a pragmatic roadmap for treating adult survivors of complex psychological trauma. Christine Courtois and Julian Ford present their effective, research-based approach for helping clients move through three clearly def...

Ageing is an activity we are familiar with from an early age. In our younger years upcoming birthdays are anticipated with an excitement that somewhat diminishes as the years progress. As we grow older we are bombarded with advice on ways to overc...

Although there are many kinds of love, erotic love has been celebrated in art and poetry as life's most rewarding and exalting experience, worth living and dying for and bringing out the best in ourselves. And yet it has excused, and even been tho...

One hundred years ago Sigmund Freud published The Interpretations of Dreams, a book that, like Darwin's The Origin of Species, revolutionized our understanding of human nature. Now this groundbreaking new translation--the first to be based on the...

Lie detection, offender profiling, jury selection, insanity in the law, predicting the risk of re-offending, the minds of serial killers, and many other topics that fill news and fiction are all aspects of the rapidly developing area of scientific...

This compact introduction is the ideal primer for anyone looking for an accessible overview of the basic principles of psychology, the fascinating science of mind and behavior.In everyday life we often ask why people act the way that they do, espe...

The third edition of this best-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised to make it even more essential for course teaching. Retaining the celebrated approach of previous editions in examining critical perspectives in health psychol...

This textbook will help students of psychology and related disciplines to understand the fundamentals of social psychology and its application in the Indian context An Introduction to Social Psychology offers a thorough understanding of all basic ...

The book will serve as a helpful reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Psychology and Education. Understanding the nature of a child or learner, the context in which they live and grow, and building perspective on the proces...

This unique textbook guides students and researchers of social sciences to successfully apply the knowledge of parametric and nonparametric statistics in the collection and analysis of data. This book comprehensively covers all the methods of pa...

About the Book A first-of-its-kind textbook, which provides an understanding of the connection between psychology and gender, and their impact on each other.The field of ‘psychology and gender’ is an uneven, contentious and contested terrai...

Couple Therapy: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to couple therapy. Taking both a general overview and a psychoanalytic focus, it addresses the basic questions that both couples and those interested in becoming couple therapists ca...

This third edition of Forensic Psychology: The Basics continues to provide an accessible overview of the core topics and theories in this fascinating discipline. The book provides an engaging discussion of core topics and theory in forensic psych...

A clear introduction to the basics of psychological testing, psychometrics and relevant statistical tools and their application in everyday educational, clinical and organizational settings. Written in response to a growing need for a textbook on ...

This book covers comprehensively the statistical methods and tools used to solve the problems in education and psychology. It explains very amply and cautiously the manner of handling each tool and takes great pains to make clear the use and limit...

Voluminous books are available on History of Psychology. Some students, however, do not have time and energy to go through these volumes and formulate answers for the examination purposes. Therefore, an attempt has been made to present history of ...

Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all. It is a word with which we are universally familiar, and a condition that haunts the human imagination. In this Very Short Introduction, Andrew Scull provides a provocative and entertainin...

Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money, invest it, and make business decisions are typically considered to involve a ...

A "what" and "how" guide for managers who do not have a formal background in finance, this book equips them to perform their tasks more effectively and efficiently. It describes the application of concepts of finance in the decision-making of oper...

Instrumentation and control plays a crucial role in the field of automation. This book presents an in-depth analysis of the essential concepts of the instrumentation and control systems. The book introduces the students to instrumentation system a...

For many women anger is a destructive force which perpetuates all the harmful dynamics of intimate relationships. In this text feminist psychotherapist, Harriet G. Lerner shows how all women regardless of age, background or experience, can turn an...

The textbook provides a holistic understanding of health and well-being through the presentation of multicultural concepts and practices in the field.  Understanding the Psychology of Health and Well-being offers theoretical insights and empirica...