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Genius Explained
In Genius Explained Michael J. A. Howe addresses the commonly held belief that genius is born not made. Controversially he suggests that genius is...
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The Criminal Recidivism Process
This book addresses how and why criminal offenders repeat their actions after being released from prison. It is part of an attempt to explain...
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The Psychology of the Internet
This timely volume explores the psychological aspects of cyberspace, a virtual world in which people from around the globe are acting and interacting...
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Legitimating Identities
Rulers of all kinds, from feudal monarchs to democratic presidents and prime ministers, justify themselves to themselves through a variety of...
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Breakdown of Will
Ainslie argues that our responses to the threat of our own inconsistency determine the basic fabric of human culture. He suggests that individuals...
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Measuring Minds
This book explores the origins of the American intelligence testing movement. It follows the life and work of Henry Herbert Goddard, America’s...
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Becoming Parents
This book examines the transition from the perspective of adult attachment theory. It reviews previous studies of the transition to parenthood and of...
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Social Dominance
This volume focuses on two questions: why do people from one social group oppress and discriminate against people from other groups? and why is this...
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Personality and Dangerousness
In the aftermath of the Port Arthur shootings, Dunblane or the schoolyard killings in America, communities try to come to terms with private and...
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Risk Communication
People today must make decisions about many health, safety, and environmental risks. Nuclear power, HIV/AIDS, radon, vaccines, climate change, and...
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The Psychology of Legitimacy
This book summarizes and integrates the best social scientific research currently going on in a previously neglected but rapidly emerging...
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Feeling and Thinking
The role of affect in how people think and behave in social situations has been a source of fascination to laymen and philosophers since time...
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Challenging Behaviour
In the developed world alone an increasing number of people have a severe learning disability leading to challenging behaviour. This can encompass...
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Becoming Parents
This book examines the transition from the perspective of adult attachment theory. It reviews previous studies of the transition to parenthood and of...
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Legitimating Identities
Rulers of all kinds, from feudal monarchs to democratic presidents and prime ministers, justify themselves to themselves through a variety of...
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Religion in Mind
Religion in Mind summarizes and extends the last decade’s advances in the cognitive study of religion. Its aim is to use empirical research from...
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Judgments, Decisions, and Public Policy
Behavioral decision theory draws on experimental research in cognitive psychology to provide a descriptively accurate model of human behavior. It...
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The Social Mind
Effective social interaction requires sophisticated mental and motivational strategies. The Social Mind reviews and integrates psychological research...
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Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents
The assessment of specific learning disabilities and disorders (SLD) has long been controversial. Definitions, diagnosis and treatments have been...
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Personality and Dangerousness
In the aftermath of the Port Arthur shootings, Dunblane or the schoolyard killings in America, communities try to come to terms with private and...
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Psychotherapy with Children and Adolescents
In this important volume, covering the principles and methods of psychotherapy in a wide range of settings, Helmut Remschmidt and an eminent team...
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Conflict and Tradeoffs in Decision Making
What makes some decisions easy and others difficult? Current research in judgment and decision making indicates that conflict plays a decisive role...
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Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships
Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on the...
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The Psychology of Legitimacy
This book summarizes and integrates the best social scientific research currently going on in a previously neglected but rapidly emerging...
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