Psychology: European edition

'Psychology: European Edition' is a landmark new textbook for introductory psychology modules. Written by world-renowned researchers who are also award-winning popular science authors, the book introduces students to the core areas of this broad and fast-moving field with irresistible enthusiasm, insight, and humour. DANIEL L. SCHACTER Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, USA. Hisresearch has explored the relation between conscious and nonconscious forms of memory and the nature of distortions and errors in remembering. Schacter hasreceived many awards, including the Harvard-Radcliffe Phi Beta Kappa TeachingPrize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Troland Award from the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of 'Searching for Memory 'and' The Seven Sinsof Memory', both winners of the APA's William James Book Award. DANIEL T. GILBERT Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, USA. His research on affective forecasting examines the mistakes people make when they try to predict their emotional reactions to future events. Gilbert has won numerous awards, including the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology. DANIEL M. WEGNER Professor of Psychology atHarvard University, USA. He studies problems that can arise when people try to control their thoughts and actions. Author of 'White Bears and Other Unwanted Thoughts' and 'The Illusion of Conscious Will', he is a member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science magazine. BRUCE HOOD (adapter of 'Psychology') Professor of Psychology at the University of Bristol, UK, and Director of the Bristol Cognitive Research Centre. He has also studied, researched and taught at Dundee, UCL, Cambridge, Harvard and MIT, and has won numerous awards including the Young Investigator Award, the American Psychology Society Robert L. Fantz Award and the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Neuroscience. A specialist in cognitive development, he is currently particularly interested in the origin of adult magical reasoning from children's natural intuitions, resulting in the recent publication of 'Supersense: Why We Believe the Unbelievable'. INDICE: List of Figures - List of Tables - Preface - Additional Note to the Lecturer on Psychology: European Edition - Tour of the Book - Acknowledgements Page - Publisher's Acknowledgements - Psychology b The Evolution of a Science - The Methods of Psychology - Neuroscience and Behaviour - Sensation and Perception - Memory - Learning - Language and Thought - Consciousness - Intelligence - Emotion and Motivation - Cognitive Development - Social Development - Personality - Social Psychology - Abnormal Psychology - Mental Health - Glossary - References - Name Index - Subject Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-57983-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 808
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés