(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In these three volumes, a team of scholars provides a thoughtful history of abnormal psychology, demonstrating how concepts regarding disordered mental states, their causes, and their treatments developed and evolved across the ages.

This groundbreaking two-volume set examines the psychological, social, physical, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in African American children while considering economic, historical, and public policies.

(Paperback)

For a long time the human sciences have debated the relationship between social structures with issues centring round areas such as identity, discourse and therapy. This book provides a contribution to theory on the relationships between psychology, psychotherapy and social theory.

This authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of altered states of consciousness (ASC) shows how their study is necessary to gain a fundamental understanding of human culture, history, and biology.

Altered consciousness is one of humanity's most mystical and life-altering aspects.

(Hardback)

Critical Psychology collects the thoughts and experiences of psychologists from around the world who have come to challenge the dominant frameworks and practices of their discipline.

(Hardback)

Psychology is caught in a conflict of paradigms. We all claim to be interactionists, yet we continue to accept the language and the thinking of traditional dichotomies. This text explores these confusions and moves on to offer an alternative view of development.

This two-volume set examines dreams and dreaming from a variety of anglesbiological, psychological, and socioculturalin order to provide readers with a holistic introduction to this fascinating subject.

Whether good or bad and whether we remember them or not, each night every one of us dreams.

(Paperback)

How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

(Hardback)

How does the mind develop, from ovum to adolescence This book provides a review, from classic studies to the radical new insights of recent research. The text presents complex ideas through familiar analogies and concrete illustrations and conveys the excitement of research in this dynamically expanding field.

(Paperback)

This illustrated reference explores today's theories of personality - by knowing more about your own psychology, you can have a better life.

(, 2nd edition)

Positive psychology is an attempt to redress the balance and focus on the positive aspects of life (human strengths and virtues that are found in the happiest people).

Positive psychology development programs are becoming commonplace in businesses, schools, and places of worship.

(Hardback, 2nd ed. 2002)

Psychology in Perspective is a series of challenging essays addressing controversial themes and debates in psychology, including the impact of the behaviourist movement, concerns about ethical and socially responsible research (such as the human genome project), and issues in social and cognitive psychology.

(Hardback, 3rd ed. 2001)

This third edition provides an insight into this most universal of subjects, critically analyzing recent research by psychologists and neuroscientists (much of which has been published since the 1990s) and reviewing historical and cultural beliefs about dreams.

This two-volume text reviews spirit possession throughout history, analyzes case studies from a cognitive neuroscience perspective, and examines rites for exorcism.

Other research featured here describes the biology or psychology of realistic and bizarre dreams, of symbolic images in dreams, and of how differences in gender and personality affect dreams and dreaming.

(Hardback)

People's capabilities form the most crucial of all mankind's resources. Topics covered include prodigies, geniuses, the acceleration of development in young people, and the influences of family backgrounds on young people.

(Hardback)

The Social Psychology of Adolescence introduces and reviews major themes in adolescent development, including such topics as sexuality and the risk of HIV/AIDS, school life, teenagers in the work place, mental health issues, and others. It is a review of scientific evidence of the different factors that help shape and mould adolescent behaviours.

(Hardback)

Adam Joinson provides a summary of the psychology of the Internet, while at the same time drawing lessons from previous technologies as diverse as the early telephone, telegraph and even radio hams. This book provides a vision of the psychology of the Internet, and the implications for the design of future technologies.

(Hardback)

Combining ancient wisdom and spirituality with modern psychology, shaman and therapist Jo Bowlby presents a simple roadmap to wisdom and wellbeing.

(Paperback)