Psychology and the Challenges of Life

Adjustment and Growth

Spencer A. Rathus , Jeffrey S. Nevid

In this new 15th edition of Adjustment and Growth: Psychology and the Challenges of Life, authors Spencer Rathus and Jeffrey Nevid continue to reflect on the many ways in which psychology relates to the lives we live and the important roles that psychology can...

Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

S Alexander Haslam , Craig McGarty , Tegan Cruwys , Niklas K. Steffens

Updated with new chapters on multiple regression and high-level research methods, this 4th edition of Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology delivers all you need to develop a practical understanding of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to re...

Essential Social Psychology

Richard J. Crisp , Rhiannon N. Turner , Rose Meleady

Essential Social Psychology introduces you to the core topics in Social Psychology, covering its history, methods, and approaches, as well as helping you grasp key topics such as social influence, group processes, prejudice, friendship, affiliation, and love. ...

Applied Psychology

Applying Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology And More To Real-World Issues

Connor Whiteley

Psychologists apply theory to real world problems. Psychologists manage to improve lives, save people and achieve incredible things by applying psychology to the world. But how? This engaging, passionate and fascinating book explains the psychological theory b...

Positive Psychology

The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths

Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti , Shane J. Lopez , Ryon C. McDermott , C. R. Snyder

Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths offers comprehensive coverage of the science and application of positive emotions and human strengths such as empathy, altruism, gratitude, attachment, and love. Authors Jennifer...

The History of Experimental Psychology’s Subjects

Why Subjects Matter

Alexandra Kitty

Who are subjects? How do they respond in experiments? What is their impact on the profession? What else can we learn from them? Subjects are a window into both uniformity and plurality; they may be the very definition of average or one of a kind. Despite this,...

Educational Psychology

Tony Cline , Anthea Gulliford , Susan Birch

Now in its third edition, Educational Psychology offers a comprehensive overview of how key advances in social, developmental and cognitive psychology impact upon the role of educational psychologists working today. Written by leading researchers, the book als...

British Psychology In Crisis

A Case Study in Organisational Dysfunction

David Pilgrim

Riven by poor governance and outright corruption, the British Psychological Society (BPS) may now be in terminal decline. Individual members have left it in despair and some groups (for example clinical, educational and organisational psychologists) have alrea...

Investigating Pop Psychology

Pseudoscience, Fringe Science, and Controversies

Stephen Hupp , Richard Wiseman

Investigating Pop Psychology provides the basic tools required to make evidence-informed decisions and thoughtfully distinguish science from pseudoscience through the application of scientific skepticism. Psychologists conduct scientific investigations into a ...

History of Psychology

The Making of a Science

Edward P. Kardas

History of Psychology: The Making of a Science provides students with a comprehensive overview of the formulation of the field of psychological science. Starting with a chapter on 21st Century Psychology and then jumping to the dawn of civilization, author Edw...

Psychology

Why It Matters

Richard Wiseman

You are remarkable: You experience a vast range of thoughts and feelings, including falling in love, remembering last Tuesday, and contemplating the meaning of life. And you can carry all sorts of astonishing behaviours, such as sauntering down the street, sin...

Sports Psychology

Dr. Rajwant Singh

Sports psychology is an interdisciplinary science that draws on knowledge from the fields of Kinesiology and Psychology. It involves the study of how psychological factors affect performance and how participation in sport and exercise affect psychological and ...

The Psychology of Secrets

My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers

Andrew Gold

A gripping, wide-ranging exploration of secret-keeping - why we do it, why secrets fascinate us and why we confess - as told through the stories and observations of some of the world's most bizarre and extraordinary characters....

Psychology in Oceania and the Caribbean

Grant J. Rich , Neeta A. Ramkumar

The Caribbean and Oceania are understudied areas from a psychological perspective, and this book is designed to fill that knowledge gap. In addition to diverse, rich cultural traditions and abundant economic opportunity for some, these regions also reflect the...

Educational Psychology for Learning and Teaching 7e

Dr Sue Duchesne , Dr Anne McMaugh , Dr Erin Mackenzie

Taking a comprehensive approach across four modules, Educational Psychology for Learning and Teaching investigates the development of the learner over time, the learning process, individual differences in the classroom, and educational psychology in contempora...

Understanding Sport Psychology

Gavin Breslin , John Kremer , Aidan Moran , Cathy Craig , Stephen Shannon

Sports Psychology is a popular area that has grown dramatically over the past few decades due to an increasing emphasis on the importance of psychology for athletic performance, engagement in exercise and in the business and industry of sport. This text is a c...

Perspectives in Male Psychology

An Introduction

PERSPECTIVES IN MALE PSYCHOLOGY Discover a balanced perspective on men’s psychology in this accessible new resource Male psychology is a new field within the discipline of psychology, which focuses on men and boys. Male psychology moves us towards a more sci...

Psychology of Life

Truth and Tips

Anirudha Singh

It is a psychology book that will help you to know why things happen the way they do. It will tell you the psychological truths about your life and some tips that will help you at every step. They will enhance your connection with people and influence them, an...

Psychology for Teachers

Paul Castle , Scott Buckler

How can ideas and concepts from psychology be applied smartly to the classroom to meet the needs of different learners? Supported by research and an awareness of the factors underpinning high-quality teaching, this book encourages teachers, and those training ...

An Introduction to Social Psychology

Miles Hewstone , Wolfgang Stroebe

This definitive resource in social psychology includes engaging study tools designed to help students grasp the underlying theories and the latest research in the field. In the 7th edition of An Introduction to Social Psychology, students will discover a wealt...

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology

C.R. Snyder , Shane J. Lopez , Lisa M. Edwards , Susana C. Marques

The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology is the seminal reference in the field of positive psychology, which continues to transcend the boundaries of academia to capture the imagination of the general public. Almost 20 years after the first publication of th...

Psychology 101

The 101 Ideas, Concepts and Theories that Have Shaped Our World

Adrian Furnham

A look at 101 of the key issues that underpin our understanding of modern psychology - from addiction and body language, through to self esteem and work ethics. Psychologists have always shone a torch, and often a spotlight, into many dark corners of the human...

Introduction to Clinical Psychology

Bridging Science and Practice

Douglas A. Bernstein , Bethany A. Teachman , Bunmi O. Olatunji , Scott O. Lilienfeld

Resource added for the Psychology (includes Sociology) 108091 courses....

Health Psychology

Theory, Research and Practice

David F. Marks , Michael Murray , Emee Vida Estacio

Health Psychology provides students with the tools they need to evaluate and critically appraise theory and research before it can be applied practically. Using the most up-to-date research available, the sixth edition places an emphasis on the real-world appl...

The New Psychology of Sport and Exercise

The Social Identity Approach

S Alexander Haslam , Katrien Fransen , Filip Boen

′The Roger Federer, the Steffi Graf, the Usain Bolt of all books about the psychology of sport, packed with insight and wisdom’ - Brian Viner, Sports writer and author of Pelé, Ali, Lillee, and Me This is the first textbook to explore and explain the cont...