Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Psychology

Elsevier's Psychology collection is vital for students and psychologists, providing a thorough understanding of the mind and behavior. Covering human thought, development, personality, emotion, and motivation, it offers insights into both theoretical and practical aspects. Through topics like cognitive, developmental, and clinical psychology, it equips researchers and students to address real-world challenges and advance their understanding of the field.

BooksJournals

    • Ethical Problems in Psychological Research

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Heinz Schuler
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 6 3 1 2 5 0 8
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 6 6 6 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 2 0 0 9 3
      Ethical Problems in Psychological Research focuses on the relationship between experimenter and subject within investigations in the biomedical and social sciences. The book discusses on the potential conflict between methodological and ethical norms; ethical problems of psychological experiments; and the ethical and methodological problems of alternatives to laboratory experiments. The text also describes the codification of ethical principles for psychological research.

    • Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • R. R. Hetherington + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 7 9 4 9 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 9 5 3 0 8
      Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students deals with general psychology aimed for medical undergraduate students. The book discusses psychology and its relevance to medicine, particularly on the relation of the mind and the treatment of physical diseases. The authors explain perceiving and imagining; and how perception is dependent on past experience or learning, and the effects of motivation and of mood on perception. The authors also discuss abstract and concrete thinking, emotional use of words, unconscious thinking, creative thinking, learning, and remembering. The unconscious process of forgetting of unwelcome memories is repression, while consciously trying to forget them is suppression. The authors also explain normal conflict, frustration, and reaction to stress including the physical aspects of emotions causing increases in blood pressure, in adrenaline flow, or in blood glucose level. The authors also discuss the hypnotic states, individual susceptibility, the induction of hypnotic states, and their clinical applications. This book is intended for medical undergraduate students, as well as to general readers interested in psychology and human behavior.

    • Handbook on Teaching Educational Psychology

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Donald J. Treffinger + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 6 9 7 7 5 0 9
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 4 7 6 6 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 5 8 6 3 8
      Handbook on Teaching Educational Psychology provides a wide-ranging survey of practices and problems in teaching educational psychology. This book evaluates and reviews the conceptual and methodological bases of the practices. Organized into four parts encompassing 15 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the general problems encountered by the educational psychologists and the techniques for attacking those problems. This text then tackles the problems of defining the boundaries and content educational psychology. Other chapters consider the methodological tools and issues that are employed by educational psychologists in studying educational problems. This book discusses as well the general conceptual and theoretical models that have influences instructional development and research in educational psychology. The final chapter deals with some of the main issues and developments in teaching educational psychology, organized to distinguish between the graduate and undergraduate levels of instruction. This book is a valuable resource for educational psychologists, teachers, and students.

    • The Brain and Psychology

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • M. C. Wittrock
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 7 6 1 0 5 0 4
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 4 8 6 7 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 7 7 3 1 8
      The Brain and Psychology reports on recent findings of research on the brain. The book is organized into three parts. Part I deals with the organization of the brain, including its structural and its functional organizations The discussions cover the anatomy, physiology, and chemistry of the brain; and the functional organization of the brain (the psychological and behavioral functions of structures in the spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellum, and forebrain, especially the cerebral cortex). Part II describes research on the information-processi... systems of the brain. It covers attention and its motivational and emotional controls; visual perception and memory; and a model of language structures of the brain; and cerebral asymmetry in cognitive processes and individual differences in brain function. Part III relates the research on the brain to several problems in psychology as these relationships are perceived by a brain researcher, a developmental psychologist, and an educational psychologist.

    • Emotions in Early Development

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Robert Plutchik + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 4 4 8 2 2
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 5 5 8 7 0 2 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 6 9 5 1 1
      Emotions in Early Development reviews important theoretical advances in the understanding of emotions in early development, paying particular attention to issues such as the extent to which infants are born with certain emotions; how one infers the existence of emotion in infants; and the relations between emotion and cognition. The connection between emotions and personality is also discussed, along with the role of parent-child interactions in the appearance and development of emotions. Comprised of 11 chapters, this volume begins with a summary of issues in the development of emotion in infancy, from the function of emotions to the problem of labeling affects in infants as well as the development of smile, stranger anxiety, and the sense of self. The next chapter examines the parent-infant communication system, with emphasis on the two-way, primarily nonverbal, interaction that takes place between mother and infant and the nature of the learning processes that occur in both the infant and the mother. The reader is then introduced to a concept known as social referencing, or the use of emotional information gained from another person to help evaluate situations. Subsequent chapters focus on individual differences in emotional expressions observed in one-year-old infants; Piaget's theory of cognitive development and its implications for a theory of emotions; emotional sequences and consequences; and the relationship between attachment and separation processes in infancy. The final chapter integrates an epigenetic view of emotions with psychoanalytic concepts. This book will be of interest to child psychologists.

    • Applied Developmental Psychology

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Frederick J Morrison + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 0 4 1 2 0 1 3
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 3 5 2 5 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 6 0 8 5 3
      Applied Developmental Psychology is a collection of papers from different experts in the field of psychology in an attempt to put forth a vision of psychology as a developmental science through its applications in different studies. The book covers topics such as the history, the “applied” perspective, and a research strategy for psychology; rationale for the focus and the status of studying, as well as societal and psychological trends related to studying; and the study of the cognitive process related to watching of television. Also covered are topics such as the development of peer relations in children with autism and the studies of stress-resistant children. The text is recommended to psychologists, especially those who would like to research on how the field can be viewed as a developmental science.

    • Feelings and Emotions

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Magda B. Arnold
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 2 7 0 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 6 1 3 3
      Feelings and Emotions: The Loyola Symposium covers knowledge in the field of emotion. The book discusses the theories of emotions based on biological considerations; the neural and physiological correlates of feeling and emotion; and cognitive theories of feeling and emotion. The text also describes the psychological approaches to the study of emotion; the mood theory and measurement; as well as the developments related to the search for significant relations between private events and both behavioral and physiological events. The role of feelings and emotions in personality is also encompassed. Psychologists, physiologists, anthropologists, sociologists, biochemists, psychiatrists, and students taking psychology courses will find the book useful.

    • Psychological Foundations of Education

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • B. Claude Mathis + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 4 8 0 1 5 0 9
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 4 3 3 4 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 5 8 1 6 4
      Psychological Foundations of Education presents some of the principles of psychology that are relevant to learning and teaching. It presents an alternative answer to the problem of the bifurcation of general and educational psychology in the curriculum of teacher preparation. While the solution is provisional and has obvious imperfections, it is offered in the hope that it may stimulate discussion of the problem and other solutions and/or explicit justifications for past practice. Key concepts discussed include teachers’ attitudes and behavior, different types of learning, technology in education, forgetting and extinction, child development, and intelligence measurements. Also covered are the assessment of educational achievement, the social psychology of the classroom, and education in urban schools. This text should have a variety of uses in classes where students are preparing for teaching. It was written specifically for those situations in which the prospective teacher is introduced to psychology through a one- or two-semester integrated sequence.

    • Psychological Development in the Elementary Year

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Judith Worell
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 1 2 7 6 4 0 5 0 1
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 7 3 4 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 2 0 7 7 2
      Psychological Development in the Elementary Years is the second in a series of reviews relating current theory and research on psychological development to educational practice. The book discusses the significance and change in psychological sex roles; peer relations; and the development and regulation of aggression in young children. The text also describes the acquisition of self-control; the developmental trends in the learning processes; and the foundations and direction of cognitive development. The theory and research on children's achievement; the family influences on language and cognitive development and the personal and social causation in the school context are also considered. The book further tackles the behavioral perspective of children with learning and behavior problems. Psychologists, psychiatrists, behavioral psychologists, and students taking related courses will find the book invaluable.

    • Anxiety and Behavior

      • 1st Edition
      • September 17, 2013
      • Charles D. Spielberger
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 3 1 3 1 0
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 5 4 5 6 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 5 8 3 6 2
      Anxiety and Behavior focuses on the analysis of factors and conditions that contribute to anxiety, including stress, emotional disturbance, and psychosomatic disorders. The selection first offers information on theories and research on anxiety and the nature and measurement of anxiety. Topics include objective anxiety (fear) and neurotic anxiety, trends in anxiety research, anxiety and personality dynamics, and laws of anxiety change in pathological and other fields. The text then elaborates on questions and problems on the measurement of anxiety in children, including reservations about anxiety scales, concept of defense, and suggestions on the interpretation of anxiety scales. The publication reviews the psychosomatic aspects of anxiety, basis of psychopathology, and clinical origins of the activation concept. Discussions focus on anxiety and stress, observations of anxiety in men under stress, etiology of psychosomatic disorders, emotional disturbance, and activation. The text also considers conditioning and deconditioning of neurotic anxiety and interaction of cognitive and physiological determinants of emotional state. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the study of anxiety.

Related subjects

Applied psychology

Clinical psychology

Developmental and educational psychology

Experimental and cognitive psychology

Neuroscience and physiological psychology

Organizational behavioral psychology

Personality social and criminal psychology

Psychology general