Psychology Revivals
About the Book Series
Psychology Revivals is an initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Following the success of the Routledge Revivals programme, this time encompassing a vast range from across the Behavioural Sciences, Psychology Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalogue of imprints and authors associated with both Routledge and Psychology Press, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years.
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Advances in Environmental Psychology, Volume 6: Exposure to Hazardous Substances: Psychological Parameters
1st Edition
Edited
By Allen H. Lebovits, Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer
February 16, 2022
Increasingly frequent environmental exposures to hazardous substances present mental health professionals with groups and at times communities of people, faced with high levels of psychological threat. As a result of an increasingly industrial and technological society, a new type of group cohort ...
Child Effects on Adults
1st Edition
By Richard Q. Bell, Lawrence V. Harper
February 16, 2022
It is usual to consider the effects parents have on children; this title, originally published in 1977, reverses the focus and reveals a subject every bit as important and interesting. The authors, both professional psychologists, present their findings under three major headings – "History", "...
Handbook of Psychology and Health, Volume IV: Social Psychological Aspects of Health
1st Edition
Edited
By Shelley E. Taylor, Jerome E. Singer, Andrew Baum
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1984, the study of psychological aspects of health was a rapidly expanding enterprise. Most of the contributors to this volume were trained as social psychologists or by social psychologists. Some have been more applied in their focus or on the edge of several fields. All, ...
New Developments in Behavioral Research: Theory, Method and Application: In Honor of Sidney W. Bijou
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara C. Etzel, Judith M. LeBlanc, Donald M. Baer
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1977, these examples of research and scholarly argument were collected in honor of Professor Sidney W. Bijou. In the language of academics, they constitute a Festschrift: a festival of scholarly writing, performed to celebrate the career of a person who produced, and ...
Psychological and Social Structures
1st Edition
By Sandor B. Brent
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1984, this work is organised in three parts. Each part consists of several related chapters. Each chapter explores the assumptions and implications of a closely related group of concepts in depth. Part 1 explores what a structure is. It considers such notions as content, ...
Rhythmic Aspects of Behavior
1st Edition
Edited
By Frederick M. Brown, R. Curtis Graeber
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1982, this book provides rich evidence of the relevance of the temporal aspects of behavior. The generalized areas of learning, memory, operant scheduled behavior, task performance, vigilance, mood and motivation and their rhythmic components are explored in varying detail. ...
Schizophrenia: A Biopsychological Perspective
1st Edition
By Andrew Crider
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1979, this introductory text approaches schizophrenia as a complex biopsychological condition. Drawing from the fields of descriptive psychiatry, psychopathology, neurochemistry, genetics, life history research, and institutional practice, the author details our increasing ...
Seeing is Deceiving: The Psychology of Visual Illusions
1st Edition
By Stanley Coren, Joan Girgus
February 16, 2022
In this volume, originally published in 1978, the authors survey the historical and contemporary research literature pertaining to two-dimensional visual-geometric illusions. They bring together much of the known data, summarising and evaluating theories that have been offered to explain these ...
The Psychology of Left and Right
1st Edition
By Michael C. Corballis, Ivan L. Beale
February 16, 2022
Originally published in 1976, this title deals with the problem of how we tell left from right. The authors argue that the ability to tell left from right depends ultimately on a bodily asymmetry, such as preference for one or the other hand, or dominance of one side of the brain. This has ...
The Wave Theory of Difference and Similarity
1st Edition
By Stephen W. Link
September 30, 2021
Two experimental procedures prompted the empirical development of psychophysical models: those that measure response frequency, often referred to as response probability; and those that measure response time, sometimes referred to as reaction time. The history of psychophysics is filled with ...
Early Language Development: Implications for Clinical and Educational Practice
1st Edition
By John Harris
September 05, 2021
Language is of central importance in children’s development and vital for their success at school and in the world beyond. Designed for the many professionals involved in encouraging language development, Early Language Development, originally published in 1990, will enable them to get to grips ...
Reasons for Realism: Selected Essays of James J. Gibson
1st Edition
Edited
By Edward Reed, Rebecca Jones
June 18, 2021
James J. Gibson’s numerous theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of how people perceive were innovative, controversial, often radical, and always profound. Many of his ideas revolutionized the science of perception, and his influence continued to grow throughout the world. ...