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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Social Skills and Mental Health
1st Edition
By Peter E. Trower, Bridget Bryant, Michael Argyle
February 23, 2015
In the 10 years or so prior to original publication in 1978 new theories and discoveries in the social sciences had given a scientific basis and new impetus to the development of social skills training as a form of therapy. This book explores the progress made with this idea and gives practical ...
The Psychology and Education of Gifted Children
1st Edition
By Philip E. Vernon, Georgina Adamson
February 23, 2015
Originally published in 1977, this book looks at the problem of educating highly intelligent and gifted children, which it felt was of paramount importance to modern society. In the 1970s education increasingly focused on average pupils, and often made excellent provision for handicapped children, ...
An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical on Drunkenness and its Effects on the Human Body
1st Edition
Edited
By Roy Porter, Thomas Trotter
January 09, 2015
It was during the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the problem of chronic alcohol dependence in modern society and its consequent medical effects emerged. The topic of drunkenness figures prominently in the thinking and writing of social reformers, politicians, theorists, ...
Empathy I
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Lichtenberg, Melvin Bornstein, Donald Silver
January 09, 2015
When the late Heinz Kohut defined psychoanalysis as the science of empathy and introspection, he sparked a debate that has animated psychoanalytic discourse ever since. What is the relationship of empathy to psychoanalysis? Is it a constituent of analytical technique, an integral aspect of the ...
Empathy II
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph Lichtenberg, Melvin Bornstein, Donald Silver
January 09, 2015
When the late Heinz Kohut defined psychoanalysis as the science of empathy and introspection, he sparked a debate that has animated psychoanalytic discourse ever since. What is the relationship of empathy to psychoanalysis? Is it a constituent of analytical technique, an integral aspect of the ...
Illustrations of Madness
1st Edition
By John Haslam, Roy Porter
January 09, 2015
John Haslam’s Illustrations of Madness, written in 1810, occupies a special place in psychiatric history, it was the first book-length account of one single psychiatric case written by a British psychiatrist. John Haslam, apothecary to London’s Bethlem Hospital, and a leading psychiatrist of the ...
Intelligence and Cultural Environment
1st Edition
By Philip E. Vernon
January 09, 2015
Originally published in 1969, Intelligence and Cultural Environment looks at the concept of intelligence and the factors influencing the mental development of children, including health and nutrition, as well as child-rearing practices. It goes on to discuss the application of intelligence tests in...
Intelligence in Ape and Man
1st Edition
By David Premack
January 09, 2015
What is language and what is the nature of the intelligence that can acquire it? This volume, originally published in 1976, describes 10 years of research devoted to these questions. The author describes his programmatic research of decomposing language into atomic constituents, designing and ...
Personality Assessment: A Critical Survey
1st Edition
By Philip E. Vernon
January 09, 2015
Originally published in 1964, the aim of this book was to analyse the psychological processes involved in understanding personality, and to consider how the psychologist could help in making more accurate assessments. Professor Vernon discusses in detail the scientific status of psychoanalytic and ...
Personality Tests and Assessments
1st Edition
By Philip E. Vernon
January 09, 2015
Originally published in 1953 this book provided the first comprehensive account of methods of personality assessment by a British author. It starts with a short survey of personality theory, pointing out the difficulties in any method of testing or assessment. Next it describes the weaknesses of ...
Reflections on Self Psychology
1st Edition
Edited
By Joseph D. Lichtenberg, Samuel Kaplan
January 09, 2015
Originally published in 1983 Reflections on Self Psychology records the development of a powerful initiative to alter psychoanalytic theory and practice, and an evaluative questioning of this initiative. It presents a dialogue that developed at the Boston Symposium of 1980 between vigorous ...
The Social Psychology of Social Movements
1st Edition
By Hans Toch
January 09, 2015
The social movements that Professor Toch examines in this book, originally published in 1966, range from the Black Muslims to food faddists, and the founders of these movements range from Hitler to Joan of Arc. Why do people join social movements? How do such movements serve the needs of their ...