Psychological Science Books

New and Published Books

1. Improving Organizational Interventions For Stress and Well-Being

   Addressing Process and Context

   Edited by Caroline Biron, Maria Karanika-Murray, Cary Cooper

   This book brings together a number of experts in the field of organizational interventions for stress and well-being, and discusses the importance of process and context issues to the success or failure of such interventions. The book explores how context and process can be incorporated into...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Contemporary Debates in Childhood Education and Development

   Edited by Sebastian Suggate, Elaine Reese

   What are the risks and benefits of non-parental care for young children? What are the short- and long-term effects of academically vs. play-focused environments for learning? How and when should we teach reading? What are the purposes of Education? What is the best way to teach mathematics...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
3. Children’s Food Practices in Families and Institutions

   Edited by Samantha Punch, Ian McIntosh, Ruth Emond

   This book brings together recent UK studies into children’s experiences and practices around food in a range of contexts, linking these to current policy and practice perspectives. It reveals that food works not only on a material level as sustenance but also on a symbolic level as something that...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Communication and Social Cognition

   Theories and Methods

   Edited by David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen, Jennifer L. Monahan

   Series: Routledge Communication Series

   Communication and Social Cognition represents the explosion of work in the field of social cognition over the past 25 years. Expanding the contribution made by Social Cognition and Communication, published in 1982, this scholarly collection updates the study of communication from a social cognitive...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. European Review of Social Psychology: Volume 22

   Edited by Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone

   Series: Special Issues of the European Review of Social Psychology

   The European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an e-first journal published under the auspices of the European Association of Social Psychology. ERSP is an international journal which aims to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
6. Psychologisation in Times of Globalisation

   By Jan De Vos

   Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology

   Today more than ever, our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us is described in psychological terms. Psychologists deeply influence our society, and psychological-discourse has invaded companies, advertising, culture, politics, and even our social and family life. Moreover,...

   Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
7. The Dynamics of Organizational Collapse

   The Case of Barings Bank

   By Helga Drummond

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking

   The collapse of Barings’ Bank was a commercial catastrophe that resonated worldwide, showing what kind of secrets can lie behind an apparently successful organization. Following Nick Leeson’s arrest and subsequent conviction for fraud, investment banks anxiously reviewed their risk management...

   Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
8. Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences

   By Rachel A. Gordon

   Applied Statistics for the Social and Health Sciences provides graduate students in the social and health sciences with the basic skills that they need to estimate, interpret, present, and publish statistical models using contemporary standards. The book targets the social and health science...

   Published May 8th 2012 by Routledge
9. BCoS Cognitive Screen

   By Glyn W. Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson, M. Jane Riddoch

   Following different kinds of brain damage, including stroke, head injury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and degenerative change, people can experience a range of cognitive problems, in addition to any difficulties in motor function. These problems strongly influence a patient’s ability to recover, but...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Psychology Press
10. BCoS Cognitive Screen

    Examiner's Booklet (Pack of 15)

    By Glyn Humphreys, Wai-Ling Bickerton, Dana Samson, Jane Riddoch

    Published May 7th 2012 by Psychology Press