Major Works: Psychological Science

New and Published Books

1. The Philosophy of Psychology

   Edited by Jose Luis Bermudez, Brandon Towl

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   The study of human behaviour, and the minds that produce that behaviour, has been an occupation of scholars, artists, and philosophers for millennia. But it was not until the turn of the twentieth century that psychology came into its own as a distinct field of study—and, more importantly, as a...

   Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
2. Everyday Life

   Edited by Ben Highmore

   Series: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies

   Coinciding with the massive growth of consumerism after the Second World War, ‘everyday life’ has emerged as a crucial site of scholarly exploration. The critical study of quotidian routines, rules, spaces, and objects has become a central concern for scholars working in cultural studies....

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
3. Social Psychology

   Edited by Richard J. Crisp

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Gordon W. Allport, one of social psychology’s founding fathers, described the subdiscipline as ‘an attempt to understand and explain how the thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals are influenced by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others’. From pioneering studies in the 1940s and...

   Published May 11th 2011 by Routledge
4. Happiness and Well-being

   Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, P. Alex Linley

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has come from a variety of academic...

   Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge
5. Critical Psychology

   Edited by Ian Parker

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Critical psychology has emerged as a vibrant site of research and reflection on the assumptions and practices of its host discipline. As serious scholarship flourishes in the area as never before, this new collection from the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Psychology, meets the...

   Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
6. Philosophy of Mind

   Edited by Sean Crawford

   Series: Critical Concepts in Philosophy

   Philosophy of Mind is concerned with fundamental issues about the relation between mind and body and mind and world, and with the nature of the diverse variety of mental phenomena, such as thought, self-knowledge, consciousness, perception, sensation, and emotion. Philosophers of mind explore some...

   Published September 22nd 2010 by Routledge
7. Psychology of Religion

   Edited by Justin L. Barrett

   Series: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies

   Psychology of religion is essentially as old as psychology itself, with over a hundred years of history and claiming some of psychology’s most notable characters as contributors, including William James, Sigmund Freud, Gordon Allport, and Jean Piaget. In recent years, this subfield of psychology...

   Published April 29th 2010 by Routledge
8. Psychology of Ageing

   Edited by Patrick Rabbitt

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Cognitive and biological ageing has become a fast-growing and dynamic area of study and research, and the scale of this acceleration in growth makes this new four-volume collection in the Psychology Press Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Psychology, especially timely. A primary question is...

   Published July 29th 2009 by Psychology Press
9. Cognitive Neuroscience

   Edited by Jamie Ward

   Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

   Standing at the junction of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, cognitive neuroscience seeks to provide brain-based accounts of mental functions such as language, memory, perception, action, emotions, and decision-making. Its emergence as a coherent discipline came about relatively recently...

   Published June 29th 2009 by Routledge
10. Social and Emotional Development

    Edited by William M. Bukowski, Brett Laursen, Kenneth H. Rubin

    Series: Critical Concepts in Psychology

    Social and Emotional Development, a new four-volume collection from Psychology Press, brings together the most influential and fundamental research in the area, providing readers with a vital overview of the basic theory and the empirical database regarding social and emotional development. The...

    Published August 28th 2008 by Psychology Press