A dictionary of psychology
With over 11,000 authoritative and up-to-date entries, this best-selling dictionary covers all branches of psychology, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, criminology, neuroscience, and statistics. It features comprehensive coverage of key areas, for example: cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. Entries provide clear and concise definitions, word origins and derivations, and are extensively cross-referenced for ease of use. Over 80 illustrations complement the text
Dictionary
1 online resource
9780191726828, 0191726826
318928655
PREFACE ; ADVISORY EDITORS ; ILLUSTRATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; LAYOUT OF ENTRIES ; GREEK ALPHABET ; THE DICTIONARY ; APPENDIX I: PHOBIAS AND PHOBIC STIMULI ; APPENDIX II: ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS ; APPENDIX III: USEFUL WEB LINKS ; PRINCIPAL SOURCES
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English
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