A dictionary of psychology / Andrew M. Colman.

By:

Colman, Andrew M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford paperback referencePublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: xv, 844 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

019860761X

Subject(s):

Psychology -- Dictionaries

DDC classification:

150.3 COL

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Moylish Library Reference	150.3 COL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Library Use Only		39002000390105

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION 'OUTSTANDING REFERENCE SOURCES' AWARD.The most up-to-date dictionary of psychology available, described as 'the best single volume dictionary of its kind' (Library Journal), and 'impressive' (THES).With over 10,500 entries, this authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of psychology is ideal for students, professional psychologists, and the general reader.Featuring:Clear and wide-ranging entries cover all branches of psychology and related disciplines, including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics.Extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods.Over 700 commonly used abbreviations and symbols, listed separately for easy referenceComprehensive list of phobias and phobic stimuliWord origins and derivations supplied. Extensive cross-referencingOver 70 illustrations

Originally published: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. vii)
Advisory Editors (p. x)
Acknowledgements (p. xi)
Illustration Acknowledgements (p. xii)
Layout of Entries (p. xiii)
Greek Alphabet (p. xv)
The Dictionary (p. 1)
Appendix I Phobias and phobic stimuli (p. 804)
Appendix II Abbreviations and symbols (p. 825)
Principal sources (p. 841)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Professor Andrew Colman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He graduated from the University of Cape Town, where he was appointed to his first lecturing position, and then he lectured at Rhodes University before moving to Leicester. His previous publications include more than 150 journal articles and several books. He edited the 12-volume Longman Essential Psychology series (1995) and is the founder and former editor of the journal Current Psychology (1981- ).