The Psychology of Ageing: An Introduction
Author: Ian Stuart-Hamilton
Edition: Fifth
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley
Pages: 464
Price: £29.99
ISBN: 978184905245
The author, a developmental psychologist at the University of Glamorgan, draws on three decades of research experience in this introductory text covering the nature of ageing and its relation to intellectual change, language, mental illness and personality, as well as considerations of the future of ageing and problems in measuring the psychological status of the elderly.
Borderline Personality Disorder: New Reasons for Hope
Authors: Francis Mark Mondimore and Patrick Kelly
Edition: First
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 312
Price: £23.50 and £10.50
ISBN: 9781421403137 and 3144
The US-based academic authors, both psychiatrists, incorporate recent research and thinking on the disorder with the aim of conceptualising the condition in an original way. They argue that symptoms are the result of biological and behavioural problems, extremes of temperament, and impaired psychological coping, and they advocate a therapeutic approach.
Handbook of Mentalizing in Mental Health Practice
Editors: Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy
Edition: First
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing
Pages: 617
Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781585623723
The authors have played a key role in defining and studying mentalisation-based therapy - a type of psychotherapy designed to help people consider their own thoughts and feelings and differentiate them from the perspectives of others. This text aims to serve as a source of information and instruction on this therapeutic technique, and covers individual and family therapy settings.
Theories of Personality
Authors: Duane P. Schultz and Sydney Ellen Schultz
Edition: Tenth international
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pages: 560
Price: £49.99
ISBN: 9781111835231
Additions to this edition include a look at the impact of social networking on personalities, and material on the effects of child-rearing practices, gender, ethnicity and culture on the issues of personality development, test performance and the broader conceptions of human nature.
Fundamentals of Cognition
Author: Michael W. Eysenck
Edition: Second
Publisher: Psychology Press
Pages: 504
Price: £60.00 and £32.99
ISBN: 9781848720701 and 0718
This revised text aims to be more accessible to undergraduates via real-world case studies while drawing on research conducted in the past five years. The author looks to offer a balance between traditional approaches to cognition and cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychology.
Transcending Taboos: A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace
Authors: Garry Young and Monica Whitty
Edition: First
Publisher: Psychology Press
Pages: 240
Price: £85.00 and £24.99
ISBN: 9780415579339, 79360 and 9780203126769 (e-book)
The authors discuss phenomena including "reality" sites depicting taboo images, social networking websites and online chatrooms. The book aims to foster discussion of whether some interactions should not be permissible even virtually, and to consider how we might cope with the potential moral freedoms afforded by cyberspace.
Social Psychological Dynamics
Editors: Derek Chadee and Aleksandra Kostic
Edition: First
Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
Pages: 400
Price: £70.50
ISBN: 9789766402532
Intended as a reader for undergraduate study of social psychology, this book considers whether social psychological theories and principles are universal. Contributions highlight places in which social psychology has been applied, taking a comparative approach that challenges readers to consider how social problems are conceptualised.
Fundamentals of Developmental Psychology
Authors: Peter Mitchell and Fenja Ziegler
Edition: Second
Publisher: Psychology Press
Pages: 320
Price: £80.00 and £.99
ISBN: 9781848720503 and 0510
This new edition of a successful text by two UK-based scholars has been extensively revised to reflect recent findings in the field, and addresses questions ranging from whether children can be born "good" or "bad" to the roles played by nature and nurture in child development. Following a thematic approach, it outlines the main areas of the field, with each chapter addressing key topics such as theory of mind, attachment and moral development.
Abnormal Psychology
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Edition: Eighth
Publisher: MFK Worth Psychology
Pages: 736
Price: £49.99
ISBN: 9781464102868
Princeton University psychologist Ronald Comer aims to present undergraduate readers with coverage of theory, diagnosis and treatment, as well as cross-cultural perspectives and a focus on the real-life impact of mental illness.