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This dictionary is invaluable for both students and professionals, and an indispensable resource to all areas of psychology and psychiatry. It includes thousands of definitions and information on related fields such as neuroscience and social psychology. This dictionary contains of terms conerning laws, theories, hypothees, doctrines, principles, and effects in early and contemporary psychological literature. Each entry consists of the definition/description of the term with commentary, followed by a number of cross-referenced, related terms, and by chronologically-ordered source references to indicate the evolution of the term. This dictionary focuses on what a given technical description means, how the term is actually employed, its connotations, and how it has been used-and abused-in the past. The Dictionary of Psychology is a landmark resource. The most comprehensive, up-to-date reference of its throughout. This combination ensures that it will serve as the definitive work for years to come. With a clear and functional design and written in a highly readable style. Clear, concise descriptions for each entry offer extensive coverage of key areas including cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorders, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics. Entries are extensively corss-referenced for ease of use, and cover word origins and derivations as well as definitions. Comprehensive and clearly written, this dictionary is an invaluable work of reference for students, lecturers, and the general reader with an interest in psychology. This comprehensive volume will be essential reading for professional psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, and students of psychology and related disciplines such as psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing, sociology, social work, and education. Terminology with "clear and sucinct definitions of psychological terms most commonly found in popular writing and introductory textbooks." Entries give concise defitions. Also includes biographical entries and eponyms. The book is compiled with a view to making a ready reference book o ISBN 9788131315682
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