Behavior Modification What It Is and How To Do It Behavior Modification 10/e assumes no specific prior knowledge about psychology or behavior modification on the part of the reader. The authors begin with basic principles and procedures of behavior modification and then provide readers with how-to-skills such as observing and recording. Next the authors provide advanced discussion and references to acquaint readers with some of the empirical and theoretical underpinnings of the field. Readers will emerge with a thorough understanding of behavior modification in a wide variety of populations and settings. | Behavior Modification What It Is and How To Do It GBP 240.00 1
Social Psychology Through Experiment Although widely taught to undergraduates teachers managers and adult students practical work and demonstrations in social psychology were often found very difficult to carry out satisfactorily. Originally published in 1962 this book presented for the first time a series of experiments which would work in a classroom setting: some are modified versions of classical experiments others were new. Several experiments are presented together with discussion of their background and implications in each of a number of central areas of social psychology. Each topic has been covered by a different author who has carried out research in the area in question and is experienced in demonstrating the main experimental facts in practical class work. The editors have written a challenging introduction in which some of the basic issues involved in experimental work in social behaviour are raised. | Social Psychology Through Experiment GBP 42.99 1
Information Processing in Animals Memory Mechanisms First published in 1982. During the past fifty years dramatic changes have occurred in the use of laboratory animals to study learning and memory. Yet the basic reasons for this research diverse as they are have not changed. At one extreme is the need for relatively direct application of findings with animal models to medical or educational problems of humans; at the other extreme the quest for understanding animal behavior for its own sake. It is probably fair to say that no chapters in this book represent either of these extremes although in each case the author’s purposes can be said to be like those of some scientists working in this area fifty years ago. In contrast to this continuity of purpose the approach that scientists now take in this area of study is really quite different from that of most or all scientists in the 1930s. | Information Processing in Animals Memory Mechanisms GBP 175.00 1
Principles of Social Psychology Third Edition Originally published in 1987 this third edition won praise from students and instructors alike for its challenging no nonsense approach to the field. Thoroughly updated to reflect current research of the time the text retains the qualities that had become its hallmarks: a cognitive approach to the process of socialization and an emphasis on the ideas that give the discipline continuity. It offers clear conceptually integrated discussions of all of the major topics in social psychology from the time. Shaver's focus on the concepts of social psychology provides a framework for students to develop their own applications. The principles of social behavior are presented in the text in the same way they develop in the individual moving from internal processes (social perception self-recognition) to external issues (the environment the law) that influence behavior. Shaver weaves contemporary issues into his treatment of basic theories using examples from everyday situations. His supple writing engages students in the complexity of social behavior and is one reason this title remained one of the most highly regarded texts in the field at the time. | Principles of Social Psychology Third Edition GBP 44.99 1
Social Cognition How Individuals Construct Social Reality Social cognition is a key area of social psychology which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of and navigate in their social world. For instance individuals need to understand what they perceive they learn and recall information from memory they form judgments and decisions they communicate with others and they regulate their behavior. While all of these topics are also key to other fields of psychological research it’s the social world—which is dynamic complex and often ambiguous—that creates particular demands. This accessible book introduces the basic themes within social cognition and asks questions such as: How do individuals think and feel about themselves and others? How do they make sense of their social environment? How do they interact with others in their social world? The book is organized along an idealized sequence of social information processing that starts at perceiving and encoding and moves on to learning judging and communicating. It covers not only processes internal to the individual but also facets of the environment that constrain cognitive processing. Throughout the book student learning is fostered with examples additional materials and discussion questions. With its subdivision in ten chapters the book is suitable both for self-study and as companion material for those teaching a semester-long course. This is the ideal comprehensive introduction to this thriving and captivating field of research for students of psychology. | Social Cognition How Individuals Construct Social Reality GBP 49.99 1
Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuroscience How do conscious experience subjectivity and free will arise from the brain and the body? Even in the late 20th century consciousness was considered to be beyond the reach of science. Now understanding the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness is recognized as a key objective for 21st century science. The cognitive neuroscience of consciousness is a fundamentally multidisciplinary enterprise involving powerful new combinations of functional brain imaging computational modelling theoretical innovation and basic neurobiology. Its progress will be marked by new insights not only into the complex brain mechanisms underlying consciousness but also by novel clinical approaches to a wide range of neurological and psychiatric disorders. These innovations are well represented by the contents of the present volume. A target article by Victor Lamme puts forward the contentious position that neural evidence should trump evidence from behaviour and introspection in any theory of consciousness. This article and its several commentaries advance one of the fundamental debates in consciousness science namely whether there exists non-reportable phenomenal consciousness perhaps dependent on local rather than global neural processes. Other articles explore the wider terrain of the new science of consciousness. For example Maniscalco and colleagues use theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation to selectively impair metacognitive awareness; Massimini and coworkers examine changes in functional connectivity during anesthesi and Vanhaudenhuyse et al describe innovations in detecting residual awareness following traumatic brain injury. Together then contents of this volume exemplify the `grand challenge of consciousness' in combining transformative questions about the human condition with a tractable programme of experimental and theoretical research. | Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness A Special Issue of Cognitive Neuroscience GBP 175.00 1