Dit is de derde, volledig herziene versie van een overzichtswerk over de wetenschappelijke psychologie. Na een inleidend hoofdstuk komen de volgende onderwerpen aan bod: de biologie van het gedrag; menselijke functies zoals gewaarwording en waarneming, aandacht, leren, taal, denken, motivatie en emotie; intelligentie en persoonlijkheid; psychopathologie en psychotherapie; gezondheidspsychologie; sociale psychologie; toegepaste psychologie.

In elk hoofdstuk wordt de meest recente stand van zak...

Dr. Tim Vanhoomissen bewijst dat statistiek toegankelijk én boeiend kan zijn. Dit handboek biedt een heldere, praktijkgerichte introductie in hypothesetoetsing, een essentieel onderdeel van wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Hier leer je niet alleen hoe het werkt, maar ook waarom het werkt (en wat er mis kan gaan als je het verkeerd doet). Het boek is in eerste instantie geschreven voor studenten gedragswetenschappen, maar dankzij de herkenbare en alledaagse situaties in de voorbeelden en oefeninge...

Alle kinderen verdienen het om met plezier naar school te gaan. Ook jongens. Als we als onderwijsprofessionals ‘de jongenscode’ goed leren begrijpen, weten we beter wat zij nodig hebben en wat goed onderwijs aan jongens inhoudt.

In dit boek laat René van Engelen zien wat er dan zo specifiek is aan jongens en hun gedrag: zo zijn ze gemiddeld genomen actiegerichter, gevoeliger voor competitie, minder taakgericht en verloopt de sociale en emotionele ontwikkeling anders dan bij meisjes.

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Working memory is currently a 'hot' topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and understanding how they relate to one another has been a difficult task. This volume offers a much-needed forum for systematically comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory.

It does so by asking each contributor to address the same comprehensive set of important theoretical questions ...

Psychological Management of Individual Performance is a unique combination of contributions from an academic and a practitioner for each topic. Leading international authors come together in this integrative and comprehensive handbook, to combine academic research findings and to provide detailed practice-relevant information, on subjects such as performance concepts, work design, cognitive ability and personality as predictors of performance, performance appraisal and potential analysis, goa...

For courses in English Composition. The gold standard of handbooks - unmatched in accuracy, currency, and reliability The Little, Brown Handbook is an essential reference tool and classroom resource designed to help students find the answers they need quickly and easily. While keeping pace with rapid changes in writing and its teaching, it offers the most comprehensive research and documentation available-with grammar coverage that is second to none. With detailed discussions of critical read...

Innovative engagement. Enduring retention. The most effective way to explore psychological science.

Exploring Psychology offers creative ways to help students retain psychology’s key principles, and do better in all their classes, not just psychology. The authors combine market-leading currency, fresh teaching ideas, fascinating applications, effective new study tools and technologies, with a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice. The result is a text which not only supports stud...

An Introduction to Child Development, Third Edition provides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence, in a readily accessible format. It equips students with an appreciation of the critical issues, while providing balanced coverage of topics that represent both classic and cutting edge work in this vast and fascinating field. The new edition has been fully updated and fea...

This thoroughly updated second edition of Social Psychology addresses pressing topics such as climate change activism, digital technology, pandemics and AI. With three new chapters on group behaviour, culture and social cognition, this edition engages in even more detail with both classic and contemporary approaches and draws on a wider range of critical perspectives. Through accessible, section-by-section critiques, a vibrant sense of relevance, debate and new possibilities are brought to th...

What makes a good life? The question is inherent to the human condition, asked by people across generations, professions, and social classes, and addressed by all schools of philosophy and religions. This search for meaning, as Yale faculty Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz argue, is at the crux of a crisis that is facing Western culture, a crisis that, they propose, can be ameliorated by searching, in one's own life, for the underlying truth.

In Life Worth Living, name...