Behavioral Sciences

This authoritative book reviews current cognitive-behavioral models of OCD and delineates an innovative, theoretically and empirically grounded approach to assessment and treatment. Leading scientist-practitioner David A. Clark first elaborates and refines existing theories of obsessions and compuls... More

"This is a marvelous book, full of subtle, thoughtful, and original argument.... The discussion is full of insight and a pleasure to read. Siewert's book advances the debate over consciousness on a number of fronts, and should become a standard in the field."--David Chalmers, University of Californi... More

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913, it caused outrage. Thorough and thought-provoking, Totem and Taboo remains the fullest exploration of Freud's most famous themes. Family, society, religion - they're all put on the cou... More

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Practice as a necessity for learning a second language has been a tacit assumption among language teachers for quite some time; however, the concept has not been widely considered from a theoretical perspective until now. This volume of twelve original articles focuses on the topic, with attention t... More

'The Caring Child' provides the most up-to-date account of our current understanding of the motivation behind prosocial behaviors and how these motives develop and are elicited in various situations.... More

Featuring paper-and-pencil exercises based on realistic case vignettes, this manual helps therapists master the clinical strategies and tools presented in Treatment for Chronic Depression.Featuring paper-and-pencil exercises based on realistic case vignettes, this manual helps therapists master the ... More

Few diseases have exercised the Western imagination as chronically as hysteria--from the wandering womb of ancient Greek medicine, to the demonically possessed witch of the Renaissance; from the "vaporous" salon women of Enlightenment Paris, through to the celebrated patients of Sigmund Freud, with ... More

Requiring no prior knowledge of programming or web site design, this easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide helps professionals as well as students create interactive behavioral research instruments online. With this volume, anyone can learn to write programs in HTML and CGI/Perl that will enable them t... More

"The Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making" is a state-of-the art overview of current topics and research in the study of how people make evaluations, draw inferences, and make decisions under conditions of uncertainty and conflict. Chapters are contributed by experts in the field from ... More

Esteemed authors tantalize readers with bold outlooks on the coevolution of mind and culture while putting as revolutionary spins on such classic philosophies as free will and essence of humanity for the "Evolution Of The Curious Mind." 35 line diagrams.Peppered with wit and controversial topics, th... More

This text uses the same conceptual, intuitive approach of "Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences," but eliminates extensive reference material and advanced or obscure statistical methods. "Essentials" presents only the procedures undergraduates need for reading research literature and conduct... More

"The Social Psychology of Behaviour in Small Groups" covers classic theories of group behaviour and their application in organizational psychology. Topics include the structure and formation of groups and how individuals behave within a group, as well as more applied areas such as leadership, decisi... More

This book sets out to integrate recent exciting research on the precursors of reading and early reading strategies adopted by children in the classroom. It aims to develop a theory about why early phonological skills are crucial in learning to read, and shows how phonological knowledge about rhymes ... More

Visuospatial thinking encompasses a wide range of thinking processes concerning space, whether it be navigating across town, understanding multimedia displays, reading an architectural blueprint or a map. Understanding it and in particular, how people represent and process visual and spatial informa... More