Edited by Andrew M. Colman
Over 11,000 entries
‘Comprehensive, sound, readable, and up-to-date, this is probably the best single-volume dictionary of its kind’ — Library Journal
This authoritative and up-to-date dictionary covers all branches of psychology. 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 disorder, and research methods. The range of entries extends to related disciplines including psychoanalysis, psychiatry, the neurosciences, and statistics. The second edition has over 400 new entries, including 'inattentional blindness', 'nocebo effect', 'positive psychology', and 'rubber hand phenomenon'.
Andrew Colman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester.
ISBN-13: 9780198610359
ISBN-10: 0198610351
Publishing history: published 2001, 2006
