Psychology Revivals
About the Book Series
Psychology Revivals is an initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Following the success of the Routledge Revivals programme, this time encompassing a vast range from across the Behavioural Sciences, Psychology Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalogue of imprints and authors associated with both Routledge and Psychology Press, restoring to print books by some of the most influential scholars of the last 120 years.
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The Orienting Reflex in Humans: An International Conference Sponsored by the Scientific Affairs Division of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1st Edition
Edited
By H. D. Kimmel, E. H. van Olst, J. F. Orlebeke
June 30, 2023
Originally published in 1979, the world’s leading researchers contributed chapters describing their work on the orienting reflex in humans. The contributions, at the time current and comprehensive, in a sense that each facet of contemporary research was represented, address the orienting reflex, ...
The Psychology of Chess Skill
1st Edition
By Dennis H. Holding
June 30, 2023
Both chess play and psychological research offer rewards to their participants in the form of intellectual satisfaction. It seems to follow that combining these two forms of activity, by carrying out research into chess play, should be a particularly engaging enterprise. In the mid-1980s enough was...
n-Dimensional Nonlinear Psychophysics: Theory and Case Studies
1st Edition
By Robert A. M. Gregson
June 30, 2023
Originally published in 1992, this work compliments and extends the theory and results of nonlinear psychophysics – an original approach created by the author. It breaks with the traditional mathematics used in the experimental psychology of sensation and draws on what is popularly known as chaos ...
The Emerging Field of Personal Relationships
1st Edition
Edited
By Robin Gilmour, Steve Duck
June 28, 2023
Originally published in 1986, this book is a result of the first International Conference on Personal Relationships held in 1982. The conference itself was a significant event in publicly bringing together major figures whose work was starting to define the new area of personal relationships. The ...
Perspectives in Behavior Genetics
1st Edition
Edited
By John L. Fuller, Edward C. Simmel
June 21, 2023
Originally published in 1986, we were living in a world in which the number of publications in behaviour genetics had reached a point where it was difficult, even for those teaching the subject, to keep up with the literature. The editors of this title believe that there is a need for people who ...
Cognitive Development: An Information-Processing View
1st Edition
By David Klahr, J. G. Wallace
June 20, 2023
Originally published in 1976, the authors present a theory of cognitive development based upon an information-processing approach. This approach leads to the presentation of precise models of performance on a number of tasks derived from a set of critical quantitative concepts: elementary ...
Contemporary Constructions of the Child: Essays in Honor of William Kessen
1st Edition
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By Frank S. Kessel, Marc H. Bornstein, Arnold J. Sameroff
June 20, 2023
Originally published in 1991, this volume contains critical state-of-the-art essays on significant aspects of children's development and developmental inquiry. Among the topics examined: infant perception, action and social cognition; concept development and language; children's play; parent ...
Understanding Blindness: An Integrative Approach
1st Edition
By Mark Hollins
June 20, 2023
Originally published in 1989, much was known about blindness, but the field was divided into specialties. Experts in the different areas were widely dispersed among university departments, rehabilitation agencies, and school systems, with the result that people in one specialty area often knew ...
Handbook of Psychology and Health, Volume I: Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: Overlapping Disciplines
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert J. Gatchel, Andrew Baum, Jerome E. Singer
June 16, 2023
Originally published in 1982, this volume deals with behavioral medicine and clinical psychology. Much of what psychologists had been able to contribute to the study and treatment of health and illness had, to this point, been derived from clinical research and behavioral treatment. This volume ...
Neurophysiology and Psychophysiology: Experimental and Clinical Applications
1st Edition
Edited
By G. C. Galbraith, M. L. Kietzman, E. Donchin
June 16, 2023
Originally published in 1988, in several respects this book is a tribute to the outstanding career of the late Donald B. Lindsley (1907-2003) who, over a span of more than 55 years, had contributed greatly to the development of research in the fields of neurophysiology, psychophysiology, and ...
Expectations and Actions: Expectancy-Value Models in Psychology
1st Edition
Edited
By Norman T. Feather
June 21, 2022
Originally published in 1982, this book examines the current status of expectancy-value models in psychology. The focus is upon cognitive models that relate action to the perceived attractiveness or aversiveness of expected consequences. A person’s behavior is seen to bear some relation to the ...
Cancer, Nutrition, and Eating Behavior: A Biobehavioral Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas G. Burish, Sandra M. Levy, Beth E. Meyerowitz
May 04, 2022
The majority of cancer-related deaths are associated with nutritional problems. The major role that nutrition and diet play in the development and course of cancer had only been recently appreciated, and relatively little had been written on the topic in general. A critical component of nutrition ...