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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Nervous Disorders and Religion: A Study of Souls in the Making
1st Edition
By John G. McKenzie
February 12, 2018
Originally published in 1951, this title is a study in developmental psychology with special reference to the effect of various types of religion on mental health and religious experience. With instinct as a ‘disappearing category’ in the psychology of human nature, a new approach to the ...
Personal Problems of Conduct and Religion
1st Edition
By J.G. McKenzie
February 12, 2018
Originally published in 1932, Professor McKenzie, author of ‘Souls in the Making’, had been deeply interested for years in helping those afflicted with nervous troubles, moral conflicts, or religious doubts. Each chapter of this book deals with some concrete problem which he had actually faced with...
Psychology, Psychotherapy and Evangelicalism
1st Edition
By J.G. McKenzie
February 12, 2018
Originally published in 1940, this is a contribution to the better understanding of Evangelical experience and doctrine. It is the author’s belief that the application of psychology to religion in general can make little or no further advance except through the study of particular types of ...
Sexuality and the Devil: Symbols of Love, Power and Fear in Male Psychology
1st Edition
By Edward Tejirian
February 12, 2018
At the time of publication our understanding of sexuality relied heavily on biology, and also on morality, as was particularly evident when homosexuality and bisexuality were discussed. In this title, originally published in 1990, the author presents a compelling case for viewing the sexual ...
Aspects of Grief: Bereavement in Adult Life
1st Edition
By Jane Littlewood
January 06, 2018
How do bereaved people come to terms with their loss? What factors are important in successful coping? The death of a loved one is one of the most painful experiences that we have to encounter. If the loved one is a child or partner the experience can be especially devastating. How do we cope? Do ...
Concept Development in the Primary School
1st Edition
By Peter Langford
November 10, 2017
Originally published in 1987, this book introduces work on the intellectual development of children in the primary school. It contains chapters on the teaching of reading, writing, art, science and mathematics. While critical of many of the once popular ideas of Jean Piaget, the author also ...
Concept Development in the Secondary School
1st Edition
By Peter Langford
November 10, 2017
Originally published in 1987, this book introduces the reader to work on the intellectual development of adolescents relevant to the secondary school teacher. It covers the teaching of English, history, geography, economics, politics, legal studies, physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics. ...
Evangelical Religion and Popular Education: A Modern Interpretation
1st Edition
By John McLeish
November 10, 2017
Under the influence of the evangelical movement in the 18th and early 19th centuries education, in one form or another, was brought to a vast number of people in England and Wales. Originally published in 1969, it is this phenomenon that forms the subject of Dr McLeish’s book. The two central ...
Family-Peer Relationships: Modes of Linkage
1st Edition
Edited
By Ross D. Parke, Gary W. Ladd
November 10, 2017
Originally published in 1992, this volume provided an up-to-date overview of recent research concerning the links between family and peer systems. Considerable work in the past had focused on family issues or peer relationships, but these systems had typically been considered separately. This ...
Psyche, Culture and the New Science: The Role of PN
1st Edition
By Frederick Tomlin
November 10, 2017
Originally published in 1985, this distinguished and constructive critique of modern culture introduced into our language a brand-new term, ‘PN’, standing for ‘psychic nutrition’, which at the time promised to become a household expression. Drawing on his first-hand knowledge of oriental ...
Significant Differences: Feminism in Psychology
1st Edition
By Corinne Squire
November 10, 2017
Current western feminism and psychology have a particularly close relationship, with feminism finding an increasingly important voice in psychology. In this clear introductory text, originally published in 1989, Corinne Squire examines what feminism and psychology mean to each other, concentrating ...
Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence: The Case of Everyday Physics
1st Edition
By Christine J. Howe
October 10, 2017
‘Heat breaks up charcoal and puts sulphur dioxide in’; ‘The air pulls faster on heavy masses.’ These and other similar statements by school-aged children untutored in physics carry two messages. First, children’s pre-instructional conceptions of the physical world are a far cry from the received ...