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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Theories in Cognitive Psychology: The Loyola Symposium
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert L. Solso
December 01, 2025
Originally published in 1974, this volume presents up-to-date original research and theory in the field of cognition. The contributors survey the most intriguing problems of the area, including the construction of memory, retrieval from memory, concept formation, and problem solving. Also ...
The Psychology of Jung: A Critical Interpretation
1st Edition
By Avis M. Dry
November 30, 2025
First published in 1961 The Psychology of Jung presents a critical and historical interpretation of Carl Jung’s psychology. In this book the author describes himself as an ‘independent student’ and as an ‘interested, though uncommitted observer’ and attempts to explain and reconcile drawbacks, ...
The Will to Live: An Outline of Evolutionary Psychology
1st Edition
By J.H. Badley
November 30, 2025
First published in 1931, the underlying assumption of The Will to Live is that of a psychological evolution in which mind is regarded not merely as developing in association with nervous and cerebral development, but as being itself the most important factor in the process. It is this assumption ...
Cognitive Processes in Choice and Decision Behavior
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas S. Wallsten
November 28, 2025
Decision theory is a uniquely interdisciplinary field of study with contributions from economics, statistics, mathematics, philosophy, operations research, and psychology. The 1970s had seen important changes in research on behavioral decision theory in terms of a shift from a reliance on economic ...
Facts, Fallacies and Frauds in Psychology
1st Edition
By Andrew M. Colman
November 28, 2025
Are the effects of hypnosis real or imagined? Is intelligence determined by nature or nurture? Will ordinary people perform acts of cruelty if ordered to do so by authority figures? Are anorexia and bulimia nervosa forms of depression? Why do some groups outscore others on IQ tests? Is there any ...
Slow Grows the Child: Psychosocial Aspects of Growth Delay
1st Edition
Edited
By Brian Stabler, Louis E. Underwood
November 28, 2025
Originally published in 1986, Slow Grows the Child came out of a symposium held in Washington D.C. in 1984 which brought together researchers and practitioners in the field producing recommendations for future research. It was the beginning of an informal network among researchers. In the 1970s and...
Social Comparison: Contemporary Theory and Research
1st Edition
Edited
By Jerry Suls, Thomas Ashby Wills
November 28, 2025
Assessment of abilities, opinions, and overall feelings of self-worth, are commonly acknowledged to be influenced by how ones’ attributes compare with those of other people. In contemporary social psychology, this process is known as social comparison or interpersonal comparison. Originally ...
Subjective Meaning and Culture: An Assessment Through Word Associations
1st Edition
By Lorand B. Szalay, James Deese
November 28, 2025
Originally published in 1978, Subjective Meaning and Culture presents a framework and a method for the comparative study of the perceptions, attitudes, and cultural frames of reference shared by groups of people. The framework is the notion of subjective meaning, and the method is that of...
Growing Critical: Alternatives to Developmental Psychology
1st Edition
By John R. Morss
October 01, 2025
Originally published in 1996, and now with a new preface, Growing Critical is an introduction to critical psychology, focusing on development. It takes a fresh look at infancy, childhood and adulthood and makes the startling claim that ‘development’ does not exist. John R. Morss guides the reader ...
Minimal Brain Dysfunction: A Prospective Study
1st Edition
By Paul L. Nichols, Ta-Chuan Chen
October 01, 2025
The concept of Minimal Brain Dysfunction (a previous term for ADHD) has had a tumultuous, and some would say, checkered history. Originally published in 1981, this title was one of a series of volumes dealing with specific developmental problems in children whose mothers registered for prenatal ...
Psychology and the Poetics of Growth: Figurative Language in Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Education
1st Edition
By Howard R Pollio, Jack M. Barlow, Harold J. Fine, Marilyn R. Pollio
October 01, 2025
In this volume, originally published in 1977, the authors describe the relevance of figurative language for the psychology of language and present a methodological approach best described as naturalistic in orientation. The first section presents the idea of figurative language in terms of ...
Psychophysiological Measurement of Covert Behavior: A Guide for the Laboratory
1st Edition
By F. J. McGuigan
October 01, 2025
By the 1970s psychology had made sizable advances with its primary emphasis on the study of overt behavior, but its progress on covert behavior had been delayed because of the lack of suitable psychophysiological technology. Originally published in 1979, this title was written to help laboratory ...