Douwe Draaisma, Translated by Barbara Fasting

Disturbances of the Mind provides a fascinating, illuminating, and at times touching insight into the history of brain research.

The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice

Kristin J. Anderson

Benign Bigotry uses a fresh, original format to examine subtle prejudice by addressing six commonly held cultural myths based on assumptions that appear harmless but actually foster discrimination: ‘those people all look alike’; ‘they must be guilty of something’; ‘feminists are man-haters’; ‘gays flaunt their sexuality’; ‘I’m not a racist, I’m color-blind’ and ‘affirmative action is reverse racism’.

The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology

Edited by Carol M. Worthman, Paul M. Plotsky, Daniel S. Schechter, Constance A. Cummings

This interdisciplinary book offers a unique exploration of the formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioral, and cultural dynamics.

Edited by Ulrich Müller, Jeremy I. M. Carpendale, Leslie Smith

The Cambridge Companion to Piaget provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of Piaget's work in a manner that does not eschew engagement with the complexities of subjects or debates yet is accessible to upper-level undergraduate students.

Edited by David Matsumoto

The Cambridge Dictionary of Psychology is the first and only dictionary that surveys the broad discipline of psychology from an international, cross-cultural, and interdisciplinary focus.

Edited by Philip J. Corr, Gerald Matthews

The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology offers a one-stop source for the most up-to-date scientific personality psychology.

Gerald Matthews, Ian J. Deary, Martha C. Whiteman

Now in its third edition, this dynamic textbook analyses the traits fundamental to human personality: what they are, why they matter, their biological and social foundations, how they play out in human life and their consequences for cognition, stress and physical and mental health.

Responses to Exclusion and Inclusion

Edited by Fabrizio Butera, John M. Levine

This volume brings together leading scholars in the fields of stigma, prejudice and discrimination, minority influence, and intergroup relations to provide diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives on what it means to be a minority.

A Good Human Life

Samuel S. Franklin

The Psychology of Happiness is the first book to bring together psychological, philosophical, and physiological theory and research in support of the major ideas of Aristotle's concept of happiness – eudaimonia, the fulfillment of one's potential, and virtue, the moderation of desire and emotion by reason.

Edited by Anita L. Vangelisti

Feeling Hurt in Close Relationships presents a synthesis of cutting-edge research and theory on hurt.

Edited by Yair Amichai-Hamburger

This book considers the impact of technology on the different spheres of our life - work, home, family and leisure - and assesses ways in which to build better communication between technology developers and society to ensure that technology enhances our lives and psychological well-being, rather than damaging them.

Globalization, Individualization, and Patterns of Diversity

Edited by Ingrid Schoon, Rainer K. Silbereisen

This volume provides a unique perspective on the global changes that have transformed school-to-work transitions since the 1970s; offers an integrative conceptual framework for analysis; and promotes a comparative, cross-national understanding of school-to-work transitions in a changing social context.

Edited by Annalisa Sannino, Harry Daniels, Kris D. Gutiérrez

This book provides researchers with an accessible text that also supports the use of the classic tradition of activity theory.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Adrian Furnham

This engaging and thought-provoking text introduces the main techniques, theories, research and debates in personnel selection, helping students and practitioners identify the major predictors of job performance as well as the most suitable methods for assessing them.

Aunts and Uncles

Robert M. Milardo

This is the first comprehensive study of its kind, detailing the routine activities of aunts and uncles, the features of families that encourage closeness, how aunts and uncles go about mentoring nieces and nephews, and how adults are mentored by the very children for whom they are responsible. This book aims to change the public discourse on families and the involvement of the forgotten kin across generations and households.

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