Working memory is currently a 'hot' topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and understanding how they relate to one another has been a difficult task. This volume offers a much-needed forum for systematically comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory.

It does so by asking each contributor to address the same comprehensive set of important theoretical questions ...

Psychological Management of Individual Performance is a unique combination of contributions from an academic and a practitioner for each topic. Leading international authors come together in this integrative and comprehensive handbook, to combine academic research findings and to provide detailed practice-relevant information, on subjects such as performance concepts, work design, cognitive ability and personality as predictors of performance, performance appraisal and potential analysis, goa...

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, gives you a solid foundation in the key principles of qualitative research. This easy-to-follow textbook provides practical guidance through the core methods of data collection, data analysis, and report writing in qualitative research, encouraging you to successfully carry out your own research.

A rich and engaging guide to psychology, the science devoted to understanding human nature

The most contemporary and relevant introduction to the field, Cultural Psychology Fourth Edition, is unmatched in both its presentation of current, global experimental research and its focus on helping students to think like cultural psychologists.

‘That’s just the way I am.’ A lot of people think that the way they behave is fixed in stone. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book shows you how you can consciously choose to adopt the most effective behaviour in order to improve your success rate at achieving your goals.

This book uses Leary’s Rose interaction model to give you an insight into the different communication processes. Leary’s Rose is a schematic reproduction of different ways of behaving and the effect...

For courses in Social Psychology Make research relevant through a storytelling approach Social Psychology introduces the key concepts of the field through an acclaimed storytelling approach that makes research relevant to students. Drawing upon their extensive experience as researchers and teachers, authors Elliot Aronson, Tim Wilson, and Sam Sommers present the classic studies that have driven the discipline alongside the cutting-edge research that is the future of social psychology. In addi...

Now in its ninth edition, Hogg & Vaughans Social Psychology offers a comprehensive, lively introduction to social psychological theory and research.

It places social psychology in a contemporary, real-world context and explores new, cutting-edge research as well as bringing classic theories to life, making it an essential student resource.

Gerard Heymans (1857-1930) was the founder of psychology in the Netherlands, and established the first psychological laboratory. After becoming professor, he first looked for general psychological laws, and later became interested in how people differ. Heymans investigated this question by studying biographies and collecting survey data. With this rigorous approach that far exceeded the standards of his time, he arrived at three basic dimensions in which people can vary in their temperament. ...

For courses in Introductory Psychology Throughout Psychology, Saundra Ciccarelli and J. Noland White employ a learner-centred, assessment-driven approach that maximises student engagement, and helps educators keep students on track. The authors draw readers into the discipline by showing how psychology relates to students' own lives.

Clear learning objectives, based on the recommended APA undergraduate learning outcomes, guide learners through the material. And assessment tied to these learni...