Studieboeken (7)
Designing Your Life
How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life
2023 || Hardcover || Bill Burnett e.a. || Knopf Doubleday Publishing
The executive director of the Design Program at Stanford and the co-founder of Electronic Arts outline strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies.
An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology / 2nd edition
2016 || Paperback || David Groome e.a. || Taylor & Francis
An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology offers an accessible review of recent research in the application of cognitive methods, theories, and models. Using real-world scenarios and engaging everyday examples this book offers clear explanations of how the findings of cognitive psychologists have been put to use. The book explores all of the major areas of cognitive psychology, including attention, perception, memory, thinking and decision making, as well as some of the factors that aff...
An Introduction to Child Development / 3rd edition
2016 || Paperback || Thomas Keenan e.a. || SAGE
An Introduction to Child Development, Third Edition provides undergraduate students in psychology and other disciplines with a comprehensive survey of the main areas of child development, from infancy through to adolescence, in a readily accessible format. It equips students with an appreciation of the critical issues, while providing balanced coverage of topics that represent both classic and cutting edge work in this vast and fascinating field. The new edition has been fully updated and fea...
The Psychologist's Companion / 6th edition
A Guide to Professional Success for Students, Teachers, and Researchers
2016 || Paperback || Robert J. Sternberg e.a. || Cambridge University Press
The Psychologist's Companion, 6th edition is written for students, young professionals, and even mid-career scholars. It covers the topics necessary for career success, including planning and writing papers and posters, presenting data, evaluating papers, writing grant proposals, giving talks, finding a book publisher, doing job interviews, and doing media interviews.
Using and Interpreting Statistics
A Practical Text for the Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences
2016 || Paperback || Eric W Corty || Macmillan
Eric Corty’s engaging textbook is exceptionally well suited for behavioral science students studying statistical practice in their field for the first time. An award-winning master teacher, Corty speaks to students in their language, with an approachable voice that conveys the basics of collecting and understanding statistical data step by step. Examples come from the behavioral and social sciences, as well as from recognizable aspects of everyday life to help students see the relevance of ...
Theories of Developmental Psychology
2016 || Paperback || Patricia H. Miller || Macmillan
Theories of Developmental Psychology is the ideal book for anyone interested in an insightful, in-depth look at child development. With her engaging tone and exceptional scholarship, Patricia Miller illustrates what is exciting about each theory she presents and how it contributes to a broader understanding of developmental psychology. Revised to reflect the latest empirical and theoretical findings as well as our changing world Theories of Developmental Psychology 6th edition provides the mo...
Introduction to the New Statistics
Estimation, Open Science, and Beyond
2016 || Paperback || Geoff Cumming e.a. || Taylor & Francis
This is the first introductory statistics text to use an estimation approach from the start to help readers understand effect sizes, confidence intervals (CIs), and meta-analysis ('the new statistics'). It is also the first text to explain the new and exciting Open Science practices, which encourage replication and enhance the trustworthiness of research. In addition, the book explains NHST fully so students can understand published research.
Numerous real research examples are used throughou...