From aggression to altruism, prejudice to persuasion, Essential Social Psychology, Fourth Edition introduces students to the discoveries and debates that define social psychology today.

Now completely up to date with the latest innovations, this book engages with recent controversies to give students the best start with their research.

Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today.

Written by leading scholars in the field, this text covers significant aspects of leadership thought, key areas such as followership, relational leadership, and team leadership, and delves into timely topics such as social cognition, gender, power, identity.

A practical introduction to statistical analysis by this award-winning teacher, helping students to make clear connections between statistics and the real world.

Statistics for Research in Psychology offers an intuitive approach to statistics based on estimation for interpreting research in psychology.

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...

Set against trends toward psychological standardization and medicalization, the handbook provides a rich tapestry of reflection by the leading person-centered scholars of our time.

A much-needed, hands-on guide to applying discursive theory - an increasingly popular yet complex approach to research in psychology.