A Dictionary Of Psychology

Description

From amnesia to Freud, this is an authoritative and accessible reference guide to psychology. Ideal for students and professional pyschologists, as well as the general reader, it contains over 10,500 main entries and provides clear and concise definitions of a wide range of terms and concepts in psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis.


Readership: Students of psychology and related fields (psychoanalysis, psychiatry, neurosciences, statistics), as well as professionals and the general reader needing clear definitions for terms relating to psychology.

Reviews

Comprehensive, sound, readable, and up-to-date, this is probably the best single-volume dictionary of its kind. Essential wherever psychology matters. Library Journal An authoritative style...clear but concise terms, and extensive knowledge of the subject matter. I am pleased to have it on my bookshelf. THES The most comprehensive single-volume reference to psychology combines psychiatry and pschoanalysis under one broad umbrella, addressing 10,500 topics Forecast The Dictionary of Psychology is the newest and best authority of psychological nomenclature...Another fine book from Oxford University Press www.gadflyonline.com Entries are short, interesting, readable, and give a quick overview of the topic...invaluable for students and teachers American Reference

Table of contents

GREEK ALPHABET; DICTIONARY; I. Phobias and phobic stimuli; II. Abbreviations and symbols; PRINCIPAL SOURCES