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John S. Lyons
This book is the 46th in a series that attempts to broadly update the field of psychology with 23 representative reviews from leaders in their respective specialties. This volume includes excellent reviews on mathematical models in psychology, family and couples therapy, language comprehension, personality, aging, education, the effects of child maltreatment, and data analysis, among others. Each review is written by a recognized leader in the area. The purpose is to provide a yearbook that documents research developments across the spectrum of academic psychology. As such, the series of reviews has a distinguished history of documenting the state of the art. The audience for this book consists of scholars and students of psychology who wish to update their knowledge of the field in its many dimensions. In addition to providing thoughtful and well-written integrative reviews on a variety of topics, this book provides references for the highest quality original research in each area. This book continues the strong tradition of the series to provide in-depth substantive reviews that represent some of the most recent advances in research over the broad spectrum of academic psychology. This book is an excellent means of keeping abreast of the fast-changing subspecialty areas of psychological research.Booknews
Comprises 22 articles representing the year's worth of articles in psychology from the major publications. Representative topics include the causes and consequences of sibling relationship quality, brain plasticity and behavior, biases in the interpretation and use of research results, social constructivist perspectives on teaching and learning, human abilities, and perceptual learning. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.From The Critics
Reviewer: John S. Lyons, PhD(Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)Description: This book is the 46th in a series that attempts to broadly update the field of psychology with 23 representative reviews from leaders in their respective specialties. This volume includes excellent reviews on mathematical models in psychology, family and couples therapy, language comprehension, personality, aging, education, the effects of child maltreatment, and data analysis, among others. Each review is written by a recognized leader in the area.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a yearbook that documents research developments across the spectrum of academic psychology. As such, the series of reviews has a distinguished history of documenting the state of the art.
Audience: The audience for this book consists of scholars and students of psychology who wish to update their knowledge of the field in its many dimensions.
Features: In addition to providing thoughtful and well-written integrative reviews on a variety of topics, this book provides references for the highest quality original research in each area.
Assessment: This book continues the strong tradition of the series to provide in-depth substantive reviews that represent some of the most recent advances in research over the broad spectrum of academic psychology. This book is an excellent means of keeping abreast of the fast-changing subspecialty areas of psychological research.
3 Stars from Doody
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