Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology

Volume Two

Andrew M. Colman

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781134886296
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Psychology plays an increasingly important role in today's society. Its influence can be seen all around us - be it in the home, the workplace, the school or our private lives. A uniquely diverse discipline, it ranges from social psychology to biological aspects of behaviour, and from basic research to the applied professions. This Companion Encyclopedia covers all these main branches of psychological research and professional practice. The thematic arrangement is the result of the Editor's extensive research into syllabi, from which he distilled the 13 most frequently taught units. Students can consult and be referred to sections relating to their lecture programme, and can find lucid definitions of frequently used terms in the Glossary. Headings and sub-headings are clearly highlighted at the beginning of each chapter - ideal for quick reference.* Provides authoritative and in-depth reference material on all major branches of psychological research and professional practice
* Contributors include many of the world's most eminent psychologists
* Written in a lively style without assuming previous knowledge of the subject
* Structured according to the core topics appearing most often as discrete modules in contemporary psychology courses
* Detailed bibliographies, further reading sections, exhaustive index and glossary of technical terms
* Containing 165 supporting illustrations

INDEX

Bold entries denote figures.

“2 4 6” task 346–8, 347

2½D sketch 181, 191–4, 365

2 × 2 crossover design 1093

3D model description 181, 365

3D structure 189–90

16PF see Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire

ABA designs 1131

abnormal conditions model 817

abnormal psychology 873–968

abnormalities, DSM-IIIR 1189

Aboud, F., ethnic prejudice 731

Above-I (psychodynamics) 650

abreaction, psychoanalysis 1257

absent-minded professor effect 290

absent-mindedness 313–15

absolute pitch 430

absolute scales 1104

absolute threshold 28

abstinence, alcohol 956

abstract schema 345

academic psychology 4

accessibility, attitudes 780

accidental sampling 1148

accommodation

cognitive development 701

definition 592

verbal communication 462

accuracy

emotions 814

personality ratings 615

traits 814–15

acetylcholine, neural messages 140–1

achievement motivation 633

acoustic-phonetic analysis 328–9

acquired motivational state 147

act frequency approach, personality 607

action inhibition, stress 576

action prototypes 445

action readiness, emotion 499–500

action slips 313–15

activated sleep 113

activation

dreams 118–19

speech 324–5

activation-synthesis model 120

actor, personality construction 603, 604, 606–9, 615–18

acupuncture 235

Adams, J. A. 447

adaptation

definition 70

intelligence 584, 592

smell 246

taste 242–3

temperature 231–3, 232

touch 228

adaptation diseases, stress 565

adaptation-produced potentiation 243

adaptive anxiety 885

addiction

addictive process 962

drugs 146–7, 950–68

potential 965

addictive personality 147, 964–5

additive genetic variation 44–5, 54

Adelson, J., political ideas 747

adherence, treatment 1054–5

Adler, Alfred 653, 1187

administration routes, drugs 136

adolescence 736–51

gender 1014–15

sexuality 547, 556

adoption studies

behavioural genetics 46

Colorado project 51

schizophrenia 52–3

Adorno, T. W., authoritarianism 598, 832

adrenal glands, stress 562, 563, 566

adrenaline

see also epinephrine

anxiety 885

arousal 491, 496–7

adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), stress 562

adults,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• 8 Developmental psychology
• 9 Social psychology
• 10 Abnormal psychology
• 11 Special topics
• 12 Research methods and statistics
• 13 The professions of psychology
• Glossary
• Index