The Cambridge Handbook of the Intellectual History of Psychology

by Robert J. Sternberg

Author	: Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 514
Release	: 2019-06-30
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 9781108418690

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We cannot understand contemporary psychology without first researching its history. Unlike other books on the history of psychology, which are chronologically ordered, this Handbook is organized topically. It covers the history of ideas in multiple areas of the field and reviews the intellectual history behind the major topics of investigation. The evolution of psychological ideas is described alongside an analysis of their surrounding context. Readers learn how eminent psychologists draw on the context of their time and place for ideas and practices and shows how innovation in psychology is an ongoing dialogue between past, present, and anticipated future.

The Cambridge Handbook of Environment in Human Development

by Linda Mayes

Author	: Linda Mayes
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 741
Release	: 2012-08-27
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 1139536168

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Families, communities and societies influence children's learning and development in many ways. This is the first handbook devoted to the understanding of the nature of environments in child development. Utilizing Urie Bronfenbrenner's idea of embedded environments, this volume looks at environments from the immediate environment of the family (including fathers, siblings, grandparents and day-care personnel) to the larger environment including schools, neighborhoods, geographic regions, countries and cultures. Understanding these embedded environments and the ways in which they interact is necessary to understand development.

The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development

by Olivier Houdé

Author	: Olivier Houdé
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 727
Release	: 2022-03-03
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 1108540244

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How does cognition develop in infants, children and adolescents? This handbook presents a cutting-edge overview of the field of cognitive development, spanning basic methodology, key domain-based findings and applications. Part One covers the neurobiological constraints and laws of brain development, while Part Two covers the fundamentals of cognitive development from birth to adulthood: object, number, categorization, reasoning, decision-making and socioemotional cognition. The final Part Three covers educational and school-learning domains, including numeracy, literacy, scientific reasoning skills, working memory and executive skills, metacognition, curiosity-driven active learning and more. Featuring chapters written by the world's leading scholars in experimental and developmental psychology, as well as in basic neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, computational modelling and developmental robotics, this collection is the most comprehensive reference work to date on cognitive development of the twenty-first century. It will be a vital resource for scholars and graduate students in developmental psychology, neuroeducation and the cognitive sciences.

Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science

by James N. Druckman

Author	: James N. Druckman
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 577
Release	: 2011-06-06
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 0521192129

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This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of how political scientists have used experiments to transform their field of study.

A Handbook of Wisdom

by Robert Sternberg

Author	: Robert Sternberg
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 628
Release	: 2005-06-13
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 1139443941

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A topic ignored in mainstream scientific inquiry for decades, wisdom is beginning to return to the place of reverence that it held in ancient schools of intellectual study. A Handbook of Wisdom, first published in 2005, explores wisdom's promise for helping scholars and lay people to understand the apex of human thought and behavior. At a time when poor choices are being made by notably intelligent and powerful individuals, this book presents analysis and review on a form of reasoning and decision-making that is not only productive and prudent, but also serves a beneficial purpose for society. A Handbook of Wisdom is a collection of chapters from some of the most prominent scholars in the field of wisdom research. Written from multiple perspectives, including psychology, philosophy, and religion, this book gives the reader an in-depth understanding of wisdom's past, present, and possible future direction within literature, science, and society.

The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness

by Philip David Zelazo

Author	: Philip David Zelazo
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	:
Release	: 2007-05-14
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 113946406X

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The Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness is the first of its kind in the field, and its appearance marks a unique time in the history of intellectual inquiry on the topic. After decades during which consciousness was considered beyond the scope of legitimate scientific investigation, consciousness re-emerged as a popular focus of research towards the end of the last century, and it has remained so for nearly 20 years. There are now so many different lines of investigation on consciousness that the time has come when the field may finally benefit from a book that pulls them together and, by juxtaposing them, provides a comprehensive survey of this exciting field. An authoritative desk reference, which will also be suitable as an advanced textbook.

The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology

by Anton Yasnitsky

Author	: Anton Yasnitsky
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 1060
Release	: 2014-09-30
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 1316060454

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The field of cultural-historical psychology originated in the work of Lev Vygotsky and the Vygotsky Circle in the Soviet Union more than eighty years ago, and has now established a powerful research tradition in Russia and the West. The Cambridge Handbook of Cultural-Historical Psychology is the first volume to systematically present cultural-historical psychology as an integrative/holistic developmental science of mind, brain, and culture. Its main focus is the inseparable unity of the historically evolving human mind, brain, and culture, and the ways to understand it. The contributors are major international experts in the field, and include authors of major works on Lev Vygotsky, direct collaborators and associates of Alexander Luria, and renowned neurologist Oliver Sacks. The Handbook will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of psychology, education, humanities and neuroscience.

The Cambridge Handbook of Stylistics

by Peter Stockwell

Author	: Peter Stockwell
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 777
Release	: 2014-05-08
Genre	: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN	: 1139916343

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Stylistics has become the most common name for a discipline which at various times has been termed 'literary linguistics', 'rhetoric', 'poetics', 'literary philology' and 'close textual reading'. This Handbook is the definitive account of the field, drawing on linguistics and related subject areas such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, educational pedagogy, computational methods, literary criticism and critical theory. Placing stylistics in its intellectual and international context, each chapter includes a detailed illustrative example and case study of stylistic practice, with arguments and methods open to examination, replication and constructive critical discussion. As an accessible guide to the theory and practice of stylistics, it will equip the reader with a clear understanding of the ethos and principles of the discipline, as well as with the capacity and confidence to engage in stylistic analysis.

The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought

by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.

Author	: Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 550
Release	: 2008-09-22
Genre	: Psychology
ISBN	: 113947166X

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A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.