Psychological Theory & Schools of Thought

Many people who work in education start out with enthusiastic ideals about education as a positive force that can spur change in the life of the le...

When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters develops the study of authority as an area of investigation in organizational communication and mana...

This study seeks to demonstrate the subtle ways in which changes in the language associated with economic issues are reflective of a gradual but qu...

The recent explosion of new research about infants, parental care, and infant-parent relationships has shown conclusively that human relationships ...

First Published in 1999. This is Volume II of four of a series on Comparative Psychology. Written in 1927, aim of this essay is to present a partic...

This is Volume XXXIII of thirty-eight in the General Psychology series. Originally published in 1925, this study looks at two areas: a consideratio...

'Is life worth living? Yes, a thousand times yes when the world still holds such spirits as Professor James.' - Gertrude SteinA classic of American...

The Chinese characters for "danger" and "opportunity" form the word "crisis". Ancient Chinese wisdom sees an opportunity in danger. While cultural ...

The work of Richard M. Shiffrin has highly impacted the field of cognitive science, and current developments within perception and memory have been...

This is Volume IV of thirty-two in the Developmental Psychology series. First published in 1940, The Child and His Family has as its general purpos...

Freud's Foes, the latest title in the Polemics series, addresses Freud's fiercest contemporary critics. Kurt Jacobsen defends psychoanalysis, while...

The Affect Theory of Silvan Tomkins for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy explores central issues in current clinical work, using the theories put f...

The recent explosion of new research about infants, parental care, and infant-parent relationships has shown conclusively that human relationships ...

Sport generates some of the most intense feelings and levels of commitment. It is big business globally, but also the source of the most powerful p...

This is Volume I of four in the Comparative Psychology series. First published in 1932, this study offers a short description of parts of animal ps...

Social commentators have long asked whether racial categories should be conserved or eliminated from our practices, discourse, institutions, and pe...

First published in 1999. This is a reproduction of John Thorburn’s work of 1925, Art and the Unconscious: A Psychological Approach to a Problem of ...

Globalisation has led to increasing cultural and religious diversity in cities around the world. What are the implications for young people growing...

Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are arguably the two most influential figures in psychological research. Although born in the same year of 1896, it is...

When Organization Fails: Why Authority Matters develops the study of authority as an area of investigation in organizational communication and mana...

Although scholarly examinations of privilege have increased in recent decades, an emphasis on privilege studies pedagogy remains lacking within ins...

The current global financial crisis has raised awareness of the impact the world of finance has on the economy and the future of democracy. Followi...

Globalisation has led to increasing cultural and religious diversity in cities around the world. What are the implications for young people growing...

Pierre Janet (1859 – 1947) is considered to be one of the founders of psychology, and pioneered in the disciplines of psychology, philosophy and ps...