Psychology - Oxford Bibliographies
Abnormal Psychology
Robin Cautin
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Abnormal Psychology Introduction Abnormal psychology is the subdiscipline of psychology concerned with aberrant behavior—its clinical descripti...
Academic Assessment
Karen L. Gischlar
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-05-29
Academic AssessmentIntroductionIn the field of education, assessment is used to evaluate and document the learning progress and educational needs of s...
Acculturation and Health
Seth J. Schwartz, Cory L. Cobb, Christopher P. Salas-Wright
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
Acculturation and HealthIntroductionInternational migration has reached historic highs, with more than 240 million people currently residing in a coun...
Action Regulation Theory
Hannes Zacher
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-06-27
Action Regulation TheoryIntroductionAction regulation theory explains the psychological regulation of individuals’ goal-directed behavior. It describe...
Action Research
Geoffrey Maruyama, Martin Van Boekel
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Action Research Introduction Unlike many areas of psychology, “action research” does not possess a single definition or evoke a single meaning...
Addictive Behavior
Kenneth J. Sher, Alvaro Vergés
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
Addictive Behavior Introduction Historians and anthropologists have documented the existence of addictive behaviors across diverse societies f...
Adolescence
Robert D. Laird
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Adolescence Introduction Adolescence is the developmental period occurring between childhood and adulthood. Although no standard definition of...
Adoption, Social, Psychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on
Prarthana Franklin, Anthony Volk
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2019-02-27
Social, Psychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on AdoptionIntroductionAdoption is the process in which adults usually permanently, but also temp...
Adulthood
Judith Stevens-Long, Steven W. Page
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-10-29
AdulthoodIntroductionAs an independent field of study, adult development emerged from psychology, sociology, and gerontology in the early 1970s. Sever...
Affective Forecasting
Cheryl Hahn, Dieynaba Ndiaye, Timothy Wilson, Daniel Gilbert
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Affective Forecasting Introduction In our everyday life it is common to make predictions about our future emotions. For example, we may predict...
Ageism
Sheri R. Levy, MaryBeth Apriceno, Jamie L. Macdonald, Ashley Lytle
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2018-09-25
AgeismIntroductionHistorically, older people were valued members of society for their vast knowledge and contributions to both family and community. A...
Ageism at Work
Amy Pytlovany
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Ageism at WorkIntroductionA demographic shift has been occurring in the workforce and is expected to continue in most industrialized nations across th...
Aggression
Timothy Deckman, Richard S. Pond, C. Nathan DeWall
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Aggression Introduction Violence and aggression are prevalent across human cultures and daily life. One merely has to turn on the television or...
Allport, Gordon
Vincent W. Hevern
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2016-01-21
Gordon AllportIntroductionGordon Willard Allport (b. 1897–d. 1967) stands as one of the most important psychologists of the 20th century, and, in the ...
Alzheimer’s Disease
Chad Hales, Allan Levey
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Alzheimer’s DiseaseIntroductionMemory is a conserved cognitive task that has persisted for thousands of years. Early utilization may have assisted in ...
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)
Bradley E. Huitema
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2020-01-15
Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA)IntroductionThe analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) is a method for testing the hypothesis of the equality of two or more p...
Anger
Kirby Deater-Deckard, Zhe Wang
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Anger Introduction Anger is a complex psychological construct and behavior. Some researchers conceptualize anger from a “state-emotion” perspe...
Animal Behavior
Suzanne Baker
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Animal Behavior Introduction This field encompasses the scientific study of the behavior of nonhuman animals. Niko Tinbergen, who won the Nobel...
Animal Learning
Debbie Kelly
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2011-11-29
Animal Learning Introduction Understanding why animals, including humans, behave as they do requires an appreciation for learning. Much of the ...
Anxiety Disorders
Jeannette M. Reid, Dean McKay
Subject: Psychology »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Anxiety Disorders Introduction Recent epidemiological research has shown that anxiety disorders, collectively, are the most common set of psyc...
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