Bøger i Psychology Revivals serien

The majority of cancer-related deaths are associated with nutritional problems. Originally published in 1985, the purpose of this book was to meet the needs of both the clinician and the researcher by bringing together data and theory about nutrition and cancer from several disciplines, as considered from a biobehavioral perspective.

In many areas of psychology, a number of issues have characterized methodological evolution of the discipline, including questions regarding context and reductionism, or laboratory versus field research. Originally published in 1985, this volume explores some of the issues characterizing work on health, environment, and behavior.

First published in 1984, this book is a developmental text with substantial evolutionary and cross-cultural work. It presents cognitive developmental, as well as personality, social and socialization issues, with an emphasis on culture. It also includes education-related research, such as material on schools, reading, mathematics, and IQ.

Originally published in 1984, this book proposes a structural theory of social attitudes, presents the empirical evidence for the theory, and defines and explores liberalism and conservatism and the justification for associating social attitudes with these terms.

First published in 1991, this title contains critical essays on significant aspects of children's development and developmental inquiry. Providing a collective case-study in the recent history of ideas, they honor the intellectual and personal influence of William Kessen.

In the 1980s our understanding of how advertising affects consumer behaviour was undergoing a dramatic transformation. However, there were still many unanswered questions. Originally published in 1985, the chapters in this volume provide insights into these questions.

First published in 1986, this book looks at reactions to exposure to toxic substances as well as some predictors of response in groups faced with increased medical risk subsequent to some of the most common and hazardous toxic exposures found at the time: radiation, toxic waste, asbestos, lead, contaminated water, and toxic chemical fire and leak.

First published in 1982, this work represents one of the first attempts to bring together the perspectives of a variety of different researchers investigating a specific, well defined content domain. It presents theoretical views and research findings investigating the early acquisition of addition and subtraction skills by young children.

Originally published in 1982, this book provides rich evidence of the relevance of the temporal aspects of behavior. The generalized areas of learning, memory, operant scheduled behavior, task performance, vigilance, mood and motivation and their rhythmic components are explored in varying detail.

First published in 1977, these examples of research and scholarly argument were collected in honour of Sidney W. Bijou. Since 1955, Bijou had worked almost exclusively within the approach variously labelled as the functional analysis of behavior, the experimental analysis of behavior, operant conditioning, or Skinnerian psychology.

First published in 1984, most of the contributors were trained as or by social psychologists. All share a common approach, focusing on the individual as s/he is buffeted about by social forces and copes with these forces. All consider situational and psychological factors and apply their expertise to the study of health-related issues.

First published in 1982, this is a collection of the most important of James J. Gibson¿s essays on the psychology of perception. The editors have selected over 30 works dealing with topics as ecological optics, event perception, pictorial representation, and the conceptual foundations of psychology.

Originally published in 1992, this title reviews seven major subareas in artificial intelligence at that time: knowledge acquisition; logic programming and representation; machine learning; natural language; vision; the design of an AI programming environment; and medicine, a major application area of AI.