Synopses & Reviews
With over 10,500 entries,
A Dictionary of Psychology is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind with coverage of all areas of psychology, together with technical words from other disciplines used by psychologists. These include psychoanalysis, psychiatry, neuroanatomy, and statistics--subjects that are often excluded from single-volume dictionaries of psychology. The definitions are detailed, but clear and explicit, with word origins and illustrations given where necessary. There is comprehensive coverage of phobias and phobic stimuli and mental disorders, as well as a list of over 700 abbreviations and symbols commonly used in psychology.
Written by a leading authority, with the assistance of a distinguished team of advisory editors, this comprehensive volume will be essential reading for professional psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and students of psychology and related disciplines such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing, sociology, social work, and education.
Review
Review of previous edition:
"Comprehensive, sound, readable, and up-to-date, this is probably the best single-volume dictionary of its kind.Weighty in substance, the work is nonetheless manageable; Colman uses words with grace and economy...Cross references are handled effectively...Browsers will find much food for thought and some intellectual treats...Eager to teach and entertain, Colman offers a list of do-it-yourself demonstrations in the preface. Essential wherever psychology matters."--Library Journal
"An authoritative style, an ability to communicate in clear but concise terms, and extensive knowledge of the subject matter...Andrew Colman appears to possess all of these qualities and his Dictionary of Psychology is the impressive result...The book has many strengths and is certainly to be recommended...I am pleased to have it on my bookshelf."--THES (UK)
"A useful first port of call."--The Psychologist (UK)
"This book does not give bare definitions, it clothes them with context."--New Scientist (UK)
"The most comprehensive single-volume reference to psychology combines psychiatry and pschoanalysis under one broad umbrella, addressing 10,500 topics"--Forecast (UK)
About the Author
Andrew Colman is Professor of Psychology at the University of Leicester and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His previous publications include more than 150 journal articles and several books. He edited the 12-volume
Longman Essential Psychology series (1995) and is the founder and former editor of the journal
Current Psychology (1981- ).
Table of Contents
Greek Alphabet
Dictionary
Appendix I. Phobias and phobic stimuli
II. Abbreviations and symbols