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Informationen zum Autor Irving B. Weiner , Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology . Klappentext Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology. Zusammenfassung Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. Inhaltsverzeichnis Handbook of Psychology Preface xiii Irving B. Weiner Volume Preface xv Randy J. Nelson and Sheri J. Y. Mizumori Contributors xxv 1 BEHAVIORAL GENETICS 1 Stephen C. Maxson 2 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 26 Russil Durrant and Bruce J. Ellis 3 COMPARATIVE VISION 52 Gerald H. Jacobs 4 VISUAL PROCESSING IN THE PRIMATE BRAIN 81 Chris I. Baker 5 COMPARATIVE AUDITION 115 Cynthia F. Moss and Catherine E. Carr 6 AUDITORY PROCESSING IN PRIMATE BRAINS 157 Jon H. Kaas, Barbara M. J. O'Brien, and Troy A. Hackett 7 COMPARATIVE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEMS 176 Karim Fouad, David Bennett, Hanno Fischer, and Ansgar B¿uschges 8 NEURAL MECHANISMS OF TACTILE PERCEPTION 206 Steven S. Hsiao and Manuel Gomez-Ramirez 9 THE BIOPSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN 240 Magali Millecamps, David A. Seminowicz, M. Catherine Bushnell, and Terence J. Coderre 10 TASTE AND OLFACTION 272 Patricia M. Di Lorenzo and Steven L. Youngentob 11 FOOD AND FLUID INTAKE 306 Timothy H. Moran and Randall R. Sakai 12 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 331 Elaine M. Hull and Juan M. Dominguez 13 SLEEP AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 365 Stephanie G. Jones and Ruth M. Benca 14 MOTIVATIONAL SYSTEMS: REWARDS AND INCENTIVE VALUE 395 Ryan T. LaLumiere and Peter W. Kalivas 15 EMOTION 422 Paul J. Whalen, M. Justin Kim, Maital Neta, and F. Caroline Davis 16 STRESS, COPING, AND IMMUNE FUNCTION 440 Angela Liegey Dougall, Minhnoi C. Wroble Biglan, Jeffrey N. Swanson, and Andrew Baum 17 ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 461 Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli, and Paola De Bartolo 18 COMPARATIVE COGNITION 480 Edward A. Wasserm...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Behavioral Genetics
Stephen C. Maxson
Chapter 2 Evolutionary Psychology
Russil Durrant and Bruce J. Ellis
Chapter 3 Comparative Vision
Gerald H. Jacobs
Chapter 4 Visual Processing in the Primate Brain
Chris I. Baker
Chapter 5 Comparative Audition
Cynthia F. Moss and Catherine E. Carr
Chapter 6 Auditory Processing in Primate Brains
Jon H. Kaas, Barbara M. J. O'Brien, and Troy A. Hackett
Chapter 7 Comparative Locomotor Systems
Karim Fouad, David Bennett, Hanno Fischer, and Ansgar Büschges
Chapter 8 Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Perception
Steven S. Hsiao and Manuel Gomez-Ramirez
Chapter 9 The Biopsychology of Pain
Magali Millecamps, David A. Seminowicz, M. Catherine Bushnell, and Terence J. Coderre
Chapter 10 Taste and Olfaction
Patricia M. Di Lorenzo and Steven L. Youngentob
Chapter 11 Food and Fluid Intake
Timothy H. Moran and Randall R. Sakai
Chapter 12 Sexual Behavior
Elaine M. Hull and Juan M. Dominguez
Chapter 13 Sleep and Biological Rhythms
Stephanie G. Jones and Ruth M. Benca
Chapter 14 Motivational Systems: Rewards and Incentive Value
Ryan T. LaLumiere and Peter W. Kalivas
Chapter 15 Emotion
Paul J. Whalen, M. Justin Kim, Maital Neta, & F. Caroline Davis
Chapter 16 Stress, Coping, and Immune Function
Angela Liegey Dougall, Minhnoi C. Wroble Biglan, Jeffrey N. Swanson, and Andrew Baum
Chapter 17 Environmental Influences on Development of the Nervous System
Laura Petrosini, Debora Cutuli and Paola De Bartolo
Chapter 18 Comparative Cognition
Edward A. Wasserman & Leyre Castro
Chapter 19 Biological Models of Associative Learning
Jeansok Kim, Richard F. Thompson, and Joseph E. Steinmetz
Chapter 20 Memory Systems
Howard Eichenbaum
Chapter 21 Social Relationships, Social Cognition, and the Evolution of Mind in Primates
Robert M. Seyfarth and Dorothy L. Cheney
Chapter 22 The Neural Basis of Language Faculties
Chantel S. Prat
Chapter 23 Neurally-Inspired Models of Psychological Processes
Eduardo Mercado III and Cynthia M. Henderson
Chapter 24 Normal Neurocognitive Aging
Bonnie R. Fletcher and Peter R. Rapp
