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First published in 1957 Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy summarizes and evaluates the trends in this field in the 1950s. Dr Alexander illuminates interesting points of theory, discusses controversial issues, and offers views.

The subject of thinking is the oldest in the whole science of psychology, going back to well before the separation of the disciplines of philosophy and psychology. Originally published in 1983, this collection of up-to-date critical essays about thinking ¿ with particular emphasis on reasoning ¿ is written from the perspective of psychologists who are themselves actively engaged in research into the nature of human thought.

Though an important figure, Cheyne has been little studied. No scholarly reprint exists of his major thematic work, The English Malady. This edition, originally published in 1991 as part of the Tavistock Classics in the History of Psychiatry series, prefaced by a substantial introduction by Roy Porter, aims to contextualize the work in respect of eighteenth-century medicine, culture and society.

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.

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.