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Cognition is a naturally selected response by genetic programmes to the evolutionary pressure of guiding behaviours to goals. This text addresses the topic of the evolutionary rationale of cognition and the way this rationale has shaped the major types of cognition.

This volume examines the links between scientific cognition and folk ways of thoughts. It poses two questions: what is the nature of folk psychology and how is it related to scientific psychology; and what should the relationship be between the two areas?

A book whose purpose is to offer guidance to individuals, organizations and agencies on how to develop day care programmes for patients with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. A range of programme aspects are covered from administrative details to social factors and evaluation techniques.

Intended for professional chemical dependency and family violence counselors, this volume provides specific guidelines for the assessment of child abuse, incest and marital rape as they are likely to be encountered in a chemical dependency treatment setting.

Whether in the "hurrah for Hillary" camp or the more critical group denouncing her rise to power, the public has been engaged with this First Lady in an historically unprecedented manner. Burrell (researcher, Wisconsin Survey Research Laboratory) sifts through the polls to describe and analyze Rodh

A discussion of ethical dilemmas that can arise in educational settings, with tips on how to avoid these predicaments and how to deal with them when they do occur. There are 195 ethical dilemmas, presented as short case scenarios, and followed by detailed analysis and advice.

This work offers an understanding of how the Internet can be used effectively by science teachers and students to support inquiry-based teaching and learning. It should be of value to project developers and curriculum writers in educational technology and university faculty.

This text encourages the reader to consider the young child's signed language acquisition and subsequent reading development. Anchored in the toddler and school-pupil phase, the development path between these two phases traces out the routes that deaf children follow from one day to the other.

This revised text introduces the reader to computer-assisted reporting (CAR). It describes methods reporters can use to obtain more from their computers, including data retrieval and analysis, information storage, and the dissemination of that information in both processed and unprocessed forms.

Provides a comprehensive overview of behavioural interventions to prevent HIV-AIDS risk-related behaviours. The book synthesizes empirical literature on individual, group and community-level interventions and provides a detailed assessment of intervention outcomes.

Focusing on the agenda-setting function of the news media from an information processing stand-point, this volume examines how individuals expose themselves to news media content and how this content translates into issue salience.

Computers have changed the landscape of both gathering and disseminating information throughout the world. This work is designed to show both students and professional journalists which tools are being used on a daily basis by leading news organizations and journalists.

This text contains the autobiographies of 13 psychologists who work in academic settings. It covers their diverse experiences in their specializations and in the academic institution from which they come.