The history of childhood assessment is of fairly recent origin. The beginnings can be traced to the development of intelligence testing. Most notable was the work of Binet in Paris. The goal of th…
The Handbook of Parenting and Child Development Across the Lifespan was written to bring together in one book the most important theory and empirical findings relating to the parent-child relations…
Being spanked for misbehavior is part of growing up for almost all children, in all but a few nations of the world. What explains parents hitting those they love, what effects does it have on child…
An Introduction to the Psychology of Humor provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of psychologists’ research on humor. Drawing on research from a variety of psychological perspectives…
Developmental psychology is a core component of psychology degrees. In the UK, for a degree programme to carry the graduate basis for recognition with the British Psychological Society, students mu…
It is almost as pointless to ask, “When did cognitive psychology start?”, as to enquire, “How long is a piece of string?” However, the year 1956 was of crucial importance. At a meeting at t…
Why do some of us fall in love quickly and some of us never quite feel we have fallen in love? The answer may lie in our past attachments: our own attitudes can be as important as meeting the ri…
For most of our adult lives, we have been studying the human mind and teaching our students what we and other psychologists have learned about it. We’ve each written articles in professional jou…
By the time this 7th edition of Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behaviour is published, it will be 28 years since the first edition appeared (and 30 years since the contract for that first edi…
It is especially exciting to be an evolutionary psychologist during this time in the history of science. Most scientists operate within long-established paradigms. Evolutionary psychology, in cont…