Cognition and Neuropsychology International Perspectives on Psychological Science (Volume 1) and Personality, Human Development, and Culture: International Perspectives On Psychological Science (Volume 2)

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  • Published: October 2010
  • ISBN: 978-1-84872-061-9
  • Publisher: Psychology Press

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This two volume set presents the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008, and written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances in psychological science.

Volume 1, Cognition and Neuropsychology is dedicated to summarizing and characterizing the current scientific research in three substantive content areas, (i) Perception, Attention, and Action, (ii) Social Cognition, and (iii) Learning, Memory and Development. Volume 2, Personality, Human Development, and Culture provides an overview of advances in clinical, health, social, developmental, and cross-cultural psychology. The global perspective of this collection illustrates research being undertaken on all five continents and emphasizes the cultural diversity of the contributors.

These two books will be an invaluable resource for researchers, professionals, teachers and students in the field of psychology.

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Part 1. Perception, Attention, and Action. M.Posner, M. Rothbart, Origins of Executive Attention. A.N. Meltzoff, Bridging Between Action Representation and Infant Theory of Mind. A. Vandierendonck, The Role of Executive Control in Task Switching. K. Friston, Perception: A Free-Energy Formulation. W.M.Pauli, H.E. Atallah, R. C. O'Reilly, Integrating What & How/Where with Instrumental and Pavlovian Learning: A Biologically Based Computational Model. R. Mausfeld, Intrinsic Multiperspectivity: On the Architectural Foundations of A Distinctive Mental Capacity. Part 2. Social Cognition. K.C. Klauer, Formal Models of Implicit Measures of Attitudes. F. Ostrosky, New Perspectives on Moral Emotions: A Neurobiological Perspective. A.A.J. Marley, The Best-Worst Method for the Study of Preferences: Theory and Application. Part 3. Learning, Memory, and Development. B.M. D'Onofrio, A.L. Singh, Behavior Genetics: Quasi-Experimental Studies of Environmental Processes. E.L.Grigorenko, Typical and Atypical Development: A Commentary on the Role of Genes. I.Lundberg, Early Language Development as Related to the Acquisition of Reading. J.B. Overmier, The Laws of Learning are Always in Effect. L.W. Victoria, L.M. Reder, How Midazolam Can Help Us Understand Human Memory: Three Illustrations. Part 4. Fundamental General Issues. J. Perner, Who Took the Cog out of Cognitive Science? Mentalism in an Era of Anti-Cognitivism. K. Tsuji, Significance of Phenomenal Analyses In the Reductive Situation: Reciprocal Role of the Studies of Potentiality and Reality.

Volume 2: Part 1. Emotions and Health. C.S. Carver, Affects and Self-Regulation. W. Stroebe, E.K. Papies, H. Aarts, The Psychology of Dieting and Overweight: Testing a Goal Conflict Model of the Self-Regulation of Eating. A. Leibovich de Duarte, Psychotherapists at Work: Exploring the Construction of Clinical Inferences. N.H. Frijda, Passions: What Emotions Really Are. R.J. Vallerand, N. Carbonneau, M-A. Lafrenière, On Living Life to the Fullest: The Role of Passion. B. Rimé, Emotion Regulation and the Social Sharing of Emotion: Interpersonal and Collective Processes. G. Misra, The Cultural Construction of Self and Emotion: Implications for Well-Being. Part 2. Early Development. R.F. Zimba, Early Childhood Development in Southern Africa. L. Pulkkinen, T. Pitkänen, Temperance and the Strengths of Personality: Evidence from a 35-Year Longitudinal Study. L. Zhu, M. Keller, M. Gummerum. M. Takezawa, A Cross-Cultural Perspective on the Development of Sharing Behavior: Integrating Behavioral Economics and Psychology. A.B. Nsamenang, Developmental Science: An Africentric Perspective. Part 3. Culture and Ethnicity. M.H. Bond, Doing a Psychology of the Chinese People: Discoveries for the World from one End of the Silk Road. D. Bar-Tal, Culture of Conflict: Evolvement, Institutionalization and Consequences. C.-Y. Chiu, S.Y.Y. Cheng, Cultural Psychology of Globalization. N. Duncan, ‘Race’, Racism and Knowledge Production in South African Psychology: Implications for Dealing with Racism in Contemporary South Africa. M.C. Ferreira, The Research and Practice of Work and Organizational Psychology in Brazil: Challenges and Perspectives for the New Millennium. B.-S. Cheng, Y.-C. Lin, Paternalistic Leadership in the Chinese Contexts: A Full-Cycle Indigenous Approach. Part 4. Conceptual Issues in Psychology. R. Ardila, Psychology and Behavior Analysis: The Nature of the Controversy. E. Ribes-Iñesta, Social Interactions: Conceptual Reflections and an Experimental Approach.