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.

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.

Foreword to the First Edition xiiiJohn A. PopplestoneForeword to the Second Edition xvDavid B. Baker and Margaret Clark MorganHandbook of Psychology Preface xviiIrving B. WeinerVolume Preface xixDonald K. FreedheimContributors xxi1 Psychology as a Science 1Alfred H. Fuchs and Rand B. Evans2 Psychology as a Profession 32Robin L. Cautin, Donald K. Freedheim, and Patrick H. DeLeon3 Biological Psychology 55Robert E. Clark, Jena B. Hales, Stuart M. Zola, and Richard F. Thompson4 Comparative Psychology in Historical Perspective 79Donald A. Dewsbury5 Sensation and Perception 100Stanley Coren6 Cognition and Learning 129Thomas Hardy Leahey7 Intelligence 155Robert J. Sternberg8 Emotion 177Nicholas J. S. Christenfeld and George Mandler9 Personality 198Nicole B. Barenbaum and David G. Winter10 Developmental Psychology 224Ross D. Parke and K. Alison Clarke-Stewart11 Social Psychology 248Jill G. Morawski and Betty M. Bayer12 Psychology of Women and Gender 279Alexandra Rutherford, Jeanne Marecek, and Kate Sheese13 Educational Psychology 302Claire Ellen Weinstein, Pamela J. Way, and Taylor W. Acee14 Assessment Psychology 314Irving B. Weiner15 Abnormal Psychology 340Jill M. Hooley, Winifred B. Maher, and Brendan A. Maher16 Clinical Psychology 377Donald K. Routh17 Counseling Psychology 397David B. Baker and Nicholas R. Joyce18 Industrial-Organizational Psychology 407Laura Koppes Bryan and Andrew J. Vinchur19 Forensic Psychology 429Thomas Grisso and John C. Brigham20 School Psychology 448Thomas K. Fagan21 Community Psychology 468James H. Dalton, Jean Hill, Elizabeth Thomas, and Bret Kloos22 Health Psychology 488Cynthia D. Belar, Teresa Mendonca McIntyre, and Joseph D. Matarazzo23 Undergraduate Education In Psychology 507Thomas V. McGovern and Charles L. Brewer24 Ethnic Minority Psychology 530Frederick T. L. Leong, Bertha Garrett Holliday, Joseph E. Trimble, Amado M. Padilla, and Laurie Dawn McCubbin25 International Psychology 562Merry Bullock26 A History Of Professional Organizations 597Wade E. Pickren and Raymond D. FowlerAuthor Index 619Subject Index 645