Martin / Cheung / Knowles IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9513-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 832 Seiten, E-Book

The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology, an up-to-date andauthoritative reference, provides a critical overview of appliedpsychology from an international perspective.
* Brings together articles by leading authorities fromaround the world
* Provides the reader with a complete overview of the fieldand highlights key research findings
* Divided into three parts: professional psychology,substantive areas of applied psychology, and special topics inapplied psychology
* Explores the challenges, opportunities, and potentialfuture developments in applied psychology
* Features comprehensive coverage of the field, includingtopics as diverse as clinical health psychology, environmentalpsychology, and consumer psychology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Paul R.

Cheung, Fanny M.

Knowles, Michael C.

Kyrios, Michael

Littlefield, Lyn

Overmier, J. Bruce

Prieto, José M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
About the Contributors.
Preface.
Part I: Professional Psychology.
1. Clinical Child Psychology: Research and Practice Applications(Michael C. Roberts, Bridget K. Biggs, Yo Jackson and Ric G.Steele).
2. Clinical Psychology: Adult (Terry Wilson).
3. Clinical Health Psychology (John Weinman, RonanO'Carroll and Keith J. Petrie).
4. Health Promotion (Charles Abraham, Gerjo Kok, HermanSchaalma and Aleksandra Luszczynska).
5. Clinical Neuropsychology (Ronald Ruff and Christina WeyerJamora).
6. Counselling Psychology (Fred Leong, Mark Savickas and MarkLeach).
7. Autonomy in Learning and Instruction (Roots, Frames andConcepts of a Basic Issue (Peter Nenniger).
8. Vocational Psychology (David Blustein, Kerri Murphy, MariaCoutinho, Christine Catraio and Faedra Backus).
9. Work Psychology (Robert Roe).
10. Organisational Psychology (Robert Wood, Victoria Robertsand Jennifer Whelan).
11. Personnel/Human Resource Psychology (CynthiaFisher).
12. Occupational Health Psychology (Jose Maria Peiro and LoisTetrick).
13. Human Factors and Ergonomics (Jose J. Canas, Boris B.Velichkovsky and Boris M. Velichkovsky).
14. Technical Advances and Guidelines for Improving TestingPractices (Ronald Hambleton, David Bartram and TomOakland).
15. A Century of Psychology and Law: Successes, Challenges andFuture Opportunities - James Ogloff).
16. Applied Sport Psychology: Beware the Sun, Icarus (PeterC. Terry).
Part II: Substantive Areas of Applied Psychology.
17. Applied Geropsychology (Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros andMartin Pinquart).
18. Environmental Psychology (includes climate change)(Robert Gifford, Linda Steg and Joseph Reser).
19. Community Psychology (Carolyn Kagan, Karen Duggan,Michael Richards and Asiya Siddiquee).
20. Behavioural Economics Applied: Suggestions for Policy Making(Gerrit Antonides).
21. Cross-cultural Psychology in Applied Settings: Passages toDifferences (Kaiping Peng and Susannah Paletz).
Part III: Special Topics in Applied Psychology.
22. Traffic Psychology: A State-Of-The-Art Review (IanGlendon).
23. Applied Cognitive Psychology (Alice Healy and L. BourneJr).
24. Rehabilitation Psychology (William Stiers, KathrynNicholson Perry Paul Kennedy and Marcia J. Scherer).
25. Psychology and Societal Development (Girishwar Misra andJanak Pandey).
26. The Psychology of Religion and Religious Experience(David Fontana).
27. Media and Consumer Psychology (Frank Kardes, PerilouGoddard, Xiaoqi Han and Bruce Pfeiffer).
28. Psychology Applied to Poverty (Stuart C. Carr and ChiwozaBandawe).
29. Psychology Applied to Terrorism: Psychological Treatment forVictims of Terrorist Attacks (Maria Paz Garcia-Vera and JesusSanz).
30. Psychology and Forced Migrants (Zachary Steel andCatherine Robina Bateman Steel).
31. The Evolution of Ethics in Psychology: Going Internationaland Global (Janel Gauthier and Jean Pettifor).
Part IV: Conclusions.
32. Applied Psychology in the International Context: What MoreNeeds to be Done? (Paul R. Martin).
33. Applied Psychology: Epilogue (Michael C.Knowles).
Name Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Paul R. Martin is Professor and Head of the School ofPsychology at Griffith University, Australia.
Fanny M. Cheung is Chair Professor of Psychology andDirector of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia Pacific Studies at theChinese University of Hong Kong.
Michael C. Knowles is past President of the InternationalAssociation of Applied Psychology.
Michael Kyrios Professor of Psychology and Director ofthe Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre (BPsyC) atSwinburne University of Technology, Australia.
Lyn Littlefield is Executive Director of the AustralianPsychological Society.
J. Bruce Overmier is Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience,and Cognitive Science at the University of Minnesota, USA.
José M. Prieto is Professor of Psychology atUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.