The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology has become a byword for demystifying the language of this complex subject. Invaluable for both students and professionals, this wide-ranging and accessible reference work is an indispensable guide to all areas of psychology and psychiatry.
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'Provides keen insights on concepts...I highly recommend it' Henry L Roediger III, President, American Psychological Society 'Reber brings humour and common sense to defining some 17,000 terms...[it] deserves to become a classic of its kind' The Times Education Supplement
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Arthur S. Reber is currently Professor of Psychology at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His published work includes several score papers in cognitive psychology, the psychology of language and developmental psychology. He is the author of 'Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge' (OUP). Emily S Reber took her BS at the University of Chicago in 1989 and her Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1994.
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This review is from: Dictionary of Psychology, The Penguin: Second Edition (Dictionary, Penguin) (Paperback)
As an adjunct professor of psychology, there have been times when I have looked up words in a collegiate dictionary and not found the psychological term, or found a definition that was very inadequate. On the whole, this dictionary gives a good overview of psychological terms in a concise manner. It also gives them from differnt viewpoints; for example how a person from a psychodynamic perspective would define a term versus a cognitive-behavioral therapist.The only downside to this book is that it does seem too technical at times. At least twice I have looked up terms I already knew, and found that the definition was not clear at all. Still, this is a good reference, especially for students.
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This review is from: Dictionary of Psychology, The Penguin: Second Edition (Dictionary, Penguin) (Paperback)
As a doctoral student in clinical psychology, I have used no other single book more frequently. Despite some omissions, this is the best book of its kind.
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This review is from: Dictionary of Psychology, The Penguin: Second Edition (Dictionary, Penguin) (Paperback)
As a psychology student, I thought this would be good investment although I was a little concerned about how such a small book could be of use on such a broad topic. I have used this dictionary a number of times to check if it had what I thought were some fairly detailed words - and I was wonderfully surprised to find them every time. I find the defintions to be sufficiently detailed every time - either giving you enough information to jolt your memory on the topic or enough information to know where to look up for detail in the large text books.
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