Preface
Advisory Editors
Illustration Acknowledgements
General Acknowledgements
Layout of Entries
Greek Alphabet
The Dictionary
Appendix 1: Phobias and phobic stimuli
Appendix 2: Abbreviations and symbols
Appendix 3: Web links
Principal sources
Andrew M. Colman is Professor of Psychology at the University of
Leicester and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He
has authored numerous journal articles and several books, including
Facts, Fallacies and Frauds in Psychology (1987), What is
Psychology? (3rd edn, 1994), and Game Theory and its Applications
in the Social and Biological Sciences (2nd edn, 1995). He edited
the two-volume Companion Encyclopedia of
Psychology (1994) and the 12-volume Longman Essential Psychology
series (1995).
`Reviews from previous edition Comprehensive, sound, readable, and
up-to-date, this is probably the best single-volume dictionary of
its kind. Weighty in substance, the work is nonetheless manageable;
Colman uses words with grace and economy...Cross references are
handled effectively...Browsers will find much food for thought and
some intellectual treats...Eager to teach and entertain, Colman
offers a list of do-it-yourself demonstrations in the preface.
Essential wherever psychology matters.'
Library Journal
`an authoritative style, an ability to communicate in clear but
concise terms, and extensive knowledge of the subject
matter...Andrew Colman appears to possess all of these qualities
and his Dictionary of Psychology is the impressive result...The
book has many strengths and is certainly to be recommended...I am
pleased to have it on my bookshelf.'
THES
`Certainly a useful first port of call'
The Psychologist
`This book does not give bare definitions, it clothes them with
context'
New Scientist
`The most comprehensive single-volume reference to psychology
combines psychiatry and pschoanalysis under one broad umbrella'
Forecast
`This tome is a comprehensive lexicon of psychological terminology
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mind, the Dictionary of Psychology is the newest and best authority
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might - or don't - want to know about the subject. Another fine
book
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Booklist
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American Libraries
`a reasonably priced ready-reference source...a comprehensive
overview of psychological terminology in an easy-to-use format.
Entries are short, interesting, readable, and give a quick overview
of the topic...a useful addition to a variety of
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American Reference
`this version, being more fulsome than most, is particularly
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Library Journal
`[U]seful to laypeople and professionals both'
Choice for Academic Libraries
`The number and range of entries promise, and deliver, great
breadth of coverage from every branch if psychology...highly
recommended'
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