The largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and the largest association of professional psychologists in the world--the American Psychological Association--proudly offers this abridged version of its landmark, critically acclaimed APA Dictionary of Psychology . This shorter version maintains all the best features of the parent dictionary, including
* 10,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions--including many revised and updated from the parent dictionary
* Balanced coverage of over 90 subareas across the field of psychology--including clinical, experimental, neuropsychology, cognitive, personality, social, developmental, health, research methodology, any many others
* Thousands of incisive cross-references that deepen the user's understanding of related topics
* A Quick Guide to Use that explains stylistic and formal features at a glance
* Appendixes listing major figures in the history of psychology and psychological therapies and approaches.
An invaluable and reliable source, the APA Concise Dictionary of Psychology answers the needs of the ever-increasing number of thoughtful readers from all walks of life who are interested in the ways that psychological science and knowledge cast light on the issues of everyday living.