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.
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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.
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Handbook of Psychology Preface xi

Irving B. Weiner

Volume Preface xiii
Alice F. Healy and Robert W. Proctor

Contributors xvii

I MODULATORY PROCESSES 1

1 CONSCIOUSNESS 3
Ilya Farber and William P. Banks

2 MOTIVATION 32
Bill P. Godsil and Michael S. Fanselow

3 AFFECTIVE INFLUENCES ON COGNITION: MOOD CONGRUENCE, MOOD DEPENDENCE, AND MOOD EFFECTS ON PROCESSING STRATEGIES 61
Joseph P. Forgas and Eric Eich

II SENSORY PROCESSES 83

4 VISUAL PERCEPTION: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS 85
Michael Kubovy, William Epstein, and Sergei Gepshtein

5 AUDITION 120
William A. Yost

6 TOUCH 152
Roberta L. Klatzky and Susan J. Lederman

III PERCEPTUAL PROCESSES 179

7 VISUAL OBJECT PROCESSING 181
Peter Ulric Tse and Stephen E. Palmer

8 DEPTH PERCEPTION AND THE PERCEPTION OF EVENTS 212
Dennis R. Proffitt and Corrado Caudek

9 SPEECH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION 236
Carol A. Fowler and Khalil Iskarous

IV ATTENTION AND ACTION PROCESSES 265

10 SELECTIVE ATTENTION 267
Dominique Lamy, Andrew B. Leber, and Howard E. Egeth

11 ACTION SELECTION 295
Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu

12 MOTOR CONTROL 320
Herbert Heuer and Cristina Massen

V ELEMENTARY LEARNING AND MEMORY PROCESSES 355

13 CONDITIONING AND LEARNING 357
Ralph R. Miller and Randolph C. Grace

14 ANIMAL COGNITION 393
E. J. Capaldi and Ana P. G. Martins

15 SENSORY AND WORKING MEMORY 419
James S. Nairne and Ian Neath

VI COMPLEX LEARNING AND MEMORY PROCESSES 447

16 SEMANTIC MEMORY AND PRIMING 449
Timothy P. McNamara

17 EPISODIC AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY 472
Elizabeth J. Marsh and Henry L. Roediger, III

18 PROCEDURAL MEMORY AND SKILL ACQUISITION 495
Addie Johnson

VII LANGUAGE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING 521

19 LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AND PRODUCTION 523
Charles Clifton, Jr., Antje S. Meyer, Lee H. Wurm, and Rebecca Treiman

20 READING: WORD IDENTIFICATION AND EYE MOVEMENTS 548
Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek, and Elizabeth R. Schotter

21 TEXT COMPREHENSION AND DISCOURSE PROCESSING 578
Kirsten R. Butcher and Walter Kintsch

VIII THOUGHT PROCESSES 605

22 CONCEPTS AND CATEGORIZATION 607
Robert L. Goldstone, Alan Kersten, and Paulo F. Carvalho

23 REASONING AND PROBLEM SOLVING 631
Jacqueline P. Leighton and Robert J. Sternberg

24 JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING 660
Adele Diederich and Jerome R. Busemeyer

IX APPLICATIONS 685

25 APPLIED EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION ADDRESSING PRACTICAL CONCERNS 687
Raymond S. Nickerson and Richard W. Pew

Author Index 711

Subject Index 749

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Part One: Modulatory Processes Chapter 1 Consciousness Ilya Farber amd William P. Banks Chapter 2 Motivation Bill P. Godsil and Michael S. Fanselow Chapter 3 Affective Influences on Cognition: Mood Congruence, Mood Dependence, and Mood Effects on Processing Strategies Joseph P. Forgas and Eric Eich Part Two: Sensory Processes Chapter 4 Visual Perception: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations Michael Kubovy, William Epstein, and Sergei Gepshtein Chapter 5 Audition William A.Yost Chapter 6 Touch Roberta L. Klatzky and Susan J. Lederman Part Three: Perceptual Processes Chapter 7 Visual Object Processing Peter Ulric Tse and Stephen E. Palmer Chapter 8 Depth Perception and the Perception of Events Dennis R. Proffitt and Corrado Caudek Chapter 9 Speech Production and Perception Carol A. Fowler and Khalil Iskarous Part Four: Attention and Action Processes Chapter 10 Selective attention Dominique Lamy, Andrew B. Leber, and Howard E. Egeth Chapter 11 Action Selection Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu Chapter 12 Motor Control Herbert Heuer and Cristina Massen Part Five: Elementary Learning and Memory Processes Chapter 13 Conditioning and Learning Ralph R. Miller and Randolph C. Grace Chapter 14 Animal Cognition E. J. Capaldi and Ana P. G. Martins Chapter 15 Sensory and Working Memory James S. Nairne and Ian Neath Part Six: Complex Learning and Memory Processes Chapter 16 Semantic Memory and Priming Timothy P. McNamara Chapter 17 Episodic and Autobiographical Memory Elizabeth J. Marsh and Henry L. Roediger, III Chapter 18 Procedural Memory and Skill Acquisition Addie Johnson Part Seven: Language and Information Processing Chapter 19 Language Comprehension and Production Charles Clifton, Jr., Antje S. Meyer, Lee H. Wurm and Rebecca Treiman Chapter 20 Reading: Word Identification and Eye Movements Keith Rayner, Alexander Pollatsek, and Elizabeth R. Schotter Chapter 21 Text Comprehension and Discourse Processing Kirsten R. Butcher and Walter Kintsch Part Eight: Thought Processes Chapter 22 Concepts and Categorization Robert L. Goldstone, Alan Kersten, and Paulo F. Carvalho Chapter 23 Reasoning and Problem Solving Jacqueline P. Leighton and Robert J. Sternberg Chapter 24 Judgment and Decision Making Adele Diederich and Jerome R. Busemeyer Part Nine: Applications Chapter 25 Applied experimental psychology: Psychological experimentation addressing practical concerns Raymond S. Nickerson and Richard W. Pew
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Irving B. Weiner, Ph.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of South Florida and former Director of Psychological Services at the University of South Florida Psychiatry Center in Tampa, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Association for Psychological Science, a Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology, and a Licensed Psychologist in the State of Florida. He is currently President of APA Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics) and Past President of APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), formerly president of the Society for Personality Assessment and of the International Rorschach Society, and a recipient of the Society for Personality Assessment Distinguished Contribution Award. He has authored or edited over 15 scholarly and professional books including the first edition of the Handbook of Psychology and, with W. Edward Craighead, the fourth edition of the Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology.