This comprehensive book offers a compelling synthesis of key ideas and concepts, and addresses in fundamental evolutionary terms the way humans think, feel and behave. This revised, updated and expanded edition includes new material on epigenetics, life history and error management theories, homosexuality, disease and gene-culture co-evolution.

S. H. Foulkes was the founder of the group analytic school of group psychotherapy. Amongst the subjects covered in this volume are the nature of the therapeutic process in the light of recent research in child development, the relationship of group analysis to psychoanalysis and the school of Lacan, and research into the results of group therapy.

The last decade has witnessed a dramatic change in our understanding of the way in which the mind operates and the reasons behind a myriad of human behaviours.

Controversial and captivating, this uniquely accessible guide explores what happens when evolutionary theory is applied to human behaviour.

Evolutionary Psychology: Genes, Environments, and Time is an extremely student-friendly textbook that explores with depth all the central topics in evolutionary psychology, integrating perspectives from psychology, ethology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and zoology.

Coming 20 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book The Thinking Ape, Evolving Insight develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of our human ability to understand the world of objects and other people. In a clear and accessible style, the book reviews the evidence for insight in the cognition of animals.

Reveals how the art of insight can illuminate the most complicated, confounding and human of experiences. This title includes stories about our everyday lives: they are about the people we love and the lies that we tell; the changes we bear, and the grief.

Distills the essence of a wide range of therapies into a creative synthesis, opening up a new way of understanding each person's confrontation with four ultimate concerns: isolation, meaninglessness, death, and freedom.

This collection combines Del Loewenthal's new and recent works with earlier writings, drawing together his outstanding research and contribution to existential theory, practice and research.

This brand new textbook on child and adolescent development reflects a scientist's understanding of key research, a psychologist's understanding of people, and a teacher's understanding of students.

Eye movements are crucial in helping to deal with the vast amounts of information we encounter in our everyday lives. This book is a comprehensive handbook of eye tracking methodology. It describes how to evaluate and acquire an eye-tracker, how to plan and design a study, and how to record and analyse eye-movement data

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves

A detailed psychological study examining the changing role of the family across different cultures.

Gives you the insight and tools to improve your ability to handle any given situation. The author has helped millions of people overcome their fears and heal the pain in their lives with her simple but profound advice.

Explores the conception of 'risk as feelings' and examines the interaction of feeling and cognition in the perception of risk. This book highlights perspectives on risk arising from cultural worldviews and concerns about specific hazards pertaining to blood transfusion, biotechnology, prescription drugs, smoking, terrorism, and nanotechnology.

Provides an introduction to the major debates around feelings in the modern world.

A vital counter-interpretation of madness in women, showing how it is often a consequence of, rather than a deviation from, the traditional female role.

Fortnum & Mason Food Book of the Year 2016 We are not born knowing what to eat. We all have to learn it as children sitting expectantly at a table. For our diets to change, we need to relearn the food experiences that first shaped us.

Flourish builds on Dr Seligman's game-changing work on optimism, motivation and character to show how to get the most out of life, unveiling an electrifying new theory of what makes a good life - for individuals, for communities and for nations.

Combining over 40 years of ground-breaking research with practical advice, Flow is your essential guide to unlocking a happier, more fulfilling state of being. The classic work on happiness from the father of flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, this landmark book founded the now established concept.