APA Dictionary of Psychology, Second Edition

This second edition of a landmark reference resource — created not only for psychologists, clinicians, students, and professionals from allied mental health professions, but for all interested readers — offers definitive information on the lexicon of the field, including

• Almost 26,000 entries offering clear and authoritative definitions — approximately 1,000 more than the first edition
• Balanced coverage of 90 subareas, with significantly revised and expanded content especially in the areas of neuroscience, psychopharmacology, lifespan developmental psychology, statistics, experimental design, and many others
• Thousands of incisive cross-references that deepen the user's comprehension of related topics
• More than 400 brief biographical entries on historical figures in psychology and other related areas — four times more than the first edition
• A Guide to the Dictionary and a Quick Guide to Format that explain stylistic and format features
• Three appendixes: Institutional and Organizational Entries; Psychological Test and Assessment Instrument Entries; Psychotherapeutic Techniques, Biological Treatments, and Related Entries

Preface

Editorial Staff

Guide to the Dictionary

Quick Guide to Format

APA Dictionary of Psychology

Biographies

Appendixes

• Institutional and Organizational Entries
• Psychological Test and Assessment Instrument Entries
• Psychotherapeutic Techniques, Biological Treatments, and Related Entries

• Winner, Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015

This new edition is an excellent resource for students of all levels as well as practitioners. Recommended for high school, public, academic, and special libraries supporting researchers in mental health fields.
—American Reference Books Annual

Thorough but concise definitions remain the norm in this update, and the challenge of encompassing the diverse fields of psychology in a single volume makes this a triumph of cooperative composition and outstanding editing.
—CHOICE