Oxford Dictionary of Psychology Fourth Edition

Over 11,000 definitions of a wide range of terms and concepts in psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis
A winner of the American Libraries Association ‘Outstanding Reference Source’ award
Covers cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods
Over 800 abbreviations listed in a separate appendix for easy reference
Comprehensive list of phobias and phobic stimuli
Word origins and derivations supplied
Over 100 illustrations

New to this Edition:

Many of the revisions to this edition reflect the new definitions of mental disorders in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Over 200 new and 750 revised entries, from Bateman’s principles and epigenetics to nominative determinism and the Taylor aggression paradigm
The existing appendices have been revised and updated, and more than 10 new illustrations have been added