Psychology: 85-351/85-851: Personality and Health: Background

4 volume e-book.

HUNT STACKS-2 HM251 .B476 1995

An international overview of the state of our contemporary knowledge in sociocultural psychology - as a discipline located at the crossroads between the natural and social sciences and the humanities.

Provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of psychology, from Acquired Drives to Z-score, from conduct disorders to shamanism.

This book examines people as individuals and as social animals. It analyzes the notions of personality and intelligence and considers how people relate to and communicate with each other and society. The chapters discuss the types of social interaction and the rules that guide them, as well as the feelings and thoughts that individuals have about society, social situations, and the people around them.

Two volumes include more than 600 entries chosen by a diverse team of experts to comprise an exhaustive list of the most important concepts. Entries provide brief, clear, and readable explanations to the vast number of ideas and concepts that make up the intellectual and scientific content in the area of social psychology.

Section 5 in The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Psychology

From the intro: "The field of health and behavior addresses the interaction of behavioral, psychological, emotional, social, cultural, and biological factors with physical health outcomes, such as heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, and chronic pain. "

From 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook

From Encyclopedia of Counseling

From Encyclopedia of Epidemiology

From Encyclopedia of Epidemiology

From Encyclopedia of Social Psychology