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A Theory of Personality: Psychology of Personal Constructs - George A. Kelly
Describes the need we feel toward extending our cognitive control over our environment. Paperback, 1 pages, Norton, 1963. New, ISBN 9780393001525 (0393001520). £7.99


Abnormal Psychology 7e TB - GC Davison and John M Neale
Test bank of abnormal psychology questions covering 20 subject areas. Paperback, 432 pages, John Wiley, 1997, 7th edition,. Good: Minor denting to rear cover. Minor damage to spine. Slight browning of pages. Appears unread. ISBN 9780471181033 (047118103X). £16.95


Activation and Behaviour - Elizabeth Duffy
Attempts to reparse behaviour into organismic arousal and directedness. Hardback, 384 pages, John Wiley, 1962. Good: Previous owner's name and date on front end sheet; dust jacket covered in plastic film. ISBN 9780471223740 (0471223743). £16.95


Alcoholism (Pelican) - Neil Kessel and Henry Walton
Deals concisely and comprehensively with the complex problem of alcoholism. Paperback, 192 pages, Penguin, 1965-1974. Good: 1974 reprint - different cover design to 1965 printing. Some cover/spine creasing; some page browning. ISBN 9780140207743 (0140207740). £0.75


Algebraic Models in Psychology - Dawes et al
Proceedings of the NUFFIC International Summer Session in Science at Het Oude Hof, The Hague, August 5-17, 1968. Paperback, 303 pages, NUFFIC, 1968. Good: Some fading to cover and spine. £7.95


An Introduction to Psychological Science: Basic Processes in the Analysis of Behaviour - David Legge
Introduces the major topics of basic psychology and relate them to other aspects of psychology. Paperback, 144 pages, Methuen, 1975, 1st edition. Good: Some page browning; previous owner's initials; minor creasing/browning to spine. ISBN 9780416815306 (0416815308). £0.75


An Introduction to Psychology - RalphNorman Haber and AharonH. Fried
An introduction to psychology. Hardback, 840 pages, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. Good: Some page browning/cockling/creasing; minor spotting/staining to top of text block; no dust jacket. Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. £29.50


Animal Behaviour and Drug Action - Hannah Steinberg (editor)
A CIBA Foundation Symposium. Hardback, 491 pages, Churchill, 1964. Acceptable: Dust jacket is in poor condition, but the book is in good condition with some page browning. £15.00


Animals and Men: Studies in Comparative Psychology - David Katz
A psychologist looks at human beings and other animals and discusses the processes that lie behind behaviour . Paperback, 192 pages, Penguin Books, 1953. Acceptable: Pages browned; some minor damage/marking. £0.80


Applied Economic Psychology in the 1990s: Voulme 1 Pages 1-532 - Stephen E.G. Lea, Paul Webley, Brian M. Young (editors)
The first volume of the proceedings of the XVth International Colloquium on Economic Psychology. Paperback, 532 pages, Washington Singer Press, 1990. Good: Some loose/browned pages. Please note that many of the papers are typewritten, some with handwritten corrections. ISBN 9781873053010 (1873053010). £49.50


Assumptions of Social Psychology - RobertE. Lana
Inquires into different ways of thinking about social phenomena. Paperback, 179 pages, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1969. Acceptable: Some minor damage/underlining/annotating; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780390538000 (0390538000). £4.95


Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology - Susan Nolen-Hoeksema et al
Covers all the major areas of the subject, examining the latest theories, research and ideas. Paperback, 800 pages, Cengage Learning, 2009, 15th edition,. New, ISBN 9781844807284 (1844807282). £31.55


Attention and Memory - Geoffrey Underwood
Presents a review and synthesis of work relevant to the closely-related fields of human memory and attention. Paperback, 280 pages, Pergamon, Oxford, 1976. Good: Some minor creasing. ISBN 9780080187549 (0080187544). £2.95


Attention: An Enduring Problem in Psychology - Paul Bakan (editor)
A valuable collection of articles devoted exclusively to the concept of attention. Paperback, 226 pages, Van Nostrand, 1966. Acceptable: Some browning/grazing/creasing; previous owner's initials. £4.95


Attributes of Memory (University Paperbacks) - Peter Herriot
Emphasises the coding processes of memory by which the nominal stimulus - the stimulus as presented - is transformed into the functional stimulus - the stimulus as coded. Paperback, 205 pages, Methuen, 1974. Good: Some marking/scuffing to cover; some page browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416703306 (0416703305). £0.80


Basic Cognitive Processes in Children - John C. Wright and Jerome Kagan (editors)
Report of the second conference sponsored by the 'Committee on Intellective Processes Research' of the 'Social Science Research Council'. Paperback, 196 pages, Child Development Publications, 1963. Good: Some browning; previous owner's initials on front cover. £7.00


Basic Psychology - Howard H Kendler
Provides a realistic and clear picture of psychology and meets the needs of introductory psychology courses. Hardback, 750 pages, Metheuen, 1963. Good: Hardback (good) with some page browning; dustjacket (acceptable) - browned, marked and torn; published by Methuen. ISBN 9780805352108 (0805352104). £4.45


Basic Readings in Neuropsychology - Robert L Isaacson
A collection of basic neuropsychological research papers. Hardback, 429 pages, Harper, 1964-1965. Good: International student reprint; some browning due to age; date and surname on front endpaper; grazing, minor tearing/marking/damage/repairs to dustjacket. £3.45


Beyond Freedom and Dignity - B.F. Skinner
The belief that we are all free agents - responsible for our actions and in a position to be punished for our crimes, seems to be a belief that most people subscribe to. Paperback, 227 pages, Penguin, 1991. Good: Some minor damage/creasing; page browning due to age; previous owner's name/address label. ISBN 9780140137415 (0140137416). £1.75


Biological and Biochemical Bases of Behavior - Harry F Harlow and Clinton N Woolsey
Papers presented at the Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Wisconsin. Hardback, 476 pages, University of Wisconsin Press, 1958-1962. Good: Third printing; good copy with clean black cloth and silver gilt title on spine; dust jacket torn and browned; previous owner's name on front end sheet;. £4.95


Biological Foundations of Behaviour (Open Guides to Psychology) - Frederick Toates
Provides revision materials for courses in the area of biology, brain and behaviour. Paperback, 130 pages, Open University Press, 1986. Acceptable: Some dog-earing, underlining throughout. ISBN 9780335153336 (033515333X). £1.95


Biology of Adolescent Behavior and Development (Vol. 1) - Gerald R Adams, Raymond Montemajor, Thomas P Gullotta (eds)
What role does pubertal maturation play in parent-adolescent relationships? How does nutrition influence physical growth and behaviour in adolescence? What biological processes affect adolescent depression? Paperback, 315 pages, Sage, 1989. Good: ISBN 9780803934047 (0803934041). £9.95


Body Language: What You Need to Know - David Cohen
What others say is not always what they think or feel, but their gestures do give away their true intentions. Paperback, 148 pages, Sheldon Press, 2007. New, ISBN 9781847090034 (1847090036). £6.95


Bodymind - Ken Dychtwald
Demonstrates how our body can often be a perfect reflection of our own life. Paperback, 298 pages, Wildwood House, 1978. Good: Some minor creasing/grazing/marking. ISBN 9780704503298 (0704503298). £2.45


Brain and Behaviour 1: Mood, States and Mind - K. H. Pribram (editor)
Begins with papers on the philosophical implications of neuropsychological research. Paperback, 496 pages, Penguin Books, 1969. Acceptable: Some creasing/rubbing/bumping; some page browning; previous owner's initials £2.50


Cameral Analysis: Method of Treating the Psychoneuroses Using Hypnosis - David L. Pedersen
Develops a practical method for treating psychoneuroses using hypnosis. Paperback, 222 pages, Routledge, 1994. New, ISBN 9780415104258 (0415104254). £3.99


Changing Man's Behaviour - H.R. Beech
An account of the nature and development of behaviour therapy and its treatment. Paperback, 282 pages, Pelican, 1969. Acceptable: Rubbing/grazing to cover; some creasing to spine; some dog earing; pages browned. ISBN 9780140210156 (0140210156). £0.75


Children's Talk - Catherine Garvey
About what happens to children's language after they learn their first words. Paperback, 236 pages, Fontana, 1984. Good: Minor creasing to spine; some page browning. ISBN 9780006365945 (0006365949). £0.80


Cognition - ArnoldLewis Glass, Keith James Holyoak and John Lester Santa
The mental machinery for information processing is described in the first part of this book. Paperback, 521 pages, Addison-Wesley, 1979. Good: Some minor browning/bumping. ISBN 0201024497 (same as hardback). ISBN 9780201024494 (0201024497). £4.95


Cognition - Mark H. Ashcraft
Providing an accessible treatment of current cognitive psychology this edition integrates neurocognitive evidence throughout. Hardback, 594 pages, Prentice Hall, 2002, 3rd edition,. New, 1.2 Kg. ISBN 9780130307293 (0130307297). £19.45


Cognition and the Development of Language - John R. Hayes (editor)
The fourth of an annual series of symposia in the areas of cognition under the sponsorship of Carnegie-Mellon University. Hardback, 370 pages, John Wiley, 1970, 1st edition. Acceptable: First edition, first printing. Some page cockling; dust jacket is browned and has small edge tears; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780471364733 (0471364738). £4.50


Cognition in Action - Smyth et al
This revised textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. Paperback, 347 pages, Lawrence Erlbaum, 1986. Good: Previous owner's inscription. ISBN 9780863770401 (0863770401). £3.95


Cognition: International Journal of Cognitive Psychology Vol 2 - Jacques Mehler
Volume 2 of the International Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 'Cognition'. Hardback, 502 pages, Mouton, 1973. Good: Some page browning; published without dust jacket. £95.00


Cognition: International Journal of Cognitive Psychology Vols 1-1/2/3/4 - Jacques Mehler
Volumes 1-1 to 1-4 of the International Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 'Cognition'. Hardback, 473 pages, Mouton, 1972. Good: Some page browning; some annotating; published without dust jacket. £110.00


Cognitive Development (Essential Psychology) - Johanna Turner
About the development of those abilities which the human baby uses to make sense of the environment. Paperback, 144 pages, Methuen, 1975. Good: Some page browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416818406 (0416818404). £0.75


Cognitive Psychology - Robert Sternberg
Contains an overriding theme that unifies all the diverse topics to be found in this book… Paperback, 657 pages, Wadsworth, Belmont CA, 2009, 5th edition. New, International student edition - not for sale in USA. ISBN 9780495506324 (049550632X). £34.00


Cognitive Psychology - Robert L. Solso
Starts with the perception of signals by the sensory/brain system to higher order processes such as memory, language, and thinking. Hardback, 602 pages, Allyn and Bacon, 2000, 6th edition,. New, ISBN 9780205309375 (0205309372). £32.00


Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications - John R. Anderson
A presentation of the theoretical foundations of higher mental processes. Hardback without dust jacket, 503 pages, Freeman, 1980. Good: Minor marking/abrasions etc. ISBN 9780716711971 (0716711974). £9.45


Communication Studies: An Introductory Reader - John Corner and Jeremy Hawthorn (editors)
Acquaints readers with the variety of aspects, methodologies and 'ways-of-meaning' that have contributed to the development of communication studies. Paperback, 243 pages, Edward Arnold, London, 1980, 1st edition. Good: Some creasing/fading/pencil underlining; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780713162783 (0713162783). £0.95


Communication, Language and Meaning: Psychological Perspectives - GeorgeA. Miller (editor)
A compilation of articles taking an interdisciplinary approach to communication and language. Hardback, 304 pages, Basic Books, 1975. Good: Some minor fading/small tear to dust jacket; some minor spotting/colour migration to top of text block; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780465012831 (0465012833). £5.45


Conditioning and Instrumental Learning - Edward L. Walker
Covers: instinct, imprinting, instrumental learning, conditioning, reinforcement, mathematical models... Paperback, 161 pages, Brooks-Cole, 1967-1968. Good: 1968 second printing; previous owner's name; some browning. ISBN 9780818589201 (0818589205). £6.95


Contemporary Issues in Developmental Psychology - Norman S. Endler
Focuses on the essential issues in developmental psychology. Hardback, 682 pages, Holt Reinhart Winston, 1968. Acceptable: 1968 edition; no dust jacket; cover and sine faded; cockling/staining to top of text block; creasing to rear end paper. Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780030084218 (0030084210). £2.95


Contemporary Theory and Research in Visual Perception - Ralph N. Haber
Emphasises information processing approaches to visual perception. Paperback, 814 pages, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1970. Good: Some staining/marking to text block edge; minor discoloration/creasing to spine and cover; old price snopaked out; international edition. Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780039100599 (0039100596). £3.45


Coping with Crises - Ruth Fowke
People with mental resilience can withstand more stress than is possible for the average person. Paperback, 126 pages, Hodder and Stoughton, 1968-1969, 2nd impression,. Acceptable: Some browning/creasing/marking. ISBN 9780340043820 (0340043822). £0.80


Creativity (Modern Psychology) - Philip E. Vernon (editor)
Offers twenty-seven studies of creativity ranging from a piece of introspection by Mozart to more theoretical pieces by Cattell, Rogers and Burt. Paperback, 400 pages, Penguin Books Ltd, 1970. Acceptable: Some cover/spine creasing/scuffing; some page browning/annotating; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780140805260 (0140805265). £1.50


Cross-Cultural Studies - D.R. Price-Williams (editor)
Selected papers which deal with the important psychological variables in African Latin American and many other societies. Paperback, 384 pages, Penguin Books, 1969. Acceptable: Some creasing/scuffing to cover and spine; page browning; previous owner's name. £0.65


Cultural Context of Learning and Thinking: An Exploration in Experimental Anthropology - Michael Cole et al
Brings a new understanding to the relationship between culture and cognitive development. Hardback with dust jacket, 304 pages, Methuen, London, 1971, 1st edition. Good: Some browning/marking; previous owner's initials; some grazing to bottom spine and of rear board. Dust Jacket Fair: Intact, but price-clipped, faded spine and tearing. FIRST EDITION with mono figures/illustrations. ISBN 9780416755107 (0416755100). £12.45


Current Readings in Child Development - Judy S. Deloache et al
There is nothing so fascinating as the mysterious and miraculous process of child development. Paperback, 280 pages, Allyn and Bacon, Needham Heights MA, 1992-2004, 3rd edition. Excellent: ISBN 9780205279555 (0205279554). £22.00


Decision Making - Ward Edwards and Amos Tversky (editors)
Includes writings of philosophers, psychologists, mathematical statisticians and economists. Paperback, 413 pages, Penguin, 1967. Acceptable: Page/cover browning; some annotating/underlining/creasing/dog earing; previous owner's name and address. ISBN 9780140805086 (0140805087). £3.25


Disorders of Memory and Learning - George A. Talland
Analyses disorders of learning and memory in relation to normal learning and memory processes. Paperback, 176 pages, Penguin, 1968. Acceptable: Rubbing/creasing/minor damage to cover and spine; pages browned; last (index) page has been taped in; extensive annotations to flysheet, and inside covers. ISBN 9780140800357 (0140800352). £0.75


Drugs: Medical, Psychological and Social Facts - Peter Laurie
An objective report on the medical, psychological and social effects of drugs. Paperback, 174 pages, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1967, 1st edition. Acceptable: Pages and covers browned; some fading to spine; some staining to lower page corners/ £0.95


Dynamics of Behavior - R.S. Woodworth
Concentrates on motivation, perception and learning. Hardback, 403 pages, Methuen, 1958, 1st edition. Good: Red cloth boards; some fading/minor damage; no dust jacket; some page browning; import of the US edition with Methuen label pasted on bottom of title page. £7.65


Educational Psychology: A Developmental Approach - Norman A. Sprinthall and Richard A. Sprinthall
A comprehensive coverage of educational psychology within a developmental framework. Paperback, 668 pages, McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions), New York, 1990, 5th edition,. Acceptable: Creasing to covers; some marking/dog-earing; previous owner's name/address label. Heavy item - will be sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780071009355 (0071009353). £4.95


Evolution and Human Behaviour: Darwinian Perspectives on Human Nature - John Cartwright
Explains the theoretical principles of human sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. Paperback, 418 pages, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. New, ISBN 9780333986325 (0333986326). £24.95


Experimental Design: Procedures for the Behavioral Sciences - Roger E. Kirk
Provides the graduate student in experimental design with detailed coverage of the designs and techniques having the greatest potential use in behavioural research. Hardback, 577 pages, Brooks-Cole, 1968-1969, 1st edition. Good: 1st edition - 2nd printing (1969). No dust jacket; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780818589300 (0818589302). £95.00


Experimental Psychical Research - Robert H. Thouless
Examines the classic experiments for reproducing drawings, guessing cards and throwing dice. Paperback, 148 pages, Penguin, 1963. Good: Some minor creasing/rubbing to spine; some page browning; previous owner's name. £0.75


Experimental Psychology: An Introduction - Leo Postman and James P. Egan
An early book of experimental psychology. Hardback, 520 pages, Harper and Row, 1949. Good: Green boards; minor damage to front cover; no dust jacket; ex-university library with usual stamps and labels. £2.95


Experimental Psychology: Methodology, Psychophysics and Learning - M.R. D'Amato
Part 1: Methodology and Psychophysics. Part 2: Learning and Behavior Paperback, 727 pages, McGraw Hill, 1970. Good: Some browning; some fading to cover/spine; previous owner's initials; international student edition. £20.00


Experimental Sensory Psychology - Bertram Scharf (editor)
This book is about seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and feeling. Hardback with illustrated boards, 286 pages, Scott Foresman, 1975. Good: Some page browning; some fading/browning to cover and spine. ISBN 9780673054289 (0673054284). £1.70


Experiments in General Psychology - James H.L. Roach
Aquaints students with the use of experimental method in psychology. Paperback, 183 pages, Harper and Row, 1965. Acceptable: Very rare book. Includes Instructor's Manual; three-hole punched; previous owners' name/intials/date; some annotating/browning/minor damage. £45.00


Explore Your Inner Self - Dilys Hartland
An introductory guide for those who wish to understand the whole self: mind, body and spirit, ensuring our inner selves are the one thing we can rely on and in which to find happiness and fulfilment. Hardback, 221 pages, Caxton, 2000. New, ISBN 9781840671841 (184067184X). £1.95


Eye and Brain: the psychology of seeing - R.L. Gregory
Vivid introduction to the science of seeing. Paperback, 254 pages, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1966. Good: Some marking/creasing. £1.00


Feedback and Human Behaviour (Penguin science of behaviour) - John Annett
Summarises seventy years of research in motor, perceptual and verbal performance. Paperback, 196 pages, Penguin, 1969. Acceptable: Some cover grazing; some browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780140801187 (0140801189). £0.75


Foundations of Conditioning and Learning - Gregory A. Kimble
Covers historical foundations, methodological background, important theoretical positions, basic phenomena and parameters, motivation and reward. Hardback, 696 pages, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967. Good: Appleton-Century-Crofts edition; original cloth on board; title in gilt on spine; owner's name on front endpaper; some browning page margins/edges. Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780891971726 (0891971726). £19.45


Foundations of Learning and Memory - Roger M Tarpy
Introduces the basic findings and major theories that have emerged in almost one hundred years if studying human and animal learning. Hardback, 447 pages, Scott Foresman, 1978. Good: Previous owner's name; some minor bumping/minor damage; book block showing some signs of loosening from spine. ISBN 9780673150745 (0673150747). £2.00


Foundations of Physiological Psychology - Richard F. Thompson
Physiological psychology is concerned with the physiological bases of behaviour. Hardback, 688 pages, Harper and Row, 1967. Acceptable: Pages browned; some marking; dust jacket poor; international edition. ISBN 9780063565227 (0063565226). £1.55


Foundations of Sensation and Perception - George Mather
An introduction to general physiological, perceptual and theoretical principles. Paperback, 456 pages, Psychology Press, Hove, 2009, 2nd edition. New, ISBN 9781841696997 (1841696994). £23.45


Free Yourself from Depression: Be Your Own Therapist - Colin Sutherland and Margaret Sutherland
Covers the main principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to allow people to deal effectively with their own problems. Paperback, 112 pages, Sheldon Press, 2008. New, ISBN 9781847090416 (1847090419). £5.95


Fundamentals of Cognition - Mark H. Ashcraft
This introduction to cognition explores topics of student interest. Hardback, 412 pages, Longman, 1998. Good: Some page browning; minor damage to spine. ISBN 9780321012074 (0321012070). £7.95


Handbook of Counselling Psychology - Steven D. Brown and Robert W. Lent (editors)
Provides a cross-disciplinary survey of the entire field of counselling. Hardback, 861 pages, John Wiley, Chichester, 1992, 2nd edition,. Very Good: Slight bowing of textblock. Heavy item - will be sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780471512547 (0471512540). £22.45


Human Information Processing Part 1 - Open University
Covers organization, feedback, goal directed behaviour and preception. Paperback, 119 pages, Open University Press, 1974. Good: Units 10-11 of Introduction to Psychology Course DS261; some rubbing/marking/creasing. ISBN 9780335019731 (0335019730). £2.25


Human Information Processing Part 2 - Open University
Covers memory and skills. Paperback, 110 pages, Open University Press, 1974. Good: Units 10-11 of Introduction to Psychology Course DS261; some rubbing/marking/creasing. ISBN 9780335019786 (0335019781). £1.60


Human Information Processing: Introduction to Psychology - Peter H. Lindsay and Donald A. Norman
Conveys the excitement of experimental psychology to the beginning student. Hardback, 737 pages, Academic Press Inc.,U.S., 1972, 1st edition. Acceptable: First edition, second printing. Some creasing/browning/annotating; fading to spine; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780124509504 (0124509509). £5.95


Human Memory (Essential Psychology) - Vernon Gregg
Introduces the ways psychologists have studied memory. Paperback, 142 pages, Routledge, 1975. Good: Page browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416819809 (041681980X). £0.75


Human Memory: Structures and Processes - Roberta L. Klatzky
An introduction to the study of memory. Paperback, 276 pages, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 1975. Good: Some fading to spine/cover; some creasing/scuffing to cover. ISBN 9780716707288 (0716707284). £1.95


Hypnosis: Fact and Fiction - Frederic Lawrence Marcuse
Attempts to offer a broad view of the field of hypnosis. Paperback, 224 pages, Pelican, 1959. Acceptable: Page browning; some grazing/rubbing; cover-text block join appears to be reinforced; previous owner's initials. £2.45


Hypnotherapy Scripts: A Neo-Ericksonian Approach to Persuasive Healing - Ronald A. Havens and Catherine Walters
A concise presentation of ideas followed by a series of scripts for clinicians to borrow or modify for their own use. Hardback, 196 pages, Brunner/Mazel, 1989, 1st edition. Good: Some minor page browning and minor browning/creasing to dust jacket. ISBN 9780876305478 (0876305478). £20.00


Images of Man in Psychological Research (Essential Psychology F7) - John Shotter
Constructing a true image of ourselves requires a radically different approach... Paperback, 144 pages, Methuen, 1975. Good: Some pagebrowning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416817409 (0416817408). £0.95


Instructor's Resource Manual: to accompany The Development of Children - Jennifer Coots
This is the instructor's manual for the child development text by Cole, Cole and Lightfoot. Paperback, 371 pages, Worth, 2005. Good: Some staining to edge of text block. ISBN 9780716788249 (0716788241). £25.00


Intelligence and Ability - Stephen Wiseman (editor)
Readings from philosophers and psychologists covering a century of speculation, hypothesis and research on human intellectual powers. Paperback, 368 pages, Penguin Books, 1967. Acceptable: Some browning/creasing/grazing/rubbing; previous owner's initials. £0.95


Intelligence and Cultural Environment (University Paperbacks) - Philip E. Vernon
Covers conceptions of intelligence, factors influencing children's mental development, tests in non-western cultures and cross-cultural studies. Paperback, 272 pages, Methuen, 1972. Good: Some browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416658002 (0416658008). £0.30


Intelligence and Personality: Their Assessment and Relationship (Pelican) - Alice Winifred Heim
A critical description of intelligence, creativity and personality tests. Paperback, 206 pages, Penguin, 1970. Good: Some page browning; some minor spine creasing; some scuffing. ISBN 9780140212167 (0140212167). £0.75


Introducing Psychological Research 2nd ed: Seventy Studies That Shape Psychology - Philip Banyard
Provides full summaries of over 70 research studies in psychology. Paperback, 531 pages, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000. Good: Some minor discoloration/creasing. ISBN 9780333912515 (0333912519). £2.45


Introduction to Behavioural Ecology - J.R. Krebs and N.B. Davies
Covers comparative analysis; the theory and application of DNA fingerprinting; and sexual selection. Paperback, 420 pages, Blackwell, 1993, 3rd edition,. New, ISBN 9780632035465 (0632035463). £28.95


Introduction to Psychology: Problems, Procedures and Principles - Melvin H. Marx
Focuses on basic issues and problems, the procedures by which they can be attacked and the general principles to deal with them. Hardback, 753 pages, Collier Macmillan, 1976, 1st edition. Good: First printing, first edition. Green cloth boards with white lettering/design (no dust jacket); some fading to and near spine; some underlining. ISBN 9780023768507 (0023768509). £10.50


Issues in Cognitive Modeling - Aitkenhead and Slack
Cognitive modeling is a focus of research within many scientific disciplines, including psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience and philosophy. Paperback, 349 pages, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985. Good: Some minor cover creasing. ISBN 9780863770302 (0863770304). £2.45


Key Studies in Psychology - Richard Gross
Summaries of over 30 key studies accompanied by commentaries which highlight issues and future research. Paperback, 437 pages, Hodder and Stoughton, 1990. Good: Some marking/dog-earing; some creasing and small tear to lower outer corner of rear cover. ISBN 9780340518373 (0340518375). £1.95


Language - R.C. Oldfield and J.C. Marshall (editors
Presents readings dealing with language acquisition, pathological disorders, speech acoustics, semantic problems and psycholinguistics. Paperback, 392 pages, Penguin, 1968. Acceptable: Page browning with some cockling and staining; some minor cover damage; some creasing to spine. ISBN 9780140805109 (0140805109). £0.85


Language and Psychology: Historical Aspects of Psycholinguistics (Perspectives in Psychology) - Arthur L. Blumenthal
Primarily about the history of modern psychology and is specifically restricted to one thread of interest throughout that history - psycholinguistics. Hardback, 248 pages, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1970. Acceptable: Some creasing/marking/browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780471084013 (0471084018). £4.99


Language Processing in Children and Adults: An Introduction (Introductions to Modern Psychology) - Margaret Harris and Max Coltheart
Provides a broad perspective on psychological research into language processing. Paperback, 274 pages, Routledge, London, 1986, 1989 reprint. Very Good: Some minor creasing. ISBN 9780415045322 (0415045320). £3.50


Learning - Sarnoff A. Mednick
Part of 'Foundations of Modern Psychology' series. Paperback, 118 pages, Prentice-Hall, 1964. Good: Some fading to spine/rear cover; some grazing to spine and cover; previous owner's initials. £4.50


Learning and Cognition - Richard Jackson Harris and Thms Hardy-Leahey
A survey of all aspects of human learning and cognition, from the simplest phenomena of conditioning to complex reasoning and decision making. Hardback, 532 pages, Prentice Hall, 2000, 5th edition,. Very Good: Very small dent where front cover meets spine, otherwise like new. ISBN 9780130401991 (0130401994). £12.45


Learning from Television: Psychological and Educational Research - Michael J.A. Howe (editor)
Intended for readers who are interested in television as an influence on children and adults. Hardback with dust jacket, 226 pages, Academic Press, 1983, 1st edition. Very Good: Dust Jacket Very Good: Slight grazing to outer corners. ISBN 9780123571601 (012357160X). £7.45


Learning, Memory and Conceptual Processes (Wiley series in psychology) - Walter Kintsch
Concerned with how people learn: how they acquire new information and how information is retained. Hardback, 498 pages, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1970, 1st edition. Acceptable: First edition, first printing. No dust jacket, annotating; some minor corner bumping; previous owner's name. ISBN 9780471480709 (0471480703). £3.45


Learning: Interactions - Melvin H Marx
Intended to emphasise the interrelationships between behaviour changes produced by behaviour itself and certain intimately connected functions. Hardback, 427 pages, Macmillan, 1970. Acceptable: First two chapters have have cockled pages; underlining throughout; some marking/staining/browning/minor damage; no dust jacket. ISBN 9780023768101 (002376810X). £5.00


Learning: Processes - Melvin H. Marx
Describes the processes of learning and such related phenomena as transfer, retention, and stimulus generalisation. Hardback without dust jacket, 515 pages, Macmillan, 1969, 2nd printing,. Good: Some browning/marking to page edges; previous owner's name. ISBN 9780023768200 (0023768207). £10.95


Learning: Theories - Melvin H Marx
Focuses on the major theoretical concepts involved in the study of learning. Hardback, 340 pages, Collier-Macmillan, 1970. Good: Some nicks/wrinkling/staining to dust jacket. ISBN 9780023768309 (0023768304). £9.95


Limits of Scientific Psychiatry: The Role of Uncertainty in Mental Health - John O. Beahrs
Examines the limiting assumptions of the mental healh professions. Hardback, 230 pages, Brunner/Mazel, 1986, 1st edition. Very Good: Some fading to dust jacket. ISBN 9780876304204 (087630420X). £15.45


Listening and Attention - Neville Moray
Investigates the 'cocktail party problem' - or how we select one message to listen to and ignore others. Paperback, 107 pages, Penguin, 1969. Good: Science of behaviour series; some browning; previous owner's name. ISBN 9780140800661 (0140800662). £0.80


Meaning and Mind: A Study in the Psychology of Language - RobertF. Terwilliger
A survey and critique of psychological and psychologically oriented theories of language and meaning. Paperback, 332 pages, Oxford, 1968. Good: Some cover/spine creasing/fading/scuffing; previous owner's initials. £7.50


Memory - Ian M.L. Hunter
Provides the general reader with a survey of the accomplishments and limitations of human memory. Paperback, 328 pages, Penguin, 1964-1966. Acceptable: Rare edition - price reflects rarity. Some spine creasing/rubbing; some minor damage/creasing; page/cover discoloration. £8.95


Memory (Muirhead Library of Philosophy) - Brian Smith
Brings together two lines of enquiry about memory: under what circumstances are we entitled to say we remember and what is actually going on in us when we are remembering. Hardback with dust jacket, 214 pages, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1966, 1st edition. Good: Some page browning. Dust Jacket Good: Unclipped, some browning/nicking. £35.00


Memory - Alan Baddeley
Presents an overview and explanation of the scientific approach to memory. Paperback, 451 pages, Psychology Press, 2009, 1st edition. New, ISBN 9781848720015 (1848720017). £22.45


Memory and Cognition - Walter Kintsch
This book presents an account of developments in memory and cognition. Hardback, 490 pages, John Wiley & Son, 1977. Good: Some cover marking/scuffing; some fading to spine; some page browning. ISBN 9780471480723 (047148072X). £3.95


Memory Development in Children - Peter A. Ornstein
A collection of chapters and position papers concerned with children's memory. Hardback, 280 pages, LEA, 1978. Good: Previous owner's name on front end paper; some scuffing/marking/minor tears to dust jacket. ISBN 9780470264904 (047026490X). £4.45


Methods for Learning Disorders - Patricia Myers
Presents a theoretical frame of reference within which to view the learning disabilities of children. Hardback, 447 pages, John Wiley, 1969, 2nd edition,. Good: Some corner-bumping/dog-earing; previous owner's initials on front endpaper. ISBN 9780471627517 (0471627518). £2.45


Migraine: Understanding a Common Disorder - Oliver Sacks
Migraine is a complex disorder whose cause has long baffled those who suffer from it and those who try to treat it. Hardback, 270 pages, Duckworth, 1985. Good: Dust jacket is faded and has some very minor dents, otherwise the book is in very good condition. ISBN 9780715620878 (0715620878). £3.75


Minds and Machines - W. Sluckin
What are 'electronic brains'? Are they capable of thought? What can they do? Paperback, 223 pages, Pelican Books, 1954. Acceptable: Reading copy: pages browned; pages and cover cockled. £0.80


Musical Colour: A New and Revolutionary Method of Creating Colour Schemes for the Artist - Danton Adams, London
A method of learning colour and sound harmony at the same time. An early example of synaesthesia? Hardback published without dust jacket, 33 pages, Douglass and Gilson, 1960, 1st edition. Very Good: Slight page browning. £9.75


Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 1971 - James Cole
First section: Developmental Psychology. Second Section: Non-verbal Communication. Paperback, 304 pages, University of Nebraska Press, 1971. Good: Some minor corner/spine creasing; browning to spine; previous owner's initials on front cover. ISBN 9780803256194 (0803256191). £9.95


Neurolinguistic Programming: The Study of the Structure of Subjective Experience v. 1 - Robert Dilts et al
Describes the unique methodology of NLP and its applications for all fields including sales, law, education and management. Hardback, 284 pages, Meta Publications, 1980. Good: Published without dust jacket ISBN 9780916990077 (0916990079). £9.00


New Horizons in Psychiatry (Pelican books) - Peter Hays
Discusses a range of psychiatric illnesses. Paperback, 325 pages, Penguin, 1964. Acceptable: Some browning/scuffing/creasing; previous owner's initials. £0.95


New Horizons in Psychology (No. 1 - Pelican) - Brian M Foss
Presents discoveries and theoretical developments in psychology. Paperback, 448 pages, Penguin, 1966. Acceptable: Creasing to front cover/spine; pages browned; minor damage. ISBN 9780140207750 (0140207759). £0.25


New Horizons in Psychology 2 - Peter C Dodwell
Presents discoveries and theoretical developments in psychology. Paperback, 287 pages, Penguin Books Ltd, 1972. Acceptable: Fading to cover and spine; pages browned; some minor damage. ISBN 9780140807486 (0140807489). £0.25


Paradoxes of Gambling Behaviour (Essays in Cognitive Psychology) - Willem A. Wagenaar
Investigates the paradox of why so many people gamble despite knowing that they are most likely to lose. Hardback, 126 pages, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1989. Very Good: Very small dent to front cover. ISBN 9780863770807 (0863770800). £75.00


Pathology of Attention (Penguin science of behaviour, clinical psychology) - Andrew McGhie
A survey of attempts to look at abnormal behaviour within the concepts and methods of work in the normal field. Paperback, 192 pages, Penguin, 1969. Good: Browning to page edges; some creasing/edgewear/minor damage; previous owner's name. ISBN 9780140800128 (0140800123). £0.80


Pattern Recognition - D.W.J. Corcoran
Discusses psychological mechanisms involved in the processes by which we recognise a particular pattern from a whole class of patterns. Paperback, 223 pages, Penguin, 1971. Acceptable: Page browning; previous owner's name; page 201 is creased. £0.95


Perception (Foundations of Modern Psychology) - J. Hochberg
Perception is one of the oldest subjects of speculation in the study of man. It has a corresponding long history of theory and fact. Paperback, 118 pages, Prentice Hall, 1964. Good: Some fading to back cover and spine; some rubbing to spine; some page browning. ISBN 9780136569008 (0136569005). £1.65


Perception and Cognition: A cross-cultural perspective - Barbara B Lloyd
Leads the reader from casual thoughts on the natrure of cultural differences to an understanding of the importance of cross-cultural research on perception and cognition. Paperback, 190 pages, Penguin, 1972. Good: Page and cover browning due to age. ISBN 9780140805628 (0140805621). £0.80


Perception and Understanding in Young Children: An Experimental Approach - Peter Bryant
A theory of cognitive development based on simple but powerful processes of inference. Hardback, 195 pages, Methuen, 1974. Good: Some browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416794403 (0416794408). £2.50


Perception: Mechanisms and Models - Richard Held and Whitman Richards (editors)
Thirty-nine readings from 'Scientific American'. Paperback, 390 pages, Freeman, 1972. Good: Some creasing/marking/discoloration/minor damage. ISBN 9780716708520 (0716708523). £2.45


Perceptual Learning and Adaptation - P.C. Dodwell (editor)
These readings shows how psychologists have unravelled the tangled threads of perceptual learning and adaption. Paperback, 502 pages, Penguin, 1970, 1st edition. Good: Creasing to spine; page browning. ISBN 9780140805147 (0140805141). £0.95


Personality Growth and Learning: Units 5-7 - John Bynner and Joan Whitehead
Open University text for course E281. Paperback, 119 pages, Open University Press, 1972. Good: Rare copy - price reflects rarity. Some page browning; some grazing/minor creasingcover. ISBN 9780335030026 (0335030025). £32.95


Perspectives on Human Communication - B Aubrey Fisher
Concentrates on the 'where are we now?' question of human communication. Hardback, 356 pages, Macmillan, 1978. Good: Gold lettering on brown-cloth boards; no dust jacket; minor browning to page edges. ISBN 9780023379901 (0023379901). £2.20


Physiology of Behavior - Neil R Carlson
Describes the physiology of human behaviour. Paperback, 1977 pages, Allyn and Bacon, 1977. Good: Some creasing/marking/discoloration/minor damage. Previous owner's name and address. International student edition. 1.2Kg. ISBN 9780205059300 (0205059309). £2.00


Principles of Behavioral Analysis - J.R. Millenson
The aim of this text is to provide a rigorous, data-oriented introduction to behavioural psychology. Hardback, 488 pages, Macmillan, 1967. Good: Previous owner's name to flysheet; edge-nicking and scuffing to dust jacket. £3.45


Psychiatry: Peer Selected Citations '94 - T A Fahy, N A Joughin, A Kent, J Treasure
A compendium of reviews and comment on important articles in 1993. Paperback, 159 pages, Current Medical Literature Ltd, 1994. Very Good: ISBN 9781850091158 (1850091153). £25.00


Psycholinguistics - James Deese
Introduces psycholinguistic ideas to psychologists who are unaquainted with them. Paperback, 149 pages, Allyn and Bacon, Boston MA, 1970. Acceptable: Creasing/browning/fading/ to spine; browning/creasing/marking/grazing to cover; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780205024452 (0205024459). £7.95


Psycholinguistics 2: Structures and Processes - John Morton
The second volume of an important series on developments in psycholinguistics. Hardback, 187 pages, Elek, 1979. Good: Some browning/minor creasing; dust jacket price clipped; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780236401062 (0236401068). £3.00


Psycholinguistics: A Book of Readings - Sol Saporta
The result of Sal Saporta's work with the Social Science Research Council's Committee on Linguistics and Phychology. Hardback, 551 pages, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1966. Good: Some browning/bumping/rubbing; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. £9.50


Psycholinguistics: An Introduction to Research and Theory - Hans Hormann
Presents, and places into context, the findings of psycholinguistics. Hardback, 377 pages, Springer-Verlag, 1970. Acceptable: Dust jacket is torn; some scuffing to cover; some speckling to end papers; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9783540051596 (3540051597). £5.00


Psychological Development in Children - Robert D. Singer and Anne Singer
Approaches child psychology from a developmental point of view. Hardback without dust jacket, 437 pages, Saunders, Philadelphia PA, 1969, 1st edition. Good: Previous owner's initials. No dust jacket. Rare book. £12.00


Psychological perspectives on the person (Insight books) - Norman Tallent
A realistic introduction to the paths we take to understand ourselves and others. Paperback, 293 pages, Van Nostrand, 1967. Acceptable: Some creasing/fading to spine and cover; page browning; previous owner's initials. £14.00


Psychological Testing for Managers - Stephanie Jones
More and more companies are using psychological testing for their middle and senior managers. Paperback, 214 pages, Piatkus, London, 1993, 1st reprint. Good: Some browning to page margins. ISBN 9780749912970 (0749912979). £1.75


Psychology - A. Crider
This book focuses on psychology as an integrated discipline with careful attention to pedagogical principles. Hardback, 629 pages, Harper Collins, 1989, 3rd edition,. Good: Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses - CANNOT BE SENT TO CANADA. Some marking on page edges, previous owner's inscription. 1.9Kg. ISBN 9780673382405 (0673382400). £3.95


Psychology and Race (Penguin education) - Peter Watson
Presents the contribution of psychology to the understanding of race relations. Paperback, 491 pages, Penguin, 1973. Acceptable: Cover and page browning; speckling to end papers. ISBN 9780140807035 (0140807039). £2.50


Psychology and Work (Essential Psychology) - D.R. Davies and V.J. Shackleton
Provides a brief and selective introduction to the study of people at work. Paperback, 144 pages, Methuen, 1975. Very Good: Some minor page browning; appears to unread. ISBN 9780416822908 (0416822908). £0.75


Psychology at Work - Peter B. Warr (editor)
A collection of essays which cover aspects of psychological theory in operation in the workplace. Paperback, 460 pages, Penguin, 1971. Good: Page browning; some grazing. ISBN 9780140802849 (0140802843). £0.25


Psychology of Thinking - Lyle E. Bourne, Bruce R. Ekstrand, Roger L. Dominowski
Attempts to relate research findings to the various conceptions of the nature of thinking. Hardback, 382 pages, Prentice Hall, 1971. Good: Some bumping/browning/marking; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780137367023 (0137367023). £4.00


Psychology of Verbal Learning and Memory - Donald H. Kausler
Provides a comprehensive overview of the psychology of verbal learning. Hardback, 583 pages, Academic Press, 1974. Good: No dust jacket; some browning. ISBN 9780124026506 (0124026508). £15.50


Punishment: Issues and Experiments - Erling E Boe and Russell M Church
Twenty-three research articles on punishment. Paperback, 329 pages, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968. Good: Some browning/marking to edges; previous owner's name. £9.95


Quantification in Psychology - William L Hays
Basic Concepts in Psychology series. Introduces the psychology student to measurement. Paperback, 87 pages, Brooks-Cole, 1967, 1st edition. Good: Rare book. Some creasing, some page/cover discoloration. ISBN 9780818589867 (0818589868). £14.95


Race, Culture and Intelligence (Penguin Education) - Ken Richardson
Are the differences in IQ test score between black and white people due mainly to genetics? Paperback, 205 pages, Penguin, 1972. Acceptable: Page browning; previous owner's initials; some minor dog earing; some marking/spotting to inside covers/end papers. ISBN 9780140806502 (0140806504). £0.75


Radical Perspectives in Psychology (Essential Psychology) - Nick Heather
A powerful critique of mainstream academic psychology and psychiatry. Paperback, 142 pages, Methuen, 1976, 1st edition. Good: Published by Methuen. Some page browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416818604 (0416818609). £0.75


Readings in Adult Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives - LawrenceR. Allman and DennisT. Jaffe (editors)
A book of readings which conveys the sense of immediate relevance. Paperback, 388 pages, Harper and Row, 1977. Good: Page margins are browned; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780060470548 (0060470542). £5.25


Readings in Language and Mind - Heimir Geirsson and Michael Losonsky (Editors)
An Interdisciplinary Reader. This is an anthology of landmark essays in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and cognitive science since 1950. Paperback, 585 pages, Blackwell, 1996. Good: ISBN 9781557866714 (1557866716). £12.45


Readings in Psychological Development Through Life - Don C. Charles and William R. Loft (editors)
Covers five major areas: developmental psychology, physiological bases of behaviour and development, perceptual and cognitive development, ability and achievement, social behaviour and adjustment. Paperback, 433 pages, Holt Reinhart Winston, 1973. Good: Lower right corner bumped causing some minor creasing; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780030800610 (0030800617). £1.60


Receptors and Sensory Perception: A discussion of aims, means and results of electrophysiological research into process of reception - Ragnar Granit
Based on the Silliman lectures delivered at Yale University. Paperback, 366 pages, Yale University Press, 1962. Acceptable: Some marking/discoloration/minor damage; last dozen pages show signs of separating. £3.95


Recovery from Schizophrenia - Richard Warner
Psychiatry and Political Economy. Recovery from Schizophrenia, from its first publication, was acclaimed as a work of major importance. Paperback, 380 pages, Routledge, 1987. Good: Some discoloration of cover and spine. ISBN 9780710213952 (0710213956). £12.00


Research in Psychology: Methods and Design - C James Godwin
Focuses on experimental methodology and the scientific way of thinking. Hardback, 555 pages, Wiley, 2002, 3rd edition,. New, 1.1Kg. ISBN 9780471398615 (0471398616). £10.95


Research with People: Theory, Plans and Practicals - Nigel Holt and Ian Walker
An accessible introductory textbook, Paperback, 256 pages, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2009, 1st edition. New, ISBN 9780230545557 (0230545556). £18.00


Sensation and Perception - Stanley Coren
Provides a theoretically balanced introduction to the study of basic physiology and sensory responses. Paperback, 514 pages, Academic Press, 1979. Good: International edition; some minor browning/marking. ISBN 9780121885304 (0121885305). £9.95


Sensory Psychology (Foundations of Modern Psychology) - Conrad G. Mueller
About sensory psychology or psychology of the senses. Paperback, 128 pages, Prentice Hall, 1965. Acceptable: Some browning/minor staining; some dog earing; fading to spine; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780138066536 (0138066531). £0.95


Skills (Mod. Psychol. S) - David Legge
A selection of readings that deals with control processes in skilled performance and their growth and integration during the learning of a task. Paperback, 378 pages, Penguin, 1970, 1st edition. Good: Some page browning; previous owner's initials; some scuffing to spine. ISBN 9780140805154 (014080515X). £0.95


Sleep - Ian Oswald
What is the nature of that mysterious condition called sleep, in which we pass one third of our lives? Paperback, 141 pages, Penguin, 1966. Good: Bowning to pages and inside covers; some minor scuffing. £0.80


Social and Personality Development: Infancy Through Adolescence - William Damon
Traces the psychological development of a child. Paperback, 392 pages, Norton, 1983. Acceptable: Some creasing/marking/dog-earing/minor damage. ISBN 9780393952483 (0393952487). £1.45


Social Psychology - Robert H. Thouless
Ranges widely over the whole field of psychology, developing in greater detail those parts having most relevance to pratical problems. Hardback, 376 pages, University Tutorial Press, 1932. Good: Decorative cloth; no dust jacket; end papers browned; some marking/abrasions. £6.45


Social Psychology in the Eighties - Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Kay Deaux
A comprehensive text that integrates the development of constructs and methodology with our needs as social beings to understand the phenomena around us. Hardback, 700 pages, Brooks-Cole, 1981, 3rd edition,. Good: Previous owner's initials. Heavy book - will be sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780818504150 (0818504153). £2.45


Social Psychology: Understanding Human Interaction - Robert A. Baron
A balanced overview of the field of social psychology. Hardback, 633 pages, Allyn and Bacon, 1980, 3rd edition,. Acceptable: Some cockling to lower page edges; fading to rear cover; front flysheet has been removed. ISBN 9780205072385 (0205072380). £10.95


Stammering: An examination of stammering, its nature, history, causes and cures - David Compton
Stammering is mysterious and (at the very least) an embarrassment to all concerned. It tends to be ignored whenever possible or treated with pity, mockery and irritation. Paperback, 224 pages, Hodder and Stoughton, 1993, 1st edition. Good: Slight discoloration. ISBN 9780340562741 (0340562749). £0.80


Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences - Susan A. Nolan
Makes statistics accessible through the use of integrated narratives and wide-ranging examples. Hardback with illustrated boards, 736 pages, Worth Publishers, New York, 2008, 1st edition. New, . Heavy item - will be sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9780716750079 (0716750074). £35.00


Stevens' Handbook of Experimental Psychology: Sensation and Perception Vol 1 - Hal Pashler and Steven Yentis (editors)
Volume one focuses on sensory experience and complex learned perceptions. Hardback, 804 pages, John Wiley, 2002, 3rd edition,. Very Good: Unread. Minor corner bumping. ISBN 9780471377771 (0471377775). £55.00


Structure and Direction in Thinking - D.E. Berlyne
Offers new conceptualisation of directed thinking. Hardback, 378 pages, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1966. Good: Some page browning; two pages have their outer, lower corners nicked off; no dust jacket; previous owner's name. £11.95


Studies of Human Vigilance: An Omnibus of Technical Reports - James J. McGrath et al
These twenty-six papers about vigilance - the ability to remain alert - form a varied collection. Paperback, 677 pages, Human Factors Research, 1968. Good: Minor damage/creasing/marking; staining to rear cover; some discloration to spine/front cover; heavy book - ships by parcel post - CANNOT be shipped to Canada. £11.45


Study Guide to 'Psychology: Brain, Behavior and Culture' - Drew Westen
This study guide is designed to accompany the textbook. Paperback, 326 pages, John Wiley and Sons (WIE), 2001,3rd edition,. Good: Unread. Some minor creasing/damage. ISBN 9780471415978 (0471415979). £7.95


Subcortical Mechanisms of Behavior: The psychological functions of primitive parts of the brain - Robert Altwig McCleary
Offers a cohesive synthesis about the behavioural contributions of the more primitive portions of the brain. Hardback, 148 pages, Basic Books, 1965. Good: Dustjacket and pages browned; minor nicks etc to dustjacket. £9.75


Taxonomy of Behaviour Disturbance - Denis H. Stott et al
Provides a comprehensive classification of disturbed behaviour among school children as witnessed by teachers. Hardback with dust jacket, 184 pages, University of London Press, 1975. Good: Dust jacket fading to spine. Some foxing. Previous owner's label. ISBN 9780340188569 (0340188561). £3.00


The Acquisition and Development of Language - Paula Menyuk
Deals primarily with the experimental results of studies undertaken to examine the structure of children's comprehension and production of language. Hardback, 285 pages, Prentice-Hall, 1971, 1st edition. Good: First edition, first printing. Some minor browning/corner bumping; some annotating/underlining; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780130030870 (0130030872). £5.50


The Acquisition of Language: The Study of Developmental Psycholinguistics - David McNeill
Emphasis is on the acquisition of syntax - how the linguistic information described in a transformational generative grammar is acquired by children-and on semantic and sound development. Hardback, 183 pages, Harper and Row, 1970. Good: Some page browning; some minor bumping; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. £6.95


The Acquisition of Syntax in Bilingual Children - Carolyn Kessler
Reports an investigation of syntactic acquisitions for a group of 6 to 8-year-old children. Paperback, 109 pages, Georgetown University Press, 1971. Good: ISBN 0878400124. Some page browning; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780878401574 (0878401571). £19.50


The Computer Simulation of Behaviour - Michael J. Apter
Concerns the technique of computer simulation in psychology. Paperback, 180 pages, Hutchinson, 1970. Acceptable: Some creasing/spotting; previous owner's initials/name. ISBN 9780091027216 (0091027217). £1.45


The Development of Memory in Children - Robert Kail
Charts the development of several different facets of memory. Paperback, 168 pages, Freeman, 1979. Good: Previous owner's name; minor crease to rear cover parallel to spine. ISBN 9780716710981 (0716710986). £3.45


The Doors of Perception and 'Heaven and Hell' - Aldous Huxley
In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. Paperback, 144 pages, Vintage, 2008. New, ISBN 9780099458203 (0099458209). £4.95


The Drama of Being a Child : The Search for the True Self - Alice Miller
Believes that violence and crime in society have their roots in conventional child rearing and in education which can create a childhood prison. Paperback, 156 pages, Virago Press Ltd, 1995, 2nd edition,. New, ISBN 9781860491016 (1860491014). £6.45


The Evaluation of Sexual Disorders: Psychological and Medical Aspects - Helen Singer Kaplan
Enables clinicians to distinguish between psychological and medical causes. Hardback, 289 pages, Brunner-Mazel Inc, 1983. Good: Some minor browning/creasing/marking to dust jacket. ISBN 9780876303290 (0876303297). £14.00


The Human Brain Colouring Book - Marion C. Diamond et al
Designed for psychology, biological sciences, medical, dental and nursing students. Paperback, 301 pages, Collins, 1985. New, ISBN 9780064603065 (0064603067). £7.95


The Individual in the Changing Working Life - Katharina Naswall, Johnny Hellgren and Magnus Sverke (editor
Presents theoretical perspectives and research on how recent changes in working life have affected employees. Hardback with illustrated boards, 448 pages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008, 1st edition. New, ISBN 9780521879460 (0521879469). £50.00


The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
Presents Freud's theory that we are unable to tolerate too much reality, and that dreams are the contraband representations of the beast within. Paperback, 452 pages, Wordsworth Editions, 1997. New, ISBN 9781853264849 (1853264849). £3.25


The Interpretation of Dreams - Sigmund Freud
This groundbreaking new translation of The Interpretation of Dreams is the first to be based on the original text published in November 1899. Paperback, 514 pages, Oxford Paperbacks, 2008. New, ISBN 9780199537587 (0199537585). £6.95


The Little Book of Confidence - Susan Jeffers
For people faced with public speaking, asserting oneself and making decisions. Paperback, 160 pages, Rider, 1999. New, ISBN 9780712608268 (0712608265). £1.95


The Machinery of the Brain - Dean E. Wooldridge
Discusses the working of the brain and nervous system in man and other animals. Paperback, 252 pages, McGraw-Hill Education, 1963. Acceptable: Paperback; some browning/minor staining/marking/creasing. ISBN 9780070718418 (0070718415). £2.95


The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness - Mark Williams et al
Presents a self-help programme based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression. Hardback with dust jacket, 273 pages, Guilford Press, New York, 2007, 1st edition. New, Includes a CD of guided meditations. ISBN 9781593854492 (1593854498). £25.85


The Nature of Learning: In Its Relation to the Living System - George Humphrey
Shows that organisms may be considered as material systems subject to physical laws, and yet, tend towards the conservation of the living system in question. Hardback, 296 pages, Kegan Paul, 1933. Good: Navy blue cloth lettered gilt at spine; no dust jacket. £6.75


The Pathology and Psychology of Cognition - Andrew Burton (Editor)
A reasonable goal for psychological theories is that they should embrace the abnormal as well as the normal. Paperback, 306 pages, Methuen, 1982. Good: Minor staple damage to flyleaf. ISBN 9780416308204 (0416308201). £5.00


The Pathology of Memory - George A. Talland and Nancy C. Waugh
Enables the academic scientist to become better acquainted with the variety of memory disorders commonly encountered by the clinician. Hardback, 292 pages, Academic Press, 1969. Good: Blue boards, gold lettering; some rubbing; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780126831603 (0126831602). £9.45


The Perceptual World of the Child - Tom Bower
From the Developing Child series. Paperback, 92 pages, Fontana, 1977. Acceptable: Second impression (1980). Some minor spine creasing; some browning; previous owner's initials; some ink spotting. ISBN 9780006348795 (0006348793). £0.75


The Psychology of Infancy and Childhood: Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives - Harold D. Fishbein
Presents a research and theory-oriented view of the social, emotional and cognitive development of infants and children. Paperback, 435 pages, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1984. Good: Some cover/spine fading; some minor spine creasing. ISBN 9780863770227 (0863770223). £9.50


The Psychology of Learning - Robert Borger
A Pelican Original. Two psychologists discuss the laws of learning in the widest sense. Paperback, 243 pages, Penguin Books, 1970, 1st edition. Good: Some creasing to spine; pages and margins of inside covers browned due to age. ISBN 9780140208290 (0140208291). £0.75


The Psychology of Learning - B.R. Bugelski
Attempts to clarify the major issues in the controversial fields of learning and motivation. Paperback, 523 pages, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1956. Good: Ex-university library; label, stamp and catalogue numbers inside front cover; some marking to text block; no dust jacket. £11.95


The Psychology of Memory - Alan D. Baddeley
Analyses current major trends in memory research, considering their historical significance and importance outside the laboratory. Paperback, 430 pages, Basic Books, New York, 1976, 1st edition, 1st impression. Acceptable: Harper international edition; scuffing/creasing/minor damage to cover and spine; spine faded; cover has started to separate but has been repaired with 'magic' tape. ISBN 9780335098064 (0335098061). £2.45


The Psychology of Perception - M D Vernon
When we look at the world with our eyes, do we see it as it really is? Paperback, 251 pages, Pelican, 1971, 2nd edition,. Good: Some page browning due to age. ISBN 9780140205305 (0140205306). £1.45


The Psychology of Thinking (Manual of Modern Psychology) - Neil Bolton
Considers the major theoretical perspectives which influence the psychology of thinking. Paperback, 291 pages, Methuen, 1972, 1st edition. Good: Top-front edge of dust jacket has 15mm x 15mm triangular notch; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780416660005 (0416660002). £2.50


The Psychotherapy of Carl Rogers: Cases and Commentary - Barry Farber et al
Presents ten cases conducted by Carl Rogers, eight of which are fully transcribed. Hardback, 383 pages, Guilford Press, 1996, 1st edition. Very Good: Rare book. ISBN 9781572300644 (1572300647). £24.00


The Structure of Human Abilities - Philip E. Vernon
Provides a consistent picture of our mental structure. Hardback, 208 pages, Methuen, 1961-1965, 2nd edition,. Good: Dust jacket scored vertically (see photo). Previous owner's name. £8.70


The Structure of Human Memory - CharlesN. Cofer (editor)
A collection of original contributions on the nature of human memory. Paperback, 213 pages, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 1976. Good: Some page/cover browning; some minor rubbing. ISBN 9780716707158 (0716707152). £2.95


The Use of Lateral Thinking - Edward De Bono
Describe the nature of creative thinking and ways in which it can be developed. Hardback, 157 pages, Jonathan Cape, 1967, 1st edition. Good: Some minor browning; some minor dust jacket scuffing; previous owner's signature. ISBN 9780224612524 (0224612522). £14.50


The XXII International Colloquium of Economic Psychology - Volumes I and II - IAREP
Collection of the papers presented at the XXII International Colloquium of Economic Psychology, Valencia, 15-18 September 1997. Paperback, 1147 pages, Promolibro, 1997, 1st edition. Very Good: Heavy book - sent by parcel post to UK addresses. ISBN 9788479861797 (8479861797). £45.00


Theories of Attitude Change - Chester Insko
Includes most theories of attitude change with which attitude change psychologists are most directly concerned. Hardback, 374 pages, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1967. Acceptable: Some bumping/annotating/minor damage; no dust jacket; previous owner's initials. £3.45


Theory of Psychological Measurement - Edwin E Ghiselli
A comprehensive treatment of the problems, statistical techniques and theoretical concepts basic to psychological testing and the measurement of mental traits. Hardback, 408 pages, McGraw-Hill, 1964, 1st edition. Good: Some page browning; dust jacket is browned (especially to spine) and has small tear and a small piece torn away. ISBN 9780070231405 (0070231400). £8.95


Thinking and Reasoning - P. C. Wason and P. N. Johnson-Laird (editors)
Selected readings concerned with directed thinking - the kind of thinking used in problem solving. Paperback, --- pages, Penguin, 1968. Acceptable: Reading copy only - spine badly creased; pages browned; previous owner's name. £0.95


Thinking Without Language: Psychological Implications of Deafness - Hans G. Furth
Study of the intellectual functioning of deaf people. Hardback, 235 pages, The Free Press, 1966-1968. Acceptable: 1968 second printing. Top of text block is red (same as end papers); some scuffing/nicking to dust jacket; pages are 'rough cut'; previous owner's name. £12.95


Transfer of Learning - Henry Ellis
Covers the findings, theories and problems of learning transfer. Paperback, 200 pages, Collier-Macmillan, New York, 1965, 1st edition, 1st printing. Acceptable: Some creasing/minor damage to cover and spine; browning to page edges; date and previous owner's name on title page. ISBN 9780023326004 (002332600X). £14.00


Understanding Reading: Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read - Frank Smith
Explores some of the fundamental aspects of the complex human skill of reading. Paperback, 239 pages, Holt Reinhart Winston, 1971, 1st edition. Good: Author's dedication/signature; publisher's cloth boards; previous owner's initials on front end sheet; some browning; some marking/bumping to cover. ISBN 9780030848490 (0030848490). £1.95


Us and Them: The Psychology of Ethno-Nationalism - Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
All over the world groups are in conflict over seemingly irreconcilable differences which could threaten the survival of mankind. Paperback, 147 pages, Brunner Mazel, 1987. Good: Some discoloration due to age. ISBN 9780876304808 (0876304803). £12.95


Using Child Psychiatry - Derek Steinberg
A lucid and thought-provoking analysis of the aims, uses and limitations of child psychiatry. Paperback, 204 pages, Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. Good: Signed by author, some discoloration due to age. ISBN 9780340268353 (0340268352). £2.90


Verbal Learning - John Jung
Provides an overview of the problems, methods, theoretical formulations and experimental evidence in verbal learning research. Hardback, 212 pages, Holt Rinehart Winston, New York, 1968, 1st edition, 1st printing. Good: Some browning/marking to page edges; previous owner's name. Dust Jacket Good: Some small tears/nicks to edges. ISBN 9780030654008 (0030654009). £5.45


Verbal Learning and Memory - Leo Postman and Geoffrey Keppel (editors)
These readings reflect both the historical continuity and the innovation and change that has taken place in psychological study of verbal learning and memory. Paperback, 501 pages, Penguin, 1969. Acceptable: Some scuffing/creasing/minor damage; browning to pages and inside covers; previous owner's initials. ISBN 9780140805185 (0140805184). £0.95


Verbal Learning and Retention - John F Hall
Examines different learning situations. For the advanced undergraduate. Hardback, 590 pages, Lippincott, 1971. Good: Some minor marking/abrasions/browning; no dust jacket. £9.95


Vigilance and Attention - Jane F Mackworth
We are faced with vigilance tasks more than we realise - often monotonous but important tasks... Paperback, 188 pages, Penguin, 1970. Good: Science of behaviour series; cover and pages browned due to age. ISBN 9780140801422 (0140801421). £0.80


Visual Information Processing - Kathryn T. Spoehr and Stephen W. Lehmkuhle
Integrates the study of the visual system at the sensory level with a cognitive approach. Paperback, 298 pages, W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd, 1982. Acceptable: Some page and cover discoloration; some cockling to bottom of pages. ISBN 9780716713746 (0716713748). £4.45


Well-being in Organizations: A Reader for Students and Practioners - Cary L. Cooper
Gathers together key articles on organizational and individual well-being. Paperback, 338 pages, John Wiley, Chichester, 2001, 1st edition. Very Good: Slight crease to rear cover, otherwise like new. ISBN 9780471495581 (0471495581). £1.55


What is Intelligence?: Beyond the Flynn Effect - James R. Flynn
Provides the first satisfying explanation of the massive rise in IQ test scores. Hardback with dust jacket, 216 pages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007, 1st edition. New, ISBN 9780521880077 (0521880076). £7.95


Why Men Don't Listen And Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It - Allan Pease
A study of the differences between men's and women's thought processes. Paperback, 320 pages, Orion, 2001. New, ISBN 9780752846194 (0752846191). £5.99


Words and Rules - Steven Pinker
An entertaining and cutting-edge account of how language actually works. Hardback, 348 pages, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. Good: Minor browning to top/side page-edge. ISBN 9780297816478 (0297816470). £2.95


Worker Participation - Toby D. Wall
Studies the psychological effects of participation on individual workers. Paperback, 162 pages, McGraw-Hil, 1977. Good: Fading to spine and covers near spine; some browning; some minor creasing. ISBN 9780070840713 (0070840717). £1.95


Workshops in Cognitive Processes - A. Bennett et al
Gives students the opportunity to find out for themselves about cognitive processes. Paperback, 176 pages, Routledge, 1981. Good: Some minor damage/abrasion/creasing to cover and spine. ISBN 9780710009326 (0710009321). £2.45




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