The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology

The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology has become a byword for demystifying the language of this complex subject. Now fully updated for its fourth edition, this wide-ranging and accessible dictionary is invaluable for both students and professionals, and an indispensable guide to all areas of psychology and psychiatry. -Covers related fields such as neuroscience and social psychology -Describes how terms are employed, their wider connotations and past usage -Looks in detail at such key concepts as addiction and instinctRhianon Allen was born in Dinbych, in the north of Wales in 1950. She completed her BA at the University of British Columbia and her PhD at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is a Professor Emerita at Long Island University in New York, where she began work in 1985 after several years at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the faculty of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. She's also held visiting scholar appointments the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and the University of North Wales in Bangor, UK. She is currently a visiting scholar at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Although best known for her work on implicit learning, her research interests also include cultural factors in the development of values and attitudes.