Handbook of Psychology, 12 Volumes, Complete Set, 1st Edition (2003) Bargain

This is a full Volume Set, First Edition (2003) from a private collection. Please Read: Three of the volumes (#2, #3, #4) have humidity damage, i.e. wrinkled pages. Most of the volumes look like the book has never been opened inside, most bindings look better than Volume #2 binding. All are unmarked inside from use, fresh for you highlighting!--Set the standard for psychology reference works. Perfect for marking-up while studying or to have as a reference on the bookshelf.Provides psychologists, practitioners, researchers, and students with complete and up-to-date information on the field of psychology. Twelve volumes cover all of the fundamental areas of knowledge in the field.Unlike an encyclopedia, the volumes in this set can stand alone as state-of-the-field handbooks. Together they cover both the science and the practice of psychology broadly and in depth. Each volume has its own editor(s) and contains some two dozen articles by experts who write well for an audience intended to include graduate students in behavioral science, professional psychologists who need a refresher course in their own specialty and/or an introduction to others, and educated readers outside of psychology who want to delve into it. Organized with great care, the set has a logical integrity unified by two threads: the history and evolution of each topic and the importance of research. Accordingly, the first two volumes treat history and research methods. The next five present content areas, and the last five are devoted to applied psychology. Volume 1 treats the history of the topics in the next 11 volumes and also offers 15 articles on such issues as intelligence, emotion, personality, women and gender, undergraduate education, and ethnic minorities. Editor-in-Chief Weiner (psychology, Univ. of South Florida) writes the essay on assessment and the lead article in Volume 10, breathing life into a typically dry corpus. The references are remarkably current (many have appeared since 2000), and controversy pops up; e.g., the essay on expanding roles for psychologists admits that some are "scoundrels for hire," while others are great benefactors.

"This exhaustively researched work fills a visible gap in the literature of psychology." (Library Journal, April 2003)