Abnormal Psychology - Hardcover

Martin E.P. Seligman; Elaine F. Walker; David L. Rosenhan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393974170 ISBN 13: 9780393974171

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Synopsis

When first published in 1984, Abnormal Psychology won widespread support and hundreds of adoptions for its innovative approach, which highlighted the psychological theories and treatments that best fit each disorder. In the new Fourth Edition, Martin E. P. Seligman and new co-author Elaine F. Walker once again establish Abnormal Psychology as a visionary text with a new integrative approach that explores the interactions between the psychological and biological influences on human behavior. In addition to nearly 1,800 new references, the Fourth Edition highlights important new trends in the field, from the explosion in biological and neuroscience research, to new life-span developmental theories, to the challenges confronted by scientists and clinicians working in the field, to the impact of psychological disorders on patients, their families, and society.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin E. P. Seligman is Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where for fourteen years he also served as the director of the clinical training program. He teaches and conducts research on topics in positive psychology, learned helplessness, depression, and optimism and pessimism. Dr. Seligman’s publications include 150 articles and books, among them Learned Optimism, What You Can Change and What You Can’t, and The Optimistic Child. He is the recipient of two Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards from the American Psychological Association, the William James Fellow Award, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the American Psychological Society. Dr. Seligman is also the former president of the American Psychological Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0393974170
• ISBN 13: 9780393974171
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 695