IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology

The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology provides a critical overview of applied psychology from an international perspective. Published in association with the International Association of Applied Psychology, it combines an historical overview of the field, practical examples, and key research findings. Each chapter is written by leading researchers and practitioners and provides a comprehensive account of an area of applied psychology.
The content is divided into three parts which focus on professional psychology, substantive areas of applied psychology, and special topics in applied psychology.  Each article includes key definitions, trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field, as well as anticipated future developments.  Covering topics as diverse as clinical health psychology, environmental psychology, and consumer psychology, this is an up–to–date and authoritative reference and a must–have resource for all those working in the fields of applied psychology.

Nota biograficzna:
Paul R. Martin is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Monash University and Director of Psychology at Southern Health, in Melbourne, Australia. He has held a number of professional leadership positions including Director of Science of the Australian Psychological Society from 1997 to 2000, and President of the Society from 2000 to 2004. He is currently President of the 27th International Congress of Applied Psychology. He has published the Handbook of Behavior Therapy and Psychological Science (1992) and Psychological Management of Chronic Headaches (1996).
Fanny Cheung is Professor of Psychology and Chairperson of the Department of Psychology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She currently serves on the Council of the International Test Commission and the Board of Directors of the International Association of Applied Psychology. She is the recipient of the 2004 APA Presidential Citatio n in recognition of her efforts to promote psychology in Chinese societies, cross–cultural research and gender research, and the 2005 APA Division 52 Award for Distinguished Psychologist in International Psychology. She is the author, with Diane F. Halpern, of Women at the Top: Powerful Leaders Tell Us How to Combine Work and Family (Wiley–Blackwell, 2008).
Michael Kyrios is Professor at Swinburne University of Technology.
Lyn Littlefield is Executive Director of the Australian Psychological Society.
Michael Knowles is President of the International Association of Applied Psychology.  He has lectured at Edinburgh University, Monash University, the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Wharton School of Management at the University of Pennsylvania, and throughout many countries in South East Asia. He is a former Director of the MBA Programs Division, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
J. Bruce Overmier is Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, USA (Graduate Faculties of Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, and Education Sciences).  He has been president of a number of psychological organizations as well as of the International Union of Psychological. His research spans specialties of learning, memory, stress, psychosomatic disorders, and their biological substrates and has resulted in the publication of 200 articles and chapters.
José M. Prieto is a Professor of Psychology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has written on subjects such as personnel assessment, personality questionnaires, training and development programs, e–learning and multimedia online techniques, and cyberpsychology.

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The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology provides a critical overview of applied psychology from an international perspective. Published in as sociation with the International Association of Applied Psychology, it combines an historical overview of the field, practical examples, and key research findings. Each chapter is written by leading researchers and practitioners and provides a comprehensive account of an area of applied psychology.
The content is divided into three parts which focus on professional psychology, substantive areas of applied psychology, and special topics in applied psychology.  Each article includes key definitions, trends, challenges, and opportunities in the field, as well as anticipated future developments.  Covering topics as diverse as clinical health psychology, environmental psychology, and consumer psychology, this is an up–to–date and authoritative reference and a must–have resource for all those working in the fields of applied psychology.