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Psychology

Psychology

From Enquiry to Understanding

by Steven Lynn and Scott O. Lilienfeld
Publication Date: 16/08/2011

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This new Australian Psychology text provides the framework students need to go from inquiry to understanding by continuously modelling the application of six key principles of scientific thinking. PSYCHOLOGY: FROM INQUIRY TO UNDERSTANDING teaches students how to test their assumptions and motivates them to use scientific thinking skills to better understand the field of psychology and the world around them. The text features the leading classic and contemporary research from both Australia and abroad to help students understand the global nature of psychology in the context of Australia's cultural landscape.
ISBN:
9781442539822
9781442539822
Category:
Uncategorized
Publication Date:
16-08-2011
Publisher:
Pearson Education Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Scott O. Lilienfeld

Scott O. Lilienfeld received his BA in Psychology from Cornell University in 1982 and his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. He completed his clinical internship at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1986 to 1987.

He was assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at SUNY Albany from 1990 to 1994, and now is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. He recently was appointed a Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science and was the recipient of the 1998 David Shakow Award from Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association for Early Career Contributions to Clinical Psychology. Dr Lilienfeld is a past president of the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology within Division 12.

He is the founder and editor of the Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, Associate Editor of Applied and Preventive Psychology, and a regular columnist for Scientific American MIND magazine. He has authored or co-authored six books and more than 160 journal articles and chapters. Dr Lilienfeld has also been a participant in Emory University’s ‘Great Teachers’ lecturer series, as well as the Distinguished Speaker for the Psi Chi Honor Society at the American Psychological Association and Midwestern Psychological Association conventions.

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