Personality, Human Development, and Culture: International Perspectives On Psychological Science (Volume 2)

Volumes 1 and 2 of the Invited Lectures present the main contributions from the 29 th International Congress of Psychology, held in Berlin in 2008. These expert contributions include the Nobel laureate address, the Presidential address, and the Keynote and State-of-the-Art lectures. They are written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances in psychological science.The first volume addresses cognitive and neuropsychological issues in contemporary psychology. It includes chapters on perception, attention, and action, social cognition, and learning, memory, and development, and it also addresses fundamental general issues facing modern psychology. This second volume goes on to discuss emotions, development and culture, including chapters on emotions and health, early development and culture and ethnicity.These volumes with their broad coverage of psychological research and practice, and their highly select group of world renowned authors, will be invaluable for researchers, professionals, teachers, and students in the field of psychology.

Ralf Schwarzer is Professor of Psychology at the Freie University of Berlin, Germany. He has been President of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), and Division 8 of the International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP). His research is on stress, coping, social support, self-efficacy, and health behaviours. Peter A. Frensch is Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences II, at Humboldt-University, Berlin. He is also president-elect of the German Society of Psychology, and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Union of Psychological Science. His research is concerned with the cognitive mechanisms underlying different facets of learning.