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    • MATLAB for Psychologists 

      Borgo, Mauro; Soranzo, Alessandro; Grassi, Massimo (Springer, 2012)
      Psychological researchers should possess several skills, and one of them is surely creativity. Creativity is needed at several key points of the research process, such as in creating experimental stimuli and planning and ...
    • The Psychology of Social Status 

      Cheng, Joey T.; Tracy, Jessica L.; Anderson, Cameron (Springer, 2014)
      There has never been a more exciting time to study social status and hierarchy. Over the past several decades, researchers from across the social sciences have come to recognize the importance, complexity, and ubiquity ...
    • Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality 

      Nelson, James M. (Springer, 2009)
      Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion began to study and write about it. Theologians and religious practitioners have responded to this literature, producing a fascinating dialogue that deals ...
    • Handbook of Quantitative Criminology 

      Piquero, Alex R.; Weisburd, David (Springer, 2010)
      Quantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was first introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago, when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President’s ...
    • Handbook of Disaster Research 

      Rodríguez, Havidán; Quarantelli, Enrico L.; Dynes, Russell R. (Springer, 2007)
      Disasters create difficulties, even for those who study disasters. Much of that difficulty stems from the necessity to deal with concepts, which have popular meanings, and some of those meanings evoke moral and emotional ...
    • Handbook of Sociological Theory 

      Turner, Jonathan H. (Springer, 2001)
      One of the most obvious trends in sociology over the last 30 years is differentiation of substantive specialties. What is true in the discipline as a whole is particularly evident in sociological theory. Where once there ...
    • International Handbook of Historical Archaeology 

      Majewski, Teresita; Gaimster, David (Springer, 2009)
      ‘‘Historical archaeology’’ is one of the most fast-changing and dynamic fields of study in the archaeological discipline.This collection of essays by researchers and practitioners from around the world charts the field’s ...