Dictionary of Psychology (okładka  miękka, wyd. 09.2006)

Author Colman, professor of psychology at the University of Leicester and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, describes the aim of this dictionary: "to provide sensible and informative definitions of the most important and difficult words that a reader is likely to encounter in books and articles on psychology." Some 400 entries have been revised and 423 have been added since the first edition (2001), resulting in more than 11,000 entries ranging in length from a single phrase to several hundred words. The number and range of entries promise, and deliver, great breadth of coverage from every branch of psychology--from clinical, social, and physiological psychology to sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, and learning.

Each entry begins with a boldfaced term and indication of part of speech. A great many conclude with an etymological derivation. Although many entries contain technical terms, these are generally cross-referenced to other entries. There are no biographies, but references to psychologists and other individuals within entries are accompanied by brief descriptors and birth and (if appropriate) death dates. An appendix identifies hundreds of phobias and phobic stimuli, often including etymological derivation. Another appendix, of hundreds of abbreviations and symbols such as ACTH, DSM, and TA, refers the reader to the appropriate main entry. Finally, a three-page bibliography lists principal sources. Optical illusions are the most frequent type of illustration.