Animal Learning
in Psychology
Published online November 2011.
Article. Subjects: psychology; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; health psychology; history and systems in psychology; school and educational psychology; social psychology. 3472 words.
Understanding why animals, including humans, behave as they do requires an appreciation for learning. Much of the history of animal learning has come from controlled laboratory...
Anxiety Disorders
in Psychology
Published online April 2013.
Article. Subjects: psychology; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; health psychology; history and systems in psychology; school and educational psychology; social psychology. 11311 words.
Recent epidemiological research has shown that anxiety disorders, collectively, are the most common set of psychiatric disorders. Lifetime prevalence estimates suggest that nearly 30...
Approaches to Reading Instruction
in The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 1, Second Edition
January 2011; published online September 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; school and educational psychology. 10636 words.
The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the research on approaches to reading instruction with deaf students. Although the body of research literature on the reading processes of deaf...
Assessing Children’s Proficiency in Natural Signed Languages
in The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 1, Second Edition
January 2011; published online September 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; school and educational psychology. 9834 words.
This chapter reviews published or known assessments of children’s language proficiency across a number of the world’s signed languages, including American Sign Language, British Sign Language,...
Assessment of Classroom Environments
in The Oxford Handbook of School Psychology
February 2011; published online November 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; school and educational psychology. 17456 words.
The quality of classroom environments is a central variable in determining behavioral and learning outcomes of students. This chapter reviews learning environment research that links measurable...
Assessment of Externalizing Behavioral Deficits
in The Oxford Handbook of School Psychology
February 2011; published online November 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; school and educational psychology. 18099 words.
Given the considerable amount of research attention that has been provided to externalizing behavioral deficits, a wide array of assessment methodologies is available to reliably assess core...
Assessment of Internalizing Behavioral Deficits
in The Oxford Handbook of School Psychology
February 2011; published online November 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; school and educational psychology. 13480 words.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the assessment of internalizing problems in children and adolescents. The chapter consists of three sections. The first section summarizes the...
Assessment of Thinking in Educational Settings
in Psychology
Published online November 2011.
Article. Subjects: psychology; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; health psychology; history and systems in psychology; school and educational psychology; social psychology. 9628 words.
The study of thinking and thinking skills is one of the most important topics in education. Experts agree that there are many different types of thinking, including core categories such...
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) In Adults
in Psychology
Published online November 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; health psychology; history and systems in psychology; school and educational psychology; social psychology. 13031 words.
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable, heterogeneous, and relatively common psychological disorder that originates in childhood and, for many affected...
Attitudes
in Psychology
Published online June 2012.
Article. Subjects: psychology; cognitive psychology; developmental psychology; health psychology; history and systems in psychology; school and educational psychology; social psychology. 17858 words.
The attitude construct is one of the oldest and most-studied constructs in social psychology, and as such, it has had a tremendous impact on the social sciences over the past century....