Introducing the complexities of psychology's origins, the material in this book is presented with support for students learning the context of historical, cultural, social, and philosophical developments. It is useful for courses in History, Systems of Psychology, and History of Science or Philosophy.

Describes the practical benefits of applying particle swarm optimization algorithm to a range of engineering problems. This book presents different insights by exploring the boundaries shared by cognitive science, social psychology, artificial life, artificial intelligence, and evolutionary computation.

Explores theory, criticism and psychology through the texts of Raymond Roussel, one of the fathers of experimental writing, whose work has been celebrated by the likes of Cocteau, Duchamp, Breton, Robbe Grillet, Gide, and Giacometti. This work includes an introduction, chronology and bibliography to Foucault's work.

Draws attention to the clinically significant interactions between psychological and physiological systems and the role of sport and exercise in dealing with cardiac respiratory and sundry nervous system immune system and endocrine disorders. This book addresses the multifaceted issues from the fields of science scholarship and clinical practice.

Contains chapters on topics including the Bayesian approach to science, and nature of scientific laws. This book features developments in the realism/anti-realism debate. It is intended to be a university text in the philosophy of science, not just on science and philosophy courses but also in the social sciences such as sociology and psychology.

Human need is a central but contested concept in social policy and the social sciences. This book offers an overview of the subject using concepts and debates from philosophy, psychology, economics, and sociology. It presents an integrative model that characterizes the approaches and shows how they may be reflected in social policy goals.

Examines the relationship between natural light in buildings and human health, considering both psychological and physiological issues and bringing together a range of research in the field. The book examines the question of daylighting from the perspective of the health of building occupants.

Provides a multi-disciplinary survey of nonprofit organizations and their role and function in society. This book also examines the nature of philanthropic behaviours and an array of organizations, international issues, social science theories, and insights into philanthropic traditions.

Includes research on basic processes of cognition, learning, memory, imagery, concept formation, problem-solving, decision-making, thinking, reading, and language processing.

Behavioural psychology emphasises an experimental-clinical approach to the application of behavioural and cognitive sciences to understanding human behaviour and developing interventions to enhance the human condition. This book presents the international research in this important field.