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Psychology: Brain, Behavior and Culture

Psychology: Brain, Behavior and Culture

by Drew Westen (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

Strong modern coverage of biological psychology. Cross-cultural research is integrated so well that readers do no see cross-cultural issues as distinct from the psychology of "white people". Contains a balanced multi-theoretical perspective about all psychological phenomena (biological vs. Behavioral vs. Psycho-dynamic vs. cognitive).

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 864
 Edition: 3rd Edition
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 21 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0471387541
ISBN 13: 9780471387541

Author Bio
Drew Westen is Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Adolescent and Adult Personality Programs at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University. He received his B.A. at Harvard University, an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex (England), and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he subsequently taught for six years. While at the University of Michigan, he was honored two years in a row by the Michigan Daily as the best teaching professor at the university, and was the recipient of the first Golden Apple Award for outstanding undergraduate teaching. More recently, he was selected as a G. Stanley Hall Lecturer by the American Psychological Association. Professor Westen is an active researcher who is on the editorial boards of multiple journals, including Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Psychological Assessment, and the Journal of Personality Disorders. His major area of research are personality disorders, eating disorders, emotion regulation, implicit processes, psychotherapy effectiveness, and adolescent psychopathology. His series of videotaped lectures on abnormal psychology, called Is Anyone Really Normal? was published by the Teaching Company, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution. He also provides psychological commentaries on political issues for All Things Considered on National Public Radio. His main loves outside of psychology are his wife, Laura, and his baby daughter, Mackenzie. He also writes comedy music, has performed as a stand-up-comic in Boston, and has performed and directed improvisational comedy for the President of the United States.