International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1996

Cary Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson

John Wiley & Sons, Jul 7, 1997 - Psychology - 332 pages

This is the eleventh in a series of annual volumes which provide authoritative reviews in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. The chapters are written by established experts and the topics are carefully chosen to reflect the major concerns in the research literature and in current practice. Each chapter offers a comprehensive and critical survey of a chosen topic, and is supported by a valuable bibliography. Topics for future volumes in the series will be selected for their importance and relevance at that time, so that the series will be the main authoritative and current guide to important areas and developments in the field of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, for professional psychologists, managers and scholors.

Contents

• Stereotypy vs Plasticity in Vertebrate Cognition: 7
• Is the Human Brain Unique?: 29
• Tracing the Evolutionary Path of Cognition: 43
• ProtocadherinXY a Candidate Gene for Cerebral Asymmetry and Language: 61
• Evolution of the Cultured Mind Lessons from Wild Chimpanzees: 81
• Ninye Kanye the Human Mind Traditional Papuan Societies as Models to Understand Evolution towards the Social Brain: 93
• Big Brains Slow Development and Social Complexity the Developmental and Evolutionary Origins of Social Cognition: 113
• Where Is The Other in the Self? Multiplicity Unity and Transformation of the Self from a Developmental Standpoint: 153
• The Social Brain in Autism: 167
• Do Children with ADHD not Need Their Frontal Lobes for Theory of Mind? A Review of Brain Imaging and Neuropsychological Studies: 197
• Social Cognition following Prefrontal Cortical Lesions: 231
• Social Cognition at the Neural Level Investigations in Autism Psychopathy and Schizophrenia: 253
• Social Cognition and Behaviour in Schizophrenia: 277
• Theory of Mind Delusions and Bizarre Delusions in an Evolutionary Perspective Psychiatry and the Social Brain: 315
• Social Cognition in Paranoia and Bipolar Affective Disorder: 339
• Psychopathy Machiavellianism and Theory of Mind: 355
• Borderline Personality Disorder and Theory of Mind an Evolutionary Perspective: 373
• Awareness and Theory of Mind in Dementia: 419
• Postscript: 433
• Index: 437

About the author

Cary L. Cooper, CBE is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health and Pro Vice Chancellor at Lancaster University. He is the author of over 100 books, has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. Cary is the Editor on the international journal 'Stress and Health' and President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Ivan T. Robertson is founder and former Managing Director of Robertson Cooper Ltd., and Professor at the University of Leeds, Fellow Member at The British Psychological Society and Professor at The University of Manchester.

Bibliographic information

• Title: International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1996; Volume 11 of International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Editors: Cary Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997
• ISBN: 0471961116, 9780471961116
• Length: 332 pages
• Subjects: Psychology / Applied Psychology; Psychology / Industrial & Organizational Psychology