Canadian Psychology back issues from August 2001:
Ou en est la cognition sociale? Sociogenese et selection ontogenetique des pensees sociales
Aug 01, 2001; ... Resume Les modeles sociogenetiques du developpement humain font appel a des notions d'intersubjectivite, de canalisation sociale et de selection ontogenetique pour expliquer les differences individuelles relatives au developpement socio-cognitif. Traditionnellement, l'approche du ...
Jeu de hasard et consommation de substances psychotropes: prevalence, coexistence et consequences
Aug 01, 2001; ... Resume Ce texte examine la relation entre le jeu pathologique et la toxicomanie chez les adultes et chez les jeunes. Pour chacune des populations etudiees, nous presentons les principales caracteristiques ainsi que la prevalence de chaque probleme, puis la prevalence de la ...
Les effets de la depression maternelle sur la relation mere-enfant au cours des trois premieres annees de vie: etat de la recherche actuelle et analyse critique
Aug 01, 2001; ... Resume Le but du present article est de decrire et d'analyser l'etat actuel de la recherche concernant l'impact de la depression maternelle sur la relation mere-enfant au cours des trois premieres annees. Dans un premier temps, une revue de la litterature empirique recente permet de ...
Aggression in adolescent girls: Implications for policy, prevention, and treatment
Aug 01, 2001; ... Abstract This review of literature focuses on aggression and adolescent girls. Recent official crime statistics from Statistics Canada show an increase in violent offences by girls. This statistic has created considerable interest in a heretofore largely ignored area of childhood ...
Psychologists' response to criticisms about research based on undergraduate participants: A developmental perspective
Aug 01, 2001; ... Abstract Historically, psychologists have expressed concern about the overreliance on undergraduates as research participants in the discipline. Moreover, the last 25 years have witnessed a boom in research on adolescence as a time of continuing developmental change in a variety of ...
Brave New Mind: A Thoughtful Inquiry into the Nature of Mental Life
Aug 01, 2001; ... PETER DODWELL Brave New Mind: A Thoughtful Inquiry into the Nature Of Mental Life New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, 262 pages (ISBN 0-19-508905-7, C$56.00, Hardcover) Reviewed by LEENDERT P. MOS The author poses the major question for cognitive science: "Can mental life ...
Humor: The psychology of Living Buoyantly
Aug 01, 2001; ... HERBERT M. LEFCOURT Humor: The Psychology of Living Buoyantly New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001, 220 pages (ISBN 0-306-46407-1, us$47.50, Hardcover) Reviewed by JOSEPH F. KESS "The joyous heart is a good remedy, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." Proverbs 17:22, ...
The Assertiveness Workbook
Aug 01, 2001; ... RANDY J. PATERSON The Assertiveness Workbook Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2000, 212 pages (ISBN 1-57224-2094, us$14.95, Softcover) Reviewed by NEIL RECTOR The ability to express our needs, wants, and feelings directly and honestly and to see the needs of others as equally ...
The Future of Career
Aug 01, 2001; ... AUDREY COLLIN and RICHARD A. YOUNG (EDS.) The Future of Career Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, 335 pages (ISBN 0-521-64021-0, us$64.95, Hardcover) Reviewed by JOHN STEWART In this book on the future of career, the editors intend to clarify the themes, issues, and ...
The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook
Aug 01, 2001; ... MARTIN M. ANTONY and RICHARD P. SWINSON The Shyness and Social Anxiety Workbook Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications Inc., 245 pages (ISBN 1-57224-216-7, C$24.95, Softcover) Reviewed by LYNN E. ALDEN Nearly every person experiences social anxiety in some situations, and for 3 to 4% ...
A Textbook of Social Psychology
Aug 01, 2001; ... J.E. ALCOCK, D.W. GARMENT, and Sm. SADAVA A Textbook of Social Psychology (5th Ed.) Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001, 604 pages (ISBN 0-13-026354-0, C$87.95, Hardcover) Reviewed by CHARLES LEMERY "Three computer keyboards; six hands. Not bad, eh, for two guys from Saskatchewan and the ...
Coherence in Thought and Action
Aug 01, 2001; ... PAUL THAGARD Coherence in Thought and Action Cambridge, mA: Massachusetts Institution of Technology Press, 2000, 328 pages (ISBN 0-26220131-3, us$32.95, Hardcover) Reviewed by WILLIAM E. SMYTHE This volume is a comprehensive presentation of the latest work of Paul Thagard and his ...
Canadian Mental Health Law and Policy
Aug 01, 2001; ... JOHN E. GRAY, MARGARET A. SHONE, and PETER F. LIDDLE Canadian Mental Health Law and Policy Markham, ON: Butterworths, 2000, 400 pages (ISBN -0433-43052-4, C$110, Softcover) Reviewed by JOHN HUNSLEY The approach of most psychologists and other mental health professionals towards the ...