Advances in Psychology Researchv. 27 Hardcover - 2003

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Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. Contents: Preface; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Revisiting the Efficacy of the Glass Estimator of Effect Size for Practical Significance; Remembering, Knowing and Schematisation: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives; Emotional Sharing and Secrecy Among Indian and English Adolescents; Asymptotic Biases of Least Squares Estimators in Structural Equation Modelling; BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOLOGY: Maternal Influences on Infant Behavioural Development in Western Lowland Gorillas; Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact and the Development of Emotion Regulation; Social and Emotional Loneliness in Childhood; Measurement Characteristics and Interviewer Effects in Assessing Empathy; Measuring the Emotion-Perception Component of Emotional Intelligence; A Consumer Response Model for Negative Word-of-Mouth Communication; The Validity of the Defence Mechanism Test: A Review of Empirical Studies; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: Evolution and the Problem of Altruism: Current and Historical Perspectives; Index