This transdisciplinary, authoritative, peer-reviewed reference work will still surprise students and researchers with new ways to understand subjects in the social and behavioral sciences. Although information sources continue to multiply, this broad encyclopedia possesses an inherent capacity to enrich the research process. Both its format and integrated articles encourage discovery and map contexts and connections within the social and behavioral sciences. This Second Edition will provide an update to the original text published in 2001, taking full advantage of advances in electronic publishing. It will include articles on rapidly evolving subjects, including pyschology, neurology, evolution, artificial intelligence, and human/computer interaction.

KEY FEATURES
• More than 3900 articles covering all areas of social and behavioral sciences designed to bring the non-expert up to a level of understanding of the interactions among the various disciplines covered
• 37% new content and 50% revised since the previous edition was published in 2001
• Topics are cross-referenced with related topics and each article highlights further reading