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Название: The Science of Stories: An Introduction to Narrative Psychology
Автор: Janos Laszlo
Издательство:
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 241
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

The Science of Stories explores the role narrative plays in human life. Supported by in-depth research, the book demonstrates how the ways in which people tell their stories can be indicative of how they construct their worlds and their own identities. Based on linguistic analysis and computer technology, Laszlo offers an innovative methodology which aims to uncover underlying psychological processes in narrative texts. The reader is presented with a theoretical framework along with a series of studies which explore the way a systematic linguistic analysis of narrative discourse can lead to a scientific study of identity construction, both individual and group. The book gives a critical overview of earlier narrative theories and summarizes previous scientific attempts to uncover relationships between language and personality. It also deals with social memory and group identity: various narrative forms of historical representations (history books, folk narratives, historical novels) are analyzed as to how they construct the past of a nation. The Science of Stories is the first book to build a bridge between scientific and hermeneutic studies of narratives. As such, it will be of great interest to a diverse spectrum of readers in social science and the liberal arts, including those in the fields of cognitive science, social psychology, linguistics, philosophy, literary studies and history.

Название: Getting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice: How to Create a Forensic Specialty in Your Mental Health Practice (Getting Started)
Автор: Eric G. Mart
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 368
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

All the tips and tools you need to start, grow, and sustain a successful forensic psychology practiceGetting Started in Forensic Psychology Practice is the first book of its kind aimed at those mental health professionals and recent graduates interested in entering the growing and lucrative field of forensic psychology. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, this handy guide provides you with tools and techniques for starting a thriving forensic psychology practice, or incorporating a forensic specialty into your current practice.

Название: The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations
Автор: Fritz Heider
Издательство: John Wiley & Sons
Год: 1958
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 322
Размер: 18 MB
Язык: English

The first of its kind, this study analyzes the complex interpersonal relations in terms of a few basic elements and factors. The author deals with perception, common sense ideas, the effects of action, the psychology of motivation, ability, exertion, and environmental difficulty. Also discussed are liking and disliking, the role of values and norms in interpersonal relations, the action of inducing a person to do something, positive and negative reractions, and the problem of retribution.

Название: Pain Control Support for People With Cancer (Health Psychology Research Focus)
Автор: National Cancer Institute
Издательство: Nova Biomedical Books
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 75
Размер: 834 kB
Язык: English

Having cancer doesn't mean that you'll have pain. But if you do, you can manage most of your pain with medicine and other treatments. This book will show you how to work with your doctors, nurses, and others to find the best way to control your pain. It will discuss causes of pain, medicines, how to talk to your doctor, and other topics that may help you. In this book, your 'health care team' can mean any of the professionals you see as part of your medical care. These may include your oncologist, your family doctor, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists, oncology social workers, clergy members, and others. You may read it from front to back. Or you may want to read different parts as you need them. There is a list of resources toward the end of the book. There is also a page where you can write down notes and keep track of the medicines you're taking. This section also includes a sample pain control record.

Название: Discourse and Social Psychology: Beyond Attitudes and Behaviour
Автор: Dr. Jonathan Potter, Prof Margaret Wetherell
Издательство: Sage
Год: 1987
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 256
Размер: 7 MB
Язык: English

Although much has been written about discourse analysis in recent years, little of it has been intelligible to the average undergraduate or even post graduate student. It has become a field in which terminological confusions abound and a bewildering variety of theoretical perspectives compete.This book, which is aimed at the advanced undergraduate student, is the first systematic and comprehensible introduction to the theory and application of discourse analysis within the field of social psychology and other related disciplines.In the first chapter of the book, the theoretical roots of discourse analysis in linguistic philosophy, ethnomethodology and semiotics are described. Chapter Two overviews the perspective of discourse analysis and illustrates its utility in studying attitudes. The following five substantive chapters deal with concepts which are at the heart of the study of social psychology: rules, accounts, the self, categories and social representations. Chapter Eight then details the practical stages through which research on `social texts' progresses and discusses the issue of validity. The concluding chapter tackles some broader, controversial issues and identifies future research directions, and an exhaustive bibliography acquaints the student with all the relevant literature in the field.The text is illustrated throughout with examples from written and spoken discourse: newspaper accounts of riots, scientists' conference presentations, murder confessions and people's everyday explanations of racial inequality as well as recordings of ubiquitous ordinary conversations. The authors avoid jargon at all times, even when introducing complex theoretical issues.Discourse and Social Psychology will be indispensable reading for undergraduates and teachers in the fields of social psychology and communications studies, but will also be relevant to the discipline of sociology, linguistics, anthropology, semiotics, literary studies and history.

Название: About Psychology: Essays at the Crossroads of History, Theory, and Philosophy
Автор: Darryl B. Hill, Michael J. Kral
Издательство: State University of New York Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 192
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

A critical and historical overview of psychology at the crossroads.

Название: Psychology And Economic Injustice: Personal, Professional, And Political Intersections (Psychology of Women)
Автор: Bernice E. Lott, Heather E. Bullock
Издательство: American Psychological Association
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 190
Размер: 8 MB
Язык: English

Social class is a powerful contributor to physical, social, and mental well-being. Psychology and Economic Injustice: Personal, Professional, and Political Intersections, which is part of a series on critical social issues addressed by psychologists empirically, politically, and in clinical practice, blends the personal experiences of feminist psychologists with empirical data. It argues persuasively for examining the relationship between economic disparity and gender, and for the need to propose and support policies to ensure positive social change. Authors Bernice Lott and Heather E. Bullock present narratives of their experiences as psychologists who grew up in working class and low-income families. They trace the relationship between their own development as feminist psychologists and their concern with social and economic justice. Drawing from diverse sources, they present data on social class and poverty, and tie these to social psychology and feminist perspectives. Empirical literature is described to illustrate the injustices faced by families in what is described as similar to racism in America-classism. The volume ends with recommendations for policy, education, further research, and citizen advocacy, while moving from psychology to state and federal issues. Researchers and practitioners in psychology, sociology, social work, or education, with an interest in social problems, gender issues, and multiculturalism, will find this to be a noteworthy contribution to the field.

Название: The Case for Pragmatic Psychology
Автор: Daniel Fishman
Издательство: NYU Press
Год: 1999
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 417
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

Web Site The interested reader is urged to contact the author and join a Pragmatic Psychology Dialogue Group at the following web site: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dfishman/ ''At long last, a tightly reasoned, thoroughly grounded treatise showing that complex social programs can be understood far more profoundly and usefully than past mindsets have allowed.'' --Lisbeth B. Schorr , author of Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America ''Fishman creates a new paradigm for advancing clinical science.

Название: Understanding Occupational & Organizational Psychology
Автор: Lynne J Millward
Издательство: SAGE
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 528
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Understanding Occupational and Organizational Psychology provides full coverage of the British Psychological Society's training requirements for becoming a chartered occupational psychologist and complies with European training guidelines for industrial, work, and organizational psychology. This book will prompt and inspire further reading and research as well as ideas for dissertations, problem formulation and the creative application of knowledge to various situations.

Название: Cognitive Neuroscience of Development (Studies in Developmental Psychology)
Автор: M. De Haan
Издательство: Psychology Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 320
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

How are the experiences of childhood incorporated into the structures of the developing brain, and how do these changes in the brain influence behaviour? This is one of the many questions motivating research in the relatively new field of developmental cognitive neuroscience. This book provides an extensive overview of the methods used to study such questions, and a thorough investigation into the emerging interface between neurobiological and psychological perspectives in the study of typical and atypical cognitive behaviour.