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Название: Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology
Автор: Gregory A. Kimble (ed.), Michael Wertheimer (ed.)
Издательство: Psychology Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 272
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

This book offers glimpses into the personal and scholarly lives of 20 giants in the history of psychology. As in the earlier volumes, prominent scholars were invited to prepare chapters on a pioneer who had made important contributions in their own area of expertise. Some of the psychologists described may be the teachers of the instructors who will be the users of this book, potentially providing a personal connection of the pioneers to the students. A special section provides brief portraits of the editors and authors, containing interesting information about the relationship between the pioneers and the psychologists who describe them. Utilizing an informal, personal, sometimes humorous, style of writing, the book will appeal to students and instructors interested in the history of psychology. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life.

Название: Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life
Автор: Robert C. Carson
Издательство: Addison-Wesley
Год: 1997
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 874
Размер: 43 MB
Язык: English

This book has been providing an introduction to abnormal psychology since 1948 and remains the most authoritative survey of abnormal psychology, known for its comprehensiveness, balance of theory and practice, strong research base, and clinical sensitivity. Well-known authors Bob Carson and Jim Butcher have been authoring this book since the 6th edition in 1980 and renowned researcher Sue Mineka came onboard with the 10th edition in 1996.

Название: The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation: Leveraging Resilience for Life Change
Автор: James Garbarino (auth.)
Издательство: Springer-Verlag New York
Год: 2011
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 121
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Given the current climate of economic and environmental uncertainty, it is all too easy for individuals to feel hopeless about their lives and indifferent to the problems of others. But according to leading psychologist, James Garbarino, this is the peak time for people to enhance their optimism, empathy, and emotional responsiveness. In his important new book, The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation, Dr. Garbarino reveals the social basis for moral development in adversity, and the mental and physical benefits of psychological and spiritual growth.Drawing widely on his years as a healing professional and own experience of personal crisis as well as on decades of resilience and happiness literature, the author traces the evolution of the moral sense that affects all human relationships, including the one with the Earth itself. In these compelling pages, Dr. Garbarino:Examines how humans’ deep bonds with dogs can model positive human relationships.Compares the risks and benefits of the “oblivious” versus the self-aware life.Analyzes the role of trauma in heightening our sense of the meaning of life and defines the experience of transformational grace in adversity.Explains current manifestations of narcissism and the need for “the positive death of the self.”Asserts that every person is capable of “living an ‘extraordinary’ life.”A book with vast significance across the healing disciplines, The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation should be read, savored, and practiced by researchers, practitioners, and scientists in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology; social work; educational and community psychology; sociology; and public health.

Название: Touch and Blindness: Psychology and Neuroscience
Автор: Morton A. Heller, Soledad Ballesteros
Издательство: Taylor and Francis
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 240
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Research on touch and blindness has undergone rapid transformation in recent years, with dramatic developments in technology designed to provide assistance to those who are blind, and advancements in robotics that demand haptic interfaces. Touch and Blindness approaches the study of the topic from the perspectives of psychological methodology and the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art techniques in neuroscience. This book, edited by well-known leaders in the field, is derived from the discussions presented by speakers at a conference held in 2002, and presents current research in the field. The book is arranged in a logical, disciplinary fashion, first discussing touch and blindness from a psychological perspective, followed by an examination from the perspective of neuroscience. Some specific topics include:*processing spatial information from touch and movement;*form, projection, and pictures for the blind;*neural substrate and visual and tactile object representations; and*the role of visual cortex in tactile processing. Touch and Blindness is ideal for researchers in psychology and neuroscience, medicine, and special education.

Название: New Scientist
Год / месяц: 25 August 2018
Номер: No.3192
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 5.5 Mb
Язык: English

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future

Название: The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
Автор: Jaan Valsiner, Alberto Rosa
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 750
Размер: 7 MB
Язык: English

The first handbook of Socio-cultural Pyschology to deal with such a variety of themes and wide international scope. Valsiner and Rossa approach human psychology in all its complexity, providing a comprehensive description and explanation of the development of meaning -making. This unique text integrates contributions of socio-cultural specialists from 15 countries worldwide, tied together by the unifying focus on the role of sign systems in human relations with the environment. It is an essential purchase for Psychologists and will have widespread appeal to Anthropologists, Sociologists and Philosophers.

Название: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (2 Volume Set)
Автор: Dr. Neil J. Salkind
Издательство: Sage Publications, Inc
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 1208
Размер: 19 MB
Язык: English

The field of educational psychology draws from a variety of diverse disciplines including human development across the life span, measurement and statistics, learning and motivation, and teaching. And within these different disciplines, many other fields are featured including psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history, and philosophy. In fact, when taught at the college or university level, educational psychology is an ambitious course that undertakes the presentation of many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the individual can best function in an "educational" setting, loosely defined as anything from pre-school through adult education. Educational psychology can be defined as the application of what we know about learning and motivation, development, and measurement and statistics to educational settings (both school- and community-based).

Название: Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology, Third Edition
Автор: Gene V. Glass, Kenneth D. Hopkins
Издательство: Allyn & Bacon
Год: 1995
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 692
Размер: 9 MB
Язык: English

The approach of SMEP-III is conceptual rather than mathematical. The authors stress the understanding, applications, and interpretation of concepts rather than derivation and proof or hand-computation.

Название: The Psychology of Humor: A Reference Guide and Annotated Bibliography
Автор: Jon E. Roeckelein
Издательство: Greenwood Press
Год: 2002
Формат: chm
Страниц: 592
Размер: 11 MB
Язык: English

This work traces the origins and evolution of the concept of humor in psychology from ancient to modern times with an emphasis on an experimental/empirical approach to the understanding of humor and sense of humor. In addition to more than 3,000 important citations and references pertaining to the history, theories, and definitions of the concept of humor, this reference guide contains more than 380 recent (post-1970) annotated entries on the psychology of humor in its bibliographic section. The book describes various psychological, nonpsychological, and philosophical theories and definitions of humor, and focuses on the methodological concerns of psychologists regarding the scientific investigation of humor. The bibliography is organized under 10 categories, including Bibliographies and Literature Reviews of Humor, Cognition and Humor, Methodology and Measurement of Humor, and Social Aspects of Humor.

Название: Sexual Liberation: The Scandal of Christendom (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)
Автор: Raymond J. Lawrence Jr.
Издательство: Praeger
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 196
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Raymond J. Lawrence, Jr. had the guts to tell the true story of Christianity. It is a very strong book full of not so many nice things but enlightening. I take my hat off and congratulate this gentleman. He simply had the guts to set the record straight. When someone has the stature and valor to state things such as, The central conclusion of this book is that Christianity made a catastrophic turn early in its development, a turn largely fixed in the fourth century C.E. and cemented in the eleventh, and adopted a sex-phobic Platonist posture toward sexual pleasure. In the process it jettisoned its Judeo-biblical origins. Christianity has been profoundly damaged by this radical reversal, a reversal from which the West has never recovered. Consequently, we Westerners are now part of a Christianity that is the most sex-negative of all the major world religions. You know that you are for a tough ride.

This book is not for the faint hearted person. This is a revolutionary and a liberating book with the mission of setting the record straight!