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Название: How to Think Straight About Psychology
Автор: Keith E. Stanovich
Издательство: HarperCollins College
Год: 1995
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 241
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

This widely used supplement focuses on applying critical thinking techniques to standard concepts in psychology and teaches students to recognize and critically appraise pseudoscience. In particular, this text provides tips on evaluating claims that arise in discussions of psychology in the media and self-help literature. By boldly examining common misconceptions in psychology, this text helps students become more critical and discriminating consumers of psychological information.

Название: The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law
Автор: Andrea Barnes
Издательство: Jossey-Bass
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 480
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

The Handbook of Women, Psychology, and the Law is a groundbreaking book that presents legal and psychological perspectives on how society has responded to the most vital (and often controversial) contemporary women's issues. The Handbook covers such important topics as abortion, rape, domestic violence, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, divorce, poverty, welfare, and mental health. Written by experts in the fields of jurisprudence, clinical psychology, feminist psychology, ethics, and public policy, this essential volume shows how crucial social issues have effected civil and criminal law. This comprehensive resource Describes the evolution of gender-related legal decisionsExplores sexual harassment in the workplace from both the individual’s and the organization’s viewpointsExplains the “invisible” aspect of women’s contributions to the workplaceDescribes the ambivalence of the courts in cases involving pregnant employeesPresents an update of the psychological and legal sides of abortionReports on the gender gap in health insurance coverageOffers a cross-cultural overview of women and depressionExplores recent legal interventions for incarcerated women who killed their batterersGives an analysis of rape from an international perspective and explores the use of rape as a weapon of warPresents particular issues affecting women from places such as southern Africa, Uganda, and China

Название: Situational Traits of Character: Dispositional Foundations and Implications for Moral Psychology and Friendship
Автор: Candace L. Upton
Издательство: Lexington Books
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 120
Размер: 442 kB
Язык: English

In Situational Traits of Character, Candace L. Upton rejects the traditional philosophical view that character traits are global and argues that the contents of our characters are situational. This situational nature is supported by both normative considerations and metaphysics of dispositions. Upton concludes by demonstrating that the relevant and fruitful application of situational traits to debates concerning friendship and consequentialism yields important moral results.

Название: Will and Spirit: A Contemplative Psychology
Автор: Gerald G. May
Издательство: HarperOne
Год: 1987
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 368
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

A rich book covering many areas of human experience. . . . For the person looking for an intelligent and clear presentation of the relationship between psychological and spiritual growth, this is the book to read.--America

Название: Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Second Edition: Issues and Controversies in Crime and Justice
Автор: Bruce A. Arrigo, Stacey L. Shipley
Издательство: Academic Press
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 600
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Second Edition is an original approach to understanding how psychologists impact the research, practice, and policy of crime, law, and justice. Divided into four sections on criminal forensics, civil forensics, policing and law enforcement, and corrections and prison practices, the text examines police, court, and correctional aspects of forensic psychology.

Название: Why Leaders Choose War: The Psychology of Prevention (Praeger Security International)
Автор: Jonathan Renshon
Издательство: Praeger
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 239
Размер: 792 kB
Язык: English

A very interesting book. It is very well written (jargon-free anlysis). Renshon presents a theory for preventive war based on six different variables: 1) declining power motivation; 2) inherent bad faith relationship with adversary; 3) belief of inevitability of war; 4) belief in window of opportunity; 5) situation favouring the offensive; 6) black-and-white thinking.

Название: Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context: Perspectives on the Psychology of Agency, Freedom, and Well-Being
Автор: Valery I. Chirkov, Kennon M. Sheldon (auth.), Valery I. Chirkov, Richard M. Ryan, Kennon M. Sheldon (eds.)
Издательство: Springer Netherlands
Год: 2011
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 286
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

This collection of multi-disciplinary essays explores the nature of personal autonomy, considering its developmental origins, its expression within relationships, its importance within groups and organizational functioning, and its role in promoting the democratic and economic development of societies. In Human Autonomy in Cross-Cultural Context: Perspectives on the Psychology of Agency, Freedom, and Well-Being, the starting point for all essays is self-determination theory, which is an integrated theory of human motivation and healthy development that has been under development for more than three decades.

Название: Blackwell Handbook of Social Psychology - Interpersonal Processes
Автор: Garth Fletcher, Margaret Clark
Издательство: Wiley-Blackwell
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 624
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

This authoritative handbook provides a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research as well as an assessment of future trends in the field of interpersonal processes.Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit www.xreferplus.com

Название: The Psychology of Associative Learning
Автор: David R. Shanks
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 1995
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 208
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

It is hard to think of any significant aspect of our lives that is not influenced by what we have learned in the past. Of fundamental importance is our ability to learn the ways in which events are related to one another, called associative learning. This book provides a fresh look at associative learning theory and reviews extensively the advances made over the past twenty years. The Psychology of Associative Learning begins by establishing that the human associative learning system is rational in the sense that it accurately represents event relationships. David Shanks goes on to consider the informational basis of learning, in terms of the memorization of instances, and discusses at length the application of connectionist models to human learning. The book concludes with an evaluation of the role of rule induction in associative learning. This will be essential reading for graduate students and researchers in psychology and the behavioral sciences.

Название: Understanding Genocide: The Social Psychology of the Holocaust
Автор: Leonard S. Newman, Ralph Erber
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 376
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

When and why do groups target each other for extermination? How do seemingly normal people become participants in genocide? Why do some individuals come to the rescue of members of targeted groups, while others just passively observe their victimization? And how do perpetrators and bystanders later come to terms with the choices that they made? These questions have long vexed scholars and laypeople alike, and they have not decreased in urgency as we enter the twenty-first century. In this book--the first collection of essays representing social psychological perspectives on genocide and the Holocaust-- prominent social psychologists use the principles derived from contemporary research in their field to try to shed light on the behavior of the perpetrators of genocide.