Applied Psychology category: 2264 books
Training Cognition
Optimizing Efficiency, Durability, and Generalizability
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Training is both a teaching and a learning experience, and just about everyone has had that experience. Training involves acquiring knowledge and skills. This newly acquired training information is meant to be applicable to specific activities, tasks, and jobs. In modern times, where jobs are increasingly...
Parenting Evaluations for the Court
Care and Protection Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2007
- Covers the application of forensic psychology to the legal and child protective service systems in care and protection matters
An Architecture of the Mind
A Psychological Foundation for the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2018
An Architecture of the Mind proposes a mathematically logical and rigorous theory of lived experience, and a comprehensive and coherent theory of psychology. It is also remarkably simple. Building on the core proposition that the mind is a network structure, it proposes a theory of the psychological...
Everyday Ethics
A Case Study Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2018
This book expands the current discussion on ethics, addressing the gap between "headline" ethics cases, which are often extreme and taken from a business context, and the everyday ethical challenges that we all face in school, work, relationships, and communities. Case studies throughout...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Schools
A Tiered Approach to Youth Mental Health Services
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
In recent years, many U.S. schools have implemented tiered models of support to address a range of student needs, both academic and behavioral, while cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has simultaneously gained popularity as an effective means of supporting the mental health needs of students. *Cognitive...
by Gessica De Cesare
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 30, 2012
L’idea di questo lavoro nasce dall’esperienza di supporto psicologico dato ai genitori di bambini ricoverati nel reparto di Pediatria Oncologica del Policlinico universitario “Umberto I” di Roma. Dal momento che non è previsto un servizio di supporto psicologico, ed avendone invece constatato...
by Cyrus Manasseh, Pamela Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Psychology - Media Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University (Art and Design Academy), course: Academic Conference, language: English, abstract: Beauty takes our breath away. We come to rest, are silenced, and in awe. When beauty opens our hearts,...
Black Fatherhood, Adoption, and Theology
A Contextual Analysis and Response
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Black Fatherhood, Adoption, and Theology: A Contextual Analysis and Response is a qualitative exploration into the complex intersection of Black fatherhood, adoption, and theology. It is primarily based on the narratives of three Black adoptive fathers who formally adopted non-kinship children. The...
Biopsychosocial Perspectives on Arab Americans
Culture, Development, and Health
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
This book introduces an interdisciplinary lens by bringing together vital research on culture, psychosocial development, and key aspects of health and disease to address a wide range of salient concerns. Its scholarship mirrors the diversity of the Arab American population, exploring ethnic concepts...
by Hynek Pikhart
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Life expectancy in countries of Central and Eastern Europe is substantially shorter than in Western Europe, and a similar divide exists in self-rated health.
This exhaustive study of populations in seven Central and European countries - Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic and...
The Psychoanalytic Study of Society, V. 13
Essays in Honor of Weston LaBarre
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Volume 13 includes chapters on the contributions of Weston LaBarre (B. Kilbourne); Geza Roheim's theory of myth (S. Morales); the origins of Christianity (W. Meissner); myths in Inuit religion (D. Merkur); the psychology of a Sherpa shaman (R. Paul); the psychoanalytic study of urban legends (M. Carroll); and the dogma of technology (H. Stein & R. Hill).
Good to Great
Coaching Athletes through Sport Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Athletes that grow into their raw potential and excel in the world of competitive sports aren't supported by good coaches—they're supported by great coaches. Sport psychologist Mark Anshel sheds light on fundamental sport psychology topics, including effectively tapping into athletes' motivation,...
Self-Determination Theory in the Clinic
Motivating Physical and Mental Health
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Self-determination theory is grounded in the belief that people work best and are happiest when they feel that they are in control of their own lives. This invaluable book explains the ramifications of the theory and provides clinical examples to show that it can be used to motivate patients undergoing...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Smoking, diet, stress, coping, and exercise, among other behaviors and psychological states, are now clearly implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Prevention, based largely on altering behaviors that contribute to this chronic disease, is now as important a goal as is treatment...