Developmental Psychology category: 2023 books
Psychology and Its Allied Disciplines
Volume 1: Psychology and the Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
First published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Logotherapy and Existential Analysis
Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
This landmark volume introduces the new series of proceedings from the Viktor Frankl Institute, dedicated to preserving the past, disseminating the present, and anticipating the future of Franklian existential psychology and psychotherapy, i.e. logotherapy and existentialanalysis . Wide-ranging contents...
The Psychology of Retirement
Coping with the Transition from Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
The Psychology of Retirement is the first self-help guide to retirement based on highly proven psychological coping strategies.
Provides the most comprehensive and coherent account of the challenges of retirement and the associated aging process
Represents the culmination of over 30 years of...
by Roberta Provenzano
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2011
Roberta Provenzano believed the study of psychology should ultimately bring more happiness to the world. A deep thinker, she focused particularly on aging. Her collected articles on the subject propose to show that the myths and stereotypes of deterioration and senility associated with old age are...
Twin Mythconceptions
False Beliefs, Fables, and Facts about Twins
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Twin Mythconceptions: False Beliefs, Fables, and Facts about Twins sheds new light on over 70 commonly held ideas and beliefs about the origins and development of identical and fraternal twins. Using the latest scientific findings from psychology, psychiatry, biology, and education, the book separates...
The Psychology of Parental Control
How Well-meant Parenting Backfires
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2002
What is parental control? Is it positive or negative for children? What makes parents controlling with their children, even when they value supporting children's autonomy? Are there alternatives to control and how might we apply them in important domains of children's lives, such as school and sports?...
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths about Who We Are
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Every day we make predictions based on limited information, in business and at home. Will this company's stock performance continue? Will the job candidate I just interviewed be a good employee? What kind of adult will my child grow up to be? We tend to dismiss our predictive minds as prone to bias...
by Ellen S. Berscheid, Pamela C. Regan
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This textbook provides an integrated and organized foundation for students seeking a brief but comprehensive introduction to the field of relationship science. It emphasizes the relationship field's intellectual themes, roots, and milestones; discusses its key constructs and their conceptualizations;...
The Psychology of Genius
Genius and Insanity
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
This book deals with the Psychology of Genius and the relation between Genius and Insanity.
"The psychological analysis of famous poets will show that the intellectual function is no whit less important a factor of poetic genius than fancy itself, although the latter is the one immediately...
by Keith Whitfield, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
"The array of topics covered is amazing, making this book a valuable, significant resource for many disciplines...This multidisciplinary review of the literature on minority aging presents the scholarship related to public health and 'social, behavioral, and biological concerns' of aged minorities...
by Laura Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Interest in cognitive development has been resurgent in recent years as a result of continuing improvements in technology and the new methods of research these enable. Introducing Cognitive Development brings a new focus and clarity to this theoretically complex area. Using numerous illustrations...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2014
This book is a first attempt to combine insights from the two perspectives with regard to the question of meaning by examining a collection of theoretical and empirical works. This volume therefore is destined to become an important addition to psychological literature: both from the viewpoint of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2010
The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Seventh Edition, provides a basic reference source on the behavioral processes of aging for researchers, graduate students, and professionals. It also provides perspectives on the behavioral science of aging for researchers and professionals from other disciplines....
Psychology and Geriatrics
Integrated Care for an Aging Population
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Psychology and Geriatrics demonstrates the value of integrating psychological knowledge and insight with medical training and geriatric care. Leading physician and geropsychologist contributors come together to share their collective wisdom about topics that are as emotionally uncomfortable as they...