Personality category: 1900 books

What are we exactly, when we are said to be our brain? This question leads Jan De Vos to examine the different metamorphoses of the brain: the educated brain, the material brain, the iconographic brain, the sexual brain, the celebrated brain and, finally, the political brain. This first, protracted...

¡Evita a los depredadores bajo apariencia humana que solo quieren aprovecharse de ti! Después de El hombre que estaba rodeado de idiotas, Thomas Erikson nos trae un nuevo libro para aprender a identificar y evitar los comportamientos abusivos de las personas que nos rodean. Cuidado...

So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Quiet tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Susan Cain’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.  This short summary...

Narcissism has become an epidemic because raising children is becoming more difficult and more complex every day. Most of the discussion about narcissism seems to stem from victims of narcissistic abuse and tends to endorse division, blame and defamation, instead of understanding, healing and empathy.In...

In 1982, when my book The Social Psychology of Tourist Behaviour was published, it was almost possible to review academic research on tourism. In 1988, in a book of similar scale, such a review is almost impossible. The aim of the present volume is, therefore, to outline a body of work which adopts...

As we stand poised on the verge of a new era of spaceflight, we must rethink every element, including the human dimension. This book explores some of the contributions of psychology to yesterday’s great space race, today’s orbiter and International Space Station missions, and tomorrow’s journeys...

Offering a fresh, innovative approach, this international textbook encourages students to consider how social psychology can inform their understanding of the social world around them. Illustrative scenarios based on realistic everyday events, from shopping in a supermarket to taking a taxi, highlight...

Finally Happy How to Easily Forge True and Enduring Happiness by Foster J.Pickton is a life changing read about how you can forge a new and enduring happiness through following easy to adapt mental, behavioral and physical principles. With life growing increasingly complex it’s so easy to grow sad,...

How are we to understand the complex forces that shape human behav­ ior? A variety of diverse perspectives, drawing on studies of human behavioral ontogeny, as well as on humanity's evolutionary heritage, seem to provide the best likelihood of success. It is in an attempt to synthesize such potentially...

Increase your understanding of psychological diversity and its impact in business.If you’re in business and love hanging out with other people as much as you can, it’s essential to recognize that not all customers think and feel as you do. Some 25 to 50 percent of the population are introverts,...

There are people in YOUR life right now camouflaged around you who have no conscience. They are undercover sociopaths who rarely do anything illegal, but who take great secret pleasure in hurting or inconveniencing you. The Type 1 Sociopath in Your life could be: • The person bullying...

Identity is one of the most extensively studied constructs in the social sciences. Yet, despite the wealth of findings across many disciplines, identity researchers remain divided over such enduring fundamental questions as: What exactly is identity, and how do identity processes function? Do people...

Explore the common ground-and the important differences-between bisexuality and transgenderism! This book, guaranteed to provoke debate and discussion of sexuality and gender, is the first devoted exclusively to the relationship between transgenderism and bisexuality. Combining the work of...