Psychology category: 48213 books

Cover of Psychology and 'Human Nature'
by Peter Ashworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012

Psychology and 'Human Nature' problematizes what psychology usually takes for granted - the meaning of the psyche or 'human nature'. Peter Ashworth provides a coherent account of many of the major schools of thought in psychology and its related disciplines, including: sociobiology and evolutionary...
Cover of Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice
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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018

Positive Psychology Coaching in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of positive psychology coaching, bringing together the best of science and practice, highlighting current research, and emphasising the applicability of each element to coaching. With an international range of contributors,...
Cover of Handbook for Teaching Introductory Psychology
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001

Like its predecessors, Volume III of the Handbook for Teaching Introductory Psychology provides introductory psychology instructors with teaching ideas and activities that can immediately be put into practice in the classroom. It contains an organized collection of articles from Teaching of Psychology...
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Mindfulness in Positive Psychology

The Science of Meditation and Wellbeing

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Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016

Mindfulness in Positive Psychology brings together the latest thinking in these two important disciplines. Positive psychology, the science of wellbeing and strengths, is the fastest growing branch of psychology, offering an optimal home for the research and application of mindfulness. As we contemplate...
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Positive Psychology in Practice

Promoting Human Flourishing in Work, Health, Education, and Everyday Life

by Stephen Joseph
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015

The best minds in positive psychology survey the state of the field Positive Psychology in Practice, Second Edition moves beyond the theoretical to show how positive psychology is being used in real-world settings, and the new directions emerging in the field. An international team of contributors...
Cover of The Case for Pragmatic Psychology
by Daniel Fishman
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999

Web Site The interested reader is urged to contact the author and join a Pragmatic Psychology Dialogue Group at the following web site: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dfishman/ "At long last, a tightly reasoned, thoroughly grounded treatise showing that complex social programs can be understood...
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Ethics and Psychology

Beyond Codes of Practice

by Calum Neill
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2016

This highly original bookexplores the idea and potential of psychology in the context of ethical theory, and the idea of ethics in the context of psychology. In so doing, it not only interrogates how we come to understand ethics and notions of right behaviour, but also questions the discipline of...
Cover of The Psychology Student Writer's Manual and Reader's Guide
by Jill M. Scott, Gregory M. Scott, Emeritus Professor
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2018

The Psychology Student Writer's Manual 3/E is a practical guide to research, reading, and writing in the discipline. Ideal as either a companion or stand-alone text for any psychology course that requires students to write papers. This clear and functional handbook shows how to research and...
Cover of Issues in the Psychology of Women
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007

Over the past 15 years, I (MB) have taught a graduate-level course in Psychology of Women to students in two different professional psychology programs. Because my students were at the doctoral level and often had some familiarity with the psychology of women, these courses focused on bringing a feminist...
Cover of Coaching Psychology for Learning

Coaching Psychology for Learning

Facilitating Growth in Education

by Qing Wang
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018

The contribution of coaching psychology to educational fields is increasingly recognised. This timely book introduces coaching psychology as a facilitative method to support learning in different educational contexts. Coaching Psychology for Learning: Facilitating Growth in Education is conveniently...
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Doing Psychology Critically

Making a Difference in Diverse Settings

by Professor Isaac Prilleltensky, Professor Geoffrey Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002

How can psychologists incorporate recent insights about power, values and inequality in their work? What is the role of social justice in the practice of psychology? In this highly readable book Prilleltensky and Nelson tackle these questions and propose workable solutions. This is the first book...
Cover of Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 4
by Ying-yi Hong
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture...
Cover of Advances in Culture and Psychology
by Michele J. Gelfand, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture...
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Health Psychology

A Psychobiological Perspective

by Elise E. Labbé, Andrzej R. Kuczmierczyk, Michael Feuerstein
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013

Although it has been assumed since early recorded history that psycho­ logical factors influence health and illness, it has only been within the past few years that a group of investigators and clinicians with a shared interest in the application of psychological principles and techniques to health...
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