Psychology category: 48213 books
Innovations in Educational Psychology
Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Human Development
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
"[This book] is solid in its topic coverage and deliveryÖ Readers will glean a multitude of new ideas from the theories and approaches presented in this book, ranging from cultural aspects of teaching to Sternberg's WICS model."
--Doody's
This book serves as a comprehensive review of...
by Michael Argyle
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Originally published in 1957, this book presented an up-to-date account of psychological research into human social behaviour of the time. There are chapters on interaction between pairs of people, behaviour in small social groups, and human relations in industry. The author avoided the adoption of...
From the Conscious Interior to an Exterior Unconscious
Lacan, Discourse Analysis and Social Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
This striking Lacanian contribution to discourse analysis is also a critique of contemporary psychological abstraction, as well as a reassessment of the radical opposition between psychology and psychoanalysis. This original introduction to Lacan’s work bridges the gap between discourseanalytical...
Mental Illness and the Church
Integrating Psychology & Theology
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Mental Illness and the Church: Integrating Psychology & Theology When I began studying the disciplines of Psychology and Theology as a bi-vocational pastor, I didnt consider them to be at odds with each other; I viewed them rather as complimentary, one supporting the other. Little did I realize,...
The Psychology of Personhood
Philosophical, Historical, Social-Developmental, and Narrative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2012
What is a person? Surprisingly little attention is given to this question in psychology. For much of the past century, psychology has tended to focus on the systematic study of processes rather than on the persons who enact and embody them. In contrast to the reductionist picture of much mainstream...
An Advanced Guide to Psychological Thinking
Critical and Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015
An Advanced Guide to Psychological Thinking: Critical and Historical Perspectives focuses on several key areas in psychology: learning, the brain, child development, and psychotherapy, and identifies several conceptual tensions that ground psychological understanding of various phenomena. These include...
Cybercrime
The Psychology of Online Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Cybercrime is a growing problem in the modern world. Despite the many advantages of computers, they have spawned a number of crimes, such as hacking and virus writing, and made other crimes more prevalent and easier to commit, including music piracy, identity theft and child sex offences. Understanding...
Analytical Psychology and the English Mind (Psychology Revivals)
And Other Papers
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015
Originally published in 1950, the name of the late Dr H.G. Baynes was already well-known as a leading exponent of and translator of the writings of Professor C.G. Jung, as author and as psychotherapist.
The essay which gives it title to this varied and interesting collection of writings, shows...
The Psychology of Spirituality
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
Spirituality is increasingly accepted as integral to human psychology, vital for physical and mental health.
The Psychology of Spirituality is an accessible book that introduces the relationship between spirituality and psychology. The author sets out what spirituality is, the values it represents...
Building Happiness, Resilience and Motivation in Adolescents
A Positive Psychology Curriculum for Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Positive psychology focuses on building strengths and developing creative and positive thinking in order to boost happiness, well-being and achievement. It helps people to be motivated, maintain positive mental health, and to flourish in all areas of their lives. This resource is a fully-formed positive...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2004
Why do people commit violent offences? Does rehabilitation really work?
Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology provides a new approach to the three main areas of application of forensic psychology; rehabilitation of offenders, work with police, and research and consultation on legal...
Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Education
A Guide for Students and Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
The importance of high quality early childhood education is now universally recognised, and this quality crucially depends upon the practitioners who work with our young children, and their deep understanding of how children develop and learn. This book makes a vital contribution to this understanding,...
The Perception of People
Integrating Cognition and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
What are other people like? How do we decide if someone is friendly, honest or clever? What assumptions do we develop about them and what explanations do we give for their behaviour? The Perception of People examines key topics in psychology to explore how we make sense of other people (and ourselves)....
by Richard Gross, Rob McIlveen
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2016
In everyday life we depend upon, interact with, influence are influenced by many people in situations that range from brief single encounters to the special relationships we form with family and close friends. Social interactions such as these are just a part of what make up social psychology, the...