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The Mystery of Personality

A History of Psychodynamic Theories

by Eugene Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009

In The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories, acclaimed professor and historian Eugene Taylor synthesizes the field’s first century and a half into a rich, highly readable account. Taylor situates the dynamic school in its catalytic place in history, re-evaluating misunderstood...
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Moral Psychology

Free Will and Moral Responsibility

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Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014

Leading philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists address issues of moral responsibility and free will, drawing on new findings from empirical science. Traditional philosophers approached the issues of free will and moral responsibility through conceptual analysis that seldom incorporated...
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by Gordon W. Russell
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012

This book is written from the perspective of a social psychologist. As a conse­ quence, the topics covered in the upcoming chapters were chosen from among those traditionally of interest to the discipline of social psychology. A criterion for inclusion was the topic's usefulness in providing insights...
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by Chi-Yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013

As the speed of globalization accelerates, world cultures are more closely connected to each other than ever before. But what exactly is culture? It seems to be involved in all psychological processes, but can its psychological consequences be studied scientifically? How can cultural differences be...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

Psychology is a field of many paradoxes. Since its earliest beginnings as a natural science, psychologists have been in search of their proper subject matter. Today they are in less agreement than ever. In this classic text, originally published as What Man Has Made of Man, Mortimer J. Adler goes...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013

Psychological theory and research have much to contribute to the knowledge and skill bases underlying effective policing. Much of the relevant information, however, is dispersed across a variety of different psychological and criminal justice/policing journals and seldom integrated for those applied...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012

This book, the first of a groundbreaking series, provides a solid theoretical and empirical grounding from the psychology of religion and spirituality to the emerging field of workplace spirituality. Leading researchers in the psychology of religion have contributed uptodate reviews within their areas...
Cover of Personality, Cognition and Social Interaction
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Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017

Originally published in 1981, this volume presents the domain of personality as a fuzzy set that includes features previously identified with cognitive and social psychology. Few of the individual contributions are centrally concerned with individual differences and cross-situational stability, but...
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Social Connectionism

A Reader and Handbook for Simulations

by Frank Van Overwalle
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013

Many of our thoughts and decisions occur without us being conscious of them taking place; connectionism attempts to reveal the internal hidden dynamics that drive the thoughts and actions of both individuals and groups. Connectionist modeling is a radically innovative approach to theorising in psychology,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016

This unique handbook maps the growing field of consumer psychology in its increasingly global context. With contributions from over 70 scholars across four continents, the book reflects the cross-cultural and multidisciplinary character of the field. Chapters relate the key consumer concepts to the...
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Supervision in School Psychology

The Developmental, Ecological, Problem-solving Model

by Dennis J. Simon, Mark E. Swerdlik
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016

Supervision is a core professional competency requiring specific training for the benefit of supervisees, clients, and the profession. Supervision in School Psychology: The Developmental, Ecological, Problem-solving Model examines specific factors that contribute to successful supervision in school...
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EuroPsy

Standards and Quality in Education for Professional Psychologists

by Ingrid Lunt, Ype Poortinga, José María Peiró
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014

The only comprehensive professional handbook on EuroPsy, the European standard and benchmark for education and training in psychology. This book is mandatory reading for anyone involved with accreditation, education, quality assurance, and assessment of standards in psychology. EuroPsy has been accepted...
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by Juan Moises de la Serna
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018

Clinical Psychology is one of the most chosen professional job prospects for professionals studying Psychology career, in which they focus their psychological attention on people showing or not psychopathologies. Equally, clinical psychology is well known for the general audience about psychologist's...
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Beyond Evolutionary Psychology

How and Why Neuropsychological Modules Arise

by George Ellis, Mark Solms
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017

The nature/nurture question is an age-old problem. Beyond Evolutionary Psychology deals with the relation between culture, evolution, psychology and emotion, based both in the underlying biology, determined by our evolutionary heritage, and in the interaction of our brain with the physical, ecological...
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