Название: Evolutionary Psychology: The Ultimate Origins of Human Behavior
Автор: Jack A. Palmer, Linda K. Palmer
Издательство: Allyn & Bacon
Год: 2001
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 331
Размер: 5 MB
Язык: English

A short, broad introduction to the emerging field of evolutionary psychology (the study of adaptive significance of behavior). 10 short chapters introduce the reader to the major topics within the field of evolutionary psychology (from "Social Order and Disorder" to "Mating and Reproduction" to "The Creative Impulse: The Origins of Technology and Art"). For psychologists, students, or anyone interested in evolutionary psychology.

Название: Uncovering Lives: The Uneasy Alliance of Biography and Psychology
Автор: Alan C. Elms
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
Год: 1997
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 328
Размер: 18 MB
Язык: English

Psychobiography is often attacked by critics who feel that it trivializes complex adult personalities, "explaining the large deeds of great individuals," as George Will wrote, "by some slight the individual suffered at a tender age--say, 7, when his mother took away a lollipop." Worse yet, some writers have clearly abused psychobiography--for instance, to grind axes from the right (Nancy Clinch on the Kennedy family) or from the left (Fawn Brodie on Richard Nixon)--and others have offered woefully inept diagnoses (such as Albert Goldman's portrait of Elvis Presley as a "split personality" and a "delusional paranoid").

Название: Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas
Автор: Peter Caputi, Heather Foster, Linda L. Viney
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 359
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

This book presents the latest thinking and research in Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) covering a broad range of areas of interest to both researcher and practitioner. It provides reports of empirical research, reflections by practicing personal construct psychologists and conceptual analyses of issues pertaining to current and emerging theoretical issues in PCP. The book consists of five sections covering: Theory and History Assessment and Understanding Problems of Living Evidence-Based Interventions Other Interventions, Clinical and Educational Contributors are international scholars and practitioners based in a variety of clinical settings. In addition, the contributions reflect the internationalisation of PCP, with contributors coming from the USA, the UK, Europe and Australasia. Personal Construct Psychology is a valuable resource for a wide range of health professionals, educationalists and practitioners in counselling and clinical psychology.

Название: Teaching Psychology. A Step by Step Guide
Автор: Sandra Goss-Lucas, Douglas A. Bernstein
Издательство: Psychology Press
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 292
Размер: 19 MB
Язык: English

Most new psychology instructors enter their first undergraduate classrooms with little or no formal preparation for their role as a teacher. The goal of this book is to review the body of teaching research that is available as well as some of the well-accepted lore, so as to make the first foray into teaching psychology a positive experience.Teaching Psychology outlines the major problems and issues confronting psychology teachers.

Название: Social Psychology - Experimental and Critical Approaches
Автор: Wendy Rogers
Издательство: Open University Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 394
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

This introductory social psychology textbook is unique. It acknowledges the two very different approaches being taken to social psychology - experimental and critical. These approaches are in conflict with each other. The book brings these together in a single, coherent text. No attempt is made to find a cosy 'integration' between them; rather, students explore the benefits and drawbacks of each. This book makes students develop their skills of critical analysis by addressing questions like:* What is social psychology - A natural science? A social science? A human science? Or something else entirely?* How should social psychology be studied - By doing experiments? Or by analysing discourse?

Название: History of Psychology in Autobiography
Автор: Erika Apfelbaum (auth.), Leendert P. Mos (eds.)
Издательство: Springer-Verlag New York
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 245
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

Since the 17th century, autobiography has an honorable place in the study of history. In 1930, the preeminent historian of psychology, Edwin Boring, writes that a science separated from its history lacks direction and promises a future of uncertain importance. To understand what psychology is and what it is becoming, the autobiographies of famous psychologists is history at it best. Here we find model inquirers of the science who offer a personalized account of themselves and their vocation in the context of the history of the science.

Название: Mathematical Difficulties: Psychology and Intervention
Автор: Ann Dowker, Gary D. Phye
Издательство: Academic Press
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 252
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

This book examines the mathematical difficulties in typical and atypical populations. It discusses the behavioural, educational and neuropsychological characteristics of people with mathematical difficulties, and educational interventions to prevent, diagnose, treat or ameliorate such difficulties. The book brings together studies from different disciplines, including developmental psychology, neuroscience and education, and includes perspectives from practicing teachers. The book is divided into three major sections. The first includes chapters about the nature and characteristics of mathematical difficulties in the population as a whole, in relation to both psychology and education. The second deals with mathematical difficulties in children with other problems such as specific language impairment and dyslexia. The third discusses methods of interventions aimed at preventing, treating or ameliorating mathematical difficulties, and will include discussions of assessment and diagnosis.

Название: The essential practitioner's handbook of personal construct psychology
Автор: Fay Fransella
Издательство: J. Wiley
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 309
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Книга The Essential Practitioners Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology The Essential Practitioners Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology Книги Психология, философия Автор: Fay Fransella Год издания: 2005 Формат: pdf Издат.:Wiley Страниц: 308 Размер: 1,1 Mb ISBN: 0470013230 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:This is a concise paperback version of the authoritative International Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology, focusing on the practical elements of that volume. Ideal for the individual practitioner, this selection of chapters covers the basic theory of personal constructs; the many skills and tools used by personal construct psychologists; its general application to psychotherapy and counselling; as well as many specific applications such as cross-cultural understanding, post-traumatic stress, children, teacher education, organizational change, nursing and family therapy. This is an indispensable guide to theory and skills for those wishing to use the personal construct psychology approach in their practice. It will appeal to a wide range of professionals such as psychologists, teachers, psychiatrists, nurses, system engineers and managers.

Название: Life-Span Developmental Psychology: Introduction to Research Methods
Автор: Paul B. Baltes, Hayne W. Reese, John R. Nesselroade
Издательство: Psychology Press
Год: 1977
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 285
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

What are the changes we see over the life-span? How can we explain them? And how do we account for individual differences? This volume continues to examine these questions and to report advances in empirical research within life-span development increasing its interdisciplinary nature. The relationships between individual development, social context, and historical change are salient issues discussed in this volume, as are nonnormative and atypical events contributing to life-span change.

Название: The Psychology of Nationalism
Автор: Joshua Searle-White
Издательство: Palgrave Macmillan
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 188
Размер: 868 kB
Язык: English

This book gives the clue to let people (who feel to belong to a different groups) to live together in peace. It explains perfectly the concepts of Individual Identity and Social Identity and their interaction and influence in human behaviour. A must-read book for any governent facing nationalist movements inside its country.