Название: How To Think Straight About Psychology (9th Edition)
Автор: Keith E. Stanovich
Издательство: Allyn & Bacon
Год: 2009
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 257
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

It was a necessary book for the statistics class, I found the
class very stressfull and that may explain why I'm not so warmed
up to the book. I thought a lot of things could have been simplified
and explained in 'plainer' English.

Название: Mechanical Trading Systems: Pairing Trader Psychology with Technical Analysis (Wiley Trading)
Автор: Richard L. Weissman
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 245
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

A wide variety of flexible trading systems that combine sophisticated technical analysis with trading psychology theory Mechanical Trading Systems examines the development process for choosing and using mechanical trading systems in conjunction with trader psychology. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical trading systems; the dangers in system development and how to avoid them; the optimal methods for back-testing trading systems; position sizing and other risk quantification tools; and methods of improving rates of return on investments without significantly increasing risk. Most importantly, through a detailed examination of various types of unsuccessful trader personality traits (e.g., fearfulness, greed, and impatience), the book recommends different types of trading systems for a diverse array of trader types. Richard L. Weissman (Port Richey, FL) has seventeen years' experience as a trader and developer of trading systems. He currently provides independent consultation an d training services to traders and risk management professionals in the areas of technical analysis, risk management, and trader psychology.

Название: Why Some Therapies Don't Work: The Dangers of Transpersonal Psychology
Автор: Albert Ellis, Raymond J. Yeager
Издательство: Prometheus Books
Год: 1989
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 181
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

Albert Ellis, one of the most controversial figures in modern psychology, stands in the distinguished company of such luminaries as Sigmund Freud and B.F. Skinner in his uncanny knack for arousing adherents and opponents alike. Joined by his colleague, Raymond J Yeager, Ellis explains the revolutionary technique of rational-emotive therapy (RET) and contrasts it with transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy in a devastating analysis of cult therapy. Ellis developed rational-emotive therapy in response to the disillusionment that he shared with his fellow therapists when using more traditional techniques of psychoanalysis.Today, many thousands of people who are desperately seeking to understand and overcome the emotional problems they face in daily life are being threatened by the inefficient and anti-humanistic methods of popular cult therapies, many of which fall under the umbrella of transpersonal psychology. Ellis and Yeager offer compelling examples of the psychological, social, and political dangers posed by this cult phenomenon.

Название: A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication
Автор: Richard Jackson Harris
Издательство: L. Erlbaum Associates
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 498
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

With this fourth edition of A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication, author Richard Jackson Harris continues his examination of how our experiences with media affect the way we acquire knowledge about the world, and how this knowledge creates

Название: The Ethical Practice of Psychology in Organizations (Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology (SIOP))
Автор: Rodney L. Lowman, Joel Lefkowitz, Robert Mcintyre, Nancy Tippins
Издательство: American Psychological Association
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 303
Размер: 13 MB
Язык: English

The first edition of this popular casebook reflected the complexities and increasing litigiousness of the modern workplace and was designed to stimulate thought and discussion about ethical practice in industrial and organizational psychology. Since the book was published, the APA Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct for Psychologists has been revised and contains new material of particular relevance to organizational consultants. This second edition of the book has been updated to reflect the provisions of the new code. Illustrated by case examples based on real-life situations, this volume covers personnel selection, organizational diagnosis and intervention, consulting relationships, research and academic issues, professional training and certification, billing and marketing, and the ethics of professional behavior. The Ethical Practice of Psychology in Organizations makes ethical thinking come alive and belongs on the bookshelf of every I/O psychologist, human resource professional, and graduate student in I/O and business programs.

Название: Language and Thought (Routledge Modular Psychology)
Автор: Nick Lund
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 160
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

This book fulfils the need for a clear overview of this area of cognitive psychology which encompasses both language and thought. Focusing on goal directed thinking and decision making, Nick Lund looks at the relationship between our grasp of language and our problem solving abilities. Different positions on the issues are contextualised and discussed in a way suitable for the AQA-A A-Level syllabus. Supplementary detail means that the book will also be valuable to other A-Level specification candidates and undergraduates coming to this area for the first time.

Название: The Wisdom of Coaching: Essential Papers in Consulting Psychology for a World of Change
Автор: Kilburg R.R., Diedrich R.C.
Издательство: American Psychological Association
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 423
Размер: 31 MB
Язык: English

What is executive coaching? And, how has it emerged as such a strong subdiscipline of consulting psychology in recent years? Answers to these questions and more are provided in The Wisdom of Coaching: Essential Papers in Consulting Psychology for a World of Change. Editors Richard R. Kilburg and Richard C. Diedrich have selected 39 essential articles originally published in the Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research that delve deeply into what it means to coach senior executives in the world's major corporations.

Название: Evolutionary Psychology and Motivation (Nebraska Symposium on Motivation)
Автор: Jeffrey A. French (Editor), et al
Издательство: Nebraska Press
Год: 2001
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 221
Размер: 962 kB
Язык: English

Recent media coverage of the controversial theory of sexual violence as a product of biological evolution has once again brought the question of the origins of human motivation into the public eye. In this volume, leading scholars in behavioral studies examine the value of evolutionary perspectives in understanding psychological motivations. Beginning with the fundamental fact that humans are part of the biological world, evolutionary psychologists contend that human motivations and mental processes should be understood as by-products of natural selection. By viewing human psychology—both normal and abnormal—within this framework, evolutionary psychologists intend to bridge the disciplinary divide between traditional psychology and fields such as biology.

Название: Blood That Cries Out From the Earth: The Psychology of Religious Terrorism
Автор: James Jones
Издательство: Oxford Press
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 209
Размер: 626 kB
Язык: English

Religious terrorism has become the scourge of the modern world. What causes a person to kill innocent strangers in the name of religion? As both a clinical psychologist and an authority on comparative religion, James W. Jones is uniquely qualified to address this increasingly urgent question. Research on the psychology of violence shows that several factors work to make ordinary people turn "evil." These include feelings of humiliation or shame, a tendency to see the world in black and white, and demonization or dehumanization of other people. Authoritarian religion or "fundamentalism," Jones shows, is a particularly rich source of such ideas and feelings, which he finds throughout the writings of Islamic jihadists, such as the 9/11 conspirators. Jones goes on to apply this model to two very different religious groups that have engaged in violence: Aum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist splinter group behind the sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway system, and members of the extreme religious right in the U.S. who have advocated and committed violence against abortion providers. Jones notes that not every adherent of an authoritarian group will turn to violence, and he shows how theories of personality development can explain why certain individuals are easily recruited to perform terrorist acts.

Название: Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology
Автор: Gregory A. Kimble (ed.), Michael Wertheimer (ed.)
Издательство: Psychology Press
Год: 2003
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 272
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

This book offers glimpses into the personal and scholarly lives of 20 giants in the history of psychology. As in the earlier volumes, prominent scholars were invited to prepare chapters on a pioneer who had made important contributions in their own area of expertise. Some of the psychologists described may be the teachers of the instructors who will be the users of this book, potentially providing a personal connection of the pioneers to the students. A special section provides brief portraits of the editors and authors, containing interesting information about the relationship between the pioneers and the psychologists who describe them. Utilizing an informal, personal, sometimes humorous, style of writing, the book will appeal to students and instructors interested in the history of psychology. Each of the five volumes in this series contains different profiles thereby bringing more than 100 of the pioneers in psychology more vividly to life.