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Analogical Reasoning in Children Usha Goswami 9780863773242
$117.39Analogical reasoning is a fundamental cognitive skill, involved in classification, learning, problem-solving and creative thinking, and should be a basic building block of cognitive development. However, for a long time researchers have believed that... -
The Psychology of Questions Arthur C. Graesser 9780815393979
RRP: $69.28$61.24Originally published in 1985, the chapters in this volume collectively approach the phenomenon of questioning from many perspectives. There are studies on question comprehension, question answering, question asking and the influence of adjunct questions... -
Overcoming Social Division: Conflict Resolution in Times of Polarization and Democratic Disconnection Anatol Valerian Itten (Disrupted Societies Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 9780815368069
RRP: $83.98$73.63Locked in our worldview communities and polarised through increasingly radical campaigning, we are anxious of today's great uncertainty and our politicians have little incentive to reach across party lines. The problem of social division is real. The... -
Terrorism, Trauma and Psychology: A multilevel victim perspective of the Bali bombings by Gwen Brookes
RRP: $100.78$87.80This book provides a comprehensive insight into the multilayered effects experienced by directly affected victims and their indirectly affected family members following terrorist incidents and other world disasters. Chapters draw primarily on interviews... -
Identical Twins: The Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society Mvikeli Ncube 9780815353553
RRP: $79.78$70.10In Identical Twins: The Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society, Ncube conceptualises twin identity as a multi-layered dynamic that changes through performance, and explores twin identity through a social constructionist... -
New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: Integrating Emerging Frameworks, Second Edition by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe
RRP: $50.38$43.76An updated edition with new perspectives on racial identity and significant attention on intersectionality New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development brings together leaders in the field to deepen, broaden, and reassess our understandings of racial... -
Spiritual Intelligence: A Special Issue of the International Journal for the Psychology of Religion by Raymond F. Paloutzian
$43.26First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Book InformationISBN 9780805897609Author Raymond F. PaloutzianFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Psychology PressPublisher Taylor & Francis... -
Religion and Psychology: A Special Issue of Psychological Inquiry by Roy F. Baumeister
$79.88Conceived as a way of bringing the study of religion closer to mainstream psychology, this issue touches on a remarkable range of psychological phenomena, including coping with stress, physical health, self-deception, consistency and rationalization,... -
Beyond the Self: Perspectives on Identity and Transcendence Among Youth:a Special Issue of applied Developmental Science by James L. Furrow
$79.88Beyond the Self grew out of a conference of developmental scientists who examined the ways that young people were developing understandings of self that anchored youth to something larger than their own personal competencies and success. Each of the... -
Personality and the Prediction of Job Performance: More Than the Big Five: A Special Issue of Human Performance by Walter C. Borman
$79.88The three primary papers in this special issue explore personality measurement in both directions, that is, more narrow and specific and more broad and heterogeneous. The first paper reviews research on conditional reasoning, with a focus on the... -
Best Practices for Teaching Introduction to Psychology by Dana S. Dunn
$94.46This new book provides a scholarly, yet practical approach to the challenges found in teaching introductory psychology. Best Practices for Teaching Introduction to Psychology addresses: * developing the course and assessing student performance *... -
Metacognition: A Special Issue of personality and Social Psychology Review by Janet Metcalfe
$79.88This special issue on the psychology of knowing about knowing bridges the parallels between social and cognitive psychology. It further illustrates the benefits of pursuing in depth these connections and the phenomena and implications associated with... -
Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management: Strategies for Prediction, Diagnosis, and Development by George C. Thornton
$125.71The theme permeating this book on assessment centers is "continuity and change", describing what has remained the same and what has changed in the 50-year history of the assessment center method. One of the important changes explored is the... -
The Work and Family Handbook: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives and Approaches by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
RRP: $203.68$178.61The Work and Family Handbook is a comprehensive edited volume, which reviews a wide range of disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences on the study of work-family relationships, theory, and methods. The changing demographics of the labor force... -
Multiple Commitments in the Workplace: An Integrative Approach by Aaron R. Cohen
$117.39The growing interest in multiple commitments among researchers and practitioners is evinced by the greater attention in the literature to the broader concept of work commitment. This includes specific objects of commitment, such as organization, work... -
Growing Up Fast: Transitions To Early Adulthood of Inner-city Adolescent Mothers by Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater
$181.86In this book the authors examine in depth the lives of inner-city adolescent mothers, going beyond stereotypes to illuminate the diverse pathways to young adulthood taken by these young women. The different ways they respond to becoming a parent reflect... -
Play and Exploration in Children and Animals by Thomas G. Power
$155.40Play is a paradox. Why would the young of so many species--the very animals at greatest risk for injury and predation--devote so much time and energy to an activity that by definition has no immediate purpose? This question has long puzzled students of... -
Cognitive Development: The Child's Acquisition of Diagonality by David R. Olson
$90.30When this book was first published, David Olson was examining the developing representation and use of diagonals in the context of much larger questions, questions also explored by Vygotsky, Cassirer, Gombrich, and Bruner. These include such issues as... -
Culture of the Internet by Sara Kiesler
$140.70As we begin a new century, the astonishing spread of nationally and internationally accessible computer-based communication networks has touched the imagination of people everywhere. Suddenly, the Internet is in everyday parlance, featured in talk shows,... -
Levels of Cognitive Development by Tracy S. Kendler
$77.81The proposed levels theory presented in this book concerns some developmental changes in the capacity to selectively encode information and provide rational solutions to problems. These changes are measured by the behavior exhibited in simple... -
Aversion, Avoidance, and Anxiety: Perspectives on Aversively Motivated Behavior Trevor Archer 9780805801323
$82.82Based on a conference held at the University of Umea, Sweden, these papers discuss the scientific status of the field of aversive learning from historical, affective, clinical, neurobiological, cognitive, neuroethological, and conceptual perspectives. ... -
Abuse and Victimization across the Life Span by Martha B. Straus
RRP: $53.55$47.12"Abuse and Victimization across the Life Span" addresses the problem of family violence from a developmental perspective. Rather than limiting the focus to a specific state of development, the book encourages professionals and students to... -
Nonverbal Sex Differences: Communication Accuracy and Expressive Style by Judith A. Hall
RRP: $55.65$48.91This is the first thorough review and analysis of the extensive research literature on nonverbal sex differences among infants, children, and adults. Judith A. Hall summarizes and explores data on nonverbal skill and style differences, including the... -
Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy by Debra M. Kawahara
RRP: $113.38$98.43Understanding multicultural feminist perspectives is vital for clinicians working to effectively help women in therapy. Feminist Reflections on Growth and Transformation: Asian American Women in Therapy provides therapists with valuable insight and... -
Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience: Integrating Care in Disaster Relief Work by Grant H. Brenner
RRP: $90.28$78.94Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience explores the interface between spiritual and psychological care in the context of disaster recovery work, drawing upon recent disasters including but not limited to, the experiences of September 11, 2001... -
Pastoral Care from the Pulpit: Meditations of Hope and Encouragement by J. LeBron McBride
$47.31Learn to apply the lessons found in the Bible to the struggles of day-to-day life Pastoral Care from the Pulpit connects the head, heart, and soul issues of everyday life, presenting a pastoral care approach to preaching and teaching practical... -
Couples Therapy Linda Berg Cross 9780789014542
$114.07Harness the power of an integrative approach to couples counseling!Why do marriages fail? The behaviorist or cognitive therapist explains that unhappy couples have self-defeating ways of thinking about their spouses and themselves. The sociologically... -
Integrating Spirit and Psyche: Using Women's Narratives in Psychotherapy by Mary Pat Henehan
RRP: $98.68$86.88In this extraordinary collection, the voices of women's experience ring out loud and true! The power of narrative in therapy for women is undeniable. Used well, other women's narratives can help us to understand and rewrite our own. Here, women bare... -
Ways of the Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times by Harold G. Koenig
$223.88Discover how negative experiences such as loneliness, depression, and anxiety can be opportunities for personal growth!Ways of the Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times analyzes the similarities and differences between spiritual and psychological... -
The Practical Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy: Things My Training Supervisor Never Told Me by Terry S. Trepper
$96.56It is a truism among therapists in most mental health disciplines that the most important aspects of clinical practice are learned only after one has left graduate school and entered "the real world." While many of the basics could be covered... -
Elaborate Selves: Reflections and Reveries of Christopher Bollas, Michael Eigen, Polly Young-Eisendrath, Samuel and Ev by E. Mark Stern
$86.98In this fascinating volume, Anthony Molino interviews some of today's foremost thinkers in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Organized around the fertile and controversial concept of multiplicity, Elaborate Selves explores the life work and thought of a... -
Brief Therapy with Intimidating Cases: Changing the Unchangeable Richard Fisch 9780787943646
RRP: $98.60$85.97A Proven Technique Applying Brief Therapy to Difficult andChallenging Disorders Changing the Unchangeable is a myth shattering book that revealshow short-term therapy can be used as a powerful tool for treatingclients who present a range of complex... -
Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children by Sheila Spasaro
RRP: $210.00$184.42Selective mutism in children is characterized by persistent refusal to speak in one or more social situations (e.g., at school or among strangers), notwithstanding the demonstrated ability to use language at home. The range of treatment options has... -
The Nature of School Bullying: A Cross-National Perspective Richard Catalano 9780415179850
RRP: $100.78$88.64The Nature of School Bullying provides a unique world-wide perspective on how different countries have conceptualized the issue of school bullying, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out. Written and compiled by... -
The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture Mika Haritos-Fatouros 9781138880269
RRP: $104.98$91.35Original research, including interviews with former Greek torturers, is supplemented by discussion of former studies, military records and other sources, to provide disturbing but valuable insights into the psychology of torture. The book describes... -
Intentional Forgetting: Interdisciplinary Approaches by Jonathan M. Golding
RRP: $113.38$99.27Research on intentional forgetting has been conducted in various forms and under various names for at least 30 years, but until now no effort has been made to present these different perspectives in one place. Comprising both review chapters and new... -
Dementia: Person-Centered Assessment and Intervention by Ellen Hickey
RRP: $367.50$111.95Person-centered care for persons with dementia has been developed and expanded over the last few decades. Speech-language pathologists are uniquely positioned to understand the striking impact that communication challenges have on persons with dementia... -
Possession: Jung's Comparative Anatomy of the Psyche Craig E. Stephenson (in private practice in Paris, France) 9781138856059
RRP: $109.18$94.90The first edition of this illuminating study, addressed both to readers new to Jung and to those already familiar with his work, offered fresh insights into a fundamental concept of analytical psychology. This revised edition has been fully updated to... -
Close Relationships by Harold H. Kelley
$106.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971242784Author Harold H. KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 612Imprint Eliot Werner Publications IncPublisher Eliot Werner Publications Inc -
Aging and Skilled Performance: Advances in Theory and Applications by Wendy A. Rogers
RRP: $41.98$31.23The term "skill" encompasses an array of topics and issues. For example, individuals are skilled in a variety of domains such as chess, typing, air traffic control, or knitting; researchers study skill in a variety of ways, including speed of...