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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944473665Author Jonathan D RaskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Pace University PressPublisher Pace University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780944473573Author Jonathan D RaskinFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Pace University PressPublisher Pace University PressWeight(grams)...

The story of mesmerism in nineteenth-century America is the story of how, for the first time, a psychological theory arose to meet the everyday religious and intellectual needs of Americans. Robert Fuller gives us the first complete history of American...

This book approaches the field of positive psychology from a post-modern perspective. It explores the consequences of combining current trends and models with supplementary participatory and transformative methods. The book brings a more collective,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615760230Author Maya Richardson Ph DFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint IntranslationPublisher IntranslationWeight(grams) 345g

Discusses the nature of psychology, compares the theories of psychoanalysis and behaviorism, and shows the unity of general and abnormal psychology.Book InformationISBN 9780393302264Author John William MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint WW...

Are the effects of hypnosis real or imagined?Is intelligence determined by nature or nurture?Will ordinary people perform acts of cruelty if ordered to do so by authority figures?Are anorexia and bulimia nervosa forms of depression?Why do some groups...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578207759Author Psy D Qme Patricia Masuda-StoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Atomic PublicationsPublisher Atomic PublicationsWeight(grams) 127g

This innovative and important book explores how war imprints on culture and the psychosocial effects of war on individuals and societies, based on the first few months after the outbreak of war in Ukraine in 2022.The book approaches the conflict in...

Psychology in Asia: An Introduction is the second edition of this introductory level textbook on psychology and human behavior written with an Asian focus.The book introduces the central tenets of psychology, using examples and content which are...

This book explicates and critically reviews the competing ways that a social arena can best be coherently described, explained and understood and that social actions within it can best be ascribed It has identified, from the epistemological and...

This book invites readers into the transformative world of culturally responsive substance use treatment and illuminates the importance of integrating cultural understanding and sensitivity into every aspect of substance use treatment, offering a...

This book invites readers into the transformative world of culturally responsive substance use treatment and illuminates the importance of integrating cultural understanding and sensitivity into every aspect of substance use treatment, offering a...

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces—extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical...

This international best-selling textbook provides an interdisciplinary review of the theories and research in cross-cultural psychology. The dynamic author team brings a diverse set of experiences in writing this text that provides cross-cultural...

"Lucid and convincing...Makes clear that [Freud's] vision was limited both by the social climate in which he worked and the personal experiences he preferred, subconsciously, not to deal with." Los Angeles Times Sigmund Freud was quite arguably one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626188778Author Victor Corral-VerdugoFormat PaperbackPage Count 473Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This book provides fundamentals, applications and future directions of several theories of psychology. The first chapter focuses the classification of narcissism and argues multiple parallels between narcissistic behaviors and documented responses to...

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach to solving problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviours and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure. It derives from theories of learning and memory. In this...

This authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of altered states of consciousness (ASC) shows how their study is necessary to gain a fundamental understanding of human culture, history, and biology. Altered consciousness is one of humanity's most...

First published in 1931, the underlying assumption of The Will to Live is that of a psychological evolution in which mind is regarded not merely as developing in association with nervous and cerebral development, but as being itself the most important...

Among the numerous introductions to Lacan published to date in English, Philippe Julien's work is certainly outstanding. Beyond its conceptual clarity the book constitutes an excellent guide to Lacanian psychoanalytic practice. --Andr Patsalides,...

This collection introduces and develops Lacanian thought concerning the relations among language, subjectivity, and society. Lacanian Theory of Discourse provides an account of how language both interacts with and constitutes structures of subjectivity,...

Web Site The interested reader is urged to contact the author and join a Pragmatic Psychology Dialogue Group at the following web site: http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~dfishman/ "At long last, a tightly reasoned, thoroughly grounded treatise showing that...

Expanding on the trailblazing ideas of Ellen Langer, this provocative volume explores the implications of critical mindfulness for making psychology more responsive and its practice more meaningful. Powerful critiques take the discipline to task for...

In writing this book, the authors have emphasised current perspectives on the neurobiology of mental disorders, not attempting to provide an exhaustive coverage of the field. Each chapter of the book represents a synthesis of the subject's state of the...

This is the first practitioner-oriented guide to basic psychometrics--the science behind test construction and validation. It is an essential course text and clinical reference for anyone who needs to select and administer diagnostic tests or review test...

This book takes a social psychological perspective to study the ways in which identity, religious beliefs and well-being are related to and affect each other in the contemporary world. It simultaneously draws upon intellectual resources from the extant...

First Published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis.Book InformationISBN 9780202251349Author Richard LowryFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint AldineTransactionPublisher Taylor & Francis Inc

This volume provides updates and informs the reader about the development of the current empirical research on the flow experience. It opens up some new research questions at the frontiers of the field. The book offers an overview on the latest findings...

This volume covers topics on awareness about one’s psychological health, management of emotions, mental hygiene, and wellbeing. It examines different types of thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and strategies for building emotional intelligence. The...

Exploring Cross-Cultural Psychology: Exercises for Instructors and Students is an accessible text that provides material for generating interactive discussion of a broad sampling of topics in cross-cultural psychology. This new edition (previously...

Challenges conventional thinking by offering up innovative, counter-intuitive approaches to everything from relationship building to starting conversations to incorporating family work to facilitating real change in teenagers who may not have been so...

Young people imagine, perceive, experience, talk about, use, and produce space in a wide variety of ways. In doing so, they acquire and produce stocks of spatial knowledge. A quite dynamic and ever-changing process by nature, young people’s production...

This book provides the first consideration of quantum principles in legal decision making. It shows how quantum probability theory can be applied to psychology and law to deepen our understanding of psychological and legal issues, suggesting a paradigm...

• The first book to couple a well-documented psychological intervention approach with the methodology of Design Science Research. • Offers a scientific foundation to the solution-focused approach. • Offers a more theoretical understanding of the solution...

Thinking and memory are inextricably linked. However, a "divide and rule" approach has led cognitive psychologists to study these two areas in relative isolation. With contributions from some of the leading international researchers on working...

Widely acknowledged to be one of Freud's greatest cultural works, when Totem and Taboo was first published in 1913, it caused outrage. Thorough and thought-provoking, Totem and Taboo remains the fullest exploration of Freud's most famous themes. Family,...

This book showcases some of the key thematic issues reported by Asian migrants and sojourners residing abroad, as well as non-Asians living in the Far East. The diverse range and scope of the papers demonstrate the interdisciplinary, convoluted and...

This comprehensive textbook offers a holistic integration of both the research and clinical aspects of neuropsychology. Combining Eastern and Western perspectives, it explores latest developments, current scope, and significant challenges in the field to...