Social Psychology

Psychodynamic Perspectives on Abuse brings together psychoanalytic psychotherapists, political theorists, organisational consultants, social workers and social policy academics to explore the nature and ramifications of abuse in a new light.Abuse is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525546686Author Clara AtmaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 15mm

Turn Uncomfortable Conversations into Meaningful Dialogue If you believe that talking about race is impolite, or that "colorblindness" is the preferred approach, you must read this book. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence debunks the most pervasive...

People have been sharing their life stories with psychologist Allison Keating for the past eighteen years, and the words she hears most often are 'I feel overwhelmed,' followed by 'I thought I'd have it figured out by now.' Adulthood is tough. As we...

Social anthropologist Jean Lave and computer scientist Etienne Wenger's seminal Situated Learning helped change the fields of cognitive science and pedagogy by approaching learning from a novel angle. Traditionally, theories of learning and education had...

The field of education is rife with calls to action and for research to improve higher-level thinking and learning outcomes in primary, secondary, and tertiary education. With the No Child Left Behind Act and even more recently the Every Student Succeeds...

2021 Gradiva Award Winner Following the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, numerous recent, and fatal, attacks on mosques, churches, and synagogues occurring worldwide, and increasing totalitarianism and paranoia...

This book uses evolutionary psychology as a lens to explain religious violence and oppression. The author, a clinical psychologist, examines religious scriptures, rituals, and canon law, highlighting the many ways in which our evolutionary legacy has...

This thoughtfully updated revision of a classic text sheds new light on the potential sociological and biological differences that result in deep, seemingly unbridgeable political divisions.Renowned social scientists and experts in biopolitics, John R...

• This book introduces Patañjali’s Yoga as a system of theory and practice of psychology. • It explains and interprets the concepts and procedures in the language and idiom of the currently prevailing Euro-American approaches to psychology. • It will be...

Previously published as Careful!The modern world can be a dangerous place, filled with fast cars, smart phones, drugs and extreme sports. Meanwhile, we humans are as fragile as ever. In fact, after a century of decline in injuries and accidental deaths...

`This is an excellent book. Whilst specifically aimed at the "newer counsellor", this book contains much that will be of interest to experienced practitioners both within and outside of TA... this book is an excellent guide to implementing TA...

Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307453983Author Janine DriverFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631528347Author Lizabeth MeredithFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint She Writes PressPublisher She Writes PressWeight(grams) 363g

Whether it's climbing Everest, launching a business, applying for a dream job, or just finding happiness in everyday life, Steve Sims, founder of the luxury concierge service, Bluefish, reveals simple and effective ways to sharpen your mind, gain a new...

What is the relationship between fear, danger, and the law? Cass Sunstein attacks the increasingly influential Precautionary Principle - the idea that regulators should take steps to protect against potential harms, even if causal chains are uncertain...

In almost every human society some people get more and others get less. Why is inequity the rule in these societies? In The Origins of Unfairness, philosopher Cailin O'Connor firstly considers how groups are divided into social categories, like gender,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679775485Author James GleickFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060924638Author Harriet Goldhor LernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 205g

A revolutionary framework for living well in a broken world, from an acclaimed author and psychologist. How can I manage heartbreak? How do I cope with death? How can I learn to tolerate anxiety and have hope? In this helpful, practical, and realistic...

The great saxophonist Charlie Parker once proclaimed "if you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn". This quote has often been used to explain the hedonistic lifestyle of many jazz greats; however, but it also signals the reciprocal and...

***Winner of a 2021 APEX Award for Publication Excellence*** Written by leading social psychologists with expertise in leadership, health and emergency behaviour - who have also played an important role in advising governments on COVID-19 - this...

Verbal fluency is a skill that many sorely lack. This text aims to provide easy solutions, guidelines and vital dos-and-don'ts in the fine art of conversation and communication, whether for the boardroom or the boudoir.Book InformationISBN...

"The classic account of the human tendency to follow orders, no matter who they hurt or what their consequences." - Washington Post Book World In the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593332191Author Vanessa Van EdwardsFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 235mm *...

People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn’t let go. And unless the monkey released the...

Are we living in an age where we are more boredom-prone? Or are other people boring us? Or could we be that boring person?! In our current information age, we are constantly connected to technology, and have so many varied ways to spend our...

Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630513498Author James HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591845324Author Simon SinekFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 25mm

Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness. shares the...

Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in more than twenty years, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117230Author Geoffrey MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Questions about who we are, who we can be, and who is like and unlike us underpin a vast range of contemporary social issues. What makes our families so important to us? What do the often stark differences between how we self-identify and the way others...

A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2015 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2015 A brilliant, disturbing portrait of the dawn of the culture wars, when America started to tear itself apart with doubts, wild allegations, and an unfounded fear for the safety...

Widely regarded as the authoritative reference in the field, this volume comprehensively reviews theory and research on the self. Leading investigators address this essential construct at multiple levels of analysis, from neural pathways to complex...

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Malcom Gladwell's bestselling books have engaged, entertained and inspired millions of readers, transforming the way they see the world and covering a wide range of modern day issues, from success to relationships and the complexities of our minds. This...