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| ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR RESEARCH ADVANCES [Earl B Darlon (ed)] Developmentally, puberty is accompanied by major physical and emotional changes that alter a young person’s relationships and patterns of interaction with others. The transition into adolescence begins the move toward independence from parents and the need to establish one’s own values, personal and sexual identity, and the skills and competencies needed to compete in adult society. Independence requires young people to renegotiate family rules and degree of supervision by parents, a process that can generate conflict and withdrawal from parents. At the same time, social networks expand, and relationships with peers and adults in new social contexts equal or exceed in importance the relationships with parents. The criteria for success and acceptance among peers and adults change. Adapting to all of these changes in relationships, social contexts, status, and performance criteria can generate great stress, feelings of rejection, and anger at perceived or real failure. Young people may be attracted to violent behavior as a way of asserting their independence of the adult world and its rules, as a way of gaining the attention and respect of peers, as a way of compensating for limited personal competencies, or as a response to restricted opportunities for success at school or in the community. Good relationships with parents during childhood will help in a successful transition to adolescence, but they do not guarantee it. This book examines crucial issues in the field. { 235pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600216951:9781600216954 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCED METHODS OF ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS & SYMBOL GROUNDING : Dynamical Systems Approaches to Language [C Allefeld, P Beim Graben & J Kurths (eds)] What is the origin of meaning? How does the brain achieve symbolic computation? What are the neural correlates of cognitive processes? These challenging questions at the borderline between neuroscience, cognitive science, nonlinear dynamics, and philosophy are related to the symbol grounding problem: How is the meaning of words and utterances grounded in the dynamics of the brain and in the evolution of beings alive interacting with each other and with their environments? Simply by convention? Or is there an inherent correctness of names, of syllables, or even of sounds? This new book examines these important issues and presents probing analyses of the latest research. { 327pp, 180x260mm, February 2008; HB, £59.50, 1604560223:9781604560220 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCED PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING : Evaluation, Improvement & Practice [Yuan-Shun Dai, Yi Pan & Rajeev Raje (eds)] The field of parallel and distributed computing is undergoing changes at a breathtaking pace. Networked computers are now omnipresent in virtually every application, from games to sophisticated space missions. The increasing complexity, heterogeneity, largeness, and dynamism of the emerging pervasive environments and associated applications are challenging the advancement of the parallel and distributed computing paradigm. Many novel infrastructures have been or are being created to provide the necessary computational fabric for realising parallel and distributed applications from diverse domains. New models and tools are also being proposed to evaluate and predict the quality of these complicated parallel and distributed systems. Current and recent past efforts, made to provide the infrastructures and models for such applications, have addressed many underlying complex problems and have thus resulted in new tools and paradigms for effectively realising parallel and distributed systems. This book showcases these novel tools and approaches with inputs from relevant experts. { 322pp, 180x260mm, December 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600212026:9781600212024 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 55 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial psychology advances across a broad spectrum. { May 2008; HB, £85.99, 1604561769:9781604561760 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 52 [Alexandra M Columbus] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 222pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600216625:9781600216626 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 54 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 314pp, 180x260mm, March 2008; HB, £85.99, 1604561297:9781604561296 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 53 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] Presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 231pp, 180x260mm, January 2008; HB, £85.99, 1600219241:9781600219245 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 51 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 298pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £83.50, 1600216609:9781600216602 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH : Volume 56 [Alexandra M Columbus (eds)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. { 195pp, 180x260mm, July 2008; HB, £85.99, 160456508X:9781604565089 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 38 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. { 188pp, 180x260mm, March 2007; HB, £59.50, 1594544786:9781594544781 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 40 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each chapter has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial advances across a broad spectrum. { 264pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £52.99, 1594548366:9781594548369 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 41 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] Advances in Psychology Research presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 154pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600210619:9781600210617 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 42 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 260pp, 180x260mm, January 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600211046:9781600211041 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 43 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 198pp, 180x260mm, November 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600211054:9781600211058 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 44 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 155pp, 180x260mm, November 2006; HB, £59.50, 160021150X:9781600211508 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 45 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 267pp, 180x260mm, November 2006; HB, £54.99, 1600211526:9781600211522 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 46 [Alexandra Columbus (ed)] Presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 222pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600212484:9781600212482 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 47 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 227pp, 180x260mm, December 2006; HB, £76.99, 160021293X:9781600212932 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 48 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 319pp, 180x260mm, May 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600213731:9781600213731 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 49 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 271pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600215807:9781600215803 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 50 [Alexandra M Columbus (ed)] "Advances in Psychology Research" presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. { 184pp, 180x260mm, August 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600215300:9781600215308 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| ADVANCES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [J A Arlsdale (ed)] Social psychology is the science that studies individual beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours in settings where other people are present (or merely implied or imagined -- which makes the definition pretty broad). Notice the focus is quite different from sociology, where groups of people are studied, but closer to psychology, where individuals are studied. The focus of social psychology is the individual within the group. As such, it is an ideal venue for studying those forces that change humans -- their beliefs, their attitudes, and their behaviours. { 118pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £85.99, 1594546584:9781594546587 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| BARCELONA 04 -- EDGES OF EXPERIENCE : Memory & Emergence -- Proceedings of the 16th International IAAP Congress for Analytical Psychology [Lyn Cowan (ed)] Book & CD. The stimulating program featured clinical, artistic, historical and other interests and concerns of Jungian Psychology today, with wide-ranging presentations and events. { 236pp, 140x210mm, August 2006; PB, £34.50, 3856307001:9783856307004 , Daimon Verlag } |
| BETTER LOOK AT INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOR : Cognition & Emotion [Frederic Perez-Alvarez & Carme Timoneda-Gallart] The basic purpose of this book is to communicate a new understanding of human behaviour by taking into account how both cognition and emotion exist at a neurological level. Neurological evidence can now explain how cognition and emotion work interactively. This means that whenever the brain is mentally operating, both cognition and emotion are working. The final outcome of this internal activity is/may be an external behaviour. In this sense, speaking, reading, learning, eating, depression, anxiety, and so on are all behaviours produced by central neurological mechanisms we have been aware of since the 1990s. The neurological evidence is based on several methods of study, one example is the latest functional magnetic resonance in humans. This book presents an explanation of normal function to be followed by an explanation of dysfunctional behaviour. { 131pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £52.99, 1600217427:9781600217425 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| BLIND SPOTS : Why Smart People Do Dumb Things [Madeleine L Van Hecke, PhD] A woman planning a dinner party calls a gourmet caterer and learns that "Chateaubriand" can be ordered. To which she responds, "No, thanks. We're going to take care of the wine ourselves." The dead silence at the end of the phone is her first clue that something is amiss. A CEO attempts to put an end to complaints from employees about the demeaning behaviour of certain managers by berating the managers before the staff -- thus reinforcing the very behaviour he's trying to correct. We often criticise such incidents with remarks like "How dumb!" or "What was he thinking?" But psychologist Madeleine L Van Hecke argues that much of what we label stupidity can better be explained as blind spots. Just as the blind spot in the driver's side mirror can swallow up a passing car, patterns in the way we think can likewise become blind spots, sifting out information and observations that to other people seem obvious. Drawing on research in creativity, cognitive psychology, critical thinking, child development, education, and philosophy, Dr Van Hecke shows how our assets as thinkers create the very blind spots that become our worst liabilities. She devotes a chapter to each of ten mental blind spots that afflict even the smartest people: not stopping to think, jumping to conclusions, my-side bias, getting trapped by categories, and much more. At the end of each chapter she offers tactics for overcoming that specific blind spot, so we can become more creative and competent thinkers. Full of funny, poignant stories about human foibles, Blind Spots offers many insights for improving our social and political lives while giving us fresh slants into the minds of people who are poles apart from ourselves. REVIEW: "...a useful book..." -- Dr Jason Braithwaite, Behavioural Brain Sciences Centre, University of Birmingham. { 256pp, 155x230mm, April 2007; PB, £11.99, 1591025095:9781591025092 , Prometheus Books } |
| BODY IMAGE : New Research [Marlene V Kindes (ed)] Western culture has increasingly valued physical appearance and in particular slenderness in the last 20 years. Unrealistic targets of thinness and excessive weight loss have led to eating disorders, the idea of obligatory exercise and other mental health problems. The concept of dissatisfaction with one's body image is driven home by images of ultra-thin models appearing in newspapers, magazines and television. This book brings together leading international research in this alarming and growing field. { 326pp, 180x260mm, November 2006; HB, £73.50, 1600210597:9781600210594 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CONCEPT OF SELF IN EDUCATION, FAMILY & SPORTS [Anne Prescott (ed)] The issue of self-concept is central to the studies and practices of education and psychology. The varying degrees of self-esteem that exist between individuals can offer insight into the varying degrees of health and efficiency that exist for individuals in the worlds of education, family and sport. The research presented in this book are the latest explorations of how self-concept translates into and has an effect on these far reaching and unavoidable aspects of life. { 231pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £52.99, 1594549885:9781594549885 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CONCEPT OF SELF IN MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE [Anne P Prescott (ed)] The issue of self-concept is central to the studies and practices of education and psychology. The varying degrees of self-esteem that exist between individuals can offer insight into the varying degrees of mental and physical health that exist between individuals. The research presented in this book are the latest explorations of how self-concept translates into and has an effect on these far reaching and unavoidable aspects of life. { 208pp, 180x260mm, July 2006; PB, £52.99, 1594549877:9781594549878 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CONCEPT OF SELF IN PSYCHOLOGY [Anne P Prescott (ed)] The issue of self-concept is central to the studies and practices of education and psychology. By better understanding how the individual perceives him or herself researchers can improve their understanding of the choices that individuals make in a wide variety of contexts. The varying degrees of self-esteem that exist between individuals can offer insight into the varying degrees of mental health that exist between individuals. The research presented in this book are the latest explorations of how self-concept is understood in a strictly psychological context. { 279pp, 180x260mm, July 2006; HB, £63.50, 1594549826:9781594549823 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CONSCIOUSNESS & LEARNING RESEARCH [Susan K Turrini (ed)] Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. This book gathers a compilation of new and significant research on many facets of consciousness research. These include memory studies, evolution of consciousness, paranormal experiences, phenomenal consciousness, meditation, human emotion and psychopathology. { 214pp, 180x260mm, May 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600213332:9781600213335 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE CURRENT TRENDS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY & CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY [Daniel David (ed)] This book is designed to provide a forum, guided by a critical rationalism perspective, for leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners to share their perspectives and empirical findings on the current state and the future of the clinical field in psychotherapy. It reviews the main literature but also areas that have been 'under-researched'. { 79pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £25.99, 1600212190:9781600212192 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, & INDIGENOUS PSYCHOLOGY [Carl Ratner] Cultural psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and indigenous psychology are the major psychological approaches to studying the relationship between culture and psychology. The three approaches have developed in relative isolation from each other, and each has accumulated a substantial corpus of theoretical and empirical work. This new book compares the similarities and differences of the three approaches, and it assesses their strengths and weaknesses. { 112pp, 180x260mm, May 2008; PB, £25.99, 1604561734:9781604561739 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK : The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking [Thomas Kida] Kida vividly illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true. In a complex society where success -- in all facets of life -- often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims, the critical-thinking skills examined in this informative and engaging book will prove invaluable. { 286pp, 150x230mm, May 2006; PB, £12.99, 1591024080:9781591024088 , Prometheus Books } |
| EARLY INTERVENTION DICTIONARY, 3RD EDITION : A Multidisciplinary Guide to Terminology [Jeanine G Coleman Med] Defines more than 4000 medical, therapeutic, and educational terms commonly used by the many different professionals involved in the early intervention field. It's an excellent reference to help families and professionals successfully collaborate and understand each other's terminology. It's also useful to anyone looking for clear definitions of words related to the care and development of young children in general. The new edition includes more than 400 new entries, plus hundreds of existing terms have been updated, reflecting changes in the field, and new research, educational approaches, and treatments. Many more transition-related terms have also been added to help parents prepare for the pre-school years ahead { 458pp, 140x215mm, December 2006; PB, £14.99, 1890627631:9781890627638 , Woodbine House } |
| ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS : Building Genuine Wealth [Mark Anielski] We all know that money can't buy you love -- or happiness, but we have been living our lives as though the accumulation of wealth is the key to our dreams. Why, in spite of increasing economic prosperity over the past 50 years, are many conditions of well-being in decline and rates of happiness largely unchanged since the 1950s? Why do our measures of economic progress not reflect the values that make us happy: supportive relationships, meaningful work, a healthy environment, and our spiritual well-being? Economist Mark Anielski developed a new and practical economic model called Genuine Wealth, to measure the real determinants of well-being and help redefine progress. The Economics of Happiness shows: How economics, capitalism, accounting and banking, which dominate our consciousness, can be reoriented towards the pursuit of genuine happiness; How to rediscover the original meaning of the language of economics; How to measure the five capitals of Genuine Wealth: human, social, natural, built and financial; How nations, governments, communities and businesses are using the Genuine Wealth model to build a new economy of well-being; How you and your family can apply the Genuine Wealth model in your lives. Anielski's road-map towards this vision of flourishing economies of well-being will resonate with individuals, communities and governments interested in issues of sustainability and quality of life. { 266pp, 155x230mm, October 2007; PB, £12.50, 0865715963:9780865715967 , New Society Publishers } |
| EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH FOCUS [Elizabeth M Vargios (ed)] The field of educational psychology is primarily concerned with teaching and learning. Educational psychology has a long historical past and an extensive record of conducting empirical research into the teaching/learning process. Educational psychology has also been involved with the topics of motivation, intelligence, memory, cognition, intellectual development and evaluation and assessment. Over the past 50 years, educational psychology has been predominantly involved with the learning processes of the "normal, average" student. However, over the past 20 years, mainstreaming and later inclusion has presented an additional challenge for educational psychologists and classroom teachers. This new book presents the latest research advances in the field. { 225pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600217850:9781600217852 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| EVIL GENES : Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed & My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend [Barbara A Oakley] Takes readers inside the head of the kinds of malevolent people you know all too well, but could never understand. Starting with psychology as a frame of reference, it uses cutting-edge images of the working brain to provide startling support for the idea that 'evil' people act the way they do mainly as the result of a dysfunction. It is a tour de force of popular science writing that brilliantly melds scientific research with intriguing family history and puts both a human and a scientific face to evil. { 459pp, 155x230mm, October 2007; HB, £19.50, 159102580X:9781591025801 , Prometheus Books } |
| EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONS [Patrick McNamara & David Trumbull] The purpose of the book is to summarise recent advances in our understanding of leader-follower interactions and to illustrate these principles with the lives of ancient political and military leaders from Greece and Rome. The authors review psychologic, cognitive neuroscientific and evolutionary approaches to leader-follower dynamics and illustrate these dynamics as they played out in the lives of the most eminent of the military and political leaders of the classical world. The authors summarise what is known about leader-follower relations by reviewing all extant papers on the topic in the psychology, neuroscientific and evolutionary psychology literature. The material for this book came from Plutarch's compendium of 42 biographies of Greek and Roman leaders. { 131pp, 180x260mm, October 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600215629:9781600215629 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| EXPRESSING THE SHAPE & COLOUR OF PERSONALITY : Using Lowenfeld Mosaics in Psychotherapy & Cross-Cultural Research [Thérèse Mei-Yau Woodcock] This book contains the distillation of the author’s 35 years’ experience of using Lowenfeld Mosaics and Lowenfeld practice in the treatment of unhappy and disturbed children, in the investigation of children’ acculturation to alien cultures, and in working with the deaf. Through case studies, 80 colour mosaics made by children and adults are used to illuminate Lowenfeld’s theories. Mosaics are one of several non-verbal techniques invented by Lowenfeld to enable children to express their thoughts and feelings directly without having to find words. The circumvention of language attracted Mosaics to the notice of social anthropologists, such as Margaret Mead, looking for tools for cross-cultural research. The author gives a detailed account of how to set about using Mosaics in a clinical setting, how to introduce them to a young person, and how to discuss the resultant creation. The wide range of case studies presented includes the use of Mosaics to study the degree of comparative acculturation of samples of 12-year old Chinese children, in mainland China, London, and San Francisco. Thérèse Woodcock has taught the use of Mosaics to a wide range of professionals who work with children -- child psychotherapists and psychiatrists, paediatric social workers, paediatric occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, play therapists, guardians, specialist nurses, workers with the deaf, among others. "Expressing the Shape and Colour of Personality" offers an opportunity to anyone working professionally with children or young people to benefit from her unrivalled experience. { 224pp, 170x245mm, January 2006; PB, £45.00, 1845190904:9781845190903 , Sussex Academic Press } |
| FATHER FACTOR : How Your Father's Legacy Impacts Your Career [Stephan B Poulter PhD] Does your career seem to be stalled or headed down a dead end street? Do you have frequent problems interacting with subordinates, bosses, or fellow employees? Do "gender issues" seem to interfere with your day-to-day work? Do you feel that your efforts go unnoticed by the "higher ups"? Do you secretly want a different career? These and other types of seemingly endless interpersonal work issues, struggles, and challenges in your career can be directly connected to what respected psychologist Stephan B Poulter calls the "father factor". The father factor is the conscious understanding, awareness, and appreciation of the critical influence that your father had, still has, or could have in your career development and future potential. Noting that the father-son or father-daughter relationship is one of the least understood relationships in adult life, Dr Poulter helps you become acutely aware of the immeasurable impact (negative or positive) that your father has on your ability to relate to other people. From this recognition you will also learn to move past the career roadblocks that frequently stem from the lingering effects of your father’s influence. Defining five main styles of fathering, Dr Poulter devotes a chapter each to: The Superachiever Father; The Time Bomb Father; The Passive Father; The Absent Father (whether physically or emotionally) and The Compassionate / Mentor Father. By becoming aware of how your father related to you, particularly in a destructive relationship, you will understand how your career relationships in many ways mirror your degree of comfort with your father's emotional legacy. In this way, career roadblocks -- often based on interactions with people on the job -- will be more easily transformed into career building blocks that will lead to advancement and success. { 239pp, 150x230mm, May 2006; PB, £11.99, 1591024102:9781591024101 , Prometheus Books } |
| FEAR IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCES [Salvatore Campanella (ed)] Fear is an emotion that is particularly important to human and animal existence. It is a reaction to threatening events and is elicited when self-preservation goals are posed in danger during the pursuit of actions directed at other goals. A common view of fear in the neuroscience literature is that fear triggers the "fight or flight" response, characterised by increased heart rate, breathing, and muscle tension, which allows the individual to escape from danger or defend itself against a predator or non-specific. Based on the presence or absence of a stimulus, the brain regulates the strength and duration of this apparent coping mechanism. When this regulatory system malfunctions, however, it can lead to excessive fearfulness in certain individuals. Excessively fearful individuals appear to have difficulty suppressing the body's response to stress. This book examines the various aspects of this interesting emotion. { 192pp, 180x260mm, December 2006; HB, £59.50, 1594545022:9781594545023 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FLOW AS A RESOURCE : A Contribution to Organizational Psychology [Lisa Vivoll Straume] Lisa Vivoll Straume investigates if and how the state of psychological flow can be used as a resource in organisational psychology. The 170 participants represented occupations from a variety of fields. Results indicate that goal setting can be a predictor of flow experiences at work. Implications regarding measurements of flow are discussed, and suggestions regarding the future research and applicability of the flow model are made. { 123pp, 180x260mm, February 2008; PB, £24.50, 8251923107:9788251923101 , Tapir Academic Press } |
| FOCUS ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR RESEARCH [Terry C Rhodes (ed)] Developmentally, puberty is accompanied by major physical and emotional changes that alter a young person’s relationships and patterns of interaction with others. The transition into adolescence begins the move toward independence from parents and the need to establish one’s own values, personal and sexual identity, and the skills and competencies needed to compete in adult society. Independence requires young people to renegotiate family rules and degree of supervision by parents, a process that can generate conflict and withdrawal from parents. At the same time, social networks expand, and relationships with peers and adults in new social contexts equal or exceed in importance the relationships with parents. The criteria for success and acceptance among peers and adults change. Adapting to all of these changes in relationships, social contexts, status, and performance criteria can generate great stress, feelings of rejection, and anger at perceived or real failure. Young people may be attracted to violent behaviour as a way of asserting their independence of the adult world and its rules, as a way of gaining the attention and respect of peers, as a way of compensating for limited personal competencies, or as a response to restricted opportunities for success at school or in the community. Good relationships with parents during childhood will help in a successful transition to adolescence, but they do not guarantee it. This new book presents new research in the field. { 285pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600216978:9781600216978 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FOCUS ON CHILD PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [Jean R Marrrow (ed)] This book on child psychology describes new and important psychological research on cognitive, social, and physical development. The coverage includes infants, children, and adolescents. Includes skills, problem solving abilities, conceptual understanding, acquisition of language, moral understanding, and identity formation. This book deals with this sometimes perplexing and little-understood field. { 152pp, 180x260mm, May 2006; HB, £76.99, 1594546185:9781594546181 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FOCUS ON COGNITIVE DISORDER RESEARCH [William P Briscoe (ed)] Cognitive disorders are defined as those in which a limitation of cognitive functioning is the main feature. They include: amnestic disorders, Huntington's disease, and mental retardation, dementia, delirium, aphasia, and cognitive disorders not otherwise specified. This book brings together leading researchers from throughout the world. { 240pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600214827:9781600214820 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FOCUS ON COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESERACH [M A Vanchevsky (ed)] Cognitive psychology deals with information processing, and includes a variety of thinking processes including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement. It is also concerned with the structures and representations involved in cognition. Cognitive psychology has significant applications of all areas of human endeavour. It is also the subject of intensive study when applied to health and ageing in the absence of a significant health problem as well as education and human-computer interaction. Other examples are eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, suggestibility , expertise and skilled behaviour. { 320pp, 180x260mm, January 2006; HB, £85.99, 1594546347:9781594546341 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FOCUS ON NEUROPSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [Joshua R Dupri (ed)] Neuropsychology is the study of brain-behaviour relationships and examines such domains of cognitive functioning as memory, attention, visual-perceptual abilities, language and intellectual function. It is strongly scientific in its approach and shares an information processing view of the mind with cognitive psychology and cognitive science. It is one of the most eclectic of the psychological disciplines, overlapping at times with areas such as neuroscience, philosophy (particularly philosophy of mind), neurology, psychiatry and computer science (particularly by making use of artificial neural networks). { 229pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £69.99, 1594547793:9781594547799 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRENDS [Raymond C Browne (ed)] Forensic psychiatry is a branch of medicine which focuses on the interface of law and mental health. It includes psychiatric consultation in a wide variety of legal matters (including expert testimony), as well as clinical work with perpetrators and victims. This book presents new and important research in the field. { 146pp, 155x230mm, March 2008; HB, £45.99, 1600219861:9781600219863 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| FREUD & TRAGEDY [Heinz Politzer; Translated by Michael Mitchell] The book examines Sigmund Freud's life and work, and sees tragedy as a concept of central importance in both. Politzer shows how for Freud the tragic experience -- later formulated as the Oedipus complex -- was at the root of the development of human civilization. In the light of this idea he examines Freud's interpretation of Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Michelangelo's statue Moses. He also looks at the relationship with Jung in terms of the father-son conflict. A final chapter, designated 'appendix' portrays the younger generation of the 1970's 'flower-power' movement, as a 'post-Oedipal generation'. Politzer's book is also a celebration of Sigmund Freud as a literary author in his own right. { 176pp, 140x215mm, October 2006; PB, £15.99, 1572411465:9781572411463 , Ariadne Press } |
| FRONTIERS IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY [Michael A Vanchevsky (ed)] Cognitive psychology deals with information processing, and includes a variety of thinking processes including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement. It is also concerned with the structures and representations involved in cognition. Cognitive psychology has significant applications of all areas of human endeavour. It is also the subject of intensive study when applied to health and ageing in the absence of a significant health problem as well as education and human-computer interaction. Other examples are eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, suggestibility , expertise and skilled behaviour. { 172pp, 180x260mm, January 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600210317:9781600210310 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| GENDER IDENTITY, PSYCHOLOGY & LIFESTYLE [Alan J Lauber (ed)] Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject as well as important advances in psychology and lifestyle. { 207pp, 180x260mm, August 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600213669:9781600213663 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| HABIT [William James] The habits to which there is an innate tendency are called instincts; some of those due to education would, by most persons, be called acts of reason. It appears that habit covers a very large part of life, and that one engaged in studying the objective manifestations of mind is bound at the very outset to define clearly just what its limits are. This volume illustrates the principles surrounding habit and its structure. { 192pp, July 2008; PB, £10.99, 1929490283:9781929490288 , Frederic C Beil } |
| HOW CHILDREN BECOME MORAL SELVES : Building Character & Promoting Citizenship in Education [Josephine Russell] This book examines moral responsiveness and thinking in a mixed gender class of primary school children, and offers a theoretical perspective on children’s ability to think together about morality in a community of enquiry and on related issues of pedagogy. It tracks development in children’s moral awareness, looking at gains and losses from middle to late childhood, and focuses on cognitive skills, notions of moral rectitude, and interpersonal relationships and friendship. The study demonstrates how, through participation in a community of enquiry such as 'Thinking Time -- Philosophy with Children' (children sit in a circle, engaging in dialogue, with the teacher as facilitator), children become more thoughtful and develop respect and responsiveness as well as other traits of character that are central to democratic citizenship. The author analyses children’s thinking in response to a wide range of content, on issues of justice, freedom and responsibility, rights and duties, inclusiveness, and friendship. Gender differences are also examined. With the increasing emphasis on education for citizenship in the school curriculum comes an awareness that 'children’s voice' and 'agency' need to be respected and promoted. Social Personal and Health Education, Values Education, and Education for Citizenship are becoming more critical in an environment where there is a sense of crisis and concern about the fabric of democratic society. In presenting a new paradigm -- research with rather than on children, entering into their life-world which their teacher shares -- the author demonstrates the potential of children to reflect in a concerned way on issues that concern them and society as a whole. { 239pp, 152x229mm, January 2007; HB, £29.50, 1845191757:9781845191757 , Sussex Academic Press } |
| IMMEASURABLE MIND : The Real Science of Psychology [William R Uttal] Is psychology a science? Unlike Darwinian theory in biology or relativity and quantum theory in physics, psychology lacks the basic quantitative or conceptual foundation for a consensus view about how the mind works. Is psychology on the verge of developing such a foundation? "Probably not", answers psychologist William R. Uttal in this iconoclastic and critical examination of psychology's underlying principles, assumptions, and concepts. In five in-depth chapters and one appendix, he explores the following key issues: What do we mean by "science" and can psychology be legitimately described as a science? What are the general principles that should be applied to any science? What is the role of mathematics in psychology? Given the current fragmented state of the discipline, is it possible to identify the general principles of a scientific psychology? Is experimental psychology just applied epistemology and not really scientific? Uttal comes to the conclusion that psychology is a science only to the extent that it is behaviourist in orientation. By comparing his discipline to other sciences, he identifies its limits, establishes a set of principles that help to define psychology as a science, and suggests plausible future developments. { 296pp, 155x230mm, June 2007; HB, £19.50, 1591025257:9781591025252 , Prometheus Books } |
| INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH TRENDS [Ina M Pearle (ed)] Industrial and organisational psychology (also known as I/O psychology, work psychology, work and organisational psychology, W-O psychology, occupational psychology, or personnel psychology) concerns the application of psychological theories, research methods, and intervention strategies to workplace issues. I/O psychologists are interested in making organisations more productive while ensuring workers are able to lead physically and psychologically healthy lives. Relevant topics include personnel psychology, motivation and leadership, employee selection, training, and development, organisation development and guided change, organisational behaviour, and work and family issues. This book presents leading research from around the globe in this field. { 130pp, 180x260mm, November 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600218253:9781600218255 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| INSTRUCTING & TESTING ADVANCED LEARNERS : A Cognitive Load Approach [Slava Kalyuga] When we learn new and complex materials, our cognitive processing capabilities are usually severely reduced due to limited working memory capacity. Learner expertise in a specific domain decreases those limitations by enabling the use of the expert’s organised knowledge base. In many instructional situations, however, expertise may also trigger additional cognitive load because of the processing of redundant information. Recently, strong evidence has emerged that instructional techniques, which are highly effective with novice learners, can lose their effectiveness and even have negative consequences when used with advanced learners. As learners become more knowledgeable in a domain, instructional techniques and procedures often need to change radically in order to remain efficient. To tailor instruction to levels of learner knowledge in computer-based learning environments, it is critical to have a simple and rapid measure of learner expertise suitable for real-time testing. The primary goal of this book is to provide the theoretical background and research-based recommendations on instructional techniques and diagnostic assessment methods that are suitable for advanced learners in multimedia learning environments. { 178pp, 180x260mm, August 2006; HB, £52.99, 1594548684:9781594548680 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| INTELLIGENCE : New Research [Lin V Wesley (ed)] The research projects presented in this book are the most recent studies of intelligence. They will improve our understanding of the human’s ability to learn, understand or deal with new or trying situations and how people apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests). Understanding intelligence is important because it improves our understanding of how the brain works and could potentially be a gateway to improving education on all levels from individual teaching methods to widely used curriculums. { 162pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £65.50, 1594546371:9781594546372 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY : 2nd Edition [Lionel Nicholas (ed)] Book & CD-ROM. This second edition is a visually appealing, comprehensive and accessible text designed to help students make sense of psychology and its relationship to their everyday lives. The areas it covers include: Research methods and statistics; Biological bases of behaviour; Sensation and perception; Developmental psychology; Learning; Industrial psychology; Sexuality. A number of new chapter authors provide fresh perspectives and stimulating South African case materials to an expanded selection of topics. A range of cultural viewpoints are discussed and current debates about psychology are presented from different perspectives to allow students to develop their capacity to think critically. Chapter overviews, suggested further readings and a comprehensive index make the book easy to use. For lecturers there is a CD containing chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides providing direct assistance in teaching the subject. Students and lecturers alike will find this book offers a detailed overview and perfect introduction to the subject of psychology. { 414pp, 210x275mm, February 2008; PB, £35.50, 1919895027:9781919895024 , Juta Publishing (Academic) } |
| ISSUES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION [Paula R Zelick (ed)] In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour. Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (eg: shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (eg: anger, grief, happiness). This book gathers new and important research in the field. { 241pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600216315:9781600216312 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| LEADING EDGE RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY [A M Columbus (ed)] Cognitive psychology deals with information processing, and includes a variety of thinking processes including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement. It is also concerned with the structures and representations involved in cognition. Cognitive psychology has significant applications of all areas of human endeavour. It is also the subject of intensive study when applied to health and ageing in the absence of a significant health problem as well as education and human-computer interaction. Other examples are eyewitness memory, autobiographical memory, spatial cognition, skill training, suggestibility, expertise and skilled behaviour. { 178pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £59.50, 1594541388:9781594541384 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| LEARNING FROM DREAMS [Marion Rauscher Gallbach] Dreams have profound implications for the physical and spiritual realm, for the body as well as for the psyche. The innovative dream-work procedures developed in this book are instruments that help illuminate such connections, allowing for symbolic elaboration of psychosomatic symptoms that favour their transformation and resolution. The procedures of Dream Processing, Body-Active-Imagination and Contemplative Dream Experience are described and investigated and illustrated with manifold examples. They are valuable tools for the therapeutic professional and for any of us wishing to interact with dreams to harmonise with the profound process that orients us to the path of our lives. "Learning from Dreams" is the result of many years of research within Dream-Experience-Groups. This Jungian dreamwork methodology broadens the traditional individual setting and offers new perspectives for the professional practice and theory. { 234pp, 140x210mm, March 2006; PB, £19.50, 3856307036:9783856307035 , Daimon Verlag } |
| LIFE LIBERTY & HAPPINESS : An Optimist Manifesto [Frank S Robinson] There's no shortage of gloom-and-doom viewpoints about humanity: our history of violence and war, environmental profligacy, economic and social injustice, etc. Frank S Robinson has written this 'optimist manifesto' as an antidote to such poisonous pessimism. Here you will find some radical and refreshing assertions: that most people are fundamentally good, that global society is getting better all the time, and that, in the big picture, humankind is not at the end of a brief, tragic existence but, rather, has just embarked on a long, bright future. What started as an extended letter to his daughter, one father's effort to leave an intellectual legacy, grew to comprehensively cover and tie together the big philosophical, political, social and economic issues. Writing in a highly readable style, Robinson steadfastly emphasises reason as our best tool for discovering truth and making objective decisions. It is through this consistently rational approach to life that he argues for a positive humanistic vision, based on people being left free to pursue their dreams. The book celebrates the human character and achievement, and America's ideals of liberty and opportunity; it is packed not with bland bromides but thought-provoking ideas. The unifying theme is freedom as the key to understanding our own lives and happiness, and in making a better world for all. { 364pp, 155x230mm, July 2006; HB, £19.50, 1591024269:9781591024262 , Prometheus Books } |
| LIFESTYLE THEORY : Past, Present & Future [Glenn D Walters] Lifestyle theory seeks to redress the problems created by psychology's dependence on theoretical mini-models by offering an overarching conceptual framework that combines the insights of yesterday's grand theories with the methodological rigor of today's mini-models. The past, present, and future mentioned in the title of this book refers more to lifestyle theory's ability to clarify the past, present, and future of human experience than the past, present, and future of lifestyle theory. { 240pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £52.99, 1600210333:9781600210334 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| MENTAL WELLNESS IN ADULTS WITH DOWN SYNDROME : A Guide to Emotional & Behavioral Strengths & Challenges [Dennis McGuide PhD & Brian Chiccoine MD] In this groundbreaking book, the founding directors of the Adult Down Syndrome Center of Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois -- the first and premier facility of its type in North America -- share nearly 30 years of combined experience, treating over 3000 adolescents and adults with Down syndrome aged 12 to 83. This is an invaluable resource for parents, mental health professionals, teachers and caregivers who want to understand how to promote mental health and resolve psychosocial problems in people with Down syndrome. This authoritative, upbeat, and easy-to-read guide clarifies what the common behavioural characteristics of Down syndrome are, how some could be mistaken for mental illness, and what bona fide mental health problems occur more commonly in people with Down syndrome. As Chicoine and McGuire describe these traits and mental health issues, they also explain, through observations and case studies based on their patients, how parents, caregivers, and adults with Down syndrome can work together to foster mental wellness. In addition, the authors discuss the importance of regular assessment and how behaviour and mental well-being can be affected by environmental conditions, social opportunities, and physical health. The first section of the book offers a wealth of knowledge and insight about typical behavioural traits of Down syndrome and how to work with teens and adults to encourage mental wellness on a day-to-day basis. For each condition, the authors describe the problem signs, the diagnostic process and a range of treatment options, such as counselling, behavioural therapy and medications. Now, readers all over the world can pay a virtual visit to the Adult Down Syndrome Center and benefit from the insight and expertise of Drs McGuire and Chicoine. Anyone who knows or cares for someone with Down syndrome will understand them better after reading this guide. { 431pp, 180x260mm, July 2006; PB, £16.99, 1890627658:9781890627652 , Woodbine House } |
| META-COGNITION : A Recent Review of Research, Theory, & Perspectives [Michael F Shaughnessy, Marcel V E Vennemann & Cynthia Kleyn Kennedy (eds)] Over the past two decades, the word 'metacognition' has become a regularly used part of our language and vocabulary in both psychology and education. Many research articles have been written about it, the conceptualisation of this construct has expanded, and conferences abound with investigations and empirical research into various facets of this domain. This book provides some of the most recent research by scholars from various parts of the world. It includes differing perspectives -- some empirical, some theory driven, and some application papers. The book focuses on metacognition and it's relevance to gifted and highly able students. Many of the papers focus directly and specifically on this; others are more tangential in nature. { 241pp, 180x260mm, January 2008; HB, £59.50, 1604560118:9781604560114 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| MIND : A Historical & Philosophical Introduction to the Major Theories [André Kukla & Joel Walmsley] An historical overview and evaluation of modern psychology’s theoretical foundations, 'Mind' ranges from Descartes to dynamics in its discussion of such topics as introspectionism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the varieties of contemporary cognitive science. Throughout, these theories are examined and assessed as attempts to construct an overall conception of the person -- as general theories of human nature. { 199pp, 140x215mm, October 2006; PB, £7.95, 087220832X:9780872208322 / HB, £27.95, 0872208338:9780872208339 , Hackett Publishing } |
| MOTIVATION OF EXERCISE & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY [Liam A Chiang (ed)] In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour (Geen, 1995). Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (e.g., shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (e.g., anger, grief, happiness). { 142pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600215963:9781600215964 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| MOTIVATION OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR [Paul W O'Neal (ed)] In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour (Geen, 1995). Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (e.g., shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (e.g., anger, grief, happiness). This important book is dedicated to motivation of health behaviours. { 194pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600215971:9781600215971 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH [Vincent W Fallio (ed)] Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. This book gathers a compilation of new and significant research on many facets of consciousness research. These include memory studies, evolution of consciousness, paranormal experiences, phenomenal consciousness, meditation, human emotion and psychopathology. { 223pp, 180x260mm, March 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600212476:9781600212475 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING [Robert A Degregorio (ed)] Psychological testing has grown exponentially as technological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated it's growth. Psychological testing or Psychological assessment is a field characterised by the use of samples of behaviour in order to infer generalisations about a given individual. By samples of behaviour, one means observations over time of an individual performing tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand. These responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behaviour of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. The broad categories of psychological evaluation tests include: Norm-referenced, IQ/achievement tests, Neuropsychological tests, Personality tests, Objective tests (Rating scale), Direct observation tests, Psychological evaluations using data mining. This book presents the latest research in the field. { 222pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600217028:9781600217029 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION [Filip M Olsson (ed)] Motivation is a reason or set or reasons for engaging in a particular behaviour, especially human behaviour as studied in psychology and neuropsychology. The reasons may include basic needs (e.g., food, water, shelter) or an object, goal, state of being, or ideal that is desirable, which may or may not be viewed as "positive", such as seeking a state of being in which pain is absent. The motivation for a behaviour may also be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism or morality. { 179pp, 180x260mm, May 2008; HB, £85.99, 1604560908:9781604560909 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS & TESTING RESEARCH [Lydia S Boyar (ed)] Psychological testing has grown exponentially as technological advances have permitted it to and societal complexities have necessitated its growth. Psychological testing or psychological assessment is a field characterised by the use of samples of behaviour in order to infer generalisations about a given individual. By samples of behaviour, one means observations over time of an individual performing tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand. These responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behaviour of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. The broad categories of psychological evaluation tests include: Norm-referenced, IQ/achievement tests, Neuropsychological tests, Personality tests, Objective tests (Rating scale), Direct observation tests, Psychological evaluations using data mining. New and important research is presented in this book. { 257pp, 180x260mm, August 2007; HB, £52.99, 160021570X:9781600215704 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NEW RESEARCH ON CONSCIOUSNESS [Jason T Locks (ed)] Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of the mind, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. This book presents a compilation of new and significant research on the many facets of consciousness. These include psychoenergetic studies, neurobiological hypothesis, theories on unconsciousness and psychoanalytic theories relating to sexual experiences. { 304pp, 180x260mm, June 2006; HB, £59.50, 1600212468:9781600212468 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| NONMONOTONIC REASONING : A Unifying Framework [Dritan Berzati] The capability to reason in a world full of uncertainties, vagueness and ignorance is what distinguishes humans. This ability to argument in a partially known world is the informal definition of common-sense reasoning. The question how common-sense reasoning is performed occupied humanity since we can think of. Last century this issue reached an immense importance. Especially during the last three decades the study of common-sense reasoning became one of the major research topics in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Several formalisms to capture the mechanism of common-sense reasoning have been proposed so far. This book concentrates on presenting the most important formalisms for common-sense reasoning, and, showing that one of the discussed formalisms serves perfectly to capture the mechanism of common-sense reasoning, since this formalism subsumes all other in this book introduced formalisms dealing with common-sense reasoning. { 172pp, 180x260mm, April 2007; HB, £59.50, 1594545626:9781594545627 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER & COMORBIDITY [Ruth Gross-Isseroff & Abraham Weizman (eds)] { 171pp, 180x260mm, April 2006; HB, £65.50, 1594548846:9781594548840 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PARTICIPATION & PREVENTION : When Organizing Shift Work at Company Level in Various European Countries [Hans Jeppe Jeppesen, Thomas Jønsson, Jens Mammen & Thomas Rasmussen (eds)] This anthology presents an investigation of how shift work is organised in various European countries. The important role of the participatory bodies is discussed, vis-à-vis the prevention of shift-work related problems. The results of the investigation reveal that while systematic prevention activities do not take place, strengths and weaknesses were to be found in the various processes for employee participation in designing shift schedules. They suggest that good results can be achieved by combining innovative processes based on a regulatory framework that ensures health and safety with formal foundations that ensure employee influence. { 279pp, 155x240mm, November 2006; PB, £22.95, 8779341152:9788779341159 , Aarhus University Press } |
| PATTERN RECOGNITION : Theory & Application [Erwin A Zoeller (ed)] Pattern recognition studies the operation and design of systems that recognise patterns in data. It encloses subdisciplines like discriminant analysis, feature extraction, error estimation, cluster analysis (together sometimes called statistical pattern recognition), grammatical inference and parsing (sometimes called syntactical pattern recognition). Important application areas are image analysis, character recognition, speech analysis, man and machine diagnostics, person identification and industrial inspection. This book presents new international research in the field. { 403pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600217176:9781600217173 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PATTERN RECOGNITION IN NANOSCIENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & ARCHEOLOGY [Diane M Perez (ed)] This book presents new and important research on pattern recognition -- the research area that studies the operation and design of systems that recognize patterns in data. It encloses sub-disciplines like discriminate analysis, feature extraction, error estimation, cluster analysis (together sometimes called statistical pattern recognition), grammatical inference and parsing (sometimes called syntactical pattern recognition). Important application areas are image analysis, character recognition, speech analysis, man and machine diagnostics, person identification and industrial inspection. { 212pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 160021715X:9781600217159 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PERSONALITY & SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [Bettina P Reimann (ed)] This new book presents new and important research in attitudes and social cognition and addresses those domains of social behavior in which cognition plays a major role, including the interface of cognition with overt behavior, affect, and motivation. It also deals with interpersonal relations and group processes focusing on psychological and structural features of interaction in dyads and groups. In addition, it covers personality processes and individual differences. { 212pp, 180x260mm, March 2008; HB, £52.99, 1600217354:9781600217357 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS : New Research [Jonas C Hagen & Emil I Jensen (eds)] Personality disorders are formally referred to as a character disorder or a class of mental disorders characterised by rigid and on-going patterns of thought and action (cognitive modules). The underlying belief systems informing these patterns are referred to as fixed fantasies. The inflexibility and pervasiveness of these behavioural patterns often cause serious personal and social difficulties, as well as a general impairment of functioning. This book provides leading research from around the globe on this topic. { December 2008; HB, £85.99, 1604567228:9781604567229 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PERSONALITY DISORDERS & SUICIDE : Theory & Research [Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, Enrique Baca-Garcia & Jeronimo Saiz-Ruiz] The main objective of this book is to present a clear and profound review of the role of PD on suicide behaviour. Data on PDs different of BPD and antisocial PD are scarce. The contributors are all clinicians and researchers focused on the study of suicide. The book has two well-differentiated parts: the first one is a brief introduction to some theoretical issues that are considered basic to set the ground when approaching the second part, which is devoted to research on the influence of personality, and particularly, PDs on suicidal behaviour. In addition to the extensive review carried out, the authors also present data on some of the research that their research group and others are carrying out in this area. { 307pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £52.99, 1600217532:9781600217531 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PERSPECTIVES ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF AGGRESSION [James P Morgan (ed)] Aggression may be defined as: 1: The act of initiating hostilities or invasion; 2. The practice or habit of launching attacks; 3. The practice or habit of launching attacks. Aggression is one of the most important and most controversial kinds of motivation. Its use as a category in the psychology of motivation has often been criticised, because it is clear that it encompasses a vast range of phenomena, from modern war to squabbles between individuals. There is an important familial component to aggression, antisocial behaviour, crime, and violence. Essentially all people are in some way affected by aggression, whether they are targets of it, engage in it themselves, or are charged with observing and controlling it in others. Thus aggression is of concern to victims, perpetrators, and those professionals charged with its treatment because of personal safety, well-being, or obligation. This new book examines the foundations and manifestations of aggression. { 141pp, 180x260mm, May 2006; HB, £59.50, 1594547491:9781594547492 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PLAY IN CHILDHOOD [Margaret Lowenfeld] This book is essential reading for all those involved in the Psychology of the Child. { 246pp, 152x229mm, May 2008; PB, £17.95, 1845193008:9781845193003 , Sussex Academic Press } |
| PROCESS & PERSONALITY : Actualization of the Personal World with Process-Oriented Methods [Gudmund J W Smith & Ingegerd M Carlsson (eds)] This book is a joint effort of like-minded researchers to define the concept of process within a psychological setting. Although minor differences exist as regards choice of background theory, their common focus is on personality in a broad psychodynamic context. Their definition of personality rests on a series of test instruments that have been validated during decades of thorough and vigorous empirical work. These were originally designed to open up micro-processes underlying the adaptation to or construction of reality, and have subsequently proven diagnostically efficient. Coming from both sides of the Atlantic, the contributors have their background in psychological as well as medical institutions. The contributions in the book are examples of a vital source sustaining our efforts to get a more profound understanding of the vicissitudes of the human mind. { 299pp, 150x215mm, March 2008; HB, £89.50, 3938793899:9783938793893 , Ontos Verlag } |
| PROGRESS IN BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [Giuseppina A Conti (ed)] In psychology, biological psychology or psychobiology is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes and behaviour. A psychobiologist, for instance, may compare the imprinting behaviour in goslings to the early attachment behaviour in human infants and construct theory around these two phenomena. Biological psychologists may often be interested in measuring some biological variable, e.g. an anatomical, physiological, or genetic variable, in an attempt to relate it quantitatively or qualitatively to a psychological or behavioural variable, and thus contribute to evidence based practice. Biopsychology is another synonym for biological psychology. This book presents new and important research from around the globe. { 200pp, 180x260mm, June 2008; HB, £85.99, 1604563559:9781604563559 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PROGRESS IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH [Veronica N Galwye (ed)] The field of educational psychology is primarily concerned with teaching and learning. Educational psychology has a long historical past and an extensive record of conducting empirical research into the teaching/learning process. Educational psychology has also been involved with the topics of motivation, intelligence, memory, cognition, intellectual development and evaluation and assessment. Over the past 50 years, educational psychology has been predominantly involved with the learning processes of the "normal, average" student. However, over the past 20 years, mainstreaming and later inclusion has presented an additional challenge for educational psychologists and classroom teachers. This book presents new and important research in the field. { 178pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600217869:9781600217869 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE ON AFFIRMATIVE ACTION [Dennis Doverspike, Mary Anne Taylor & Winifred Arthur] What does psychology have to do with affirmative action? In the author’s opinion, questioning the relevance of psychology to an issue such as affirmative action is, unfortunately, not an uncommon query, even among many people within the field of psychology. When most people, both within and outside the field, make an association between psychology and affirmative action, it is in terms of the debate over racial differences in performance on intelligence tests. Thus, the decision to write this book was based upon what was seen as a need to demonstrate and highlight the substantive contribution that psychology can make in terms of improving our understanding of why it is that people respond to affirmative action with a variety of reactions and emotions. The primary goal of this book is to discuss empirical research and theoretical work on affirmative action from a psychological perspective. The intended audience is academics, including undergraduate and graduate students, and social science researchers. { 215pp, 140x215mm, January 2006; PB, £25.99, 159454722X:9781594547225 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS & TESTING RESEARCH TRENDS [Paul M Goldfarb (ed)] Psychological testing or Psychological assessment is a field characterised by the use of samples of behaviour in order to infer generalisations about a given individual. By samples of behaviour, one means observations over time of an individual performing tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand. These responses are often compiled into statistical tables that allow the evaluator to compare the behaviour of the individual being tested to the responses of a norm group. The broad categories of psychological evaluation tests include: Norm-referenced, IQ/achievement tests, Neuropsychological tests, Personality tests, Objective tests (Rating scale), Direct observation tests, Psychological evaluations using data mining. This book presents new and important research from around the world. { 336pp, 180x260mm, October 2007; HB, £52.99, 1600215696:9781600215698 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY & SCHIZOPHRENIA [Janet E Pletson (ed)] Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling psychosis, which is an impairment of thinking in which the interpretation of reality is abnormal. Psychosis is a symptom of a disordered brain. Approximately 1 percent of the population world-wide develops schizophrenia during their lifetime. Although schizophrenia affects men and women with equal frequency, the disorder often appears earlier in men, usually in the late teens or early twenties, than in women, who are generally affected in the twenties to early thirties. People with schizophrenia often suffer symptoms such as hearing internal voices not heard by others, or believing that other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them. The current evidence concerning the causes of schizophrenia is a mosaic. It is quite clear that multiple factors are involved. These include changes in the chemistry of the brain, changes in the structure of the brain, and genetic factors. Viral infections and head injuries may also play a role. New molecular tools and modern statistical analyses are allow focusing in on particular genes that might make people more susceptible to schizophrenia by affecting, for example, brain development or neurotransmitter systems governing brain functioning. State-of-the-art imaging techniques are being used to study the living brain. They have recently revealed specific, subtle abnormalities in the structure and function of the brains of patients with schizophrenia. In other imaging studies, early biochemical changes that may precede the onset of disease symptoms have been noted, prompting examination of the neural circuits that are most likely to be involved in producing those symptoms. This book presents the newest in-depth research from around the world on schizophrenia. { 240pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £85.99, 1594548676:9781594548673 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF ANGER [Elana I Clausen (ed)] Anger is an emotional state that may range in intensity from mild irritation to intense fury and rage. Anger has physical effects including raising the heart rate and blood pressure and the levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Anger is a (physiological and psychological) response to a perceived threat to self or important others, present, past, or future. The threat may appear to be real, discussed, or imagined. Anger is often a response to the perception of threat due to a physical conflict, injustice, negligence, humiliation or betrayal among other contentions. The expression of anger can be through active or passive behaviours. In the case of "active" emotion the angry person "lashes out" verbally or physically at an intended target. When anger is a "passive" emotion it is characterised by silent sulking, passive-aggressive behaviour (hostility) and tension. This new book presents leading-edge research in this field. { 345pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600217729:9781600217722 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING IN ECONOMICS, BUSINESS & FINANCE [Klaus P Hofmann (ed)] In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Thus the process of decision making itself requires analysis on an ongoing basis. Decision making is often made based on cultural factors whereas the best alternative might be quite different. The subject touches ethics aspects as well as psychological considerations. This book presents important research on the psychology of decision making related to economics, business and finance. { 228pp, 180x260mm, January 2008; HB, £85.99, 1600219179:9781600219177 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING IN LEGAL, HEALTH CARE & SCIENCE SETTINGS [Gloria R Burthold (ed)] In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Thus the process of decision making itself requires analysis on an ongoing basis. Decision making is often made based on cultural factors whereas the best alternative might be quite different. The subject touches ethical aspects as well as psychological considerations. This book presents important research on the psychology of decision making related to law and law enforcement, health care and science. { 267pp, 180x260mm, January 2008; HB, £85.99, 1600219322:9781600219320 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF DECISION MAKING IN MEDICINE & HEALTH CARE [Thomas E Lynch (ed)] In a fast-moving world, the necessity of making decisions, and preferably good ones, has become even more difficult. One reason is the variety and number of choices perhaps available which often are not presented or understood. Alternatives are often unclear and complex paths to them confusing and misleading. Thus the process of decision making itself requires analysis on an ongoing basis. Decision making is often made based on cultural factors whereas the best alternative might be quite different. The subject touches ethics aspects as well as psychological considerations. This new book presents important research on the psychology of decision making related to health care and medicine. { 235pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600219349:9781600219344 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER IDENTITY : An International Perspective [Kam-Shing Yip (ed)] Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject. { 264pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £59.50, 1594548587:9781594548581 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF MOODS : New Research [Anita V Clark (ed)] A mood is defined as the prevailing psychological state (habitual or relatively temporary). It is further defined as a feeling, state or prolonged emotion that influences the whole of one's psychic life. It can relate to passion or feeling; humour; as a melancholy mood or a suppliant mood. Mood can and does affect perceived health, personal confidence, one’s perceptions of the world around us and our actions based on those perceptions. Moods can and do change often although mood swings of a sharp nature may be a symptom of underlying disease. Moods may signify happiness, anger, tension, or anxiety. Chronic periods of any mood state may be an indicator of a disorder as well. This new book gathers important research from throughout the world in this rapidly changing field. { 251pp, 180x260mm, January 2006; HB, £99.99, 1594546614:9781594546617 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION [Lois V Brown (ed)] In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behaviour. Motivation is a temporal and dynamic state that should not be confused with personality or emotion. Motivation is having the desire and willingness to do something. A motivated person can be reaching for a long-term goal such as becoming a professional writer or a more short-term goal like learning how to spell a particular word. Personality invariably refers to more or less permanent characteristics of an individual's state of being (eg: shy, extrovert, conscientious). As opposed to motivation, emotion refers to temporal states that do not immediately link to behaviour (e.g., anger, grief, happiness). This book presents that latest research in this field. { 217pp, 180x260mm, February 2007; HB, £85.99, 160021598X:9781600215988 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF STRESS [Kimberly V Oxington (ed)] Stress is a physical response to an undesirable situation. Mild stress can result from missing the bus, standing in a long line at the store or getting a parking ticket. Stress can also be severe. Divorce, family problems, an assault, or the death of a loved one, for example, can be devastating. One of the most common sources of both mild and severe stress is work. Stress can be short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic). Acute stress is a reaction to an immediate threat -- either real or perceived. Chronic stress involves situations that aren't short-lived, such as relationship problems, workplace pressures, and financial or health worries. Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life. As Hans Selye (who coined the term as it is currently used) noted, "Without stress, there would be no life". However, just as distress can cause disease, it seems plausible that there are good stresses that promote wellness. Stress is not always necessarily harmful. Winning a race or an election can be just as stressful as losing, or more so, but may trigger very different biological responses. Increased stress results in increased productivity up to a point. This book deals with the dazzling complexity of this good-bad phenomenon and presents up-to-date research from throughout the world. { December 2008; PB, £25.99, 1604567376:9781604567373 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| PSYCHOTHERAPY AS A HUMAN SCIENCE [Daniel Burston & Roger A Frie] A masterful survey, 'Psychotherapy as a Human Science' provides a critical and historical introduction to the core themes and influential thinkers that helped to shape contemporary human science approaches to psychotherapy. { 326pp, 155x230mm, June 2006; PB, £19.99, 0820703788:9780820703787 , Duquesne University Press } |
| RELIGION & PSYCHOLOGY : New Research [Sylvan D Ambrose (ed)] This book is devoted to research on the interaction between two fields which have an enormous impact on most of mankind. { 311pp, 180x260mm, October 2006; HB, £52.99, 1600210201:9781600210204 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| RESEARCH FOCUS ON COGNITIVE DISORDERS [Valerie N Plishe (ed).] Cognitive disorders are defined as those in which a limitation of cognitive functioning is the main feature. They include: amnestic disorders, Huntington's disease, and mental retardation, dementia, delirium, aphasia, and cognitive disorders not otherwise specified. This book brings presents leading researchers from throughout the world. { 176pp, 180x260mm, September 2007; HB, £85.99, 1600214835:9781600214837 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| RETHINKING EGOCENTRIC SPEECH : Towards a New Hypothesis [Karen Junefelt] "Egocentric speech" has been an important notion in the development of language and thought since Piaget (1923) published his book Le langage et la pensée chez l'enfant (Eng. The Language and Thought of the Child), and Vygotsky (1934) published his book Myshlenie i rech (Eng. Thought and Language). Their hypotheses about the development of thought and language have provided the theoretical basis for scholarly work during the last 80 years. However, their hypotheses about egocentric speech have seldom been questioned. In this book, the author will question their hypotheses using the same material that in her own research has led her to reorganise her thinking about egocentric speech: data from a blind child. The source material that informs the book is a longitudinal case study of a blind child that extended over eight years of time. In order to closely investigate egocentric speech in this book, data from only two video recordings will be analysed from three perspectives: Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bakhtin-Voloshinov. Coming from these analyses, finally, the author presents a new hypothesis on egocentric speech and its developmental significance for inner speech or thought. { 113pp, 180x260mm, November 2007; HB, £59.50, 1600217249:9781600217241 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| SCHIZOAFFECTIVE DISORDERS : New Research [W H Murray (ed)] Schizoaffective disorder is a perplexing mental illness distinguished by a combination of symptoms of a thought disorder or other psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions (schizophrenia component) and those of a mood disorder (depressive or manic component). The coupling of symptoms from these divergent spectrums makes treating patients who are schizoaffective difficult. Schizoaffective disorder has features of both schizophrenia, including hallucinations, delusions, and distorted thinking, and a mood component, such as depression or mania. This new book brings together leading-edge research in the field. { 242pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £85.99, 1600210309:9781600210303 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY : New Research [Douglas P French (ed)] Schizophrenic psychology is the study of mental processes and behaviour of schizophrenics. This book presents the latest research in this dynamic field. { 387pp, 180x260mm, December 2006; HB, £85.99, 160021035X:9781600210358 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| SELF-REALIZATION : Politics & the Good Life in Modern Times [Mark Evans] This book elaborates a plausible and attractive conception of 'self-realisation' as an ideal of how one might live well by developing one's talents and capacities, which is suitable for the modern age. This ideal is a valid concern for modern political theory in that it can contribute to how we can encourage our social and political institutions. It explains that the contention of self-realisation is a fitting concern for 'modern times', yet seeking a secularised conception, removing the monopoly certain Eastern philosophies seem to have adopted. The author demonstrates that utopian ethical and political thinking has value in enriching our imaginations, is not on a slippery slope towards a dangerously totalitarian 'engineering of the soul' and can be used to inspire incremental changes to existing institutions and practices in a robustly 'down-to-earth' conception of the politically feasible. { 215pp, 180x260mm, June 2007; HB, £52.99, 1600217907:9781600217906 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| STRESS & ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY [Daniel Johns (ed)] As documented by health and medical professionals and social and behavioural scientists, stress has a pervasive presence in our society. The effects of stress on both the individual and our culture have received much attention. The research presented in this book explores how the presence of stress has impacted society. { 184pp, 180x260mm, September 2006; HB, £52.99, 1594549648:9781594549649 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| SURVIVAL IN THE ORGANIZATION : Gunnar Hjelholt Looks Back at the Concentration Camp from an Organizational Perspective [Benedicte Madsen & Søren Willert] World War II and the Nazi occu-pation of Europe affected the lives of millions -- among them the Dane Gunnar Hjelholt, later to become a renowned organisational psychologist. Arrested by the Germans in 1944, Hjelholt spent nine months in the Porta Westfalica concentration camp before being liberated in the spring of 1945. In this book, the authors use the professional mi-croscope to examine the structure of a Nazi work camp from an organisational perspective. { 96pp, 140x215mm, August 1996; PB, £7.50, 8772885394:9788772885391 , Aarhus University Press } |
| TALKING WITH ANGELS, 4TH EDITION [Gitta Mallasz & Lela Fischli] The true story of four young Hungarians in search of inner meaning at a time of outer upheaval -- the holocaust -- who encountered luminous forces that helped them find new direction and hope in their shattered lives. These forces, which came to be known as angels, accompanied them for seventeen perilous months, until three of them met their deaths in Nazi concentration camps. Only Gitta Mallasz survived to bring their story and these remarkable dialogues to the world. { 474pp, 140x210mm, April 2006; PB, £21.99, 3856307044:9783856307042 , Daimon Verlag } |
| TERROR ON THE HIGHWAY : Rage on America's Roads [Paul Eberle] A doctor chases then assaults an elderly woman after she cuts in front on his BMW; a teenager shoots another driver because the driver 'looked at him with disrespect'; one man kills another because 'he was driving too slow'. These a few of the many examples of extreme road rage documented by Paul Eberle in this shocking look at the havoc caused by angry people in their cars. He makes it clear that young and old, men and women, and all socioeconomic classes are involved in this epidemic of rage and violence on our highways. In 1998, the California Highway Patrol recorded 209 incidents of Assault with a Deadly Weapon in which a car was the weapon used. And in the same year the media reported more than 4000 stories on road rage nationwide. And the problem is getting worse. The author lists the warning signs of potential road-rage drivers, suggests ways to avoid such dangerous individuals, discusses the psychology of the car as a 'holy icon' and the effects of traffic congestion on 'mad car disease', expresses scepticism about psychologists specialising in aggressive driving, and proposes ways to reinvent our |