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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Название: Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life
Автор: Robert C. Carson
Издательство: Addison-Wesley
Год: 1997
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 874
Размер: 43 MB
Язык: English

This book has been providing an introduction to abnormal psychology since 1948 and remains the most authoritative survey of abnormal psychology, known for its comprehensiveness, balance of theory and practice, strong research base, and clinical sensitivity. Well-known authors Bob Carson and Jim Butcher have been authoring this book since the 6th edition in 1980 and renowned researcher Sue Mineka came onboard with the 10th edition in 1996.

Название: The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation: Leveraging Resilience for Life Change
Автор: James Garbarino (auth.)
Издательство: Springer-Verlag New York
Год: 2011
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 121
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Given the current climate of economic and environmental uncertainty, it is all too easy for individuals to feel hopeless about their lives and indifferent to the problems of others. But according to leading psychologist, James Garbarino, this is the peak time for people to enhance their optimism, empathy, and emotional responsiveness. In his important new book, The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation, Dr. Garbarino reveals the social basis for moral development in adversity, and the mental and physical benefits of psychological and spiritual growth.Drawing widely on his years as a healing professional and own experience of personal crisis as well as on decades of resilience and happiness literature, the author traces the evolution of the moral sense that affects all human relationships, including the one with the Earth itself. In these compelling pages, Dr. Garbarino:Examines how humans’ deep bonds with dogs can model positive human relationships.Compares the risks and benefits of the “oblivious” versus the self-aware life.Analyzes the role of trauma in heightening our sense of the meaning of life and defines the experience of transformational grace in adversity.Explains current manifestations of narcissism and the need for “the positive death of the self.”Asserts that every person is capable of “living an ‘extraordinary’ life.”A book with vast significance across the healing disciplines, The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation should be read, savored, and practiced by researchers, practitioners, and scientists in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology; social work; educational and community psychology; sociology; and public health.

Название: Touch and Blindness: Psychology and Neuroscience
Автор: Morton A. Heller, Soledad Ballesteros
Издательство: Taylor and Francis
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 240
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Research on touch and blindness has undergone rapid transformation in recent years, with dramatic developments in technology designed to provide assistance to those who are blind, and advancements in robotics that demand haptic interfaces. Touch and Blindness approaches the study of the topic from the perspectives of psychological methodology and the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art techniques in neuroscience. This book, edited by well-known leaders in the field, is derived from the discussions presented by speakers at a conference held in 2002, and presents current research in the field. The book is arranged in a logical, disciplinary fashion, first discussing touch and blindness from a psychological perspective, followed by an examination from the perspective of neuroscience. Some specific topics include:*processing spatial information from touch and movement;*form, projection, and pictures for the blind;*neural substrate and visual and tactile object representations; and*the role of visual cortex in tactile processing. Touch and Blindness is ideal for researchers in psychology and neuroscience, medicine, and special education.

Название: The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology
Автор: Jaan Valsiner, Alberto Rosa
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 750
Размер: 7 MB
Язык: English

The first handbook of Socio-cultural Pyschology to deal with such a variety of themes and wide international scope. Valsiner and Rossa approach human psychology in all its complexity, providing a comprehensive description and explanation of the development of meaning -making. This unique text integrates contributions of socio-cultural specialists from 15 countries worldwide, tied together by the unifying focus on the role of sign systems in human relations with the environment. It is an essential purchase for Psychologists and will have widespread appeal to Anthropologists, Sociologists and Philosophers.

Название: Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology (2 Volume Set)
Автор: Dr. Neil J. Salkind
Издательство: Sage Publications, Inc
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 1208
Размер: 19 MB
Язык: English

The field of educational psychology draws from a variety of diverse disciplines including human development across the life span, measurement and statistics, learning and motivation, and teaching. And within these different disciplines, many other fields are featured including psychology, anthropology, education, sociology, public health, school psychology, counseling, history, and philosophy. In fact, when taught at the college or university level, educational psychology is an ambitious course that undertakes the presentation of many different topics all tied together by the theme of how the individual can best function in an "educational" setting, loosely defined as anything from pre-school through adult education. Educational psychology can be defined as the application of what we know about learning and motivation, development, and measurement and statistics to educational settings (both school- and community-based).

Название: Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology, Third Edition
Автор: Gene V. Glass, Kenneth D. Hopkins
Издательство: Allyn & Bacon
Год: 1995
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 692
Размер: 9 MB
Язык: English

The approach of SMEP-III is conceptual rather than mathematical. The authors stress the understanding, applications, and interpretation of concepts rather than derivation and proof or hand-computation.