Название: Counseling the Inupiat Eskimo: (Contributions in Psychology)
Автор: Catherine Swan Reimer
Издательство: Greenwood Press
Год: 1999
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 192
Размер: 842 kB
Язык: English

Current research indicates that in order to counsel a group of people different from the mainstream, it is important to understand their unique worldview. This book defines the worldview of personal well-being for the Inupiat Eskimo in order to establish guidelines for counseling strategies. Strategies are based on the wisdom of village elders, who define personal well-being in order to help others develop counseling practices that can bridge contemporary problems with the traditions and customs of the Inupiat culture. The Inupiat define well-being by sharing Inupiat words and their meanings in relation to well-being. In their worldview, the way one thinks and acts can have an effect on well-being and on the environment.

Название: The Mystic Mind: The Psychology of Medieval Mystics and Ascetics
Автор: Jerome Kroll, Bernard Bachrach
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 289
Размер: 6 MB
Язык: English

A fascinating collaboration between a medieval historian and a professor of psychiatry, this enthralling book applies modern biological and psychological research findings to the lives of medieval mystics and ascetics. Drawing upon a database of over 1,400 medieval holy persons and in-depth studies of individual saints, this illuminating study examines the relationship between medieval mystical experiences, the religious practices of mortification; laceration of the flesh, sleep deprivation and extreme starvation, and how these actions  produced altered states of consciousness and brain function in the heroic ascetics. Examining and disputing much contemporary writing about the political and gender motivations in the medieval quest for a closeness with God, this is essential reading for anyone with an interest in medieval religion or the effects of self-injurious behaviour on the mind.

Название: Mastery Motivation in Early Childhood: Development, Measurement and Social Processes (International Library of Psychology)
Автор: David Messer
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 1993
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 272
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

This book is concerned with how children learn or "master" certain tasks. Consequently, mastery motivation is a key factor in understanding cognitive and social development. The book brings together experts who review and present findings.

Название: Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, Sixth Edition (Handbooks of Aging)
Автор: James E. Birren, K. Warner Schaie
Издательство: Elsevier
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 564
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

The Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 6e provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of recent research on the psychological aspects of aging. The 22 chapters are organized into four divisions: Concepts, Theories, and Methods in the Psychology of Aging; Biological and Social Influences on Aging; Behavioral Processes and Aging; and Complex Behavioral Concepts and Processes in Aging.

Название: The Psychology of Terrorism (Cass Series: Political Violence)
Автор: John Horgan
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 224
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

To understand the psychology of those who engage in terrorism, John Horgan draws on interviews with terrorists and analyzes current evidence to argue that only by asking the right questions about this complex problem, and by answering them with evidence, can we truly begin to understand the nature of terrorism and respond effectively. Consequently this book presents a critical analysis of our existing knowledge and understanding of terrorist psychology, and in doing so, highlights the substantial shortcomings and limitations of the nature and direction of current research.

Название: Trial Consulting (American Psychology-Law Society Series)
Автор: Amy J. Posey, Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Издательство: Oxford Press
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 288
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

In its roughly 25 years of existence, the trial consulting profession has grown dramatically in membership, recognition, and breadth of practice. What began as a small activist group of social scientists volunteering their expertise to assist in the defense of Vietnam War protestors has evolved into a diverse set of professionals from a range of educational and professional backgrounds. In spite of such enormous growth, the work of trial consultants has gone largely unexamined. Trial Consulting takes an in-depth look at the primary activities of trial consultants, including witness preparation, focus groups and mock trials, jury selection, change of venue surveys, and attorney presentation style.

Название: Disorders of the Self: A Personality-guided Approach (Personality-Guided Psychology)
Автор: Marshall L. Silverstein
Издательство: American Psychological Association
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 315
Размер: 18 MB
Язык: English

In this thought-provoking book, Marshall L. Silverstein applies a self psychological viewpoint, as formulated and broadened by Kohut, to understanding personality disorders. He recasts them as disorders of the self, grouping them into one of three patterns, centering on (1) combating devitalization, (2) forestalling fragmentation, or (3) seeking alternative pathways to a cohesive self. He describes each group and outlines its main theoretical viewpoints, then offers a self psychological reformulation of how the behavior and symptom patterns represent deficits in self-cohesion.

Название: Female Sexual Predators: Understanding Them to Protect Our Children and Youths (Forensic Psychology)
Автор: Karen A. Duncan
Издательство: Praeger
Год: 2010
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 241
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

In Female Sexual Predators: Understanding and Identifying Them to Protect Our Children and Youths, social worker and therapist Karen A. Duncan helps adults be proactive so children will not fall prey to this violation. Vignettes pulled from news headlines and interviews with female sexual predators Duncan has encountered in her own practice are used to help readers understand these crimes and the women who commit them, as well as the impact these crimes can have on victims.The women profiled were in positions of authority at churches, schools, sports institutions, and the home.

Название: Schizophrenic Psychology, New Research
Автор: Douglas P. French
Издательство: Nova Science Publishers,
Год: 2006
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 403
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

Schizophrenic psychology is the study of mental processes and behaviour of schizophrenics. This book presents the latest research in this dynamic field.

Название: Psychology Gets in the Game: Sport, Mind, and Behavior, 1880-1960
Автор: Christopher D. Green, Ludy T. Benjamin Jr.
Издательство: University of Nebraska Press
Год: 2009
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 324
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

Although sport psychology did not fully mature as a recognized discipline until the 1960s, pioneering psychologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, making greater use of empirical research methodologies, sought to understand mental factors that affect athletic performance. Though the psychologists behind the studies described here worked independently of one another and charted their own distinct courses of inquiry, their works, taken together, provided the corpus of precedents and foundations on which the modern field of sport psychology was built. The essays collected in this volume tell the stories not only of these psychologists and their subjects but of the social and academic context that surrounded them, shaping and being shaped by their ideas. (20100701)