Found inside" This book explores the many ways in which this error creeps into our social interactions, frequently causing misunderstanding, hurt feelings, and negative treatment of others. This accessible and concise book provides an excellent guide to the key features of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), explaining how it differs from traditional cognitive behaviour therapy. This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. This text provides a concise, readable, and conceptually-organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. Found insideThe volume covers Encyclopedia of Psychology entries beginning with "Developmental Agenda" as the first entry and "Goodenough, Florence Laura" as the last entry. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) The present volume, written by some of the most widely recognized leaders in the field, summarizes and integrates the theory, research, and application of learned helplessness. Although the primary audience for this report is the U.S. military, this book will be of interest to researchers of psychometrics, personnel selection and testing, team dynamics, cognitive ability, and measurement methods and technologies. Long-established experiments and conclusions are rubbished and reinterpreted, long-established assumptions and beliefs about emotions are soundly trounced, and generally a good going-over is delivered to the whole field... it is such a ... Other philosophers have argued that conspiracy theories do not deserve their bad reputation, and that conspiracy theorists do not deserve their reputation for irrationality. This book represents both sides of this important debate. This book argues that conventional interpretations of Freudian psychology have not accounted for the existence and complexity of death anxiety and its intrinsic relation to the creation of illusions and delusions. Found inside – Page 1937This book, then, is the product of the editors’ curiosity about the status of ideas at the time, first proposed by Gestalt psychologists. Found insideExplains how self-delusion is part of a person's psychological defense system, identifying common misconceptions people have on topics such as caffeine withdrawal, hindsight, and brand loyalty. This book, first published in 2002, compiles psychologists' best attempts to answer important questions about intuitive judgment. Only one word can describe this book: wow!"--George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate in Economics "This book establishes that psychology has a great deal to contribute on public policy matters of great concern to everyone. The Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative coverage of the specific terms mostly used in the sciences of learning and its related fields, including relevant areas of instruction, pedagogy, ... The presentation of a unified theory of motivation and emotion is the goal of this book. Presenting a general theory of social motivation, this compelling work integrates research on achievement evaluation, stigmatization, helping behavior, aggression, and impression management. Presenting theories about why humankind, despite its efforts for peace, is in a perpetual state of conflict, the members of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation consider the obstacles to and processes for harmonious communication This book situates the essential areas of psychology within a cultural perspective, exploring the relationship of culture to psychological phenomena, from introduction and research foundations to clinical and social principles and ... 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(CH, Jan ′96, 33-2457), and this work is a valuable response to that. Summing Up: Recommended. This Handbook of Moral Development represents the diversity and multidisciplinary influences on current theorizing about the psychological study of moral development and the range and broad scope of topics being considered by scholars in ... Found insideWith an introduction from Dr. Philip Zimbardo, who conducted the famous Stanford Prison Experiment, Obedience to Authority is Milgram’s fascinating and troubling chronicle of his classic study and a vivid and persuasive explanation of his ... This edited volume demonstrates the vibrancy of the obedience paradigm by presenting 1990s' applications of the findings of Stanley Milgram's earlier research programme on obedience to authority. Found insideIn this groundbreaking book, Nisbett shows us how to frame common problems in such a way that these scientific and statistical principles can be applied to them. In this volume, eminent scholars analyze and build on Jones' major research themes and, in so doing, explain the legacy of a man whose original thinking will shape the field for years to come. Professors Ross and Nisbett eloquently argue that the context we find ourselves in substantially affects our behavior in this timely reissue of one of social psychology's classic textbooks. Found insideThe sole and definitive biography of one of the 20th century's most influential and controversial psychologists This book offers practical guidance.The amount and diversity of information generated by academic and policy researchers in the contemporary world is staggering. Anyone who wants a concise, clear, and scientific explanation of why anyone would believe in God should pick up Barrett's book. In The Mind of the Terrorist, Post uses his expertise to explain how the terrorist mind works and how this information can help us to combat terrorism more effectively. In this volume this growth is reconstructed along Furnham's stage model for the development of scientific concepts. The main part of the book is devoted to current trends in theory and research. The volume opens with a historical overview of more than 60 years of research on the classification of personality traits. New findings are being published and new theories are being developed to integrate these findings. This volume reports on the latest of this work, including a substantial amount of data and theory that has not yet been published. Thirty-five chapters describe various judgmental heuristics and the biases they produce, not only in laboratory experiments, but in important social, medical, and political situations as well. This text aims to equip students with a solid foundation in economic understanding to use in managerial decision making. First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. 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