Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

Confronting Prejudice and Discrimination: The Science of Changing Minds and Behaviors focuses on confrontation as a strategy for reducing bias and discrimination.

Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford psychologist Dr Jamil Zaki has the cure - a 'ray of light for dark days' (Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

Seeks to explain the ''Flynn effect'' (massive IQ gains over time) and its consequences for gender, race and social equality.

This book covers the whole range of personality dysfunction, following the new ICD-11 classification of personality disorder.

Introducing a new typology based on Power, Eros, Matter and Spirit as the motivations that define human attitudes and behaviour, the book outlines eight personality types based on the extraverted and introverted deployment of the four drives and applies these typological categories to Freud, Adler and Jung.

Don Ross provides a concise and distinct introduction to the philosophy of economics for students in need of a short but engaging study of the main issues in the subject today.

Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment.

Originally published in 1983 and written in the tradition of the British School of Psychology, Spearman, Burt, Eysenck, Cattell, this book from a well-known author was exceptional at the time in its attempt to wed quantification and psychological theory in the study of personality.

This book explores the social psychological aspects of trans women's experiences of living with HIV in the UK.

Economic inequality has been of considerable interest to academics, citizens, and politicians worldwide for the past decade-and while economic inequality has attracted a considerable amount of research attention, it is only more recently that researchers have considered that economic inequality may have broader societal implications.

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The DSM-5 promises to be a major reformulation of psychopathology, and no section is likely to change diagnostic practice more than that of personality pathology.

An exploration of the interplay between mental illness and narrative identity, offering pathways to personal recovery.

A collection of essays pioneering new concepts in cross-cultural psychology based on the work of Philip E.

First published in 1985.

This book explores the attitudes and values of Australians, analysing how Australian national values are promoted and reflected by heroic figures (both living and dead) who are identified as important and influential.

Positive psychological science has experienced extraordinary growth over the past two decades.

Social Motivation, Justice, and the Moral Emotions proposes an attribution theory of interpersonal or social motivation that distinguishes between the role of thinking and feeling in determining action.

This book presents a longitudinal study dealing with developmental changes within and between self-concepts and their relation to personal functioning.

The first of its kind, this book focuses on empirical studies into creative output that use and test the systems approach.

Originally published in 1977, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Social, Psychological, and Physiological Effects of Expectancies integrates a wide variety of research and theory dealing with inter- and intrapersonal expectancies, from which the author develops a new theoretical model.

How does the concept of love fit with Black identity?

Since the 1970s the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV) has been explained through the patriarchal desire of men to control and dominate women, but this gendered perspective limits both our understanding of IPV and its treatment.

Four decades of contributions to personality theory and family practice have earned Luciano L'Abate a worldwide reputation for therapeutic insights.

This ethnography of personhood in post-genocide Rwanda investigates how residents of a small town grapple with what kinds of persons they ought to become in the wake of violence.

The second book in a new seies, Self Perception brings together contemporary perspectives on individual differences in psychology.

What a pity it would have been if biologists had refused to accept Darwin's theory of natural selection, which has been essential in helping biologists understand a wide range of phenomena in many animal species.

As human beings we all have creative potential, a quality essential to human development and a vital component to healthy and happy lives.

A comprehensive, cross-disciplinary, and in-depth study of violent behavior and aggression across the lifespan of human development.

The theory of information integration provides a unified, general approach to the three disciplines of cognitive, social, and developmental psychology.

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This special issue features papers that offer deeply felt, valuable perspectives on diverse aspects of theory construction in social-personality psychology.

In recent years, there has been no issue that has convulsed academia and its role in society more stridently than the personal politics of its institutions: who has access to education?

Effektives Zeitmanagement, das Ihr Leben verändern wird- Vom Lesen ins Umsetzen: Das Workbook zum Welterfolg- Inspirierende Impulse für mehr Durchblick im To-do-Listen-DschungelBrian Tracys "Eat That Frog" hat Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt geholfen, mehr in kürzerer Zeit zu erledigen.

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The concept of self-handicapping can be legitimately anchored in a vari- ety of intellectual contexts, some old and some newer.

This book is about the relationship between social psychology and the body.

First published in 1980.

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work.

Bringing together leading investigators, this comprehensive handbook is a one-stop reference for anyone planning or conducting research on personality.

Many books deal with divorce and its aftermath -- some deal with the impact of divorce on children and families, others with the legal or sociological aspects of divorce, and a few focus on divorced mothers and fathers.

This groundbreaking Handbook brings together leading international experts in creativity and culture research to provide an overview of current debates.

The Anthropocene has become a field of studies in which the influence of human activity on the Earth System and nature is both the main threat and the potential solution.

Media and the American Child summarizes the research on all forms of media on children, looking at how much time they spend with media everyday, television programming and its impact on children, how advertising has changed to appeal directly to children and the effects on children and the consumer behavior of parents, the relationship between media use and scholastic achievement, the influence of violence in media on anti-social behavior, and the role of media in influencing attitudes on body image, sex and work roles, fashion, & lifestyle.