Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

This book introduces a novel approach for examining language and communication in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) - discourse and conversation analysis.

This book provides a multidisciplinary view into how individuals and groups interact with the information environments that surround them.

Dementia: The Basics provides the reader with a clear and compassionate introduction to dementia and an accessible guide to dealing with different parts of the dementia journey, from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis to post-diagnostic support, increasing care needs and end of life care.

How does a person's way of thinking influence their personality, their values and their choice of career?

Individual Differences and Personality, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive overview of research regarding what personality is and how and why it differs between people.

'Fab-u-lous' Craig Revel Horwood'Uplifting' Fleur East'Brilliant' Sara Davies'Feel-good' Gemma AtkinsonChange your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.

Psychologic is a formal system and relationship within which psychological processes are defined.

Everyone who has ever been disappointed in Love knows how hard it is to find the "e;right"e; person.

Haben Sie manchmal das Gefühl, dass alle Blicke auf Sie gerichtet sind?

"e;In My Mind's Eye"e; is the first book about family constellations in individual therapy and counselling.

Grundlagen und Theorien der Persönlichkeitspsychologie Das Lehrbuch liefert einen anschaulichen und leicht verständlichen Einstieg in wichtige Themen der Persönlichkeitspsychologie.

In this enlightening study, the authors implement a unique research approach to offer a greater understanding of policy reform of pretrial release and detention practices in the criminal courts in Boston, Miami, and Phoenix.

This volume features fourteen essays that examine the works of key figures within the phenomenological movement in a clear and accessible way.

This book explores how digital environments amplify confirmation bias, shaping the way individuals consume, create, and recall information.

Both chess play and psychological research offer rewards to their participants in the form of intellectual satisfaction.

When should we try to prevent suicide?

This book presents a collection of chapters, which address various contexts and challenges of the idea of human enhancement for the purposes of human space missions.

This volume presents different perspectives on a dual model of impression formation -- a theory about how people form impressions about other people by combining information about a person with prior knowledge found in long-term memory.

The search for one's identity is an ancient quest reflected throughout history in stories where human glory and conquest are often layered with great pain and self doubt, meant to help people discover themselves and who they are.

A key text for Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, as well as trainees in the area.

Originally published in 1980, this book presents a detailed account of a series of investigations that examined the patterns of resort to drugs and alcohol use in college youth, and how such substance uses are linked to personality characteristics and daydreaming patterns.

Basic needs fulfilment is fundamental to becoming human and reaching one's potential.

An excellent collection of essays on the various aspects of Gandhi's life and thought, mostly by foreign scholars of International repute like Jan Tinbergen, Gunnar Myrdal, Johan Gultung etc.

This volume is based on extensive research findings and the author's observation that successful managers are people who understand the dynamics of group interaction and can use that understanding effectively to motivate members of their group to achieve important goals.

This title examines the relationship between identity and technology in the learning and lives of young people.

Details each of the 10 personality disorders, in a format that makes locating information easy.

Originally published in 1986, this book grew out of a symposium held in 1981 at the University of Toronto on physical appearance as a determinant of personality and social behavior.

In this fascinating and original book, Leslie J.

Presenting cutting-edge research and scholarship, this extensive volume covers everything from abstract theorising about the meanings of responsibility and how we blame, to analysing criminal law and justice responses, and factors that impact individual responsibility.

First published in 1985.

This book developed from a symposium in which participants examined childhood socialization from a number of perspectives and with several disciplinary lenses.

The first book to summarise the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory of personality (RST).

Unsere Gene tragen nicht nur die Bauanleitung unseres Körpers – sie bewahren auch die Spuren unserer Geschichte.

Mistrust in the 21st century is a major societal concern.

Originally published in 1986, this book is a result of the first International Conference on Personal Relationships held in 1982.

Explorations in Personality, published by OUP in 1938, established an elaborate agenda for understanding our subjective human nature that is as relevant to students of personality psychology today as it was to its audience then.

This fully updated fourth edition of Jon S.

This book addresses the question of what it means to be moral and which capacities one needs to be moral.

What if charisma could be taught?

Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do.

This book brings together expert research on the history of psychological assessment across the continents and spanning over 50 countries.

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) provides a legal framework for acting on behalf of individuals who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves.

This edited volume brings together the latest research in understanding the nature, origins, and evolution of human sociability, one of the most intriguing aspects of human psychology.

Originally published in 1988, this second edition of The Construction of Personality has been substantially revised and updated.

This book discusses outcomes of a study by the National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic, examining moral integrity in the post-communist Czech-speaking environment.

Despite tremendous progress in understanding the human body as a biological mechanism, researchers are finding that many aspects of physical health are strongly linked to a person's thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and to features of the sociocultural environment.