Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

This volume presents a compilation of composite indicators created in order to measure important aspects of the quality of European societies.

'Wise, thoughtful and provocative .

Charting a genealogy of the modern idea of the self, Felix Murchadha explores the accounts of self-identity expounded by key Early Modern philosophers, Montaigne, Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume and Kant.

This volume provides an overview of the theoretical and empirical work on relationship-induced self-concept change that has occurred over the last 10-15 years.

This volume is a comprehensive roadmap to the burgeoning area of affective sciences, which now spans several disciplines.

This acclaimed clinical guide and widely adopted text has filled a key need in the field since its original publication.

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"e;The author's voice is engaged, authoritative, and convinced of the esential role self-esteem plays in connecting psychological theory to clinical practice, a perspective many readers will welcome.

This unique volume brings together state-of-the-art research showing the value of emotions that many believe to be undesirable.

This book examines the traditional assumptions made by academics and professionals alike that have embedded sociopolitical biases that impede practice.

How the classic mirror test served as a portal for scientists to explore questions of self-awarenessSince the late eighteenth century, scientists have placed subjects-humans, infants, animals, and robots-in front of mirrors in order to look for signs of self-recognition.

Social media such as instant messaging (IM), social networking sites (SNS), blogs and microblogs are an integral part of adolescents' lives in China.

This briefs integrates and synthesizes an array of research about who helps others and under what conditions and discusses the implications of this research for a bystander intervention focused prevention agenda to reduce sexual and relationship violence in schools and communities.

Most sociological work on football fandom has focused on the experience of men, and it usually talks about alcohol, fighting and general hooliganism.

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Shows how deep learning is a way to address the toxicity of social polarization.

This helpful book reveals a better way to find professional satisfaction and experience breakthrough success rather than searching for a new position or quitting and landing in the growing pool of unemployment.

This Handbook deals with theoretical and empirical evidence on the economics of discrimination and affirmative action across the world, assessed over a variety of social identities, such as caste, race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, tribal status.

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Transportation is a combination of systems that presents a variety of challenges often too intricate to be addressed by conventional parametric methods.

This book brings together the central tenets of William Stern's critical personalism.

The Science of Character makes a bold new claim for the power of the literary by showing how Victorian novelists used fiction to theorize how character forms.

Originally published in 1974, studies of cultural influences on cognition, carried out from a variety of theoretical and methodological stances, were collected for the first time in this volume.

The Handbook of Sex Differences is a four-volume reference work assembled and written to assess sex differences in human traits (although findings regarding other species are also included).

YOUR GUIDE TO CREATING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE100 Things Successful People Do is your guide to successful living.

A book for men and women from middle age to advanced years who have suddenly and unexpectedly become confronted with the huge effects that the male prostate can have on the body.

This book addresses the richness and depth of our intimate relationships and especially those moments when we come to see ourselves and the other person in a new way.

Community is a key concept in sociology.

Conflict between work and family has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of the women's movement, but recent changes in family structures and workforce demographics have made it clear that the issues impact both women and men.

Forced hospitalization of people with mental disorders has long been a critical issue in the mental health services.

In this fascinating and original book, Leslie J.

First published in 1985.

Originally published in 1983, this title is a determined attack on personality theories current at the time.

This volume presents recent advances in identity theory, which is a prominent and active theory in sociological social psychology and a versatile framework for explaining the sources of identities, how they develop, how they operate in situations and groups, and how they influence behavior and well-being.

This book is one additional indication that a new field of study is emerging within the social sciences, if it has not emerged already.

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field.

The aim of this book is to discuss the notions of self-concept, self-esteem, and related terms from an educational and psychological perspective.

The basic text for the understanding of patients with pathological narcissism.

Is the Ego nothing but our brain?

Originally published in 1964, the aim of this book was to analyse the psychological processes involved in understanding personality, and to consider how the psychologist could help in making more accurate assessments.

Major Theoretical Questions Theories about subjective well-being have grown over the past several decades, but have been re ned only slowly as adequate data have been compiled to test them.

First published in 1983.

Professional helpers may harm their clients instead of helping them.

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