Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality

With an overview of the existing attachment theory literature and new contributions to the field, this book proposes that social groups seek protection and security as they collectively construct their ideologies and social institutions.

Do you want to better understand yourself, maximize your strengths, and improve your relationships?

'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas .

Erkenne dich selbst - der uralte Anspruch der Menschheit auf anschauliche und amüsante Weise in einem konkreten Ratgeber umgesetzt.

Haben Sie sich jemals gefragt, warum Sie in bestimmten Situationen immer wieder auf dieselben Hindernisse stoßen oder warum es manchmal so schwer fällt, neue Lösungen zu finden?

This essential textbook examines what personality traits are, how they influence human behaviour and the applications of personality assessment.

Leading theoreticians and researchers present current thinking about the role played by group memberships in people's sense of who they are and what they are worth.

The self-knower has become a hero within many contemporary cultures.

This unique reference explores the processes and nuances of human habits through social psychology and behavioral lenses.

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

Legal Socialization - A Study of Norms and Rules examines the varying responses, negative and positive, to rule enforcement, as well as the genesis of these responses and the conditions under which they occur.

Tracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people's everyday lives.

For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.

Timely and authoritative, this unique handbook explores the breadth of current knowledge on temperament, from foundational theory and research to clinical applications.

This book concerns clinical psychology, but it is most concerned with the world outside the clinic.

Relational models theory, first developed by Alan Page Fiske, an anthropologist, provides a framework for understanding the psychological bases of social behavior that has in recent years attracted the interest of a diverse and growing group of behavioral and social scientists.

Correctional psychiatry has received increasing recognition as an area of practice with unique skills and knowledge.

First published in 1980.

Some years ago, on request of the German Political Science Association (DVPW), an empirical investigation On the state and the orientation of political science in the Federal Republic of Germany"e; was conducted by Carl Bohret.

This work explores the function of both divisive and uniting symbols in various conflict settings around the world.

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.

How do women experience the identity changes involved in becoming mothers for the first time?

This book investigates interaction-focused scholarship on online communication.

Religion in Personality Theory makes clear the link between theory and research and personality and religion.

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The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems Geoffrey Chaucer - An oddly diverse group of twenty-nine people meet at an inn.

Although modern psychology rejected the concept of the ''soul'', it has thrived over the past 150 years, in surprising areas.

This book deconstructs the pathologizing category of 'sadomasochism' in order to account for the 'lived realities' of consensual 'SM' play, emphasizing the connection between the corporeal and the political in contemporary consumer cultures.

Discover the transformative power of words and conversations in The Power of Words, the profound and inspiring international bestseller by renowned neuroscientist Mariano Sigman.

This collection focuses on the multi-layered links between international events and identity discourses.

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Dieses kompakte Lehrbuch bringt Ihnen – unterhaltsam wie ein Sachbuch – die psychologischen Grundlagen der menschlichen Kommunikation näher.

PETER GAY The syllabus of errors rehearsing the offenses of psychohistory looks devastating and seems irrefutable: crimes against the English language, crimes against sdentific procedures, crimes against common sense itself.

Cyberpsychology is an emerging area of psychological study that aims to understand and explain all facets of online behaviour.

This book discusses the validity, ethics, and usefulness of professional public commentary of politician's mental health and provides an alternative model for professionals to do so in an ethical manner.

There have been many recent developments in the research, theory, and practice of supervision in counseling, but few reliable resources are available for practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge in these areas.

This book takes the reader on a grand tour of the empirical research concerning the personality trait of appreciation of beauty.

First published in 1979.

What would it mean to read postcolonial writings under the prism of trauma?

We report a study of one aspect of the changing industrial landscape, the use of virtual team working in the supply chain.

Defined by stable, long-term, subjective distress and/or social impairment, personality disorders affect up to 18% of the population.

"Dieses inspirierende Buch zeigt auf der Grundlage von positiver Psychologie und Design Thinking, wie es gelingen kann, den eigenen Weg mutig zu beschreiten.

The growing interest in research on temperament during the last decade has been re- corded by several authors (e.

First published in 1986.

The eighth Ontario Symposium brought together an international group of scholars who work in the area of the psychology of values.