Psychology

A radically new cosmological view from a groundbreaking neuroscientist who places the human brain at the center of humanity’s universe Renowned neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis introduces a revolutionary new theory of how the human brain evolved to become an organic computer without rival in the known universe.

The proliferation of dating websites, printed personals and self-help relationship books reflect the new ways Americans seek close, personal relationships.

We all have indistinct outlines of our life's trajectory, but we need to formulate a much clearer guiding principle of existence and learn the art of living.

Fixing Gender uses psychoanalysis to explore the theoretical implications for the gendering of the human subject that arise from the situation of lesbians raising children from birth.

In Reimagining Life, Raihan Kadri presents a pioneering critical history of the epistemological and theoretical origins of the Surrealist movement and its subsequent legacy.

Whilst assessment has long been central to the counselling process, with the recent moves towards evidence-based practice and increased regulation it is taking an increasingly pivotal role in service provision.

Communicating Partners, the result of over thirty years of clinical practice and research work with pre-verbal and verbal children with language delays, offers an innovative approach to working with late talking children that focuses on developing relationships through mutual understanding.

Anxious Geographies offers a unique perspective on social anxiety, framing it as both a social and spatial phenomenon.

For several decades the writings of sociologist Neil J.

The postwar years in the UK saw the development of numerous artificial playgrounds intended to compensate children for increasing urbanization and a lack of wild places to play.

This concise guide offers an introduction to how children and young people develop social and emotional competence, and how they display appropriate social behavior and emotional expression at different ages.

Storytelling and fantasy play are central to how young children make sense of their world, build relationships, and express themselves.

This important book offers an accessible overview and timely examination of the unique challenges faced by men and boys in contemporary society.

A continually evolving discipline, human reliability assessment (HRA) has elements of controversy from the definition of terms to the application of appropriate methods for the representation of human failure probability.

Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health: An Integrative Approach, Fourth Edition is a unique compilation of mental health assessments that are taught in occupational therapy academic programs and used in clinical practice.

A comprehensive presentation of cross-cultural crisis negotiation principles and strategies, this book relates established communication models to the practical knowledge and experience of crisis negotiators across international organisations and contexts.

This volume locates social psychology in the context of contemporary societies in an increasingly globalizing world where time, space, and relationships are reshaped by powerful information, communication, and travel technologies.

This concise guide offers an introduction to how children and young people develop social and emotional competence, and how they display appropriate social behavior and emotional expression at different ages.

Written as a helpful guide for speech-language pathologists and students, Counseling and Motivational Interviewing in Speech-Language Pathology provides a solid base in theoretical foundations, while prioritizing skill development and practical applications of counseling in speech-language pathology.

Interviewing and communication are central to the work of the social worker, the psychotherapist, and to that of many other specialists, yet little attempt has been made to explore their interrelationship and complexity.

Childhood in Animation: Navigating a Secret World explores how children are viewed in animated cinema and television and examines the screen spaces that they occupy.

What does it mean to be confined and what forms of life, resistance, and care emerge in response?

Keyboard Skills for the Practical Musician, Second Edition, provides undergraduate music majors in class piano courses with the techniques and fundamentals they need to flourish into independent, versatile musicians who play with confidence and sensitivity.

New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity offers direction for readers in areas related to human behavior and cybersecurity, by exploring some of the new ideas and approaches in this subject, specifically with new techniques in this field coming from scholars with very diverse backgrounds in dealing with these issues.

Onoe introduces a new approach in brief drama therapy for children called Improvisational Drama of Acceptance and Mirroring (IDAM).

This book offers a framework for understanding and improving relationships through the lens of Gestalt therapy.

This groundbreaking work specifically focuses on attention impairments of the dementias to improve both early recognition of dementia and clinical diagnosis, as well as interventions and care.

This book offers a framework for understanding and improving relationships through the lens of Gestalt therapy.

This volume serves as an essential resource for advanced graduate students, early-career faculty, and anyone seeking a deeper, more dynamic understanding of the philosophical and theoretical foundations of qualitative research in education.

ENFP — The Spark Some people follow the path.

Modern society is increasingly preoccupied with fears for the future and the idea of preventing 'the worst'.

What does it mean to be confined and what forms of life, resistance, and care emerge in response?

In today's world, the need for effective crisis management extends far beyond traditional emergency response personnel.

The Creative Spiral provides a comprehensive roadmap for understanding how creativity and identity develop together across the lifespan.

Freud, the Contemporary Super-ego, and Western Morality traces the origins of the relationship between the morality of the super-ego and the destructive impulse of the death drive in the liberal democracies of the 21st century.

In typical child development, attention controls many aspects of learning, including memory, motor control, and problem solving.

This important book offers unique insight into the experience of foster youth from 27 countries around the world.

The Department for Education (DfE) want to ensure all trainee teachers have an understanding of emotional development and attachment, and so this book presents the key concepts that are essential for training in this area to ensure all teachers are up to date.

Covering everything from Anxiety to Fragile-X Syndrome, Stephen Heydt provides an alphabetical categorisation of the possible issues a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may encounter.

Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, An Introduction to Theories of Learning has provided a uniquely sweeping review of the major learning theories from the 20th century that profoundly influenced the field of psychology.

Why are so many people committed to sports?

Working with the Brain in Psychology: Considering Careers in Neuropsychology seeks to assist students in their career exploration, by introducing them early, in the contemplative stage of career planning, to the fascinating speciality of psychology known as neuropsychology.

All performance depends upon our abilities to create, perceive, remember, imagine and empathize.

Ideas drawn from family and systemic therapy form the basis of many interventions in mental health and childcare.

What does it mean to be human?

In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse.

This book examines the connection between affects, mobilisation, and political transformation.

Using a novel interdisciplinary focus, this title examines cities as sites of coexistence where different ideas, discourses, histories, and people are constantly brought together in the course of everyday life.

The postwar years in the UK saw the development of numerous artificial playgrounds intended to compensate children for increasing urbanization and a lack of wild places to play.

In this age of increasing headlines about drug addiction and prescription drug abuse, this book is a timely revelation of how the nursing profession is also impacted by substance abuse.