Psychology

This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical concerns about second and foreign language pedagogy.

Although computational modeling is now a widespread technique in cognitive science and in psychology, relatively little work in developmental psychology has used this technique.

A wide variety of species, including human beings, exhibits a remarkably reliable behavior pattern, known as spontaneous alternation behavior (SAB), that has intrigued researchers for over seven decades.

Psychologisch-therapeutische Denkweisen und Praktiken sind gesellschaftlich weit verbreitet.

This book enables analysts in government and the private sector as well as policy advisors and decision makers to assess global risks and opportunities systematically, make well-founded and informed decisions, and anticipate the unanticipated.

It has been 35 years since the publication of Heinz Kohut's monumental book, The Analysis of the Self, in 1971, and in this period self psychology has undergone a vibrant and exciting evolution that has significantly influenced and expanded the range of psychoanalytic thinking.

First published in 1987, this book presents contributions from international authorities reviewing major themes in variant sexuality.

This book presents a theory of the self whose core principle is that the consciousness of the self is a process of self-representing that runs throughout our life.

This research monograph provides a comparative analysis of juvenile court outcomes, exploring the influence of contextual factors on juvenile punishment across systems and communities.

This volume, a useful aid to psychoanalytic scholars and clinicians, is a collection of papers containing W.

This book draws upon analytically oriented settings for almost all our clinical observations.

Environmental policy has long been determined by a dichotomy between technology and behavior.

This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in the post-communist countries and provides practical measures to improve the current situation.

This edited book highlights the identities and practices of ethnically diverse families and schools in contexts where multicultural policies are not always a priority.

Discussing the future value of computers as tools for cognitive development, the volume reviews past literature and presents new data from a Piagetian perspective.

Coping With Your Grown Children is the only book to analyze-and lay out specific coping strategies for dealing with-the problems today's parents face with their adult offspring such as: * failure of the child to really "e;grow up"e; or achieve full potential * unemptied nests * moving back home after broken marriages * turning your home into a "e;daycare center"e; for your grandchildren * substance abuse, cult involvement, trouble with the law * alternative lifestyles or homosexuality * physical or psychiatric problems * or maybe you just think there's a problem!

While the term midrash--from the Hebrew darash, searched or interpreted--can refer to both legal and extralegal scriptural exegesis, it most commonly refers to symbolic legends, stories, and parables used to make moral or ethical concepts accessible to the layman.

This book addresses the fundamentals of machine ethics.

An Introduction to Cyberpsychology provides a comprehensive introduction to this rapidly growing discipline.

Psychoanalytic therapy is distinguished by its immersion in the world of the experiencing subject.

Anxiety, meltdowns and emotional regulation can be hugely challenging for autistic people.

Close-up insights on how experts in the field are re-interpreting ethical principles to create workable policies for today and tomorrow, from the creators of the 2007 APS Code of Ethics First cooperative project between Wiley-Blackwell and the APS Offers a close-up view of how enduring ethical principles are reinvented to ensure lasting relevance in times of modernisation and professional change Will be an accredited option for APS Professional Development the book will be built into PD workshops and also available for PD credits outside that context Essential reading for those involved in healthcare ethics internationally

This practical, hands-on book offers a broad range of skills to overcome the problems medical clients face with disease onset.

The goal of cultural psychology is to explain the ways in which human cultural constructions -- for example, rituals, stereotypes, and meanings -- organize and direct human acting, feeling, and thinking in different social contexts.

This book provides users of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-IV) with information on applying the WAIS-IV, including additional indexes and information regarding use in special populations for advanced clinical use and interpretation.

The first UK book to address coaching psychology as a discipline, The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning provides a thorough understanding of the rationale, theory and practice of coaching and mentoring from a psychological perspective.

Volume 15 of Progress in Self Psychology conveys the rich pluralism of contemporary self psychology with respect to a central theoretical and clinical issue: the nature of the self and the manner in which is can best be studied.

Public theology is an emerging constructive tool.

This book explores how meaning-making during the COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically during the period of the April 2020 lockdowns, may be derived from shared lived experience among participants, residing in diverse geographical regions.

Trotz der vorherrschenden Einschätzung, dass Buddhismus und Psychoanalyse eher konträre Strömungen mit ganz unterschiedlicher Weltauffassung seien, stellen sie doch beide das menschliche Leiden und Wege der Überwindung in ihren Fokus.

The old cliche states that not every manager is a leader, but the more important part of that sentiment is that to be a good manager, one has to be a good leader.

This textbook goes beyond introductory sensory perception by incorporating supplementary electronic materials to demonstrate the parallels between both hearing and seeing.

Many providers have difficulty implementing exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), despite it being the leading treatment for this condition.

This book provides an introduction to social psychology that covers its history, theories, and core concepts.

What can the evolution of animal behaviour tell us about human behaviour?

This book bridges the gap between basic science, which deals with general concepts of aggression and its neurobiological foundations, and law enforcement as one of the applied fields of aggression research.

With increasing numbers of parents choosing to educate their children at home, an opportunity exists to explore education outside the school environment.

An authoritative reference on depression and mood disorders, this volume brings together the fields preeminent researchers.

"e;A diverse and extremely useful set of chapters at the cutting edge of thinking on work with sexual minorities.

This book reports on cutting-edge research concerning social practices.

When this best-seller was published, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map.

In 1958 William L.