Psychology

This book provides an up-to-date review of commonly undertaken methodological and statistical practices that are sustained, in part, upon sound rationale and justification and, in part, upon unfounded lore.

This book presents a comprehensive integrative theory and style of therapeutic involvement that reflects a relational and non-pathological perspective.

An unusually detailed examination of conversation analysis from a psychotherapy perspective.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Neuroeconomics, neuromarketing, neuroaesthetics, and neurotheology are just a few of the novel disciplines that have been inspired by a combination of ancient knowledge together with recent discoveries about how the human brain works.

The concept of affordances is being increasingly used in fields beyond ecological psychology to reveal previously unexplored interdisciplinary relationships.

This book proposes and explores the idea that the forced union of the aleatory and epistemic aspects of probability is a sterile hybrid, inspired and nourished for 300 years by a false hope of formalizing inductive reasoning, making uncertainty the object of precise calculation.

Introducing Research and Data in Psychology shows how research design and data analysis are attainable and useful skills.

The Handbook of Psychology for Forensic Practioners discusses some of the ways in which psychological research and methods can be applied by a wide variety of professional groups working with offenders.

Social cognition is a key area of social psychology, which focuses on cognitive processes that are involved when individuals make sense of, and navigate in their social world.

Spanning six decades, this collection, Journeys in Psychoanalysis: The selected works of Elizabeth Spillius, traces the arc of her career from anthropology and entering psychoanalysis 'almost by accident', to becoming one of her generation's leading scholars of Melanie Klein.

The book examines the preparation and presentation of psychological data reports for various stakeholders (e.

';We all lie like hell,' says Dr.

Advances in the Study of Behavior, Volume 55 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Playing to the crowd: using Drosophila to dissect mechanisms underlying plastic male strategies in sperm competition games, Social breeding and its challenges: A case study on village weaverbirds, Inbreeding depression and social interactions, Sleeping beauties?

Are you looking to use counselling skills to enhance your existing helping role?

Schon seit jeher verlassen Menschen ihre Heimat, um vor Krieg, Gewalt und Zerstörung zu fliehen.

Das Handbuch der sozialwissenschaftlichen Datenanalyse bietet in über 40 Kapiteln eine umfassende Darstellung multivariater Analyseverfahren.

This book explores new findings on the long-neglected topic of theory construction and discovery, and challenges the orthodox, current division of scientific development into discrete stages: the stage of generation of new hypotheses; the stage of collection of relevant data; the stage of justification of possible theories; and the final stage of selection from among equally confirmed theories.

Although philosophers have explored memory since antiquity, recent years have seen the birth of philosophy of memory as a distinct field.

Mentoring ist ein vielversprechendes Beratungskonzept, um die Karrieren junger Akademiker und Fachkräfte gezielt zu fördern.

Das Buch informiert umfassend über das diagnostische und differenzialdiagnostische Vorgehen bei Angstsymptomen und Angststörungen.

"e;Polygraphy;' "e;lie detection;' and the "e;detection of deception"e; are all terms that refer to an application of the science of psychophysiology, which itself employs physiological measures to study and differentiate between psychological processes.

The first to focus exclusively on implicit memory research, this book documents the proceedings of a meeting held in Perth, Australia where leading researchers in the field exchanged ideas, data, and predictions about theoretical issues.

In recent years, the assumption that there is a significant connection between normal psychological and biological differences and the development of psychological disorders has grown and research in this area has developed rapidly.

Anger is a very difficult and often misunderstood emotion for children to experience.

Despite the recent rapid growth in machine learning and predictive analytics, many of the statistical questions that are faced by researchers and practitioners still involve explaining why something is happening.

Race, Memory and the Apartheid Archive: Towards a Transformative Psychosocial Praxis draws on a psychosocial approach that is uniquely suited to the socio-historical and psychical analysis of racism.

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species.

Foundations of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: The Bumpy Road to Specialization documents the development of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry from its inception to the present.

This edited book brings together an international cast of contributors and chapters which recognise the complexity of teacher leadership and its situated and dynamic nature.

Christopher Bollas is one of the most expressive and eloquent exponents of the ideas, meanings and experience of psychoanalysis currently writing.

This book teaches parents how to conduct play therapy with their own young children.

Where Is Your Focus in Life?

Die Zahl der Paare, die auf Grund eines unerfüllten Kinderwunsches eine fortpflanzungsmedizinische Behandlung in Anspruch nehmen, steigt weiter dramatisch an.

This book is devoted to a topic that is fundamental value for psychoanalytic research; namely a quest for the roots of psychopathological impediments and disorders as well as the related question as to what extent these developmental disturbances can be avoided by adequate early parenting.

This book applies a range of ideas about scientific discovery found in contemporary philosophy of science to psychology and related behavioral sciences.

The source of endless speculation and public curiosity, our scientific quest for the origins of human consciousness has expanded along with the technical capabilities of science itself and remains one of the key topics able to fire public as much as academic interest.

Autonomy is a central feature of adolescent development, playing a key role in adolescents' psychosocial adjustment.

Grounded in theoretical principle, Media Effects and Society help students make the connection between mass media and the impact it has on society as a whole.

An engaging guide to improving methodological practices and achieving professional success for students and early to mid-career developmental scientists.

Now updated for its second edition, this illuminating textbook explores the developmental stages and changes during adulthood that define some of the most pivotal years of our lives.

In this book, in which definitions and examples of abuse from men and women from every continent and a very diverse set of backgrounds are considered.

Um intellektuell hochbegabte Kinder und Jugendliche angemessen fördern zu können, sind eine rechtzeitige Diagnostik und fundierte Beratung unumgänglich.

In the past few decades, we have accumulated an impressive amount of knowledge regarding the neural basis of the mind.

Despite the prominence of television in our everyday lives, psychoanalytic approaches to its significance and function are notoriously few and far between.

Als Beitrag zur empirischen Grundlagenforschung zum Philosophieren mit Kindern beschreibt diese qualitative Längsschnittstudie kognitive und soziale Entwicklungsprozesse.