Behaviourism, Behavioural theory Books
Jason Aronson, Inc. The New Rational Therapy
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe New Rational Therapy is an intelligent and clearly written book. It is enjoyable to read, and it gently induces the reader to self-knowledge and self-improvement. The light of reason that shines through this new therapy can indeed be the right medication for persons suffering from mental and emotional disorders. Professional care givers can find new inspiration in the “Eternal Logos” reshaped as a Logic-Based talking cure (LBT) and use its wisdom in their own working settings. The New Rational Therapy presents the ripened fruition of Dr. Elliot Cohen’s many years of research and clinical practice; it will be the remaining crown of excellence and distinction on his labor. -- Shlomit C. Schuster Ph.D., author of Philosophy Practice: An Alternative to Counseling and PsychotherapyIn his New Rational Therapy, Elliot Cohen identifies eleven common and destructive patterns of reasoning that, left unchecked, can substantially impair personal happiness. He provides many useful antidotes to counteract the poisonous effects of these cardinal fallacies. -- Samuel Zinaich, Jr., president, American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and PsychotherapyAn amazingly profound book. -- Albert Ellis PhD, Albert Ellis Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy, New York CityCohen does a masterful job of melding concepts of positive psychology into his own theories of rational therapy. -- Sara Dettinger Martino * PsycCRITIQUES *This is a genuinely useful book that deserves a wide readership. It could help a lot of people become a great deal happier. -- Kevin M. Purday * Metapsychology Online *Clearly written and well argued, Cohen sets out eleven philosophical prescriptions that really can improve our everyday lives. If more philosophers followed Cohen's lead in their work, there will be many more (employed) philosophers and even more satisfied students of philosophy. -- James P. Sterba, professor, University of Notre DameTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The New Rational Therapy Chapter 3 Feeling Secure in an Imperfect Universe Chapter 4 Confronting Evil, Growing Stronger Chapter 5 Building Respect Chapter 6 Being Your Own Person Chapter 7 Controlling Yourself Chapter 8 Becoming Morally Creative Chapter 9 Empowering Others Chapter 10 Connecting with Others Chapter 11 Exercising Good Judgment Chapter 12 Acquiring Practical Wisdom Chapter 13 Your Profound Happiness
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Ebury Publishing The Animal and the Idea
Book SynopsisWhy are we so often in conflictarguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are what we need from our lives?In The Animal and the Idea, the world-leading, pioneering neuroscientist John Duncan explains that each of us is not just one person we are two. On one side are our animal instincts, built on the sophisticated needs of human life through evolution, but struggling to navigate the complexity of modern life. On the other side is our rational brain which calculates and cogitates, but is often helpless in the face of bigger questions of meaning and purpose. Dovetailing these two competing sides of ourselves, Duncan draws on a lifetime's pioneering work to attack puzzles that have concerned thinkers, writers and philosophers through human history. Right and wrong. Freedom and responsibility. Women and men. Democracy and justice. Ambition and fulfilment. Understanding how these two sides of ourselves interact offers revealing and often surprising answers to some
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Ebury Publishing The Animal and the Idea
Book SynopsisWhy are we so often in conflictarguing with ourselves and with others, uncertain over who we are and what we need from our lives?In The Animal and The Thinker, the world-leading, pioneering neuroscientist John Duncan explains that each of us is not just one person we are two. On one side are our animal instincts, built on the sophisticated needs of human life through evolution, but struggling to navigate the complexity of modern life. On the other side is our rational brain which calculates and cogitates, but is often helpless in the face of bigger questions of meaning and purpose.Dovetailing these two competing sides of ourselves, Duncan draws on a lifetime's pioneering work to attack puzzles that have concerned thinkers, writers and philosophers through human history. Right and wrong. Freedom and responsibility. Women and men. Democracy and justice. Ambition and fulfilment. Understanding how these two sides of ourselves interact offers revealing and often surprising answers to some of the great questions of our lives.Discover a new perspective on human behaviour, and learn how we can better understand ourselves, our struggles, and our search for meaning.
£17.09
University Press of America The Mathematics of Human Motivation Applying the
Book SynopsisThe Mathematics of Human Motivation is a pioneering effort to advance the theory of human motivation. It provides powerful, new direction for students of human behavior. Professor Grant has created a theory development book that involves construction and analysis of a mathematical framework for exploring the intricacies of human motivation and satisfaction. Backed by thirty years of study, it draws on multiple disciplines to synthesize a model that has tremendous capacity for answering numerous previously unanswered questions on human motivation, and for predicting human behavior. The model is particularly useful for deriving scores of practical strategies, which organizations can use to enhance human performance and organizational profitability. The book combines contributions from managerial economics, organizational behavior, psychology, human resources, decision theory, and industrial engineering. This is the only book on the market that provides a comprehensive mathematical paradigm for interpreting human motivation issues. It is invaluable in guiding research and application in a wide array of fields.Table of ContentsPart 1 Key Features Part 2 List of Figures Part 3 Preface Part 4 Acknowledgements Chapter 5 The Effort-Net Return Model of Motivation and Satisfaction Chapter 6 The Law of Escalating Marginal Sacrifice and its Corollaries Chapter 7 Interpreting Motivation Phenomena with the Effort-Net Return Model Chapter 8 The Nuances of Penalty Functions Chapter 9 Job Design and Ability as Determinants of Employee Motivation Chapter 10 Integrating the Theory of the Firm and the Theory of Individual Behavior Chapter 11 Adjusting Reward Functions in Response to Productivity and Cost Change Chapter 12 Designing Incentive Systems to Maximize Profitability Chapter 13 Optimizing the Distribution of Constrained Effort Chapter 14 Goal Selection and Employee Motivation Under Uncertainty Chapter 15 Motivation Strategies and Tactics from ENR Chapter 16 Coupling Functions and Perceived Utility Part 17 Bibliography Part 18 Index Part 19 About the Author
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Hamilton Books Anatomy of Foolishness
Book SynopsisJust days after publishing his first book on the theory of foolishness, Stephen Greenspan learned that he had been hoodwinked by Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, or more accurately the Madoff feeder fund he invested in. Greenspan published a featured essay on the topic in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks later, and that essay was widely cited and attracted great interest for Greenspan's ideas about gullibility and in the United States and many other countries. Greenspan's new book, The Anatomy of Foolishness, explains why and how individuals (of all ages and levels of intelligence) and organizations act in ways that undermine their interests and even their continued existence. He examines three types of foolishness, using vivid examples to illustrate each, including the many foolish actions of US President Donald Trump. Greenspan presents a multidimensional theory of foolishness that contributes to the literature on human competence, and this book is likely to attract broad interest iTrade ReviewRead Stephen Greenspan’s new book on foolishness. It will change your life, no fooling! -- Robert B. Shilkret, from the forewordIf there is any topic that needs a book, it is foolishness, and everyone should read Stephen Greenspan's book to learn about what may be the biggest underlying problem facing the world today. Climate change, wars, terrorism, income disparities, antibiotic resistance—all have a common source in our human tendency to allow foolishness to override our intelligence and our common sense. -- Robert J. Sternberg, Cornell UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ... Foreword, by Richard B. Shilkret ... Preface ... Acknowledgments ... Part I. Overview of Foolishness ... One Popular and Religious Conceptions of Foolishness ... Two Foolishness as Inattention to Risk ... Three An Explanatory Model of Human Foolishness ... Four Factors That Contribute to Foolish Action ... Part II. Forms of Foolishness ... Five Practical Foolishness ... Six Non-induced Social Foolishness ... Seven Induced Social Foolishness ... Part III. Implications of Foolishness .. Eight Foolishness in Collectivities ... Nine Foolishness in Vulnerable Populations ... Ten Foolishness and Crime ... Part IV. From Foolishness to Wisdom ... Eleven What Makes Donald Trump a Fool? ... Twelve Some Advice for Surmounting Foolishness ... Thirteen In Pursuit of Common Sense ... References ... Index … About the Authors ...
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Emerald Publishing Limited Leaving Religion and Religious Life Patterns and
Book SynopsisFocuses on the patterns and processes connected with leaving religion. This volume contains papers that range from theoretical analyses of the dynamics underlying religious exiting to case studies examining specific instances of distancing from and departing from a religious lifestyle.Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Leaving religions: an inventory of some elementary concepts (J. Simpson). Falling from the new faiths: toward an integrated model of religious affiliation/disaffiliation (D. Bromley). Organized humanism in Canada: an expression of secular reaffiliation (J. McTaggart). Defection, disengagement and dissent: the dynamics of religious change in the United States (W.C. Roof, S. Landres). Patterns of religious separation and adherence in contemporary Australia (T. Lovat). Atheism, religion, and indifference in the two parts of Germany: before and after 1989 (J. Henkys, F. Schweitzer). Leaving the distant church: the Danish experience (H. Iverson). The changing face of the British churches: 1975-1995 (L.J. Francis). Culture-specific factors which cause Jews in Israel to abandon religious practice (M. Bar-Lev et al.). Disaffiliation: the experience of Haredi Jews (W. Shaffir).
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Emerald Publishing Limited Religion on the Internet Research Prospects and
Book SynopsisOffers an inquiry into the nature, scope and content of religion in cyberspace. This volume provides a conceptual mapping of religion in cyberspace. It is intended for those who seek to understand how religion is being presented on the Internet, and how this topic is likely to unfold.Table of ContentsIntroduction. The promised land or electronic chaos? Toward understanding religion on the internet (J.K. Hadden, D.E. Cowan). Internet Research: Studying Religion on the Web. Researching religion in cyberspace: issues and strategies from the sociology of the internet (L.L. Dawson). Religious ethnography on the world wide web (W.S. Bainbridge). Doing research and teaching with the American religion data archive: initial efforts to democratize access to data (R. Finke et al.). Religion, rhetoric and scholarship: managing vested interest in e-space (D.E. Cowan). Internet Faith: Religions in Cyberspace. Surfing Islam: ayatollahs, shayks and hajjs on the superhighway (G.R. Bunt). Toward understanding how religious organizations use the internet (S. Horsfall). Dispatches from the electronic frontier: explorations of mainline Protestant use of the internet (K. Bedell). Online-religion/religion-online: virtual communities (C. Helland). On-line ethnography of dipensationalist discourse: revealed versus negotiated truth (R.G. Howard). Webs of Deceit: Religious Propaganda on the Net. New religious movements and the internet: the new frontier of cult controversies (J.-F. Mayer). "So many evil things": anticult terrorism via the internet (M. Introvigne). Internet Teaching: Pedagogy and the World Wide Web. Evolution of a religious web site devoted to tolerance (B.A. Robinson). Mapping a "cyberlimen": a test case for the use of electronic discussion boards in religious studies classes (J.M. Robinson). A history of the religious movements homepage project at the University of Virginia (J.K. Hadden). List of contributors and contact information. Biographical information on the authors.
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Jason Aronson, Inc. A Primer on Integrating Psychotherapies for
Book SynopsisPresented in a question answer format, this book brings together concepts and methods from psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and developmental perspectives.Trade ReviewIn this seminal work, Sebastiano Santostefano has taken on a daunting task—the integration of psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral approaches to the psychotherapeutic treatment of children. Stimulated by his own research and practice over the past thirty years into the vicissitudes of emotion, imagination, thought, and action, the author has created a new developmental-dialectical theory that dissolves the traditional boundaries between mind and body, affect and cognition, and reality and fantasy. Every clinician practicing today would be wise to read this book before making another intervention. -- Ava L. Siegler PhD, director, Institute for Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies, New YorkThis is a highly original, extremely pragmatic, well-argued, clearly written book. It takes the reader through the development of Dr. Santostefano's thinking and integrative technique for assessing and treating children. His developmental-dialectical model sees every child as a system of interrelated facets in continuous negotiation with one another: for example, surface (conscious) and deep (unconscious), cognition and emotion, fantasy and interactions, meaning and interaction, cognition and interaction. His approach utilizes structured and unstructured interactions in the therapeutic encounter, where structured interactions promote flexibility in cognitive orientation or mode of expression and unstructured interactions aim to revise maladaptive life metaphors. This is a real contribution to the resolution of the divisiveness that now characterizes our discipline between academics and non-academics, and among those of different theoretical orientations who work therapeutically with children and adolescents. -- Marsha Levy-Warren, Ph.D.This is psychotherapy integration at its best. Dr. Santostefano has done a superb job of synthesizing theory and research from developmental psychology to provide a conceptual scaffolding that transcends the boundaries of psychoanalytic and cognitive-behavioral approaches to psychotherapy with children and adolescents. He demonstrates a masterful grasp of diverse literatures and a philosophically sophisticated appreciation of the process of theory construction. The result is a theoretically compelling and clinically rich approach that will be of enormous value to those working in the field. -- Jeremy D. Safran, Ph.D.
£70.20
Jason Aronson, Inc. Refusal to Speak
Book SynopsisSelective mutism in children is characterized by persistent refusal to speak in one or more social situations, notwithstanding the demonstrated ability to use language at home. This book presents therapeutic approaches and offers alternatives to professionals working with selectively mute children.Trade ReviewRefusal To Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children is of significant value to professionals working with children who present with this extraordinary behavioral pattern. The book pulls together the available literature and then goes one step further. The material is organized into chapters written from behavioral, psychodynamic, psychiatric, and family systems perspectives. This allows practitioners from a wide variety of philosophies to benefit from the material. I highly recommend this book to my colleagues who work with children. -- Lawrence A. DanaRefusal to Speak embodies a rare blend of scholarly thoroughness and clinical practicality. In treating as perplexing and difficult a condition as selective mutism, it is important to gain as broad and comprehensive a view as possible. I appreciate the astute and integrative interventions described throughout the book; practitioners from a variety of clinical orientations will find a great deal of guidance within these pages. The interventions described with clarity would make excellent didactic material. Drs. Spasaro and Schaefer have woven together a superb edited volume. -- Neil BockianTable of ContentsPart 1 An Introduction to the Treatment of Selective Mutism Part 2 Part I: Assessment and Treatment Planning Chapter 3 Practical Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Selective Mutism Chapter 4 When to Intervene in Selective Mutism: The Multimodal Treatment of a Case of Persistent Selective Mutism Part 5 Part II: Behavior Therapy Chapter 6 Intervention with the Selectively Mute Child Chapter 7 Elective Mutism: Special Treatment of a Special Case Chapter 8 Combining Self-Modeling and Stimulus Fading in the Treatment of an Electively Mute Child Chapter 9 An Adapted Language Training Strategy in the Treatment of an Electively Mute Male Child Part 10 Part III: Psychodynamic Therapy Chapter 11 Elective Mutism: Origins in Stranger Anxiety and Selective Attention Chapter 12 Electively Mute Children: A Therapeutic Approach Part 13 Part IV: Psychopharmacologic Approaches Chapter 14 Elective Mutism as a Variant of Social Phobia Chapter 15 Phenelzine Treatment of Elective Mutism: A Case Report Part 16 Part V: Group and Family Therapy Chapter 17 Elective Mutism in Children: A Family Systems Approach Chapter 18 Group Treatment for Elective Mute Children Chapter 19 Sibling Group Play Therapy: An Effective Alternative with an Elective Mute Child Part 20 Part VI: Multimodal Treatment Chapter 21 Elective Mutism Chapter 22 "Speech Is Silvern, But Silence Is Golden": Day Hospital Treatment of Two Electively Mute Children Chapter 23 Case Study: Fluoxetine in the Multimodal Treatment of a Preschool Child with Selective Mutism
£90.00
Jason Aronson, Inc. Dancing with Fear
Book SynopsisThis book is written for everyone who has experienced severe anxiety and wants to be free from abnormal fear. It is also for therapists, couselors, and other helping professionals who treat patients suffering from anxiety disorders. A Jason Aronson BookTrade ReviewThis book by Dr. Paul Foxman has all but paved the path to peace, the way to freedom from anxiety. He offers a clear exposition of what severe anxiety is, where it comes from, and what to do about it. He shares his personal experience with trauma and anxiety, as well as his understandings gained from decades of helping others. In this easy style, he provides unlimited hope and specific information on how anxiety can be overcome. -- John R. PullenThere have been endless books written by countless authors on the subject of anxiety and how best to identify and cope with its paralyzing manifestations. What makes Dancing with Fear so special and so welcome is that Paul Foxman speaks eloquently and intelligently to the two key people involved in accomplishing full recovery from this insidious problem: the sufferer and his therapist. Because Dr. Foxman knows, firsthand, what gut-wrenching anxiety feels like, he never minimizes its impact nor does he hide his own humanness behind his degree. It becomes obvious from the first chapter that Dr. Foxman is a consummate professional who, thank heavens, can honestly teach from his heart. -- Ann SeagraveDr. Foxman's book, Dancing with Fear, is a comprehensive and compassionate overview of the most crippling of our 'social diseases'—fear—with a wealth of practical approaches to loosening its hold on us. The work will find a wide and appreciative audience. -- Joseph Chilton PearceTable of ContentsChapter 1 My Anxiety Story Chapter 2 Why Be Afraid? Chapter 3 Your Anxiety Story Chapter 4 The Personality of Anxiety Chapter 5 Dancing around Anxiety Chapter 6 Anxiety in Children Chapter 7 The Chaange Program for Anxiety Recovery Chapter 8 Sitting Still Chapter 9 Food and Fear Chapter 10 Take a Deep Breath Chapter 11 What-if? Chapter 12 Facing Your Fear Chapter 13 Feeling Safe with Feelings Chapter 14 Anger and Fear Chapter 15 Sex and Anxiety Chapter 16 Setting Limits and Balancing Stress Chapter 17 Play Therapy for Adults Chapter 18 What about Drugs? Chapter 19 Anxiety and Relationships Chapter 20 Spirituality and Anxiety
£54.90
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers Couple Treatment Assessment and Intervention
Book SynopsisIntended as a support to those who treat couples who experience distress and seek help in their relationships, this volume has been organized by material from systems and cognitive-behavioural approaches as well as ego psychology and object relations theory.
£109.00
Jason Aronson, Inc. Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Book SynopsisTreatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has dramatically improved with the innovative use of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Here, the authors have developed a comprehensive method of treatment that combines psychoeducational and cognitive restructuring with traditional exposure and response prevention techniques.Trade ReviewDrs. McGinn and Sanderson have done an excellent job of writing an empirically validated treatment manual for obsessive-compulsive disorder. This volume integrates the most widely researched cognitive-behavioral treatments for OCD into one comprehensive therapy guide. The book is clinically detailed, with a step-by-step explanation of each phase in the assessment and treatment of OCD. The guide includes one extended case study, with detailed session transcripts, that runs throughout the book and illustrates how to implement each treatment strategy. The book is very readable, both for clinicians who are already experienced with OCD and for those who are just beginning. I highly recommend it. -- Jeffrey Young, Ph.D., Columbia University; director, Cognitive Therapy Centers of New York and ConnecticutThis is an up-to-date guide to the cognitive-behavioral treatment of OCD for the mental health professional. A common and disabling disorder that is often misdiagnosed, OCD is highly responsive to appropriate treatment. This book is an important advance, as it offers clinicians a practical and specific treatment approach based on an informed theoretical background. A significant barrier to the treatment of OCD patients is the lack of adequately trained cognitive-behavioral therapists. The authors address this important public health problem by increasing the number of informed and well-trained clinicians. -- Eric Hollander, M.D., professor and director, Compulsive, Impulsive, and Anxiety Disorders Program, Mount Sinai School of MedicineSince many practitioners seek out books on cognitive-behavioral therapy to fill a gap in their training, there is clearly a need for 'how-to' treatment manuals. With this book, Drs. McGinn and Sanderson have met that need with utmost skill and mastery. They have succeeded admirably in their goal to educate and train clinicians in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder. -- Aaron T. Beck M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
£90.00
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers CognitiveBehavioral Therapies for Persons with
Book SynopsisOffers clinicians an approach to treating patients with disabilities. This volume is suitable for practitioners who attempt to address the complex psychological needs of individuals with disabilities.Trade ReviewDuring the past decade, cognitive-behavioral therapies have become the treatment of choice for a range of emotional disorders. While the effectiveness of this approach is unquestionable, unfortunately several populations have been relatively ignored by cognitive-behavioral therapists—persons with disabilities being one of them. In this outstanding book, Dr. Radnitz provides an essential guide for the clinician specializing in treatment of this population, as well as for others who man occasionally treat a disabled person in their practice. -- William C. Sanderson, Ph.D, Rutgers UniversityThis is a valuable addition to the clinical reference library of mental health providers who are responsible for the assessment and treatment of persons with disabilities and chronic illness. Included are the various physical, cognitive, sensory, and developmental conditions for which cognitive-behavioral approaches have been developed, and interventions focused on caregivers and educators. Throughout, readers will appreciate the theoretical consistency, literature summaries, assessment tools, and descriptions of treatment strategies. Dr. Radnitz has filled a gap by assembling a concise yet complete volume that will help clinicians work with people with disabilities. -- Allen W. Heinemann Ph.D., ABPP, Northwestern University Medical SchoolEvery practitioner will want a copy of Cynthia Radnitz's Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Persons with Disabilities on his or her library shelf. As many as 38 million Americans are disabled and up to 100 million have chronic conditions that impair at least one activity of daily living. Helping patients adjust to disabling conditions, and assessing and treating the symptoms associated with disability, can challenge clinicians. In this comprehensive book, cognitive-behavioral models of assessment and treatment are applied to virtually every domain of disabling conditions. The outcome is a powerful, elegant text that provides, in one source, the most current knowledge. The authoritative and systematic approach taken makes this a 'must-own' book. -- Robert G. Frank, Ph.D., University of Florida
£100.00
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Computerization of Behavioral Healthcare
Book SynopsisA Volume in the Jossey-Bass Managed Behavioral Healthcare Library Offers comprehensive advice and practical guidelines on computerization that will fundamentally change the clinical practice, management, and communications of behavioral healthcare. Also provides suggestions for overcoming human resistance, and making a smooth transition from a traditional paper system to a high-tech computer operation.Trade Review"A much-needed resource for coping with the technological demands in the rapidly evolving field of behavioral health care." "A book of major significance about the careful application of computers and information processing to finding solutions to the many challenges posed by the rapid movement toward managed behavioral health care." --Bruce W. Vieweg, M.S., director, Office of Information Systems, State of Missouri Department of Mental Health "This pathbreaking book shows not only that it is unavoidable that computer science and telecommunication technology are entering the field of behavioral health, but that patients and their families, healthcare personnel and managers may look forward to this development." --W. Gulbinat, acting manager, epidemiological and managerial support, Division of Mental Health and the Prevention of Substance Abuse, World Health Organization "An essential guide for mental health practitioners. A pioneering, must-read book for the 21st century clinician." --Steven E. Locke, M.D., chief of behavioral medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and director of psychiatric informatics, Center for Clinical Computing, Harvard Medical School "There is much in this book that is useful in each area ranging from a compAndium of Internet mental health conference lists to basic definitions of terminology to some subtly sophisticated information on clinical decision support systems (DSSs)." --Reviewed by Rodney L. Lowman, Contemporary PsychologyTable of ContentsForeword Introduction Part One: Clinical Practice 1. How Information Technologies Are Transforming Behavioral Healthcare (Marion J. Ball, Judith V. Douglas) 2. Clinical Decision Support Systems(Wallace J. Gingerich, Anthony Brokowski) 3. The Use of Computers in Therapy(Roger L. Gould) 4. Clinical Assessment and Outcomes Measurement(Murray P. Naditch, Kevin L. Moreland) Part Two: Management 5. The Transition from Paper to Computerized and Interactive Information Systems, (Larry D. Rosen, Michelle M. Weil) 6. Computerization in Group Practices(Peter S. Currie) 7. Computerization in County and Community Mental Health Centers(Tuan D. Nguyen, Gary Olsen) 8. Computerization in Hospital-Based Delivery Systems(Warner V. Slack, Charles Safran, Howard L. Bleich) 9. Computerization in Managed Behavioral Healthcare Companies( William R. Maloney, Eugene D. Hill III) Part Three: Communications 10. The Need to Know vs. The Right to Privacy(Robert Gellman, Kathleen A. Frawley) 11. The Rapid Growth of Electronic Communication(Michael W. Hurst, William A. Roiter) 12. How to Use the Internet and Electronic Bulletin Boards( Dick Schoech, Katherine Kelley Smith) 13. The Past, Present, and Future of Data Standards(Ronald W. Manderscheid, Marilyn J. HAnderson)
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Points of Influence
Book SynopsisGroups, teams, and other new ways of working together have become commonplace in today''s organizations. In spite of all of these changes, one element remains the same: the basic building block of all work activities is the individual employee. Points of Influence helps coach managers, team leaders, and trainers to gain a better understanding of employee motivation and how they can influence behavior, increase their own personal self-awareness, and expand their managerial skills.Trade Review"Those of us who work on organization change have a wealth ofresources to understand the group and system levels of theorganization. With Points of Influence, Morley Segal gives us thecritical third piece--a comprehensive review of personality theoryagainst the backdrop of organization practice. Finally, there is apractical guide to the individual level of our work. It is aninvaluable addition to our understanding of organization change."--June Delano, director, organization change & development,Eastman Kodak CompanyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding and Affecting Behavior in theWorkplace Part One: The Internal Being: Points of Influence Beyond OurAwareness 1. Sigmund Freud: The Internal Conflict Between Instinct andCivilization 2. Carl Jung: The Collective Unconscious, Archetypes, andPsychological Types 3. Karen Horney: The Social Unconscious and the Conflict ofSelf-Images Part Two: Thought and Feeling: Points of Influence Within OurAwareness 4. Albert Ellis and Aaron Beck: The Power of Thought andBelief 5. Carl Rogers: The Power of Feelings Part Three: The Individual and the Environment: External Points ofInfluence 6. B.F. Skinner: The Influence of Environment on Behavior 7. Kurt Lewin: Individual Perception and the Environment 8. Fritz and Laura Perls: The Gestalt of Experience andBehavior 9. Murray Bowen: Emotional Systems Conclusion: Using Personality Theory: Understanding Behavior,Taking Effective Action, and Increasing Personal Awareness
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Individual Psychological Assessment Predicting
Book SynopsisThis work presents best practices in assessment of individual employees within an organization. It examines individual assessment from three perspectives: setting/situation, the place of assessment within an organization's systems, and use of assessment for targeted purposes.Table of ContentsForeward by Manuel London. FRAMEWORKS. An Overview of Individual Psychological Assessment. Theoretical Frameworks for Assessment. Individual Assessment: The Research Base. Ethical, Legal, and Professional issues for Individual Assessment. PROCESSES. Designing the Individual Assessment. Getting at Character: The Simplicity on the Other Side of Complexity. A Clinical Approach to Executive Selection. Communicating Results for Impact. STRATEGIES. Assessing and Changing Managers for New Organizational Roles. Shaping Organizational Strategy Leadership: The Ripple Effect of Assessment. PERSPECTIVES. Anticipating the Future: Assessment Strategies for Tommorrow.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Resolving IdentityBased Conflict In Nations
Book SynopsisUnleash Conflict''s Creative Potential Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in identity conflicts and how to overcome them. Provides a fascinating theoretical introduction to the phenomena, detailed case study experiences, and a final training guide for practitioners...a landmark work. --Kevin Clements, director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University Presenting a brilliant new approach to conflict resolution that will intrigue and inform practitioners and scholars alike. Writing from his remarkable range of academic and real-world experiences--including his historic work in bringing Israel and the PLO to the negotiation table--Rothman shows how identity-based conflict can be managed so that both parties reach a higher ground than either could have found on its own. His vehicle is his ARIA model, and here he traces the ARIA process through Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, and Action, demonstrating step-by-sTrade Review"Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in identity conflicts and how to overcome them. Provides a fascinating theoretical introduction to the phenomena, detailed case study experiences, and a final training guide for practitioners...a landmark work." (Kevin Clements, Vernon and Minnie Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution, and director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University) "Jay Rothman not only says it is possible to bring about reconciliation of communities, organizations, and nations involved in long-standing, deeply rooted conflicts, but he shows just how to do it! . . . Focusing on the importance of social identity and the steps involved in transforming antagonism into effective joint action, he helps us go beyond the role of interests to a more complete understanding of needs and their importance in conflict resolution." (Lawrence Susskind, director, MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and president, Consensus Building Institute) "With clarity and imagination, Jay Rothman explores identity conflict from the community to the international arena. . . . This book provides direction and hope for all those engaged in the essential work of conflict resolution." (Richard Deats, editor of Fellowship, the magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation) "Re-imagines conflict mediation in a remarkably new way--by bringing together the empirical language of negotiation with the pattern-recognition skills of the artist, a new and exciting synthesis is possible." (Michael Jones, pianist, composer, Narada recording artist, and author of Creating an Imaginative Life) ?The ARIA framework works at many levels. It is a wonderful metaphor for the phases of constructive conflict resolution that has applications in so many fields. It is the analytic melody that connects the phases through the example of a string quartet, and it captures how creative conflict resolution is like a beautiful song when expertly executed. In all its forms, I have incorporated ARIA into my teaching and practice.? (Deborah M. Kolb, professor of negotiation and conflict resolution, Simmons College; Senior Fellow, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School)Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. About the Author. Prologue: The ARIA Quartet Conflict. TRANSFORMING IDENTITY-BASED CONFLICT. 1. The ARIA Framework: Antagonism, Resonance, Invention, Action. 2. Antagonism: Sufacing Differences and Analyzing Animosity. 3. Resonance: Articulating Common Needs and Motivations. 4. Invention: Generating Cooperative Solutions. 5. Action: Setting Joint Agendas. THE ARIA FRAMEWORK IN PRACTICE. 6. Prenegotiation in Nations: Peace Building in Jerusalem. 7. Transforming Conflicts Within and Between Groups in Organizations. 8. ARIA Tools: Lessons Drawn from Community Conflicts. Epilogue: Engaging Identity, Creating Harmony. Notes. References. Index.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Driven
Book SynopsisReveals the way people behave in the workplace. This book aims to bridge the gap between the findings from evolutionary biology and insights about humanity derived from the social sciences.Trade Review"...an interesting book which explores and integrates findings from several disciplines and which contributes further to the field of evolutionary psychology in a readable manner..." (The Occupational Psychologist, April 2002)Table of ContentsEditor's Note, Warren Bennis. Foreword, Edward O. Wilson. The Authors. Preface. PART ONE: BRIDGING GAPS; SETTING THE STAGE FOR UNDERSTANDING HUMAN NATURE. 1. Toward a Unified Understanding of Human Nature. 2. How the Modern Human Mind Evolved. 3. Innate Drives and Skills. PART TWO: THE FOUR DRIVES BEHIND HUMAN CHOICES. 4. The Drive to Acquire (D1). 5. The Drive to Bond (D2). 6. The Drive to Learn (D3). 7. The Drive to Defend (D4). PART THREE: THE DRIVES IN ACTION; HOW HUMAN NATURE WORKS IN CONTEXT. 8. Culture, Skills, Emotions: Other Pieces of the Puzzle. 9. Origins of the Social Contract. 10. Why So Much Diversity? PART FOUR: HUMAN NATURE AND SOCIETY. 11. Human Nature in Organizational Life. 12. The Road Forward. Afterword: Future Research Proposals. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Power of Reinforcement The SUNY series
Book SynopsisMakes the controversial argument that reinforcement is a real and valuable force in human behavior.2004 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title According to Stephen Ray Flora, reinforcement is a very powerful tool for improving the human condition despite often being dismissed as regarding people as less than human and as overly simplistic. This book addresses and defends the use of reinforcement principles against a wide variety of attacks. Countering the myths, criticisms, and misrepresentations of reinforcement, including false claims that reinforcement is rat psychology, the author shows that building reinforcement theory on basic laboratory research is a strength, not a weakness, and allows unlimited applications to human situations as it promotes well-being and productivity. Also examined are reinforcement contingencies, planned or accidental, as they shape behavioral patterns and repertoires in a positive way.
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) The Power of Reinforcement Alternatives in
Book SynopsisMakes the controversial argument that reinforcement is a real and valuable force in human behavior.2004 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title According to Stephen Ray Flora, reinforcement is a very powerful tool for improving the human condition despite often being dismissed as regarding people as less than human and as overly simplistic. This book addresses and defends the use of reinforcement principles against a wide variety of attacks. Countering the myths, criticisms, and misrepresentations of reinforcement, including false claims that reinforcement is rat psychology, the author shows that building reinforcement theory on basic laboratory research is a strength, not a weakness, and allows unlimited applications to human situations as it promotes well-being and productivity. Also examined are reinforcement contingencies, planned or accidental, as they shape behavioral patterns and repertoires in a positive way.
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University of Nebraska Press Nebraska Symposium on Motivation 1995 Volume 43
Book SynopsisModern conceptualization of the multidimensional nature of anxiety, panic, and fear are examined from a variety of perspectives, including theories of emotion and cognition, neuropsychology, and conditioning. Carroll E. Izard and Eric A. Youngstrom open with a review of Differential Emotions Theory. In the second chapter, Jeffrey A. Gray and Neil McNaughton summarize and update Gray's neuropsychological theory of anxiety. Susan Mineka and Richard Zinbarg consider what modern conditioning theory contributes to the understanding of emotion, and Richard J. McNally offers an overview of the application of experimental cognitive paradigms to fear, panic, and anxiety. The volume concludes with a new version of David H. Barlow's theory of emotional disorders. Barlow, Bruce F. Chorpita, and Julia Turovsky draw from work on emotion, neurophysiology, attributions, learning, ethology, attention, and child development to describe how the inappropriate activation of fear (e.g., a panic attack) ca
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SAGE Publications Inc Conduct Disorder in Childhood and Adolescence
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a thorough and well-balanced review of the topic of conduct disorders in childhood and adolescence. An opening chapter gives the reader a good sense of the nature, complexity, and magnitude of the problem for parents, caretakers, and mental health professionals; the remainder of the book explains what we currently know about children and adolescents with behavior problems. One chapter each is devoted to diagnosis and assessment, characteristics of the disorder, treatment, prevention, and directions for future research and social policy. --Matthjis Koopmans in Journal of Adolescence This is another excellent little book, in the Sage Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series. Read and enjoy. --Ewen Rennie in BPS Division of Educational & Child Psychology
£97.85
Taylor & Francis Inc Models of Action Mechanisms for Adaptive Behavior
Book SynopsisThis volume presents an international group of researchers who model animal and human behavior--both simple and complex. The models presented focus on such subjects as the pattern of eating in meals and bouts, the energizing and shaping impact of reinforcers on behavior, transitive inferential reasoning, responding to a compound stimulus, avoidance and escape learning, recognition memory, category formation, generalization, the timing of adaptive responses, and chromosomes exchanging information. The chapters are united by a common interest in adaptive behavior--whether of human, animal, or artificial system--and clearly demonstrate the rich variety of ways in which this fascinating area of research can be approached. In so doing, the book demonstrates the range of thought that qualifies as theorizing in the contemporary study of the mechanisms of adaptive behavior. It has two purposes: to bring together a very wide range of approaches in one place and to give authors space tTable of ContentsContents: B. Goertzel, Learning the Language of Mind: Symbolic Dynamics for Modeling Adaptive Behavior. S. Grossberg, Neural Substrates of Adaptively Timed Reinforcement, Recognition, and Motor Learning. E.J. Kehoe, Can the Whole Be Something Other Than the Sum of Its Parts? P.R. Killeen, The First Principle of Reinforcement. J.R. Koza, Using Biology to Solve a Problem in Automated Machine Learning. N.A. Schmajuk, D.W. Urry, B.S. Zanutto, The Frightening Complexity of Avoidance: A Neural Network Approach. J.E.R. Staddon, B.S. Zanutto, In Praise of Parsimony. C.D.L. Wynne, A Minimal Model of Transitive Inference.
£82.64
Taylor & Francis Inc Applied Multiple RegressionCorrelation Analysis
Book SynopsisThis classic text on multiple regression is noted for its nonmathematical, applied, and data-analytic approach. Readers profit from its verbal-conceptual exposition and frequent use of examples.The applied emphasis provides clear illustrations of the principles and provides worked examples of the types of applications that are possible. Researchers learn how to specify regression models that directly address their research questions. An overview of the fundamental ideas of multiple regression and a review of bivariate correlation and regression and other elementary statistical concepts provide a strong foundation for understanding the rest of the text. The third edition features an increased emphasis on graphics and the use of confidence intervals and effect size measures, and an accompanying website with data for most of the numerical examples along with the computer code for SPSS, SAS, and SYSTAT, at www.psypress.com/9780805822236 . Applied MultiplTrade Review"...anyone with an interest in or need to carry out MR will find it invaluable." - British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology "I can't see how a practicing research psychologist could be without a copy." - Dr. Steven P. Reise, University of California at Los Angeles "Overall we think the book successfully reflects more contemporary issues, thinking, and advances in multiple regression and correlation....The general style and format, consistent with the previous editions, is understandable while still retaining depth and comprehensiveness." - Drs. Lynda A. and Daniel W. King, Boston University School of Medicine "I think VERY highly of this revision....The chapter on regression diagnostics and graphics (Ch. 4) is a wonderful addition. Also, the emphasis on confidence intervals is great, as is the extensive discussion on logistic regression." - Dr. William F. Chaplin, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa "I have always felt that the book's major strength was its ability to blend careful, thoughtful explanation with a relatively non-technical exposition....I am happy to say that in my opinion this edition retains and furthermore expands upon this strength." - Dr. Harry Reis, University of Rochester Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Introduction. Bivariate Correlation and Regression. Multiple Regression/Correlation With Two or More Independent Variables. Data Visualization, Exploration, and Assumption Checking: Diagnosing and Solving Regression Problems I. Data-Analytic Strategies Using Multiple Regression/Correlation. Quantitative Scales, Curvilinear Relationships, and Transformations. Interactions Among Continuous Variables. Categorical or Nominal Independent Variables. Interactions With Categorical Variables. Outliers and Multicollinearity: Diagnosing and Solving Regression Problems II. Missing Data. Multiple Regression/Correlation and Causal Models. Alternative Regression Models: Logistic, Poisson Regression, and the Generalized Linear Model. Random Coefficient Regression and Multilevel Models. Longitudinal Regression Methods. Multiple Dependent Variables: Set Correlation. Appendices: The Mathematical Basis for Multiple Regression/Correlation and Identification of the Inverse Matrix Elements. Determination of the Inverse Matrix and Applications Thereof.
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Taylor & Francis Creativity In Context Update To The Social Psychology Of Creativity
Book SynopsisThis book preserves the original content and provides some insight into recent developments in the social psychology of creativity. It begins to study the ways in which social factors can serve to maintain creativity and cognitive mechanisms by which motivation might have an impact on creativity.Table of ContentsPreface to the Updated Edition -- Preface to the 1983 Edition -- Understanding and Assessing Creativity -- The Case for a Social Psychology of Creativity -- The Meaning and Measurement of Creativity -- A Consensual Technique for Creativity Assessment -- A Theoretical Framework -- Social and Environmental Influences -- Effects of Evaluation on Creativity -- Effects of Reward and Task Constraint -- Social Facilitation, Modeling, and Motivational Orientation -- Other Social and Environmental Influences -- Implications -- Implications for Enhancing Creativity -- Toward a Comprehensive Psychology of Creativity -- About the Book and Author -- Credits
£47.49
Taylor & Francis Inc The Psychology of Dog Ownership
Book SynopsisWhat are the benefits of owning a dog on health and well-being? Why does a problem dog behave as it does and how can owners deal with unwanted behaviour? How do dogs communicate with humans and each other? The Psychology of Dog Ownership explores the nature of our unique relationship with dogs and its effect on our mental and physical welfare. The book uses psychological learning theory to examine dog behaviour and highlights the importance of determining between typical dog behaviour and behaviour disorders that need treatment. Focusing on how dog owners can communicate effectively with their pets, and always with the dogsbest interests in mind, The Psychology of Dog Ownership enhances our understanding of the modern human-canine bond and shows how important and enjoyable this relationship can be.Table of Contents1. The New Normal of Dog Behaviour 2. The Lifespan of a Dog Owner 3. The Dogs Neuticles! 4. The Dog Whispering Fallacy 5. Is My Dog Abnormal? 6. Treating And Preventing Abnormal Dog Behaviour 7. What To Do If I Need More Help
£12.99
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Contemporary American Indian Writing Unsettling
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Peter Lang Group AG The Power of Parents A Critical Perspective of
Book SynopsisDelving into the often unexplored areas of class, race, and power struggles, The Power of Parents poses a unique and original critical examination of the relationship between bicultural parents and the school system. Written with students and practitioners in mind, it challenges past research that has traditionally argued bicultural parents are incompetent, apathetic, and do not value education, hence the cause of their children's academic underachievement. This book sheds new light on why bicultural parents often mistrust the school system and uncovers the contradictions inherent in the relationship between them and school personnel.
£27.74
Peter Lang Group AG Urban Narratives Portraits in Progress Life at
Book SynopsisUrban Narratives foregrounds previously silenced voices of young people of color who are labeled disabled. Overrepresented in special education classes, yet underrepresented in educational research, these students the largest group within segregated special education classes share their perceptions of the world and their place within it. Eight portraits in progress' consisting of their own words and framed by their poetry and drawings, reveal compelling insights about life inside and out of the American urban education system. The book uses an intersectional analysis to examine how power circulates in society throughout and among historical, cultural, institutional, and interpersonal domains, impacting social, academic, and economic opportunities for individuals, and expanding or circumscribing their worlds.
£34.34
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Perceiving Play The Art and Study of Computer
Book SynopsisComputer games are increasingly prevalent, and cause both curiosity and concern in the general public, so understanding these games and play is important. Game researchers need to work quickly to document, report, and analyse the effect on our modern society as an increasing amount of people make new and drastically different choices in how they spend their time. Perceiving Play: The Art and Study of Computer Games looks at the directions and findings of this research, and examines how game research integrates the studies of social science, ethnography, textual analysis and criticism, economy, law, and technology.
£24.10
Springer Publishing Company Fieldwork and Supervision for Behavior Analysts A
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Springer Publishing Co Inc The Essential Guide to Passing the Board
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Springer Publishing Company Behavior and Personality
Book SynopsisIn this capstone work, Arthur Staats synthesizes more than four decades of research, theory, and study into a new generation of behaviorism that offers insights and future directions for researchers, professionals, and students. Staats''s unified theory of psychological behaviorism builds on current theories in child development, personality, psychological measurement, and abnormal behavior. His theoretical model provides new ways to consider human behavior as a whole that will have implications for research, theory, and practice.
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Springer Publishing Co Inc Motivation 101
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Taylor & Francis Inc Handbook of Behavioral State Control
Book SynopsisOffers information on the neurobiology of behavioral states, ranging from normal stress and sleep deprivation to debilitating neuropsychiatric disorders. This book presents a reference on the cellular and molecular mechanisms generating arousal states, and pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of behavioral state control.Table of ContentsPreface, R. Lydic and H.A. BaghdoyanMammalian Circadian (24 hr) Rhythms, W.J. Schwartz, Section EditorIntroduction: Endogenous Pacemakers and Daily Programs, W.J. Schwartz and P. ZlomanczukAnatomy of the Mammalian Circadian Timekeeping System, J.P. CardIntercellular Interactions and the Physiology of Circadian Rhythms in Mammals, H.D. Piggins and B. RusakThe Molecular Basis of the Pineal Melatonin Rhythm: Regulation of Serotonin N-Acetylation, D.C. Klein, R. Baler, P.H. Roseboom, J.L. Weller, M. Bernard, J.A. Gasatel, M. Zatz, P.M. Iuvone, V. Bégay, J. Falcón , G. Cahill, V.M. Cassone, and S.L. CoonMolecular Components of a Model Circadian Clock: Lessons from Drosophila, P.E. Hardin and A. SehgalStrategies for Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian Circadian Rhythmicity, L.D. Wilsbacher, J.P. Wisor, and J.S. TakahashiDaily Alterations in Arousal State: Sleep, M.W. Mahowald, Section EditorThe Evolution of REM Sleep, J.M. SiegelMentation During Sleep: The NREM/REM Distinction, T.A. NielsenNarcolepsy, E. Mignot and S. NishinoDissociated States of Wakefulness and Sleep, M.W. Mahowald and C. H. SchenckNeuroanatomical and Neurochemical Basis of Behavioral States, K. Semba, Section EditorThe Mesopontine Cholinergic System: A Dual Role in REM Sleep and Wakefulness, K. SembaAn Integrative Role for Serotonin in the Central Nervous System, B.L. Jacobs and C.A. Fornal Inhibitory Mechanisms in the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus and Locus Coeruleus During Sleep, P.-H. Luppi, C. Peyron, C. Rampon, D. Gervasoni, B. Barbagli, R. Boissard, and P. Fort Cholinergic and GABAergic Neurons of the Basal Forebrain: Role in Cortical Activation, B.E. Jones and M. MühlethalerImmediate Early Gene Expression in Sleep and Wakefulness, M. Bentivoglio and G. Grassi-ZucconiCellular and Network Mechanisms of Behavioral State Control, R.W. Greene, Section EditorSynaptic and Intrinsic Membrane Properties that Regulate Norad
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Taylor & Francis Inc Human Behavior Learning and Transfer
Book SynopsisBridging the gap between human-computer engineering and control engineering, Human Behavior Learning and Transfer delineates how to abstract human action and reaction skills into computational models. The authors include methods for modeling a variety of human action and reaction behaviors and explore processes for evaluating, optimizing, and transferring human skills. They also cover modeling continuous and discontinuous human control strategy and discuss simulation studies and practical real-life situations.The book examines how to model two main aspects of human behavior: reaction skills and action skills. It begins with a discussion of the various topics involved in human reaction skills modeling. The authors apply machine learning techniques and statistical analysis to abstracting models of human reaction control strategy. They contend that such models can be learned sufficiently to emulate complex human control behaviors in the feedback loop. The second half of thTable of ContentsIntroduction. Introduction to Human Reaction Skill Modeling. Leaning of Human Control Strategy: Continuous and Discontinuous. Validation of Human Control Strategy Models. Evaluation of Human Control Strategy. Performance Optimization of Human Control Strategy. Transfer of Human Control Strategy. Transferring Human Navigational Skills to Smart Wheelchair. Introduction to Human Action Skill Modeling. Global Parametric Methods for Dimension Reduction. Local Methods for Dimension Reduction. A Spline Smoother in Phase Space for Trajectory Fitting. Analysis of Human Walking Trajectories for Surveillance. Modeling of Facial and Full-Body Actions. Conclusions.
£128.25
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Wolf Children and the Problem of Human Nature
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Harriman House Publishing The Behaviour Business
Book SynopsisIf you are in business, you are in the business of behaviour ? and unless a business influences behaviour, it will not succeed. In the last 50 years we have learnt more about how we behave than over the previous 5,000. This book shows how behavioural science has revolutionised our understanding of how people really think (or don?t) ? and how we can use those insights in our businesses to influence behaviour and gain competitive advantage. Richard Chataway works for the BVA Nudge Unit, a global consultancy specialising in behavioural change, and has experience in everything from getting people to join the armed forces, drink spirits rather than wine, and buy flatpack furniture ? to developing the world?s most successful stop-smoking mobile app.Introducing the leading thinkers and practitioners from this new field (and sharing dozens or real-world examples), Richard guides readers through the hidden influences, biases and fallacies that influence the behaviour of customers, employees, and business leaders alike ? and shows how we can ethically use these insights to:?powerfully attract and retain customers?fuel true and lasting innovation ?stand apart in the new world of increasing automation and artificial intelligence?change workplaces and maintain happy and productive employees and teams?and a lot more!It?s time to shape behaviour instead of simply reacting to it. The Behaviour Business is the eye-opening, practical guide you have been waiting for.Trade ReviewIf you buy one business book this year, make this the one. A handbook on how to apply behavioural science the right way for your business. Provides a powerful exploration of behavioural science and how it applies to the future of your business - the perfect guide for anyone who is looking to up their game in 2020 and beyond. Brilliantly inspiring - with his warm, witty approach Richard Chataway shows practical ways for businesses to go from hearing about behavioural science to actually profiting from it. A breath of fresh air - a brilliant behavioural science book that focuses on the practical application of the topic rather than the abstract theories. Drawing on a wide-ranging set of applications, from launching the world's most successful quit smoking app to refining call centre scripts - there's plenty to interest anyone interested in the business application of behavioural science. Richard Chataway's fine book attests to the power and profit of behavioural science in business. Displaying a firm grasp of the literature and sensitive to its thorny issues, on offer are effective behavioural solutions for all business types and sizes - practical and low-cost applications, honed over many years by a foremost practitioner of behavioural science. A great read and a business game changer. The better you are at understanding and influencing behaviour, the better you'll be at business. This book is a must read for anyone who has a business / cause / brand to grow. Richard has put his advanced understanding of human behaviour into practice in how he has structured this book. It's engaging, easy to read, has many applied examples and strong theoretical underpinnings. Read it now before you miss out.
£13.49
Harriman House Publishing Ripple
Book SynopsisHow do you get people who work in pig abattoirs to wash their hands? How does painting the walls of a canteen pink make construction workers behave more safely? And how can baby faces spray painted onto shop shutters reduce anti-social behaviour?Ripple is about how small behaviour changes can have wide-reaching effects in the real world. By applying behavioural science in your working life, you can have positive ripple effects on the world around you.While nudging is now commonplace in politics, most of our daily interactions with companies, products, and services have not yet been transformed with behavioural science. Doing so is often a messy process but, armed with this book, you'll have the practical toolkit to get started.Through storytelling and practical tips, Ripple takes you on a journey across the globe which will leave you inspired to start applying behavioural science to improve the world around you.www.ripple-book.com
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Harriman House Publishing Tune In
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2025 Independent Press Award (Business Motivation)Winner of the 2024 International Book Award (Self Help) Winner of the American Festival Award (Best New Non-Fiction) Sensational.. turn off your mobile phones and read this instead... - Rory Sutherland, ViceChair, OgilvyA practical resource for making better choices. - Adam Grant, #1 New York Times Bestselling authorA game-changer that leaves you wanting to do better - and be better. ? Sebastian Coe, President World AthleticsA great reference for any business. ? Victoria Degtar, TIME Magazine Well-crafted.? ? Irish TimesA Powerful Gem. ? GLAMOUR MagazineThe only book on decision-making you''ll ever need. ? Dario Krpan, London School of EconomicsA rare combination of information and entertainment. ? Debbie Hewitt MBE, Chair of The Football Association, and Visa EuropeYour decisions matter. Yet in today?s noisy world of distraction and disinformation, we tune out. We hear less than ever and rush to misjudgement.Despite popular opinion, the most underestimated risk isn?t economic, political or even climate risk ? it?s human decision risk, and the failure to hear who or what really matters. The result? A catalogue of error that not only destroys lives and polarises communities but damages reputation and squanders opportunity.Now that can change. TUNE IN stands apart in its treatment of ''deaf spots'', the judgement killers that stop us hearing what matters. In this modern masterclass, award-winning Nuala Walsh offers you an insurance policy against misjudgement. Armed with a PERIMETERS framework and dozens of strategies, you?ll discover the 10 traps that bind our reasoning, illustrated by a cast of business titans, sporting icons, criminals, presidents, astronauts and more.By tuning in to the right voices?- You?ll hear what others don?t, gaining instant advantage;- You?ll make sense of past mistakes and prevent future ones;- You?ll stand out not lose out - and help to build a better world.It?s time to Tune In.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Behavioural Ecology
Book SynopsisIntended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought together once more to take account of the many exciting new developments in the field.Trade Review"Usually we do not publish reviews of second and subsequent edition books, but for this we make an exception. This textbook continues to define the subject of behavioural ecology and manages to combine this with being eminently accessible and readable. Once again updated and partially rewritten. Essential to students, scientists and layman alike with an interest in behavioural ecology. Even if you have a copy of the third edition you should still get this one." Bird Study Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction:. The Evolution of Behavioural Ecology: John R Krebs and Nicholas B Davies. Part II: Mechanisms and Individual Behaviour:. Introduction. Sensory Systems and Behaviour: Rüdiger Wehner. The Ecology of Information Use: Luc-Alain Giraldeau. Recognition Systems: Paul W Sherman, Hudson K Reeve and David W Pfennig. Managing Time and Energy: Innes C Cuthill and Alasdair I Houston. Sperm Competition and Mating Systems: Timothy R Birkhead & Geoffrey A Parker. Part III: From Individual Behaviour to Social Systems:. Introduction. The Evolution of Animal Signals: Rufus A Johnstone. Sexual Selection and Mate Choice: Michael J Ryan. Sociality and Kin Selection in Insects: Andrew F G Bourke. Predicting Family Dynamics in Social Vertebrates: Stephen T Emlen. The Ecology of Relationships: Anne E Pusey and Craig Packer. The Social Gene: David Haig. Part IV: Life Histories, Phylogenies and Populations:. Introduction. Adaptation of Life Histories: Serge Daan and Joost M Tinbergen. The Phylogenetic Foundations of Behavioural Ecology: Paul H Harvey and Sean Nee. Causes and Consequences of Population Structure: Godfrey M Hewitt and Roger K Butlin. Individual Behaviour, Populations and Conservation: John D Goss-Custard and William J Sutherland. References. Index
£61.16
W. W. Norton & Company Gestalt Psychology
Book Synopsis“The general reader, if he looks to psychology for something more than entertainment or practical advice, will discover in this book a storehouse of searching criticism and brilliant suggestions from the pen of a rare thinker, and one who occupies a leading position in theoretical psychology today.” —Atlantic Monthly
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Beyond Freedom and Dignity Hackett Classics
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Abortion
Book SynopsisUpdated to include the 2007 decision Gonzales v. Carhart, this volume provides all of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion--as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions--carefully edited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of disciplines. In his introductory essay, Shapiro sets these cases in political, historical, and philosophical context, and gives the reader a sense of what the main issues in the constitutional law of abortion are likely to be in the future.Trade ReviewAbortion: The Supreme Court Decisions is the essential collection of abortion case decisions for students and scholars. With comprehensive coverage of both the foundational and the very latest cases, the volume guides the reader through the intricate channels of constituently reasoning around reproductive rights. Shapiro's new introduction maps the history and implications of abortion jurisprudence with welcome clarity. No library or personal collection of works on Supreme Court jurisprudence, reproductive rights, or the ethics of abortion policy will be complete without Shapiro's new edition. --Lisa Ellis, Texas A&M UniversityDispute over whether abortion should never, sometimes, or always be legal remains at the center of American jurisprudence, politics, and morality. It shows no sign of dissolving into the negotiation and compromise of 'politics as usual.' Thus Ian Shapiro's Abortion is an invaluable book. The third edition provides not only the Supreme Court decisions but also an expanded Introduction by Shapiro. The Introduction does just what this vexed issue needs--laying out the history, law, partisanship, and philosophy of the abortion debate. Abortion is a wonderful resource for teaching and research, or simply for pondering this troubling and complex issue. --Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard UniversityThis book provides an essential resource for understanding one of the most divisive issues in American politics. The collection of edited cases and dissents, together with Shapiro's lucid introduction, offers teachers and students alike an unsurpassed guide for understanding and debating the legal conflicts over abortion. --Margaret Weir, University of California at Berkeley
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Love and Intimate Relationships Journeys of the
Book SynopsisUsing a style that draws students into the ongoing inquiry into how intimate relationships work, Love and Intimate Relationships investigates the life cycle of relationships influences that affect them, theories behind them, and ways to improve them. Dozens of stories from students themselves, case examples and over 150 tables, figure, and the cartoons of Don Edwing of Mad Magazine help bring the material alive. The book is also unique in exploring aspects of human relationships not covered in other textbooks on the subject.Love and Intimate Relationships helps bring the complex issues surrounding intimate relationships into focus for students from diverse backgrounds. The multidisciplinary perspective of the textbook makes it ideal for introductory courses in psychology, marriage counseling, human relations, and sexuality, and interpersonal relationshipsTrade Review"I think this is an extremely approachable text . . . . By having students and respondents of various studies and sources 'speak for themselves' about love, misery, etc., you invite the students to either emphasize or sympathize like future counselors." -- Ann Weber, University of North Carolina AshvilleTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: The life cycles of relationships. Part II: Influences on Relationships. Part III: Theoretical perspectives on relationships. Part IV: Practical skills for relationship enhancement. Conclusion.
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Jason Aronson, Inc. The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Book SynopsisTo find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Trade ReviewThis book is a superb reference source, the kind a therapist should have on his shelf for ready reference when confronted with a difficult or puzzling situation in the course of his work. -- James Mann, author of About Face: A History of America's Curious Relationship with China, from Nixon to ClintonTable of ContentsPart 1 Introductory comments: why this book was written - its scope and goals. Part 2 The initial contact with the patient: the office and the setting of treatment; the first contact with the patient; the assessment portion of the first session; the ground rules of psychotherapy - fees and responsibility for the sessions; the ground rules of psychotherapy - additional considerations; comments on the first session. Part 3 Psychoanalytic concepts of psychopathology and psychotherapy. Part 4 Understanding the patient's communications: the framework for understanding the communications from patients in psychotherapy; the specific communications from patients in psychotherapy. Part 5 The therapist's interventions: silence; questions and clarifications; confrontations; interpretations; reconstructions; supportive interventions; basic considerations in intervening.
£138.60
Prometheus The ApeMan Within
Book SynopsisExplains that some of our counterproductive and self-destructive tendencies are the result of humans spending over a million years foraging through the African savannah for food, grubbing for edible roots, and chasing other scavengers away from the kills of abler predators.
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John Wiley & Sons The Integrated Behavioral Health Continuum Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisThis practical volume brings together distinguished clinicians and policymakers who focus on the operational aspects of developing state-of-the-art integrated delivery systems, from concept and structural foundations to critical administrative and management structures.Table of ContentsContributorsPrefaceChapter 1. Toward IntegrationChapter 2. A Model of Service Delivery IntegrationChapter 3. Barriers to Service Delivery IntegrationChapter 4. Design of Integrated Delivery SystemsChapter 5. Access to the System of CareChapter 6. Designing Level of Care CriteriaChapter 7. Movement Along the Continuum of CareChapter 8. Levels of CareChapter 9. Therapeutic Processes Across the ContinuumChapter 10. Staffing Across the Continuum of CareChapter 11. Documentation ManagementChapter 12. Reimbursement: Rates and Rate StructuresChapter 13. Reimbursement: Assuming RiskChapter 14. Current Research on Mental Health Systems IntegrationChapter 15. Assessing Quality of CareChapter 16. A Consumer View of an Episode of Care and How Self-Help HelpsChapter 17. Behavioral Health Care Systems Relating to Other SystemsEpilogue: The Future of Integrated Behavioral Health CareIndex
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