Cognition and cognitive psychology Books
Kogan Page Ltd IQ and Psychometric Tests
Book SynopsisPhilip Carter is an IQ expert who is continually devising new tests and puzzles. He has produced many books covering all aspects of testing, puzzles and reasoning. These include Advanced IQ Tests, IQ and Aptitude Tests, IQ and Personality Tests, IQ and Psychometric Test Workbook, IQ and Psychometric Tests, Test and Assess Your Brain Quotient and The Brain Fitness Workout. With the late Ken Russell he has written Test Your IQ, Test and Assess Your IQ and Ultimate IQ, all published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"Provides the opportunity for identifying your own strengths and weaknesses. Philip Carters style of writing is easy to understand, worth reading and also enjoyable" * Career Secretary *"IQ and Psychometric Tests, stretches your mind and helps you to improve your score on such tests" * Voluntary Sector magazine *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Verbal intelligence tests; Chapter - 02: Culture-fair intelligence tests; Chapter - 03: Numerical calculation and logic; Chapter - 04: Logical reasoning; Chapter - 05: Lateral thinking; Chapter - 06: Technical aptitude; Chapter - 07: Mental agility; Chapter - 08: IQ tests; Chapter - 09: Creativity; Chapter - 10: Personality tests; Chapter - 11: Answers, explanations and assessments
£17.99
Kogan Page Ltd Informal Learning in Organizations
Book SynopsisRobin Hoyle has worked in training and development for 28 years, designing award-winning courses across the public, private and voluntary sectors. His company Learnworks designs blended learning programmes in the areas of leadership, sustainability, commercial governance and marketing. He has trained thousands of trainers on every continent. Robin is the Chair of the Annual World of Learning Conference and has been nominated twice for Outstanding Contribution to the Training Industry at the World of Learning Awards. He is the author of Complete Training: From Recruitment to Retirement, also published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"Although I have some 40 years' experience of learning and development, I continue to learn a great deal from Robin Hoyle. He has that unique gift for explaining things in a way that we can understand and relate to. I especially admire his forthright 'tell it like it is' approach." * Colin Steed FLPI, Chief Executive, Learning and Performance Institute *"Robin breaks down the myths and jargon that annoyingly frequent the L&D profession into highly readable sections balanced with humour and candour. Never short of an opinion, at times controversial, Robin conveys a genuine and authentic view of the way we learn in the 21st century workplace." * Jonathan Satchell, Chief Executive, Learning Technologies Group plc *"Never dull, this is essential reading for anyone concerned with improving the capability of modern organizations. It is a well-researched work of reference and a good read - an uncommon combination." * Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, Chairman, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust *"Whilst informal learning cannot be 'managed' in the traditional sense, in the context of today's fast changing workplaces, it needs to be actively encouraged, facilitated and supported by today's learning professionals. Robin Hoyle's practical advice shows you how!" * Laura Overton, Founder, Towards Maturity *"Thank you, Robin, for attempting to herd the informal learning cats and provide us with some ways to re-shape our future as learning professionals." * Clive Shepherd, Founding Director, The More Than Blended Learning Company *"This is an excellent read for those wanting to develop an informal learning culture in their organisation, plenty of detail and references for those wanting to explore even further and a useful overview for those reflecting on their current learning culture." * Kate Brookes, Chartered Management Institute book reviewer *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Making sense of informal learning at work Section - 01: What is informal learning? Section - 02: A model of informal learning Section - 03: The capability contract Section - 04: Formal training and the budget paradox Section - 05: Informal doesn’t mean unmanaged Section - 06: Informal learning and culture Section - TWO: Liking ain’t learning: the rise of social and the impact of technology Section - 07: Liking, learning and looking up the answers Section - 08: Is there hope beyond the social media hype? Section - 09: Smarter social tools? Section - 10: Social networking skills for learning and collaboration Section - 11: Learning from academia: MOOCs and the flipped classroom Section - THREE: Learning as you work, working as you learn Section - 12: Integrating learning into work Section - 13: Measuring and evaluating Section - 14: The informal learning action plan
£25.64
Kogan Page Ltd Experiential Learning
Book SynopsisColin Beard is a professor and National Teaching Fellow at Sheffield Business School. He works with leading global public and private organizations to design and facilitate experiential learning strategies. He is the author of The Experiential Learning Toolkit, also published by Kogan Page. John P. Wilson holds positions at Sheffield and Oxford Universities. His experience in education and consultancy spans a variety of countries and sectors, including aerospace engineering, banking, law and pharmaceuticals. He has written and edited a number of books and articles, and has blogged for the CIPD.Trade Review"This book is valuable for all the boundary crossing it does. Other books on the subject do not go far beyond the walls of higher education, but this book draws on a huge range of sources... A stimulating collection of ideas and examples that encourages experimentation." * Dr Roger Greenaway, Reviewing Skills Training (about a previous edition) *"Full of creative ideas that can be used by trainers and facilitators to develop their range of skills." * People Management (about a previous edition) *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: A brief introduction to experiential learning; Section - ONE: Experiential learning: foundations and fundamentals; Chapter - 02: Practical answers to some theoretical questions; Chapter - 03: Designing, delivering and evaluating experiential learning; Section - TWO: The Learning Combination Lock model; Chapter - 04: The outer-world learning environment: other humans, other living creatures, and spaces and places (the belonging dimension); Chapter - 05: Experiential learning activities, behaviours and actions (the doing dimension); Chapter - 06: Sensory experience and sensory intelligence (SI) (the sensing dimension); Chapter - 07: Experience and emotions (the feeling dimension); Chapter - 08: Experience, knowing and intelligence (the knowing dimension); Chapter - 09: Deeper learning (the being dimension); Section - THREE: Experiential learning and the future; Chapter - 10: Imagining, experiencing and learning from the future;
£31.34
McGill-Queen's University Press Critical Reflection
Book SynopsisIn an era of information overload, our need to learn how to critically evaluate the growing flood of information has never been greater. This title showcases the role of reason in a world saturated by media-enhanced persuasion and complex scientific and technological jargon.Trade Review"Superior in its explanations to exercise questions, this is among the most helpful critical thinking texts I have come across - perfect for my students. Very impressive." David Hunter, Department of Philosophy, Buffalo State College, SUNY "This book covers important material not well handled by otherwise comparable texts. Indeed, the whole treatment of causal arguments is a lucid presentation of subtle material. I am aware of many other such treatments, but few are as good and none better." Tim Kenyon, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo
£28.80
John Wiley & Sons Inc Narrative Therapy in Practice
Book SynopsisHow to apply the definitive postmodern therapeutic technique in a variety of situations, including treating alcoholics, counseling students, treating male sexual abuse survivors, and more. Written with scholarship, energy, practicality, and awareness.Trade Review"The utility of this volume's conservative social constructionist praxis is undeniable. . . . Narrative Therapy in Practice nevertheless provides scholarly and lucidly assembled contributions that significantly broaden the scope of narrative praxis, and for this reason it is recommended reading." (Contemporary Psychology) ". . . recommend Narrative Therapy in Practice . . . to professionals and therapists in training who are interested in learning the theory and the practice of narrative work." (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy) ?This book is a testimony to the spirit of a community of therapists in New Zealand who set about supporting each other in explorations of the practice, ethics and politics of what has come to be known as ?Narrative Therapy.? But more than this, it constitutes a powerful invitation to us all to follow suit, to join with others in the generation of new options for action in this work. Inspired reading.? (Michael White, Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, Australia) ?A wonderful book! Readable and lucid, it clarifies narrative therapy and its specifics for both the beginner and advanced practitioner--and it is also theoretically powerful. I liked the scholarship, the energy, the practicality, and the awareness of complex multicultural issues.? (Allen E. Ivey, distinguished university professor, school and counseling psychology program, University of Massachusetts) ?In this clearly written book, the focus is not on `experts' solving problems, it is on people becoming `consultants to themselves', and dissolving their problems by discovering in dialogue, the new and better, but previously unrecognized possibilities they already contain within themselves. An important and useful book indeed.? (John Shotter, professor of interpersonal relations, Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire)Table of ContentsIntroduction. THEORY. How Narrative Therapy Works (Gerald Monk). The Theoretical Story of Narrative Therapy (Wendy Drewery & John Winslade). The Therapeutic Relationship (John Winslade, et al.). Learning and Teaching Narrative Ideas (Wally McKenzie & Gerald Monk). PRACTICE. Leila and the Tiger: Narrative Approaches to Psychiatry (Glen J. Simblett). Countering Alcoholic Narratives (John Winslade & Lorraine Smith). Therapy with Male Sexual Abuse Survivors: Contesting Oppressive Life Stories (Tim Harker). School Counseling in a Narrative Mode (John Winslade & Aileen Cheshire). Appreciating Indigenous Knowledge in Groups (Glen Silvester). Moving from Problem Solving to Narrative Approaches in Mediation (John Winslade & Alison Cotter). Health-Promoting Conversation (Bev McKenzie). Epilogue.
£46.76
John Wiley & Sons Inc Treating Anxiety Disorders
Book SynopsisUsing case studies, examples and up-to-date research, this guide offers a resource for the clinical treatment of anxiety disorders. The authors outline effective interventions for problems including panic attacks, agoraphobia, and social phobias.Trade Review"Treating Anxiety Disorders is a thorough and comprehensive book that brings together a wealth of up-to-date and practical treatment information of tremAndous value to the clinician." (Barr Taylor, M.D., professor of psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine)Table of ContentsForeword. 1. Diagnositc Evaluation(Silvia Schneider, Martina Ruhmland). 2. Techniques of Exposure(Brunna Tuschen, Wolfgang Fiegenbaum). 3. Techniques of Cognitive Therapy(Stefan G. Hofmann, Patricia Marten DiBartolo). 4. Muscle Relaxation and Breathing Technique(Paul Lehrer, Richard Carr). 5. Autogenic Training(Wolfgang Linden, Joseph W. Lenz). 6. Psychodynamic Therapies(Richard Almond). 7. The Role of Medication(Matig R. Mavissakalian, Martin T. Ryan). 8. A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Package for Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia(Frank Wilhelm, Jurgen Margraf). 9. A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Package for Social Anxiety (Karin Gruber, Richard G. Heimberg).
£44.60
John Wiley & Sons Inc Learning and Change in the Adult Years
Book SynopsisDoes the capacity to learn increase or decrease over time? How does the sense of self and identity change over the adult years? What are the educational implications of that change? And how can teachers acknowledge the experience their adult students bring to the classroom? In this book, Mark C. Tennant and Philip Pogson draw on the field of developmental psychology to provide new insights into the critical connections between experience and learning in all areas of adult education and training. Integrating findings from both adult developmental psychology and adult teaching and learning, the authors examine how experience generates developmental change. They look at how the relationship between self and others changes across the lifespan and, in turn, affects the teacher-learner relationship. And they describe the processes that promote separateness, indepAndence, interdepAndence, and autonomy in adult learners.Learning and Change in the Adult Years thoroughly explores the role of Table of ContentsPreface The Authors 1 Relationships Between Development and Learning in Adulthood 1 2 Intellectual and Cognitive Development During the Adult Years 11 3 Practical Intelligence and the Development of Expertise 35 4 Theories of the Life Course 67 5 The Life Course as a Social Construct 99 6 Promoting Autonomy and Self-Direction 121 7 Adult Education and the Reconstruction of Experience 149 8 Establishing an "Adult" Teacher-Learner Relationship 171 9 Teaching for Life-Span Development 191 References 201 Index 213
£32.29
Johns Hopkins University Press Creativity and Madness New Findings and Old
Book SynopsisDisturbed writers and absent-minded professors make great characters in fiction, but Rothenberg has uncovered an even better story-the virtually infinite creative potential of healthy human beings.Trade ReviewThis intriguing theory will no doubt provoke lively debate both in and outside professional circles. For lay readers, however, the book's real pleasure lies in the substantive analyses of Sylvia Plath, August Strindberg, Emily Dickenson, Tennessee Williams, Eugene O'Neill, and William Faulkner. Wilson Library Bulletin Albert Rothenberg has devoted the major part of a distinguished career to a broad program of research on creativity. In his excellent, concise volume, he reports his current views on this fascinating subject... It is well-argued and judicious and, therefore, a useful introduction to the domain of creativity research. Journal of the American Medical AssociationTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. A Scientist Looks at CreativityChapter 2. The Creative Process in Art and ScienceChapter 3. Inspiration and the Creative ProcessChapter 4. The Mystique of the Unconscious and Creativity Chapter 5. Psychosis and the Creation of Poetry Chapter 6. Self-Destruction and Self-CreationChapter 7. The Perils of Psychoanalyzing (or Scandalizing) Emily DickinsonChapter 8. The Psychosis and Triumph of August StrindbergChapter 9. Homosexuality and CreativityChapter 10. The Muse in the BottleChapter 11. Eugene O'Neill's Creation of The Iceman ComethChapter 12. Creativity and Mental Illness Chapter 13. Psychotherapy and CreativityNotesIndex
£23.75
Johns Hopkins University Press Addiction and Art
Book SynopsisStunning and occasionally unsettling, this unique portfolio reveals addiction art as a powerful complement to addiction science.Trade ReviewAddiction and Art is an excellent beginning to creating better awareness and understanding of those struggling to recover from addiction. The book should become required reading for drug abuse awareness programs throughout the country. -- Robyn Oxborrow San Francisco Chronicle 2010 An innovative way to complement the science and research of addiction. addictionblog.org 2010 Addiction and Art is a strange book but, if one of the functions of art is to make us think, then such strangeness works. Wiley Online Library 2010 An important book; recommended for all collections. Library Journal 2011Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Cultivating the Visual Arts to Stimulate Insights into Addiction and Recovery2. How the Visual Arts Capture the Complexity of Addiction3. Art Complements Science: A Collection of Addiction Art and Artists' StatementsEpilogueAppendix A: Addiction Art Advisory BoardAppendix B: "Call to Artists": Method of Gathering Art for This CollectionNotesIndex of Contributing Artists
£25.20
University of Toronto Press The Atmospheric Environment
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£18.99
University of Nebraska Press Narrative Complexity
Book SynopsisThe variety in contemporary philosophical and aesthetic thinking as well as in scientific and experimental research on complexity has not yet been fully adopted by narratology. By integrating cutting-edge approaches to complexity, this book takes a step toward establishing the interdisciplinary field of complex narrative studies.Trade Review"[Narrative Complexity] is a volume that feels very well curated by its editors in that it achieves a true multi-disciplinarity: not only by addressing a multitude of narrative media, practices, and technologies but also by fostering a truly diverse set of ways to think about complexity."—Steven Willemsen, Projections"Grishakova . . . and Poulaki . . . bring forward prominent scholars from around the world who offer vision and new theoretical frameworks regarding narrative studies. Contributors investigate narrative complexity from varying interdisciplinary viewpoints, including sense-making via mind-body engagement and social/cultural environments via technology and media. . . . The examinations of narratives in multiple emerging media contexts alone make this a worthy read."—K. L. Majocha, Choice"Perhaps it is obvious that narrative—a communicative act stretching across potentially every aspect of human experience—is a complex process, but the discussion of the variable nature of that complexity as demonstrated in this volume is worth considering at length."—Daniel Peretti, Journal of Folklore Research“Encyclopedic in scope, Narrative Complexity surveys a dazzling variety of genres, media forms, and theories about complexity, including artistic, literary, and scientific examples. Contributions by many eminent narratologists make this an invaluable work and essential reading for anyone interested in how the conjunction of narrative and complexity can be configured and interrogated. Kudos to the editors for introducing and assembling this remarkable collection.”—N. Katherine Hayles, author of Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious“Challenging the distinction between ‘simplicity’ as primary and primordial and ‘complexity’ as secondary and derived from simplicity, these far-ranging studies make the case that human cultures and minds are inherently complex. They are indeterminate and uncertain. This holds particularly true for narrative discourse, which is at the heart of culture and mind. Understanding homo narrans means understanding the human being in the world in its most complex forms. As a consequence, narrative studies have to refine their intellectual instruments—conceptually, empirically, hermeneutically—in the ways impressively explored in this volume.”—Jens Brockmeier, professor of psychology at the American University of Paris “This volume opens a new window on the emergence of narratology within the context of complexity theory. In contrast to its phase of pluralization in the form of diverse models and paradigms, narratology, by turning to complex phenomena such as self-organization, nonlinearity, recursion, and nonhierarchical relations in various media, is exploring new domains where the interactions between embodied cognition and social and cultural embeddedness are redefining the contours of narrative. Narrative Complexity bears witness to the repositioning of the ‘conditions of possibility’ of narratology.”—John Pier, University of Tours and CRAL (CNRS), ParisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Narrative Complexity Marina Grishakova and Maria Poulaki Part 1. Narrative Complexity and Media 1. Narrative as/and Complex System/s Marie-Laure Ryan 2. Caution, Simulation Ahead: Complexity and Digital Narrativity David Ciccoricco and David Large 3. The Wave-Crest: Narrative Complexity and Locative Narrative Emma Whittaker 4. Complexity and the Userly Text Noam Knoller 5. The Complexity of Informative Autobiographies Ulrik Ekman Part 2. Cognition and Narrative Comprehension 6. Sources of Complexity in Narrative Comprehension across Media Joseph P. Magliano, Karyn Higgs, and James Clinton 7. Structural Complexity in Visual Narratives: Theory, Brains, and Cross-Cultural Diversity Neil Cohn 8. Simplicity, Complexity, and Narration in Popular Movies James E. Cutting 9. Heteronomy of Narrative: Language Complexity and Computer Simplicity Hamid R. Ekbia Part 3. Experience, Subjectivity, and Embodied Complexity 10. Narrative Here-Now Mieke Bal 11. Body Forth in Narrative Ellen J. Esrock 12. Between Distancing and Immersion: The Body in Complex Narrative Maria Poulaki 13. Intersubjectivity, Idiosyncrasy, and Narrative Deixis: A Neurocinematic Approach Pia Tikka and Mauri Kaipainen 14. Jazz as Narrative: Narrating Cognitive Processes Involved in Jazz Improvisation Martin E. Rosenberg Part 4. Narrative Complexity and Cultural Evolution 15. The Predictive Mind, Attention, and Cultural Evolution: A New Perspective on Narrative Dynamics Marina Grishakova 16. Necessary Fictions: Supernormal Cues, Complex Cognition, and the Nature of Fictional Narrative James Carney 17. In Hindsight: Complexity, Contingency, and Narrative Mapping José Angel García Landa Contributors Index
£52.70
Ohio University Press Upcycling Sheltered Workshops
Book SynopsisAt a time when the traditional sheltered workshop model has fallen under rightful criticism, and a new paradigm for disability programming is not yet in place, Upcycling Sheltered Workshops offers a revolutionary alternative.Trade Review“The Creative Abundance Model is the innovative core of Upcycling Sheltered Workshops. With Susan and Patty’s approach, life happens, creativity is realized, and authentic engagement becomes the norm. Upcycling beats recycling every single day when it comes to people.”
£14.24
Stanford University Press Cultural Intelligence
Book SynopsisThis work develops the idea of cultural intelligence and examine its three essential facets: cognition - the ability to develop patterns from cultural cues; motivation - the desire and ability to engage others; and behaviour - the capability to act in accordance with cognition and motivation.Trade Review"This is a very important book about a significant new concept, 'cultural intelligence' (CQ) that is sure to attract the attention of both scholars and those who are involved in the practical matters of global commerce and international affairs. The authors have amassed a considerable array of academic theories and research evidence to support their arguments for why it is essential to understand CQ and how it can be developed and used in our increasingly multi-cultural world. All of us who consider ourselves 'internationalists' need to read this book." -Lyman W. Porter,University of California, Irvine "Cultural Intelligence provides an innovative, instructive, and engaging discussion of a question that most cultural frameworks have left in the shadows-the question of how people come to understand cultures other than their own. Few questions are of more intellectual or practical interest in this time of multicultural communities, global organizations, and culturally framed political conflict." -Michael W. Morris, Columbia University "Intelligence is frequently understood in terms of the psychological tests so salient in the public mind. Earley and Ang broaden the scope of intelligence to include culture, and then applied cultural intelligence to numerous practical situations. This book is an indispensable companion for those who research the culture and psychology link, work across cultures, or train those who work across cultures." -Harry C. Triandis, University of Illinois,
£112.20
Stanford University Press Cultural Intelligence
Book SynopsisThis work develops the idea of cultural intelligence and examines its three essential facets: cognition - the ability to develop patterns from cultural cues; motivation - the desire and ability to engage others; and behaviour - the capability to act in accordance with cognition and motivation.Trade Review"This is a very important book about a significant new concept, 'cultural intelligence' (CQ) that is sure to attract the attention of both scholars and those who are involved in the practical matters of global commerce and international affairs. The authors have amassed a considerable array of academic theories and research evidence to support their arguments for why it is essential to understand CQ and how it can be developed and used in our increasingly multi-cultural world. All of us who consider ourselves 'internationalists' need to read this book." -Lyman W. Porter,University of California, Irvine "Cultural Intelligence provides an innovative, instructive, and engaging discussion of a question that most cultural frameworks have left in the shadows-the question of how people come to understand cultures other than their own. Few questions are of more intellectual or practical interest in this time of multicultural communities, global organizations, and culturally framed political conflict." -Michael W. Morris, Columbia University "Intelligence is frequently understood in terms of the psychological tests so salient in the public mind. Earley and Ang broaden the scope of intelligence to include culture, and then applied cultural intelligence to numerous practical situations. This book is an indispensable companion for those who research the culture and psychology link, work across cultures, or train those who work across cultures." -Harry C. Triandis, University of Illinois,
£28.80
Stanford University Press The Nature of Creative Development
Book SynopsisPresents an understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, this title shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main contributions.Trade Review"I consider [The Nature of Creative Development] to be an important step in attempting to understand individual differences in the creative process. Feinstein adopts a theoretical framework which integrates both rich case study detail regarding the individual, and the wider cultural and environment place of these individuals in society. The text is highly affordable and a recommended read." -- The Psychologist"Feinstein has done yeoman work here and should be applauded for bringing the study of creativity, long the preserve of humanities students, into a business school setting. " -- The Jewish Journal"The material presented by Feinstein offers a unique and rich perspective on creative development. The Nature of Creative Development is a highly valuable contribution to the field of creativity studies." -- Ronald E. Purser * San Francisco State University *Table of ContentsCONTENTS} I. }Introduction. II. }Creative Interests and Conceptions of Creative Interests. III. }The Development of Creative Interests. IV. }Intrinsic Sources of Interest. V. }Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests. VI. }Kinds of Creative Interests. VII. }The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests. VIII. }Resonances and Connections. IX. }Creative Responses. X. }Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation; Creative XI. }The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance; Management of Creative Development at the Meta-Level. XII. }Creativity in Projects. XIII. }Multiple Interests. XIV. }Patterns of Creative Development: Patterns of Projects; Projects and Interests. XV. }Patterns of Creative Development: Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests. XVI. }Difficulties in Creative Development. XVII. }Creative Development and Linkages of Cultural Transmission; Modeling Cultural Development. Epilogue: Modeling Individuals in Social Systems. Bibliography Index
£31.50
John Wiley & Sons Hands On Minds On How Executive Function Motor
Book SynopsisDescribes the importance of children's foundational cognitive skills for academic achievement in literacy and mathematics, as well as their connections with other areas of school readiness, including physical health and social and emotional development. The book also examines the growing evidence in favour of guided object play.Trade Review“Although based on the US education system, the content is relevant to UK educators looking for a structure and rationale to support high-quality early education that recognises the significance of paying explicit attention to, and intervention in, children’s foundational cognitive skills. This book summarises extensive research in a user-friendly format.” – SEN Magazine
£27.54
Northwestern University Press Feeling Faint
Book SynopsisExplores human consciousness in its most basic sense: the awareness, at any given moment, that we live and feel. Such awareness, it argues, is distinct from the categories of selfhood to which it is often assimilated, and can only be uncovered at the margins of first-person experience. What would it mean to be conscious without being a first person - to be conscious in the absence of a self?Trade ReviewThis is important and original work, argued with passion, eloquence, and style, and it will meet an interested audience in the growing group of Renaissance and early modern scholars interested in affects, environments, cognition, and phenomenology."" - Julia Lupton, author of Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life
£74.25
Duke University Press Exile and Creativity
Book SynopsisIs exile a falling away from a source of creativity associated with the wholeness of home and one's own language, or is it a spur to creativity? This book examines the complexities of exile and the diversity of its experiences. It is suitable for those who are interested in the problems of displacement and diaspora and the European Holocaust.Trade Review“This is a rich and thought-provoking collection of essays about a subject of almost inexhaustible interest: exile as both a physical state and a state of mind, entailing both loss (of homeland, continuity, tradition) and gain (of new experiences, new ideas, new languages). These aspects of exile, which have made it so often a stimulus to writers and artists, are explored here in a fascinating variety of contexts and perspectives, and the collection as a whole maintains a nice balance between personal witness and objective scholarship.”—David LodgeTable of ContentsIntroduction / Susan Rubin Suleiman 1 Signposts Exsul / Christine Brooke-Rose 9 Exile as Romance and as Tragedy / Thomas Pavel 25 Art and the Conditions of Exile: Men/Women, Emigration/Expatriation / Linda Nochlin 37 "Mamae, disse ele," or, Joyce's Second Hand / Helene Cixous 59 Letter from Paris (Foreign Mail) / Denis Hollier 89 Travelers At Home Abroad: El Inca Shuttles with Hebreo / Doris Sommer 109 Gombrowicz's Tango: An Argentine Snapshot / Alicia Borinsky 143 Surrealists in Exile: Another Kind of Resistance / Jacqueline Chenieux-Gendron 163 Jean Renoir's Return to France / Janet Bergstrom 180 A Master of Amazement: Armando's Self-Chosen Exile / Ernst Van Alphen 220 Outsiders Estrangement as a Lifestyle: Shklovsky and Brodsky / Svetlana Boym 242 Bakhtin versus Lukacs: Inscriptions of Homelessness in Theories of the Novel / John Neubauer 263 Romain Gary: A Foreign Body in French Literature / Nancy Huston 281 The Welcome Table: James Baldwin in Exile / Henry Louis Gates Jr. 305 Assimilation into Exile: The Jew as a Polish Writer / Zygmunt Bauman 321 Strangerhood without Boundaries: An Essay in the Sociology of Knowledge / Tibor Dessewffy 353 Backward Glances Persistent Memory: Central European Refugees in an Andean Land / Leo Spitzer 373 Monuments in a Foreign Tongue: On Reading Holocaust Memoirs by Emigrants / Susan Rubin Suleiman 397 Past Lives: Postmemories in Exile / Marianne Hirsch 418 Contributors 447
£27.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Body Language
Book SynopsisWhat does your body language say about you? From strangers on the street, to your closest friends and family even if you're not speaking, you're saying a lot with your body.Trade Review"The subtitle to this excellent book is 'learn how to read others and communicate with confidence', which perfectly sums it all up." (PQ Magazine, August 2016)Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1 What Your Body Language Says About You 9 2 Listening 21 3 Building Rapport and Networking 33 4 Persuasion 41 5 Assertiveness 59 6 Meetings 77 7 Interviews 93 8 Negotiation 103 9 Sales 115 10 Managing Others 129 11 Attracting Others 147 12 Detecting Lies 159 13 Dealing with Conflict, Aggression, and Confrontation 171 14 Cross-Cultural Communication 181 A Quick Guide to Finding out About Someone without Asking 193 About the Author 199 Acknowledgements 201
£12.35
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Student Eq Edge
Book SynopsisThe Student EQ Edge is more relevant today than any other time in the history of our world. Our opportunity to succeed in the 21st century will depend a great deal on our emotional intelligence in our transformation to lifelong learning and our leadership ability. This book is the competitive edge. ?Stedman Graham, best-selling author, speaker, entrepreneur We have been long aware that academic ability does not necessarily predict college success. This book provides a comprehensive look at emotional intelligence and the role it plays in student persistence. It takes these noncognitive aspects that we know really matter and puts them into a practical, user-friendly guide. This book is long overdue in higher education. ?Catherine Andersen, master trainer in emotional intelligence; professor and special assistant to the provost for student success, Gallaudet University As important as book learning is, we know that success in life is also dependent upon emotional iTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix About the Authors xi Part 1 Introduction 1 1 Emotional Intelligence: Here to Stay 3 2 Class Closed and the ABCDE Model 27 Part 2 The Self-Perception Realm 41 3 Emotional Self-Awareness 43 4 Self-Regard 55 5 Self-Actualization 65 Part 3 The Self-Expression Realm 77 6 Emotional Expression 79 7 Independence 89 8 Assertiveness 99 Part 4 The Interpersonal Realm 115 9 Interpersonal Relationships 117 10 Empathy 127 11 Social Responsibility 139 Part 5 The Decision-Making Realm 151 12 Reality Testing 153 13 Problem Solving 161 14 Impulse Control 173 Part 6 The Stress Management Realm 183 15 Flexibility 185 16 Stress Tolerance 195 17 Optimism 207 Part 7 General Well-Being 217 18 Happiness 219 Part 8 Putting It All Together 231 19 EQ and Student Success 233 20 EQ and Work Success 247 21 The Role of EQ in Leadership 281 22 EQ, Lifestyle, Healthy Living, and Relationships 293 23 What’s Next? 303 References 305 Index 315
£23.75
John Wiley & Sons Inc The Student Eq Edge
Book SynopsisWritten specifically for students, The Student EQ Edge: Student Workbook is designed to be used alongside the main volume, The Student EQ Edge , and helps students move from understanding to action through use of case studies, self-assessment questions, reflection and discussion questions, and activities and assignments.Table of ContentsPreface ix About the Authors xi 1 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence 1 Emotional Intelligence Overview 2 A Word About EI Scales and Skills 4 The Student EQ Edge: Student Workbook: An Overview 4 Why Reflection? 5 2 Case Studies of Emotionally Intelligent (and Not Emotionally Intelligent!) Behavior 7 Case Study #1: Why Can’t I Make an A? 7 Case Study #2: 15 Years to Graduate 8 Case Study #3: But I’m Good! 10 Case Study #4: Starting College 11 Case Study #5: Shared Responsibilities 12 Case Study #6: A Costly Decision 13 Case Study #7: First Job Jitters 14 Case Study #8: No Way 15 Case Study #9: Twins? 17 3 Emotional Self-Awareness 19 Worksheet 3.1: Feelings Journal 21 Worksheet 3.2: Hot Buttons 22 Worksheet 3.3: ABCDE Exercise—Th e Impact of Th oughts on Emotions and Behaviors 24 Worksheet 3.4: Hot Buttons on Reality TV 26 Worksheet 3.5: Positive and Negative Aff ect 27 Worksheet 3.6: Self-Development Plan for Emotional Self-Awareness 28 4 Self-Regard 29 Worksheet 4.1: Who Am I? 31 Worksheet 4.2: Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966) 32 Worksheet 4.3: Positive and Negative Self-Talk 35 Worksheet 4.4: 3600 Feedback 36 Worksheet 4.5: Modern Family 37 Worksheet 4.6: Self-Development Plan for Self-Regard 38 5 Self-Actualization 39 Worksheet 5.1: Who Am I? 41 Worksheet 5.2: Emotions Meter 42 Worksheet 5.3: Quotes, Sayings, and Songs—A Window into You! 43 Worksheet 5.4: Defi ning Your Personal Mission Statement 44 Worksheet 5.5: Th e Amazing Race 45 Worksheet 5.6: Self-Development Plan for Self-Actualization 46 6 Emotional Expression 47 Worksheet 6.1: Observing Emotions 50 Worksheet 6.2: Observing Your Emotions 51 Worksheet 6.3: Follow the Leader 53 Worksheet 6.4: “I” Messages 57 Worksheet 6.5: TV Emotions 60 Worksheet 6.6: Self-Development Plan for Emotional Expression 62 7 Independence 63 Worksheet 7.1: Private Eye 66 Worksheet 7.2: By Yourself 69 Worksheet 7.3: Please Do Th is for Me! 70 Worksheet 7.4: Reality TV—Too Needy, Too Alone, or Just Right? 71 Worksheet 7.5: On My Own 72 Worksheet 7.6: Self-Development Plan for Independence 74 8 Assertiveness 75 Worksheet 8.1: Assertive, Aggressive, or Passive? 78 Worksheet 8.2: It Seems So Easy When Others Do It 80 Worksheet 8.3: Giving Feedback 81 Worksheet 8.4: Controversial Issues 83 Worksheet 8.5: Assertiveness Quiz 84 Worksheet 8.6: Self-Development Plan for Assertiveness 86 9 Interpersonal Relationship 87 Worksheet 9.1: My Favorite Person 90 Worksheet 9.2: Sharing Secrets 92 Worksheet 9.3: Scaling the Intimacy Wall 93 Worksheet 9.4: Beginning a Relationship 94 Worksheet 9.5: Getting Closer 95 Worksheet 9.6: Self-Development Plan for Interpersonal Relationship 96 10 Empathy 97 Worksheet 10.1: What Is Empathy? 99 Worksheet 10.2: Th e Art of Questions 100 Worksheet 10.3: Refl ective Listening 102 Worksheet 10.4: Empathy Assessment 103 Worksheet 10.5: Listening Even When It’s Hard to Do! 106 Worksheet 10.6: Self-Development Plan for Empathy 108 11 Social Responsibility 109 Worksheet 11.1: Doing What’s Right 112 Worksheet 11.2: Cooperation 114 Worksheet 11.3: A Company’s Social Responsibility Policy 115 Worksheet 11.4: My Social Responsibility Policy 116 Worksheet 11.5: Take Action! 117 Worksheet 11.6: Self-Development Plan for Social Responsibility 118 12 Reality Testing 119 Worksheet 12.1: My Big Decision 122 Worksheet 12.2: Th e Mirrors Around You 124 Worksheet 12.3: Failed Reality Testing 126 Worksheet 12.4: Decision-Making Interviews 127 Worksheet 12.5: Reality-Testing Scenarios 128 Worksheet 12.6: Self-Development Plan for Reality Testing 130 13 Problem Solving 131 Worksheet 13.1: What Is My Emotion? 134 Worksheet 13.2: Failed Decisions Revisited 136 Worksheet 13.3: Solving Your Problems 137 Worksheet 13.4: But Can I Really Change My Emotion? 139 Worksheet 13.5: One Fine Day 140 Worksheet 13.6: Self-Development Plan for Problem Solving 141 14 Impulse Control 143 Worksheet 14.1: Marshmallow Cravings 146 Worksheet 14.2: But I Want . . . 147 Worksheet 14.3: Survivor 148 Worksheet 14.4: No Regrets? 149 Worksheet 14.5: Strategies for Success 150 Worksheet 14.6: Self-Development Plan for Impulse Control 151 15 Flexibility 153 Worksheet 15.1: Refl ections About Change 156 Worksheet 15.2: Flexibility Survey 157 Worksheet 15.3: Th e Price of Infl exibility 159 Worksheet 15.4: Stretching Yourself 161 Worksheet 15.5: Flexibility Forecasting 162 Worksheet 15.6: Self-Development Plan for Flexibility 164 16 Stress Tolerance 165 Worksheet 16.1: Identifying Your Stressors 168 Worksheet 16.2: Understanding Why You Get Stressed 169 Worksheet 16.3: Irrational Th inking and Stress 170 Worksheet 16.4: Resources for Coping 172 Worksheet 16.5: Stress Busters 173 Worksheet 16.6: Self-Development Plan for Stress Tolerance 174 17 Optimism 175 Worksheet 17.1: Optimism Begins with Framing 179 Worksheet 17.2: De-motivators—Watch Your Self-Talk 180 Worksheet 17.3: Assessing Your Optimism 182 Worksheet 17.4: Pep Talks and Persistence 184 Worksheet 17.5: Perseverance Defi ned 186 Worksheet 17.6: Self-Development Plan for Optimism 187 18 Happiness 189 Worksheet 18.1: Taking Stock of Your Happiness Level 192 Worksheet 18.2: Laugh a Little, Laugh a Lot 193 Worksheet 18.3: Does Money Buy Happiness? 194 Worksheet 18.4: Well-Being Indicators 195 Worksheet 18.5: Th e Pursuit of Happyness 197 Worksheet 18.6: One Commitment—Self-Development Plan for Happiness 198 References 199 Appendix A KISS Strategies for Improving Emotional Intelligence 201 Appendix B Movie Selections for Learning About Emotional Intelligence 213
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Student EQ Edge
Book SynopsisTHE STUDENT EQEDGE Facilitation and Activity Guide This Facilitation and Activity Guide is a companion to the book The Student EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Academic and Personal Success . It offers faculty and facilitators a hands-on resource for helping students reach their potential by tapping into the power of emotional intelligence. The Facilitation Guide includes exercises and activities which are designed to help students develop confidence, independence, the ability to set and meet goals, impulse control, social responsibility, problem-solving skills, stress tolerance, and much more?all of which help improve academic success. The Guide also contains a wealth of illustrative case studies, questions for student reflection, movie selections and TV shows that illustrate emotional intelligence, and a self-development plan. The single best resource on emotional intelligence in student affairs, The Student EQ Edge: Student WorkbookTable of ContentsPreface xiii About the Authors xv 1 Introduction to the Facilitation and Activity Guide 1 Emotional Intelligence Defined and Research Overview 1 Planning Your Classes 4 Student Reflection 4 Student Emotional Intelligence Assessment 5 Facilitating Class Discussions 5 Agree-Disagree Activities 6 Organization of Th is Guide 7 Materials 8 A Note About Language 9 2 Case Studies of Emotionally Intelligent (and Not Emotionally Intelligent!) Behavior 11 Case Study #1: Why Can’t I Make an A? 13 Case Study #2: 15 Years to Graduate 14 Case Study #3: But I’m Good! 15 Case Study #4: Starting College 16 Case Study #5: Shared Responsibilities 17 Case Study #6: A Costly Decision 18 Case Study #7: First Job Jitters 19 Case Study #8: No Way 21 Case Study #9: Twins? 22 3 Emotional Self-Awareness 25 Student Learning Outcomes 26 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 26 Planning Your Class 27 Activity 3.1: Feelings Journal 30 Worksheet 3.1: Feelings Journal 31 Activity 3.2: Hot Buttons 32 Worksheet 3.2: Hot Buttons 33 Activity 3.3: ABCDE Exercise—The Impact of Thoughts on Emotions and Behaviors 34 Worksheet 3.3: ABCDE Exercise—The Impact of Thoughts on Emotions and Behaviors 35 Activity 3.4: Hot Buttons on Reality TV 37 Worksheet 3.4: Hot Buttons on Reality TV 38 Activity 3.5: Positive and Negative Aff ect 39 Worksheet 3.5: Positive and Negative Aff ect 40 Activity 3.6: Self-Development Plan for Emotional Self-Awareness 40 Activity 3.7: Case Study—Emotional Self-Awareness 40 4 Self-Regard 41 Student Learning Outcomes 42 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 42 Planning Your Class 43 Activity 4.1: Who Am I? 45 Worksheet 4.1: Who Am I? 46 Activity 4.2: Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966) 47 Worksheet 4.2: Locus of Control Scale (Rotter, 1966) 48 Activity 4.3: Positive and Negative Self-Talk 51 Worksheet 4.3: Positive and Negative Self-Talk 53 Activity 4.4: 360° Feedback 54 Worksheet 4.4: 360° Feedback 55 Activity 4.5: Modern Family 56 Worksheet 4.5: Modern Family 57 Activity 4.6: Self-Development Plan for Self-Regard 57 Activity 4.7: Case Study—Self-Regard 57 5 Self-Actualization 59 Student Learning Outcomes 60 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 60 Planning Your Class 61 Activity 5.1: Who Am I? (continued) 63 Worksheet 5.1: Who Am I? (continued) 64 Activity 5.2: Emotions Meter 65 Worksheet 5.2: Emotions Meter 66 Activity 5.3: Quotes, Sayings, and Songs—A Window into You! 67 Worksheet 5.3: Quotes, Sayings, and Songs—A Window into You! 68 Activity 5.4: Defi ning Your Personal Mission Statement 69 Worksheet 5.4: Defi ning Your Personal Mission Statement 70 Activity 5.5: Th e Amazing Race 71 Worksheet 5.5: Th e Amazing Race 72 Activity 5.6: Self-Development Plan for Self-Actualization 72 Activity 5.7: Case Study—Self-Actualization 72 6 Emotional Expression 73 Student Learning Outcomes 74 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 74 Planning Your Class 75 Activity 6.1: Observing Emotions 78 Worksheet 6.1: Observing Emotions 80 Activity 6.2: Observing Your Emotions 81 Worksheet 6.2: Observing Your Emotions 82 Activity 6.3: Follow the Leader 83 Worksheet 6.3: Follow the Leader 84 Activity 6.4: “I” Messages 87 Worksheet 6.4: “I” Messages 88 Activity 6.5: TV Emotions 90 Worksheet 6.5: TV Emotions 91 Activity 6.6: Self-Development Plan for Emotional Expression 92 Activity 6.7: Case Study—Emotional Expression 92 7 Independence 93 Student Learning Outcomes 94 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 94 Planning Your Class 95 Activity 7.1: Private Eye 98 Worksheet 7.1: Private Eye 99 Activity 7.2: By Yourself 100 Worksheet 7.2: By Yourself 101 Activity 7.3: Please Do Th is for Me! 102 Worksheet 7.3: Please Do Th is for Me! 103 Activity 7.4: Reality TV—Too Needy, Too Alone, or Just Right? 104 Worksheet 7.4: Reality TV—Too Needy, Too Alone, or Just Right? 105 Activity 7.5: On My Own 106 Worksheet 7.5: On My Own 107 Activity 7.6: Self-Development Plan for Independence 108 Activity 7.7: Case Study—Independence 108 8 Assertiveness 109 Student Learning Outcomes 110 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 110 Planning Your Class 111 Activity 8.1: Assertive, Aggressive, or Passive? 114 Worksheet 8.1: Assertive, Aggressive, or Passive? 115 Activity 8.2: It Seems So Easy When Others Do It 117 Worksheet 8.2: It Seems So Easy When Others Do It 119 Activity 8.3: Giving Feedback 120 Worksheet 8.3: Giving Feedback 121 Activity 8.4: Controversial Issues 122 Worksheet 8.4: Controversial Issues 123 Activity 8.5: Assertiveness Quiz 124 Worksheet 8.5: Assertiveness Quiz 125 Activity 8.6: Self-Development Plan for Assertiveness 127 Activity 8.7: Case Study—Assertiveness 127 9 Interpersonal Relationship 129 Student Learning Outcomes 130 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 130 Planning Your Class 131 Activity 9.1: My Favorite Person 134 Worksheet 9.1: My Favorite Person 135 Activity 9.2: Sharing Secrets 136 Worksheet 9.2: Sharing Secrets 137 Activity 9.3: Scaling the Intimacy Wall 138 Worksheet 9.3: Scaling the Intimacy Wall 139 Activity 9.4: Beginning a Relationship 140 Worksheet 9.4: Beginning a Relationship 141 Activity 9.5: Getting Closer 142 Worksheet 9.5: Getting Closer 143 Activity 9.6: Self-Development Plan for Interpersonal Relationships 143 Activity 9.7: Case Study—Interpersonal Relationships 143 10 Empathy 145 Student Learning Outcomes 146 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 146 Planning Your Class 147 Activity 10.1: What Is Empathy? 149 Worksheet 10.1: What Is Empathy? 150 Activity 10.2: Th e Art of Questions 151 Worksheet 10.2: Th e Art of Questions 152 Activity 10.3: Refl ective Listening 153 Worksheet 10.3: Refl ective Listening 154 Activity 10.4: Empathy Assessment 155 Worksheet 10.4: Empathy Assessment 156 Activity 10.5: Listening Even When It’s Hard to Do! 159 Worksheet 10.5: Listening Even When It’s Hard to Do! 160 Activity 10.6: Self-Development Plan for Empathy 161 Activity 10.7: Case Study—Empathy 161 11 Social Responsibility 163 Student Learning Outcomes 164 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 164 Planning Your Class 165 Activity 11.1: Doing What’s Right 168 Worksheet 11.1: Doing What’s Right 169 Activity 11.2: Cooperation 170 Worksheet 11.2: Cooperation 171 Activity 11.3: A Company’s Social Responsibility Policy 172 Worksheet 11.3: A Company’s Social Responsibility Policy 173 Activity 11.4: My Social Responsibility Policy 174 Worksheet 11.4: My Social Responsibility Policy 175 Activity 11.5: Take Action! 176 Worksheet 11.5: Take Action! 177 Activity 11.6: Self-Development Plan for Social Responsibility 177 Activity 11.7: Case Study—Social Responsibility 177 12 Reality Testing 179 Student Learning Outcomes 181 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 181 Planning Your Class 182 Activity 12.1: My Big Decision 184 Worksheet 12.1: My Big Decision 185 Activity 12.2: Th e Mirrors Around You 186 Worksheet 12.2: Th e Mirrors Around You 187 Activity 12.3: Failed Reality Testing 189 Worksheet 12.3: Failed Reality Testing 190 Activity 12.4: Decision-Making Interviews 191 Worksheet 12.4: Decision-Making Interviews 192 Activity 12.5: Reality-Testing Scenarios 192 Worksheet 12.5: Reality-Testing Scenarios 193 Activity 12.6: Self-Development Plan for Reality Testing 194 Activity 12.7: Case Study—Reality Testing 194 13 Problem Solving 195 Student Learning Outcomes 196 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 196 Planning Your Class 197 Activity 13.1: What Is My Emotion? 199 Worksheet 13.1: What Is My Emotion? 200 Activity 13.2: Failed Decisions Revisited 201 Worksheet 13.2: Failed Decisions Revisited 202 Activity 13.3: Solving Your Problems 203 Worksheet 13.3: Solving Your Problems 204 Activity 13.4: But Can I Really Change My Emotion? 205 Worksheet 13.4: But Can I Really Change My Emotion? 206 Activity 13.5: One Fine Day 207 Worksheet 13.5: One Fine Day 208 Activity 13.6: Self-Development Plan for Problem Solving 208 Activity 13.7: Case Study—Problem Solving 208 14 Impulse Control 209 Student Learning Outcomes 210 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 210 Planning Your Class 212 Activity 14.1: Marshmallow Cravings 214 Worksheet 14.1: Marshmallow Cravings 215 Activity 14.2: But I Want . . . 216 Worksheet 14.2: But I Want . . . 217 Activity 14.3: Survivor 218 Worksheet 14.3: Survivor 218 Activity 14.4: No Regrets? 219 Worksheet 14.4: No Regrets? 220 Activity 14.5: Strategies for Success 221 Worksheet 14.5: Strategies for Success 222 Activity 14.6: Self-Development Plan for Impulse Control 222 Activity 14.7: Case Study—Impulse Control 222 15 Flexibility 223 Student Learning Outcomes 224 Suggested Books, Movies, and Television Shows 224 Planning Your Class 225 Activity 15.1: Refl ections About Change 227 Worksheet 15.1: Refl ections About Change 228 Activity 15.2: Flexibility Survey 229 Worksheet 15.2: Flexibility Survey 230 Activity 15.3: Th e Price of Inflexibility 231 Worksheet 15.3: Th e Price of Inflexibility 232 Activity 15.4: Stretching Yourself 233 Worksheet 15.4: Stretching Yourself 234 Activity 15.5: Flexibility Forecasting 235 Worksheet 15.5: Flexibility Forecasting 236 Activity 15.6: Self-Development Plan for Flexibility 237 Activity 15.7: Case Study—Flexibility 237 16 Stress Tolerance 239 A Note About Th is Chapter 240 Student Learning Outcomes 240 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 241 Planning Your Class 242 Activity 16.1: Identifying Your Stressors 244 Worksheet 16.1: Identifying Your Stressors 245 Activity 16.2: Understanding Why You Get Stressed 246 Worksheet 16.2: Understanding Why You Get Stressed 247 Activity 16.3: Irrational Th inking and Stress 248 Worksheet 16.3: Irrational Th inking and Stress 249 Activity 16.4: Resources for Coping 250 Worksheet 16.4: Resources for Coping 251 Activity 16.5: Stress Busters 252 Worksheet 16.5: Stress Busters 253 Activity 16.6: Self-Development Plan for Stress Tolerance 253 Activity 16.7: Case Study—Stress Tolerance 253 17 Optimism 255 Student Learning Outcomes 256 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 256 Planning Your Class 257 Activity 17.1: Optimism Begins with Framing 259 Worksheet 17.1: Optimism Begins with Framing 260 Activity 17.2: De-motivators—Watch Your Self-Talk 261 Worksheet 17.2: De-motivators—Watch Your Self-Talk 262 Activity 17.3: Assessing Your Optimism 263 Worksheet 17.3: Assessing Your Optimism 264 Activity 17.4: Pep Talks and Persistence 265 Worksheet 17.4: Pep Talks and Persistence 266 Activity 17.5: Perseverance Defi ned 267 Worksheet 17.5: Perseverance Defi ned 268 Activity 17.6: Self-Development Plan for Optimism 269 Activity 17.7: Case Study—Optimism 269 18 Happiness 271 Student Learning Outcomes 272 Suggested Readings, Movies, and Television Shows 272 Planning Your Class 273 Activity 18.1: Taking Stock of Your Happiness Level 275 Worksheet 18.1: Taking Stock of Your Happiness Level 276 Activity 18.2: Laugh a Little, Laugh a Lot 277 Worksheet 18.2: Laugh a Little, Laugh a Lot 278 Activity 18.3: Does Money Buy Happiness? 279 Worksheet 18.3: Does Money Buy Happiness? 280 Activity 18.4: Well-Being Indicators 281 Worksheet 18.4: Well-Being Indicators 282 Activity 18.5: Th e Pursuit of Happyness 283 Worksheet 18.5: Th e Pursuit of Happyness 284 Activity 18.6: One Commitment—Self-Development Plan for Happiness 284 Activity 18.7: Case Study—Happiness 284 References 285 Appendix A Model Syllabus 287 Appendix B Sample Grading Rubric for EI Reflection Questions 291 Appendix C Movie Selections for Teaching Emotional Intelligence 293 Appendix D Self-Development Plan for Improving Emotional Intelligence 301 Appendix E Resources for Teaching Emotional Intelligence 303
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of Language Emergence
Book Synopsis* Explores the latest integrated theory for understanding human language, creating an inclusive and in-depth text on the rapidly evolving emergentist paradigm * Brings together an international team of contributors, including the most prominent advocates of emergentist accounts of language.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Language Emergence 1 Brian MacWhinney Part I Basic Language Structures 33 1 The Emergence of Phonological Representation 35 Patricia Donegan 2 Capturing Gradience, Continuous Change, and Quasi-Regularity in Sound, Word, Phrase, and Meaning 53 James L. McClelland 3 The Emergence of Language Comprehension 81 Maryellen C. MacDonald 4 Anaphora and the Case for Emergentism 100 William O’Grady 5 Morphological Emergence 123 Péter Rácz, Janet B. Pierrehumbert, Jennifer B. Hay, and Viktória Papp 6 Metaphor and Emergentism 147 Zoltán Kövecses 7 Usage-Based Language Learning 163 Nick C. Ellis, Matthew Brook O’Donnell, and Ute Römer Part II Language Change and Typology 181 8 Emergence at the Cross-Linguistic Level: Attractor Dynamics in Language Change 183 Joan Bybee and Clay Beckner 9 The Diachronic Genesis of Synchronic Syntax 201 T. Givón 10 Typological Variation and Efficient Processing 215 John A. Hawkins 11 Word Meanings across Languages Support Efficient Communication 237 Terry Regier, Charles Kemp, and Paul Kay Part III Interactional Structures 265 12 Linguistic Emergence on the Ground: A Variationist Paradigm 267 Shana Poplack and Rena Torres Cacoullos 13 The Emergence of Sociophonetic Structure 292 Paul Foulkes and Jennifer B. Hay 14 An Emergentist Approach to Grammar 314 Paul J. Hopper 15 Common Ground 328 Eve V. Clark 16 The Role of Culture in the Emergence of Language 354 Daniel L. Everett Part IV Language Learning 377 17 Learnability 379 Alexander Clark 18 Perceptual Development and Statistical Learning 396 Erik Thiessen and Lucy Erickson 19 Language Emergence in Development: A Computational Perspective 415 Stewart M. McCauley, Padraic Monaghan, and Morten H. Christiansen 20 Perception and Production in Phonological Development 437 Marilyn Vihman 21 The Emergence of Gestures 458 Jordan Zlatev 22 A Constructivist Account of Child Language Acquisition 478 Ben Ambridge and Elena Lieven 23 Bilingualism as a Dynamic Process 511 Ping Li 24 Dynamic Systems and Language Development 537 Paul van Geert and Marjolijn Verspoor Part V Language and the Brain 557 25 Models of Language Production in Aphasia 559 Gary S. Dell and Nathaniel D. Anderson 26 Formulaic Language in an Emergentist Framework 578 Diana Van Lancker Sidtis 27 Language Evolution: An Emergentist Perspective 600 Michael A. Arbib Index 625
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience
Book SynopsisThe Wiley Handbook on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning charts the evolution of associative analysis and the neuroscientific study of behavior as parallel approaches to understanding how the brain learns that both challenge and inform each other.Table of ContentsAbout the Contributors vii Preface x 1 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning: Introduction and Intent 1Robert C. Honey and Robin A. Murphy Part I Associative Learning 5 2 The Determining Conditions for Pavlovian Learning: Psychological and Neurobiological Considerations 7Helen M. Nasser and Andrew R. Delamater 3 Learning to Be Ready: Dopamine and Associative Computations 47Nicola C. Byrom and Robin A. Murphy 4 Learning About Stimuli That Are Present and Those That Are Not: Separable Acquisition Processes for Direct and Mediated Learning 69Tzu-Ching E. Lin and Robert C. Honey 5 Neural Substrates of Learning and Attentive Processes 86David N. George 6 Associative Learning and Derived Attention in Humans 114Mike Le Pelley, Tom Beesley, and Oren Griffiths 7 The Epigenetics of Neural Learning 136Zohar Bronfman, Simona Ginsburg, and Eva Jablonka Part II Associative Representations Memory, Recognition, and Perception 177 8 Associative and Nonassociative Processes in Rodent Recognition Memory 179David J. Sanderson 9 Perceptual Learning: Representations and Their Development 201Dominic M. Dwyer and Matthew E. Mundy 10 Human Perceptual Learning and Categorization 223Paulo F. Carvalho and Robert L. Goldstone 11 Computational and Functional Specialization of Memory 249Rosie Cowell, Tim Bussey, and Lisa Saksida Space and Time 283 12 Mechanisms of Contextual Conditioning: Some Thoughts on Excitatory and Inhibitory Context Conditioning 285Robert J. McDonald and Nancy S. Hong 13 The Relation Between Spatial and Nonspatial Learning 313Anthony McGregor 14 Timing and Conditioning: Theoretical Issues 348Charlotte Bonardi, Timothy H. C. Cheung, Esther Mondragón, and Shu K. E. Tam 15 Human Learning About Causation 380Irina Baetu and Andy G. Baker Part III Associative Perspectives on the Human Condition 409 16 The Psychological and Physiological Mechanisms of Habit Formation 411Nura W. Lingawi, Amir Dezfouli, and Bernard W. Balleine 17 An Associative Account of Avoidance 442Claire M. Gillan, Gonzalo P. Urcelay, and Trevor W. Robbins 18 Child and Adolescent Anxiety: Does Fear Conditioning Play a Role? 468Katharina Pittner, Kathrin Cohen Kadosh, and Jennifer Y. F. Lau 19 Association, Inhibition, and Action 489Ian McLaren and Frederick Verbruggen 20 Mirror Neurons from Associative Learning 515Caroline Catmur, Clare Press, and Cecilia Heyes 21 Associative Approaches to Lexical Development 538Kim Plunkett 22 Neuroscience of Value]Guided Choice 554Gerhard Jocham, Erie Boorman, and Tim Behrens Index 592
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and
Book SynopsisDiet and exercise have long been recognized as important components of a healthy lifestyle, as they have a great impact on improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular functions, lowering the risk of metabolic disorders, and contributing to healthy aging. As a greater proportion of the world's population is living longer, there has been increased interest in understanding the role of nutrition and exercise in long-term neurological health and cognitive function. Diet and Exercise in Cognitive Function and Neurological Diseases discusses the role and impact that nutrition and activity have on cognitive function and neurological health. The book is divided into two sections. The first section focuses on diet and its impact on neurobiological processes. Chapters focus on the impacts of specific diets, such as the Mediterranean, ketogenic and vegan diets, as well as the role of specific nutrients, fats, fatty acids, and calorie restriction on neurological health and cogniTable of ContentsContributors xi Foreword Kirk I. Erickson xv Foreword Shin Murakami xvii Preface xixTahira Farooqui and Akhlaq A. Farooqui Acknowledgments xxi 1 Nutrition, Genes, and Neuroscience: Implications for Development, Health, and Disease 1Margaret Joy Dauncey 2 Neurochemical Effects of Western Diet Consumption on Human Brain 15Akhlaq A. Farooqui and Tahira Farooqui 3 Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Human Health in Seniors: Relationship with Telomers 29Virginia Boccardi and Giuseppe Paolisso 4 Effect of a Mediterranean Diet on Mental and Physical Quality of Life 39Marialaura Bonaccio, Giovanni de Gaetano, and Licia Iacoviello 5 Ketogenic Diets for the Treatment of Neurologic Disease 47Christa W. Habela and Eric H. Kossoff 6 Levels of n‐3 Fatty Acids and their Metabolites in the Brain: Their Impact on Brain Function and Neurological Disorders 59Akhlaq A. Farooqui and Tahira Farooqui 7 Homocysteine Levels in Neurological Disorders 73Ahmed A. Moustafa, Doaa H. Hewedi, Abeer M. Eissa, Dorota Frydecka, and Błażej Misiak 8 Table Salt and Dementia 83Surender R. Neravetla and Shantanu R. Neravetla 9 Contribution of Diet and Exercise in the Pathogenesis of Major Depression 93Adrian L. Lopresti 10 Role of Diet and Exercise in Diabetic Retinopathy 105Mohammad Shamsul Ola, Haseeb A. Khan, and Abdullah S. Alhomida 11 The Effect of Western Diet on Cognition in Humans 111Heather M. Francis and Richard J. Stevenson 12 Role of Diet and Exercise in Intervention of Age‐Induced Impairments 123Kanti Bhooshan Pandey and Syed Ibrahim Rizvi 13 Hormesis and Cognitive Function: An Evolutionary/Adaptive Arabesque Leading to Longevity 133Alistair V.W. Nunn, Geoffrey W. Guy, and Jimmy D. Bell 14 Polyphenols and Cognitive Function 143Edwin D. Lephart 15 Prevention of Dementia Through Modifiable Risk Factors 163Patsri Srisuwan 16 Physical Exercise Improves Cognition in Brain Disorders: Alzheimer’s Disease 175Trevor Archer and Danilo Garcia 17 Molecular, Biochemical, and Physiological Basis of Beneficial Actions of Exercise 183Undurti N. Das 18 Beneficial Effects of Exercise and Cognitive Training on Cognitive Functions in Older Adults: Introduction of Smart Aging Studies 205Rui Nouchi and Ryuta Kawashima 19 Exercise and Cognitive Functions 213Bijli Nanda and S. Manjunatha 20 Role of Sleep in Cognition, Immunity, and Disease and Its Interaction with Exercise 225Mark R. Zielinski and Dmitry Gerashchenko 21 Effect of Forced and Voluntary Exercise on Neural Plasticity Mediated by Astrocytes 241Caren Bernardi, Mario Roberto Generosi Brauner, and Carlos Alberto Goncalves 22 Effect of Exercise on the Aging Brain 253Bonita L. Marks 23 The Effects of Exercise on Neuronal Survival 267Michael J. Chen 24 Exercise and Cognitive Function in Older Adults 279Nicola J. Gates and Maria Fiatarone Singh 25 Research Issues and Clinical Implications of Exercise Effects in the Treatment of Depressive and Anxiety Disorders 295A. Garrett Hazelton, Richard Bloch, and Sy Saeed 26 Exercise‐Induced Protection Against Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Role of Redox‐ and Mitochondrial‐Based Alterations 309Ines Marques‐Aleixo, Estela Santos‐Alves, Paula I. Moreira, Paulo J. Oliveira, Jose Magalhaes, and Antonio Ascensao 27 Exercise, Neuroplasticity, and Growth Factors in Adolescence 323Helios Pareja‐Galeano, Sara Mayero, and Fabian Sanchis‐Gomar 28 Summary, Perspective, and Direction for Future Studies 339Tahira Farooqui and Akhlaq A. Farooqui Index 349
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Essentials of WISCV Integrated Assessment
Book SynopsisPractical, in-depth guidance for WISC-V and WISC-V Integrated assessment Essentials of WISC-V Integrated Assessment is the ideal companion for psychologists and other assessment professionals seeking helpful interpretive and practical information beyond the WISC-V and WISC-V Integrated published manuals. Beginning with an overview of the test and its application to educational intervention, this book provides in-depth information on new administrative, scoring, and interpretation procedures specific to the WISC-V and the WISC-V Integrated. Insider access to the WISC-V and WISC-V Integrated standardization data allows the reader to derive new WISC-V composite scores unavailable from other resources. Readers of this book are the first to receive access to these new composite scores, which are designed to be more appropriate for children with expressive language difficulties and motor impairments. The reader also receives exclusive access to four new WISC-V expanded inTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Series Preface xv About the Companion Website xvii Resources on the Companion Website xix WISC-V Integrated Interpretive Assistant 1.0 xix Appendix A xix Appendix B xx One Overview 1 Historical Perspectives on the Process Approach to Cognitive Assessment 3 Development of the WISC-V Integrated 7 Key Revisions 7 Subtests 9 Composite Scores 19 Test Structure 19 New Essentials Composite Scores 21 Validity 23 Intercorrelation Studies 23 Standardization and Psychometric Properties 27 Comprehensive Test References 29 Test Yourself 30 Answers 31 References 31 Two Intelligent WISC-V Integrated Administration 35Kathleen M. Rollins and Susan Engi Raiford Test Materials 37 Physical Environment 39 Establishing and Maintaining Rapport 40 Subtest Administration Order 41 Selection of Subtests 42 Fairness 43 Start Points, Reverse Rules, and Discontinue Rules 45 Start Points 45 Reverse Rules 47 Discontinue Rules 47 Timing 50 Demonstration, Sample, and Teaching Items 50 Repetitions, Prompts, and Queries 51 Repetitions 51 Prompts 52 Queries 52 Recording Responses 53 Subtest-by-Subtest Administration 54 Verbal Comprehension Subtests 54 Visual Spatial Subtest 63 Fluid Reasoning Subtests 64 Working Memory Subtests 70 Processing Speed Subtests 75 Frequently Asked Questions: Subtest Administration 84 Test Yourself 86 Answers 87 References 87 Three WISC-V Integrated Scoring 91Kathleen M. Rollins and Susan Engi Raiford Scoring Subtests 91 Verbal Comprehension Subtests 91 Visual Spatial Subtest 94 Fluid Reasoning Subtests 94 Working Memory Subtests 97 Processing Speed Subtests 99 WISC-V Integrated Scores 106 Item Scores 106 Total Raw Scores 106 Standard Scores 106 Raw Scores 107 Step-by-Step: WISC-V Integrated Subtest-Level and Index Scores 108 Obtain Total Raw Scores 108 Obtain Scaled Subtest-Level Scores 110 Obtain Sums of Scaled Scores 111 Obtain Composite Scores 112 Using Q-global to Obtain the WISC-V Integrated Score Report 114 Ability-Achievement and Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Comparisons in Q-global 117 Frequently Asked Questions: Scoring 119 Test Yourself 120 Answers 122 References 122 Four Intelligently and Intuitively Incorporating the Integrated into WISC-V Interpretation 123 New Essentials Composite Scores 123 Essentials Expanded Index Scores 125 Nonmotor Composite Scores 131 Interpretative Strategies 133 Step 1. Examine Global Performance 134 Step 2. Report and Describe the Global Composite Score 142 Step 3. Select the Specific Composite Scores 142 Step 4. Report and Describe the Specific Composite Scores 147 Step 5. Report and Describe the Scaled Scores 147 Step 6. Report Index-Level Strengths and Weaknesses 148 Step 7. Report Subtest-Level Strengths and Weaknesses 152 Step 8. Evaluate Index-Level Pairwise Comparisons 154 Step 9. Evaluate Subtest- and Process-Level Pairwise Comparisons 157 Step 10. Report Base Rates/Percentile Norms (Longest Span or Sequence, Errors, Process Observations, and Coding Recall) 160 Step 11. Report Qualitative Aspects of Performance 171 Test Yourself 176 Answers 177 References 177 Five Review of the WISC-V Integrated 179Ron Dumont and John O. Willis Changes From the WISC-IV Integrated to the WISC-V Integrated 180 Subtests that were Eliminated 181 New Subtests 181 Administration Changes 182 Special Group Studies 183 Comparison of WISC-V and WISC-V Integrated Scores 186 Miscellaneous Comments 186 Standardization 189 Reliability 189 Validity 189 Administration 190 Conclusion 193 Test Yourself 193 Answers 195 References 195 Six Clinical Applications 197 Use of the WISC-V Integrated with Common School-Age Referral Questions 197 Children with Intellectual Giftedness 198 Children with Intellectual Disability 204 Children with Specific Learning Disorder in Reading 207 Children with Specific Learning Disorder in Math 208 Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 209 Children with Traumatic Brain Injury 211 Children with Language Disorder—Expressive and Language Disorder—Receptive and Expressive 212 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders 216 Summary of Special Group Performance 219 Test Yourself 220 Answers 222 References 222 Seven Illustrative Case Reports 225 Case Report: Jillian R.: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 226 Referral Questions and Answers 227 Answers to Referral Questions 227 Evaluation Methods and Procedures 229 Current Symptoms 230 Background and History 231 Mental Status and Behavioral Observations 233 Test Results and Interpretation 235 Summary and Diagnostic Impressions 241 Recommendations 242 Appendix: Test Data 245 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition (WISC-V) and WISC-V Integrated 245 Case Report: Dennis E.: Specific Learning Disorder in Mathematics 254 Referral Questions and Answers 255 Answers to Referral Questions 255 History of Presenting Problem 256 Mental Status and Behavioral Observations 257 Test Results and Interpretation 257 Summary and Diagnostic Impressions 261 Recommendations 262 Appendix: Test Data 263 Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition (WISC-V) and WISC-V Integrated 263 Test Yourself 267 Answers 268 About the Author 269 Contributors 271 Index 273
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd How To Improve Your Mind
Book SynopsisBecome the master of your world Presents 20 key concepts, or keys, to aid critical thinking Authored by one of the world''s most eminent psychologists - and founder of the Flynn Effect Looks at topics such as Race and IQ, good science and the current world economic crisis Written in a clear and lucid style, illustrated with many examples Trade Review"Professor James Flynn sets a clever trap in his latest book, How to Improve Your Mind. Promising that all readers will "be far more able to defend their position after reading it than before", Flynn instead provides the critical tools necessary instead for reassessing the irrational beliefs each of us hold and, in so confronting, end them. For your own good, you should let yourself be trapped." Weekend Press, ChristchurchTable of ContentsList of Figures and Boxes ix Acknowledgments x 1 Introduction: The Knowledge Trap 1 Part 1 Arguing about Right and Wrong 15 2 Logic and Moral Debate – Attacks on Blacks 17 3 Getting Rid of Tautologies – No Private Clubs 24 4 The Naturalistic Fallacy and Its Consequences – be Judgmental 32 5 But that is Unnatural – Words Best Never Said 41 Part 2 The Truth about People 49 6 Random Sample – Quality Not Size 51 7 Intelligence Quotient – Hanging the Intellectually Disabled 56 8 Intelligence Quotient – and the Black/White IQ Gap 62 9 Control Group – How Studying People Changes Them 69 10 The Sociologist ’ s Fallacy – Ignoring the Real World 75 Part 3 The Market and Its Church 85 11 Creating a Market – Not a Frankenstein 87 12 Market Forces – How they Take their Revenge 96 13 Market Worship – No Ritual Sacrifices 108 14 The Economic Collapse of 2008 117 15 What is to be Done? 130 Part 4 Enemies of Science 139 16 Reality – What Scientists Really Say About Science 141 17 History, Science, and Evolution – Only One Kind of Each 152 Part 5 Nations and their Goals 163 18 Understanding Nations – Understanding Anyone 165 19 Four Cases – Making Sense Out of Nonsense 173 20 Conclusion: Gene Debs University 183 Index 189
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WW Norton & Co The Practitioners Guide to the Science of
Book SynopsisEstablishing a new, scientifically validated foundation for current psychotherapeutic practice.
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Kogan Page Ltd Ultimate IQ Tests
Book SynopsisKen Russell and Philip Carter are IQ test experts who are continually devising new IQ tests and puzzles. They have produced over 60 books covering all aspects of testing, crosswords, puzzles and reasoning. These include the best-selling Test your IQ published by Kogan Page. Philip Carter is also the author of IQ & Psychometric Tests, The IQ & Psychometric Test Workbook, Test and Assess Your IQ, Advanced IQ Tests, IQ and Aptitude Tests, IQ and Personality Tests, Succeed at IQ Tests, all published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"A 'must-have' for anyone who expects to take an IQ test, as well as a fun way to keep one's mind active and sharp!" * Wisconsin Bookwatch, The Self-Help Shelf, Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Test 1 - Questions; Chapter - 02: Test 2 - Questions; Chapter - 03: Test 3 - Questions; Chapter - 04: Test 4 - Questions; Chapter - 05: Test 5 - Questions; Chapter - 06: Test 6 - Questions; Chapter - 07: Test 7 - Questions; Chapter - 08: Test 8 - Questions; Chapter - 09: Test 9 - Questions; Chapter - 10: Test 10 - Questions; Chapter - 11: Test 11 - Questions; Chapter - 12: Test 12 - Questions; Chapter - 13: Test 13 - Questions; Chapter - 14: Test 14 - Questions; Chapter - 15: Test 15 - Questions; Chapter - 16: Test 16 - Questions; Chapter - 17: Test 17 - Questions; Chapter - 18: Test 18 - Questions; Chapter - 19: Test 19 - Questions; Chapter - 20: Test 20 - Questions; Chapter - 21: Test 21 - Questions; Chapter - 22: Test 22 - Questions; Chapter - 23: Test 23 - Questions; Chapter - 24: Test 24 - Questions; Chapter - 25: Test 25 - Questions
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Reconsidering Conceptual Change Issues in Theory
Book SynopsisThis book is an important account of the state of the art of both theoretical and practical issues in the present-day research on conceptual change.Trade Review"In summary, there is much in this book to inform the reader about how the field of conceptual change has moved beyond the issues identified in the simple illustration with which I began this review. In doing so, it provides more than enough to stimulate a considerable amount of productive discussion."(Peter Hewson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (Science Education, 87:4)Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Introduction; M. Limón, L. Mason. Part I: Theoretical Perspectives. The Processes and Challenges of Conceptual Change; M.T.H. Chi, R.D. Roscoe. Why `Conceptual Ecology' is a Good Idea; A.A. diSessa. On the Nature of Naïve Physics; S. Vosniadou. Map Reading Versus Mind Reading: Revisiting Children's Understanding of the Shape of the Earth; J. Ivarsson, et al. Understanding Conceptual Change: A Commentary; R.E. Mayer. Part II: Motivational, Social and Contextual Aspects. The Role of Motivational Beliefs in Conceptual Change; E.A. Linnenbrink, P.R. Pintrich. Situating the Question of Conceptual Change; O. Halldén, et al. Participative Learning and Conceptual Change; M. Gorodetsky, S. Keiny. Cognitive Variability in the Development of the Concept of Family: A Contextualist or a Gradualist View? M.J. Rodrigo, et al. Motivational, Social, and Contextual Aspects of Conceptual Change: A Commentary; G.M. Sinatra. Part III: Domain Specificity and Learning. The Role of Students' Epistemological Knowledge in the Process of Conceptual Change in Science; J. Leach, J. Lewis. Intuitive Rules: The Case of `More A - More B'; R. Stavy, et al. Conceptual Change in Mathematics: Understanding the Real Numbers; K. Merenluoto, E. Lehtinen. Conceptual Change in History; M. Limón. Content and Conceptual Change: A Commentary; R. White. Part IV: Instructional Practices to Promote Conceptual Change in Classroom. Developing Epistemological Thinking to Foster Conceptual Change in Different Domains; L. Mason. Science Learning Through Text: The Effect of Text Design and Text Comprehension Skills on Conceptual Change; M. Mikkilä-Erdmann. Computer-BasedInteractions for Conceptual Change in Science; M. Wiser, T.G. Amin. Knowledge Assessment and Conceptual Understanding; J. Alonso-Tapia. Change as a Process and a Disposition: A Commentary; P. Boscolo.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Teaching and Learning
Book SynopsisDrawing on educational and psychological research and adhering closely to QTS standards, trainee teachers will find this easy-to-read book an invaluable guide to child psychology and the psychology of teaching. a realistic and in-depth account of different kinds of learning; summarises reliable knowledge about how teaching can aid learning in schools; addresses issues of interest to all teachers including the repertoire of teaching, the main phases of learning, the classroom environment, keeping order, and lesson planning in a practical and accessible manner; also covers more complex topics such as intelligence, special educational needs, bullying, child abuse, gender, ethnicity, teacher expectations and assessment; gives examples of practice across all four key stages and different school subjects; would form a suitable part of the government-led conTrade Review"Fox's clear and accessible writing weaves together the worlds of psychology and the classroom. Any teacher who has paused to wonder about students' thoughts, feelings or behaviours will find enrichment in this book." Jon Scaife, Coordinator, Educational and Professional Studies (PGCE), University of Sheffield "Richard Fox has written a fine book – clear in presentation, wide in scope, deep in understanding. It is rare to find educational theory and practice brought so effectively together. Do read this book if you care about the experiences of children and teachers in our schools." Professor Margaret Donaldson, Edinburgh University and author, Human Minds "A fascinating, practical book, challenging much accepted wisdom, which helped me to question my own assumptions about learning and teaching. Should be on every teacher’s reading list." Victoria Bentata, Stanton Harcourt CE Primary School, Oxfordshire Table of ContentsForeword – Ted Wragg. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I Beginning to Teach. 1. The Repertoire of Teaching. 2. Learning and Task Demands. 3. Classrooms as Environments for Learning. 4. The Management of Order. 5. Lesson Design. Part II The Psychology of Human Learning and Motivation. 6. Intuitive Learning. 7. Innate Capacities and Cultural Learning. 8. The Challenge of Deliberate Learning. 9. Human Motivation. 10. Influencing Student Motivation. 11. The Developing Mind. 12. Individual Differences. Part III Extending Teaching. 13. Special Educational Needs, Bullying and Child Abuse. 14. Gender and Ethnicity. 15. Assessment for Learning. 16. Developing as a Professional Teacher. Glossary. Appendix A. Appendix B. References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Memory and the Computational Brain
Book SynopsisMemory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory over the course of the last several decades. A provocative argument that impacts across the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, suggesting new perspectives on learning mechanisms in the brain Proposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory Suggests that the architecture of the brain is structured precisely for learning and for memory, and integrates the concept of an addressable read/write memory mechanism into the foundations of neuroscience Based on lectures in the prestigious Blackwell-Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, and now significantly reworked and expaTrade Review"The book covers wide-ranging ground--indeed, it passes for a computer science or philosophy textbook in places--but it does so in a consistently lucid and engaging fashion." (CHOICE, December 2009) "The authors provide a cogent set of ideas regarding a kind of brain functional architecture that could serve as a thought-provoking alternative to that envisioned by current dogma. If one is seriously concerned with understanding and investigating the brain and how it operates, taking the time to absorb the ideas conveyed in this book is likely to be time well spent." (PsycCRITIQUES, November 2009) "Along with a light complement of fascinating psychological case studies of representations of space and time, and a heavy set of polemical sideswipes at neuroscientists and their hapless computational fellow travelers, this book has the simple goal of persuading us of the importance of a particular information processing mechanism that it claims does not currently occupy center stage." (Nature Neuroscience, October 2009) Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Information. Shannon’s Theory of Communication. Measuring Information. Efficient Coding. Information and the Brain. Digital and Analog Signals. Appendix: The Information Content of Rare Versus Common Events and Signals. 2. Bayesian Updating. Bayes’ Theorem and Our Intuitions About Evidence. Using Bayes’ Rule. Summary. 3. Functions. Functions of One Argument. Composition and Decomposition of Functions. Functions of More than One Argument. The Limits to Functional Decomposition. Functions Can Map to Multi-Part Outputs. Mapping to Multiple-Element Outputs Does Not Increase Expressive Power. Defining Particular Functions. Summary: Physical/Neurobiological Implications of Facts about Functions. 4. Representations. Some Simple Examples. Notation. The Algebraic Representation of Geometry. 5. Symbols. Physical Properties of Good Symbols. Symbol Taxonomy. Summary. 6. Procedures. Algorithms. Procedures, Computation, and Symbols. Coding and Procedures. Two Senses of Knowing. A Geometric Example. 7. Computation. Formalizing Procedures. The Turing Machine. Turing Machine for the Successor Function. Turing Machines for ƒ is _even Turing Machines for ƒ+ Minimal Memory Structure. General Purpose Computer. Summary. 8. Architectures. One-Dimensional Look-Up Tables (If-Then Implementation). Adding State Memory: Finite-State Machines. Adding Register Memory. Summary. 9. Data Structures. Finding Information in Memory. An Illustrative Example. Procedures and the Coding of Data Structures. The Structure of the Read-Only Biological Memory. 10. Computing with Neurons. Transducers and Conductors. Synapses and the Logic Gates. The Slowness of It All. The Time-Scale Problem. Synaptic Plasticity. Recurrent Loops in Which Activity Reverberates. 11. The Nature of Learning. Learning As Rewiring. Synaptic Plasticity and the Associative Theory of Learning. Why Associations Are Not Symbols. Distributed Coding. Learning As the Extraction and Preservation of Useful Information. Updating an Estimate of One’s Location. 12. Learning Time and Space. Computational Accessibility. Learning the Time of Day. Learning Durations. Episodic Memory. 13. The Modularity of Learning. Example 1: Path Integration. Example 2: Learning the Solar Ephemeris. Example 3: “Associative” Learning. Summary. 14. Dead Reckoning in a Neural Network. Reverberating Circuits as Read/Write Memory Mechanisms. Implementing Combinatorial Operations by Table-Look-Up. The Full Model. The Ontogeny of the Connections? How Realistic is the Model? Lessons to be Drawn. Summary. 15. Neural Models of Interval Timing. Timing an Interval on First Encounter. Dworkin’s Paradox. Neurally Inspired Models. The Deeper Problems. 16. The Molecular Basis of Memory. The Need to Separate Theory of Memory from Theory of Learning. The Coding Question. A Cautionary Tale. Why Not Synaptic Conductance? A Molecular or Sub-Molecular Mechanism? Bringing the Data to the Computational Machinery. Is It Universal? References. Glossary. Index.
£86.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Memory and the Computational Brain
Book SynopsisMemory and the Computational Brain offers a provocative argument that goes to the heart of neuroscience, proposing that the field can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory over the course of the last several decades. A provocative argument that impacts across the fields of linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience, suggesting new perspectives on learning mechanisms in the brain Proposes that the field of neuroscience can and should benefit from the recent advances of cognitive science and the development of information theory Suggests that the architecture of the brain is structured precisely for learning and for memory, and integrates the concept of an addressable read/write memory mechanism into the foundations of neuroscience Based on lectures in the prestigious Blackwell-Maryland Lectures in Language and Cognition, and now significantly reworked and expaTrade Review"The book covers wide-ranging ground--indeed, it passes for a computer science or philosophy textbook in places--but it does so in a consistently lucid and engaging fashion." (CHOICE, December 2009) "The authors provide a cogent set of ideas regarding a kind of brain functional architecture that could serve as a thought-provoking alternative to that envisioned by current dogma. If one is seriously concerned with understanding and investigating the brain and how it operates, taking the time to absorb the ideas conveyed in this book is likely to be time well spent." (PsycCRITIQUES, November 2009) "Along with a light complement of fascinating psychological case studies of representations of space and time, and a heavy set of polemical sideswipes at neuroscientists and their hapless computational fellow travelers, this book has the simple goal of persuading us of the importance of a particular information processing mechanism that it claims does not currently occupy center stage." (Nature Neuroscience, October 2009) Table of ContentsPreface viii 1 Information 1 Shannon’s Theory of Communication 2 Measuring Information 7 Efficient Coding 16 Information and the Brain 20 Digital and Analog Signals 24 Appendix: The Information Content of Rare Versus Common 25 Events and Signals 2 Bayesian Updating 27 Bayes’ Theorem and Our Intuitions about Evidence 30 Using Bayes’ Rule 32 Summary 41 3 Functions 43 Functions of One Argument 43 Composition and Decomposition of Functions 46 Functions of More than One Argument 48 The Limits to Functional Decomposition 49 Functions Can Map to Multi-Part Outputs 49 Mapping to Multiple-Element Outputs Does Not Increase Expressive Power 50 Defining Particular Functions 51 Summary: Physical/Neurobiological Implications of Facts about Functions 53 4 Representations 55 Some Simple Examples 56 Notation 59 The Algebraic Representation of Geometry 64 5 Symbols 72 Physical Properties of Good Symbols 72 Symbol Taxonomy 79 Summary 82 6 Procedures 85 Algorithms 85 Procedures, Computation, and Symbols 87 Coding and Procedures 89 Two Senses of Knowing 100 A Geometric Example 101 7 Computation 104 Formalizing Procedures 105 The Turing Machine 107 Turing Machine for the Successor Function 110 Turing Machines for fis even 111 Turing Machines for f+ 115 Minimal Memory Structure 121 General Purpose Computer 122 Summary 124 8 Architectures 126 One-Dimensional Look-Up Tables (If-Then Implementation) 128 Adding State Memory: Finite-State Machines 131 Adding Register Memory 137 Summary 144 9 Data Structures 149 Finding Information in Memory 151 An Illustrative Example 160 Procedures and the Coding of Data Structures 165 The Structure of the Read-Only Biological Memory 167 10 Computing with Neurons 170 Transducers and Conductors 171 Synapses and the Logic Gates 172 The Slowness of It All 173 The Time-Scale Problem 174 Synaptic Plasticity 175 Recurrent Loops in Which Activity Reverberates 183 11 The Nature of Learning 187 Learning As Rewiring 187 Synaptic Plasticity and the Associative Theory of Learning 189 Why Associations Are Not Symbols 191 Distributed Coding 192 Learning As the Extraction and Preservation of Useful Information 196 Updating an Estimate of One’s Location 198 12 Learning Time and Space 207 Computational Accessibility 207 Learning the Time of Day 208 Learning Durations 211 Episodic Memory 213 13 The Modularity of Learning 218 Example 1: Path Integration 219 Example 2: Learning the Solar Ephemeris 220 Example 3: “Associative” Learning 226 Summary 241 14 Dead Reckoning in a Neural Network 242 Reverberating Circuits as Read/Write Memory Mechanisms 245 Implementing Combinatorial Operations by Table-Look-Up 250 The Full Model 251 The Ontogeny of the Connections? 252 How Realistic Is the Model? 254 Lessons to Be Drawn 258 Summary 265 15 Neural Models of Interval Timing 266 Timing an Interval on First Encounter 266 Dworkin’s Paradox 268 Neurally Inspired Models 269 The Deeper Problems 276 16 The Molecular Basis of Memory 278 The Need to Separate Theory of Memory from Theory of Learning 278 The Coding Question 279 A Cautionary Tale 281 Why Not Synaptic Conductance? 282 A Molecular or Sub-Molecular Mechanism? 283 Bringing the Data to the Computational Machinery 283 Is It Universal? 286 References 288 Glossary 299 Index 312
£39.85
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Connectionism
Book SynopsisConnectionism is a hands on introduction to connectionist modeling through practical exercises in different types of connectionist architectures. explores three different types of connectionist architectures distributed associative memory, perceptron, and multilayer perceptron provides a brief overview of each architecture, a detailed introduction on how to use a program to explore this network, and a series of practical exercises that are designed to highlight the advantages, and disadvantages, of each accompanied by a website at http://www.bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/~mike/Book3/ that includes practice exercises and software, as well as the files and blank exercise sheets required for performing the exercises designed to be used as a stand-alone volume or alongside Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling (by Michael R.W. Dawson, Blackwell 2004) Trade Review“This is a first-rate textbook, Enabling readers to perform simulations described, it provides a very user-friendly introduction to the essential material, which it sets in an engaging, historically informed context.” Anne Jaap Jacobson, University of HoustonTable of Contents1. Hands-on Connectionism. 1.1 Connectionism In Principle And In Practice. 1.2 The Organization Of This Book. 2. The Distributed Associative Memory. 2.1 The Paired Associates Task. 2.2 The Standard Pattern Associator. 2.3 Exploring The Distributed associative memory. 3. The James Program. 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Installing The Program. 3.3 Teaching A Distributed Memory. 3.4 Testing What The Memory Has Learned. 3.5 Using The Program. 4. Introducing Hebb Learning. 4.1 Overview Of The Exercises. 4.2 Hebb Learning Of Basis Vectors. 4.3 Hebb Learning Of Orthonormal, Non-Basis Vectors. 5. Limitations Of Hebb Learning. 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 The Effect Of Repetition. 5.3 The Effect Of Correlation. 6. Introducing The Delta Rule. 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 The Delta Rule. 6.3 The Delta Rule And The Effect Of Repetition. 6.4 The Delta Rule And The Effect Of Correlation. 7. Distributed Networks And Human Memory. 7.1 Background On The Paired Associate Paradigm. 7.2 The Effect Of Similarity On The Distributed Associative Memory. 8. Limitations Of Delta Rule Learning. 8.1 Introduction. 8.2 The Delta Rule And Linear Dependency. 9. The Perceptron. 9.1 Introduction. 9.2 The Limits Of Distributed Associative Memories, And Beyond. 9.3 Properties Of The Perceptron. 9.4 What Comes Next. 10. The Rosenblatt Program. 10.1 Introduction. 10.2 Installing The Program. 10.3 Training A Perceptron. 10.4 Testing What The Memory Has Learned. 11. Perceptrons And Logic Gates. 11.1 Introduction. 11.2 Boolean Algebra. 11.3 Perceptrons And Two-Valued Algebra. 12. Performing More Logic With Perceptrons. 12.1 Two-Valued Algebra And Pattern Spaces. 12.2 Perceptrons And Linear Separability. 12.3 Appendix Concerning The DawsonJots Font. 13. Value Units And Linear Nonseparability. 13.1 Linear Separability And Its Implications. 13.2 Value Units And The Exclusive-Or Relation. 13.3 Value Units And Connectedness. 14. Network By Problem Type Interactions. 14.1 All Networks Were Not Created Equally. 14.2 Value Units And The Two-Valued Algebra. 15. Perceptrons And Generalization. 15.1 Background. 15.2 Generalization And Savings For The 9-Majority Problem. 16. Animal Learning Theory And Perceptrons. 16.1 Discrimination Learning. 16.2 Linearly Separable Versions Of Patterning. 17. The Multilayer Perceptron. 17.1 Creating Sequences Of Logical Operations. 17.2 Multilayer Perceptrons And The Credit Assignment Problem. 17.3 The Implications Of The Generalized Delta Rule. 18. The Rumelhart Program. 18.1 Introduction. 18.2 Installing The Program. 18.3 Training A Multilayer Perceptron. 18.4 Testing What The Network Has Learned. 19. Beyond The Perceptron’s Limits. 19.1 Introduction. 19.2 The Generalized Delta Rule And Exclusive-Or. 20. Symmetry As A Second Case Study. 20.1 Background. 20.2 Solving Symmetry Problems With Multilayer Perceptrons. 21. How Many Hidden Units?. 21.1 Background. 21.2 How Many Hidden Value Units Are Required For 5-Bit Parity?. 22. Scaling Up With The Parity Problem. 22.1 Overview Of The Exercises. 22.2 Background. 22.3 Exploring The Parity Problem. 23. Selectionism And Parity. 23.1 Background. 23.2 From Connectionism To Selectionism. 24. Interpreting A Small Network. 24.1 Background. 24.2 A Small Network. 24.3 Interpreting This Small Network. 25. Interpreting Networks Of Value Units. 25.1 Background. 25.2 Banding In The First Monks Problem. 25.3 Definite Features In The First Monks Problem. 26. Interpreting Distributed Representations. 26.1 Background. 26.2 Interpreting A 5-Parity Network. 27. Creating Your Own Training Sets. 27.1 Background. 27.2 Designing And Building A Training Set. References.
£41.75
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ghosts of Memory
Book SynopsisGhosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Explores how various subjects are located in personal and familial histories that connect to the wider political formations of which they are a part Closely examines diverse and intriguing case studies, e.g. Catholic residents of a decayed railway colony in Bengal, and sex workers in London Brings together original essays authored by contemporary experts in the field Draws on anthropology, literature, memory studies, and social history Trade Review"A welcome addition offering rich ethnographic cross-cultural accounts and successfully demonstrates how the work of memory plays out in intimate, informal, non-ritualistic, everyday forms and practices of kinship." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2009)Table of ContentsContributors. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Ghosts of Memory: Janet Carsten (University of Edinburgh). 2. Ruins and Ghosts: The Domestic Uncanny and the Materialization of Anglo-Indian Genealogies in Kharagpur: Laura Bear (London School of Economics and Political Science). 3. Enlivened Memories: Recalling Absence and Loss in Mongolia: Rebecca Empson (University of Cambridge). 4. Connections and Disconnections of Memory and Kinship in Narratives of Adoption Reunions in Scotland: Janet Carsten (University of Edinburgh). 5. Memories of Movement and the Stillness of Place: Kinship Memory in the Polish Highlands: Frances Pine (Goldsmiths College, University of London). 6. Moving on? Generating Homes in the Future for Displaced Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka: Sharika Thiranagama (University of Edinburgh). 7. Belonging to What? Jewish Mixed Kinship and Historical Disruption in Twentieth-Century Europe: Stephan Feuchtwang (London School of Economics and Political Science). 8. Threading Time in the Biographies of London Sex Workers: Sophie Day (Goldsmiths College, University of London). 9. Kinship, Memory, and Time in the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients in a North American City: Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University) and Lori Leonard (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health). 10. The Cares of Alice Alder: Recuperating Kinship and History in Switzerland: Michael Lambek (London School of Economics and Political Science). Index
£86.36
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ghosts of Memory
Book SynopsisGhosts of Memory provides an overview of literature on relatedness and memory and then moves beyond traditional approaches to the subject, exploring the subtle and complex intersections between everyday forms of relatedness in the present and memories of the past. Explores how various subjects are located in personal and familial histories that connect to the wider political formations of which they are a part Closely examines diverse and intriguing case studies, e.g. Catholic residents of a decayed railway colony in Bengal, and sex workers in London Brings together original essays authored by contemporary experts in the field Draws on anthropology, literature, memory studies, and social history Trade Review"A welcome addition offering rich ethnographic cross-cultural accounts and successfully demonstrates how the work of memory plays out in intimate, informal, non-ritualistic, everyday forms and practices of kinship." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2009)Table of ContentsContributors. Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: Ghosts of Memory: Janet Carsten (University of Edinburgh). 2. Ruins and Ghosts: The Domestic Uncanny and the Materialization of Anglo-Indian Genealogies in Kharagpur: Laura Bear (London School of Economics and Political Science). 3. Enlivened Memories: Recalling Absence and Loss in Mongolia: Rebecca Empson (University of Cambridge). 4. Connections and Disconnections of Memory and Kinship in Narratives of Adoption Reunions in Scotland: Janet Carsten (University of Edinburgh). 5. Memories of Movement and the Stillness of Place: Kinship Memory in the Polish Highlands: Frances Pine (Goldsmiths College, University of London). 6. Moving on? Generating Homes in the Future for Displaced Northern Muslims in Sri Lanka: Sharika Thiranagama (University of Edinburgh). 7. Belonging to What? Jewish Mixed Kinship and Historical Disruption in Twentieth-Century Europe: Stephan Feuchtwang (London School of Economics and Political Science). 8. Threading Time in the Biographies of London Sex Workers: Sophie Day (Goldsmiths College, University of London). 9. Kinship, Memory, and Time in the Lives of HIV/AIDS Patients in a North American City: Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University) and Lori Leonard (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health). 10. The Cares of Alice Alder: Recuperating Kinship and History in Switzerland: Michael Lambek (London School of Economics and Political Science). Index
£35.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Mind and Cognition
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1990, Mind and Cognition: An Anthology is now firmly established as a popular teaching apparatus for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mind. Brings together the most important classic and contemporary articles in philosophy of mind and cognition Completely revised and updated throughout, in response to feedback from teachers in the field Now includes 20 new readings Each updated part opens with a brief, synoptic introduction to the individual field and a comprehensive further reading list Each section also includes three to four of the most influential papers that have been written in the philosophy of mind over the last 40 years Trade Review“Since it appeared almost 20 years ago, Mind and Cognition has been the premiere anthology in contemporary philosophy of mind. This judiciously updated edition secures its position for the foreseeable future.” Shaun Nichols, University of Arizona “An enormously useful collection, including representative articles not only on the multitude of positions before and after the ‘cognitive revolution’, but also on topics such as the emotions, animal minds and distinctively perceptual content that have only recently begun to receive the attention they deserve. An ideal text for both introductory and graduate study of the many topics.” Georges Rey, University of MarylandTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. Part I: Ontology: The Identity Theory and Functionalism:. Introduction. Behaviorism. 1. Excerpt from About Behaviorism: B. F. Skinner. The Identity Theory and Machine Functionalism. 2. Is Consciousness a Brain Process?: U. T. Place. Causal and Functionalist Views. 3. The Causal Theory of Mind: D. M. Armstrong. 4. The Nature of Mental States: Hilary Putnam. 5. Troubles with Functionalism (excerpt): Ned Block. Anomalous Monism. 6. Mental Events: Donald Davidson. Homuncular and Teleological Functionalism. 7. The Continuity of Levels of Nature: William G. Lycan. Part II: Intentionality:. Introduction. Psychosemantics. 8. Information and Representation: Jerry A. Fodor. 9. Biosemantics: Ruth Garrett Millikan. 10. A Guide to Naturalizing Semantics (excerpt): Barry Loewer. Other Approaches to Intentionality. 11. Modality, Normativity, and Intentionality: Robert Brandom. Part III: The Computational Theory of Mind and Artificial Intelligence. Introduction. The Language of Thought and Computationalism. 12. Why There Has to Be and How There Could Be a Private Language: Jerry A. Fodor. 13. Which Language Do We Think With?: Peter Carruthers. Artificial Intelligence. 14. Semantic Engines: An Introduction to Mind Design: John Haugeland. 15. Can Computers Think?: John R. Searle. Part IV: Eliminativism, Neurophilosophy, and Anti-Representationalism. Introduction. Eliminativism. 16. Eliminative Materialism and the Propositional Attitudes: Paul M. Churchland. Connectionism. 17. Neural Representation and Neural Computation: Patricia Smith Churchland and Terrence Sejnowski. 18. Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture (excerpt): Jerry A. Fodor and Zenon W. Pylyshyn. Dynamical Systems Theory and Robotics. 19. What Might Cognition Be, If Not Computation?: Tim Van Gelder. 20. Intelligence Without Representation: Rodney A. Brooks. Part V: Instrumentalism and Folk Psychology. Introduction. Instrumentalism. 21. True Believers: The Intentional Strategy and Why it Works: Daniel C. Dennett. 22. Dennett on Intentional Systems: Stephen P. Stich. 23. Real Patterns: Daniel C. Dennett. Simulationism and the Theory Theory. 24. Folk Psychology as Simulation: Robert M. Gordon. 25. Folk Psychology: Simulation or Tacit Theory? (excerpt): Stephen P. Stich and Shaun Nichols. Part VI: Mental Causation, Externalism, and Self-Knowledge. Introduction. For and Against Folk Psychology. 26. Autonomous Psychology and the Belief--Desire Thesis: Stephen P. Stich. 27. Folk Psychology is Here to Stay: Terence Horgan and James Woodward. Supervenient Causation. 28. Mental Causation: Jaegwon Kim. 29. Type Epiphenomenalism, Type Dualism, and the Causal Priority of the Physical: Brian P. McLaughlin. For and Against Externalism. 30. Individualism and Supervenience: Jerry A. Fodor. 31. The Argument from Causal Powers: Robert A. Wilson. 32. Reference, Causal Powers, Externalist Intuitions, and Unicorns: Gabriel M. A. Segal. Self-Knowledge. 33. Knowing One’s Own Mind: Donald Davidson. 34. Externalism and Inference: Paul A. Boghossian. Radical Externalism. 35. The Extended Mind: Andy Clark and David J. Chalmers. Part VII: Consciousness, Qualia, and Subjectivity. Introduction. What Is Consciousness?. 36. How Not to Find the Neural Correlate of Consciousness: Ned Block. 37. What Should We Expect from a Theory of Consciousness?: Patricia S. Churchland. 38. Consciousness and its Place in Nature (excerpt): David J. Chalmers. Conscious Awareness. 39. A Theory of Consciousness (excerpt): David M. Rosenthal. 40. The Superiority of HOP to HOT: William G. Lycan. 41. Perception without Awareness: Fred Dretske. What It’s Like. 42. Epiphenomenal Qualia: Frank Jackson. 43. Understanding the Phenomenal Mind: Are We All Just Armadillos?: Robert Van Gulick. Qualia. 44. The Intrinsic Quality of Experience: Gilbert Harman. 45. Sensation and the Content of Experience: Christopher Peacocke. 46. Blurry Images, Double Vision, and Other Oddities: Michael Tye. Part VIII: Perceptual Content. Introduction. 47. Simple Seeing: Fred Dretske. 48. Excerpts from The Varieties of Reference: Gareth Evans. 49. Non-conceptual Content: John McDowell. 50. Experience Without the Head: Alva Noë. Part IX: Animal Minds. Introduction. 51. Rational Animals: Donald Davidson. 52. The Problem of Simple Minds: Is There Anything it is Like to be a Honey Bee?: Michael Tye. 53. Why the Question of Animal Consciousness Might Not Matter Very Much: Peter Carruthers. Part X: Emotion. Introduction. 54. Emotions and Choice: Robert C. Solomon. 55. Embodied Emotions: Jesse Prinz. 56. Is Emotion a Natural Kind?: Paul E. Griffiths. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Persuasive Messages
Book SynopsisDesigned to help students become more successful persuaders, Persuasive Messages offers practical advice on refining purpose, understanding audience, and designing a persuasive message. This textbook combines theory and practice, adopting a cognitive approach to understanding the persuasion process. A guide to successful persuasion, using student-friendly examples to provide a much-needed balance between theory and application Offers a new approach using the Cognitive Response Model, which places a special emphasis on audiences, and how they react to, or process, persuasive messages Covers a broad range of issues including: the relationship between attitudes and behaviour; the nature of ethics in persuasion; dealing with hostile and multiple audiences; and theories of persuasion, including consistency, social judgment, and reasoned action Teaches readers to be critical consumers of persuasive messages by discussing persuasion in advertiTrade Review"The theoretical part of the book presents the key concepts to understanding the processes of social influence and persuasion." (PsycCritiques, June 2009) “The blending of classical rhetoric and contemporary persuasion theory and meta-analysis results as applied to everyday practice represents an exciting and remarkable achievement. Understandable and comprehensive, the Benoits begin the next generation of textbooks.” Mike Allen, UW-Milwaukee“This clearly written book [does] a particularly good job of combining theory and application. References [are] comprehensive, … and the material well presented and accessible. Recommended.” (Choice) Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Boxes. List of Tables. Preface. Part I: Attitudes and Persuasion:. 1. The Importance of Persuasion. 2. The Cognitive Approach to Persuasion. 3. The Source of Persuasive Messages: Credibility. 4. Ethical Concerns. Part II: Preparing Persuasive Communication:. 5. Purpose and Audience. 6. Organization: Structuring the Message. 7. Substance: Support for Your Ideas. 8. Symbols and Style. 9. Hostile, Apathetic, Motivated, and Multiple Audiences. Part III: Theories of Persuasion:. 10. Consistency Theories of Attitude Change. 11. Social Judgment/Involvement Theory. 12. Theory of Reasoned Action. Part IV: Critical Consumers of Persuasive Messages:. 13. Persuasion in Advertising. 14. Persuasion in Political Campaigns. References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Persuasive Messages
Book SynopsisDesigned to help students become more successful persuaders, Persuasive Messages offers practical advice on refining purpose, understanding audience, and designing a persuasive message. This textbook combines theory and practice, adopting a cognitive approach to understanding the persuasion process. A guide to successful persuasion, using student-friendly examples to provide a much-needed balance between theory and application Offers a new approach using the Cognitive Response Model, which places a special emphasis on audiences, and how they react to, or process, persuasive messages Covers a broad range of issues including: the relationship between attitudes and behaviour; the nature of ethics in persuasion; dealing with hostile and multiple audiences; and theories of persuasion, including consistency, social judgment, and reasoned action Teaches readers to be critical consumers of persuasive messages by discussing persuasion in advertiTrade Review“Persuasive Messages displays a mature judgment about how to teach and learn persuasion. The product of two very experienced scholar/instructors, the book commits to a base theory – the Elaboration Likelihood Model – and shows how it informs both practice and reflection on other leading theories. This book is very well adapted to an introductory course with a practical component.” Dale Hample, Western Illinois University “The blending of classical rhetoric and contemporary persuasion theory and meta-analysis results as applied to everyday practice represents an exciting and remarkable achievement. Understandable and comprehensive, the Benoits begin the next generation of textbooks.” Mike Allen, UW-Milwaukee“This clearly written book [does] a particularly good job of combining theory and application. References [are] comprehensive, … and the material well presented and accessible. Recommended.” Choice Table of ContentsList of Figures. List of Boxes. List of Tables. Preface. Part I: Attitudes and Persuasion:. 1. The Importance of Persuasion. 2. The Cognitive Approach to Persuasion. 3. The Source of Persuasive Messages: Credibility. 4. Ethical Concerns. Part II: Preparing Persuasive Communication:. 5. Purpose and Audience. 6. Organization: Structuring the Message. 7. Substance: Support for Your Ideas. 8. Symbols and Style. 9. Hostile, Apathetic, Motivated, and Multiple Audiences. Part III: Theories of Persuasion:. 10. Consistency Theories of Attitude Change. 11. Social Judgment/Involvement Theory. 12. Theory of Reasoned Action. Part IV: Critical Consumers of Persuasive Messages:. 13. Persuasion in Advertising. 14. Persuasion in Political Campaigns. References. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Cognition
Book SynopsisHow we perceive and interpret the actions of others is crucial if we are to develop into healthy adults. It has even been argued that a lack of social cognitive skills lays a strong foundation for a variety of atypical developmental disorders, including autism. Fortunately, our understanding of how humans process and interpret each other''s actions has increased by leaps and bounds in the past decade. At the vanguard of these encouraging developments has been groundbreaking research in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, and autism. Social Cognition: Development, Neuroscience and Autism is the first volume to fully integrate these areas of cutting-edge research on social cognition through contributions from some of the world''s foremost experts in all three disciplines. The text is edited by distinguished development specialists who preface each section with chapter by chapter summaries that seamlessly link each of the contribuTrade Review"The volume is an important collection of chapters at the cutting edge of developmental social neuroscience. In addition to several well known figures, the international array of authors includes some rising stars whose work points to the future of the field. This exciting synthesis of social cognition and developmental neuroscience will provide stimulating reading for a wide variety of researchers and students of typical and atypical human development."Professor Mark H Johnson, Director of the Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, University of London "A landmark for a new era in social cognition research, Striano and Reid have gathered together an outstanding collection of contributions to point the way to a truly interdisciplinary social cognitive developmental neuroscience. Coherently organized and thoughtfully edited, this volume represents the latest in research and theory on social cognition in the brain and on how it changes through typical and atypical development. The quality and range of the chapters will make the volume an invaluable reference for researchers and students alike." Professor Chris Moore, Dalhousie University, Canada "The new discipline of social neuroscience has made remarkable strides in the last decade. This book is an important and highly readable collection of essays in the field. It should help dissolve the barrier between what C P Snow called "The two cultures" - science and humanities - long separated by a gap he regarded as unbridgeable." VS Ramachandran MD "The last 10 years have witnessed an explosion in our understanding of the neural and developmental factors that underlie social interactions in humans. This impressive volume skilfully weaves together the various threads that have driven this revolution forward to produce a work of significant importance. "Striano and Reid have managed to bring together most of the world's top experts in social cognitive neurosciences through 21 neatly written and interrelated chapters. It is refreshing to see that the majority of authors are European-based, thereby providing not just a European perspective on this vibrant discipline, but underscoring the centrality of European research in this endeavour. "As a whole, this collection provides both an erudite and gripping glimpse into what makes us who we are as individuals within a society. While there are several other works on the foundations of social cognition, Section 4 of the current volume on social cognition in children with autism and other developmental disorders makes the work stand out as a unique contribution. It should be essential reading for students of human behaviour and practitioners alike who wish to catch up with the latest developments in our understanding of the social brain." Professor Denis Mareschal, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck University of London "Taken individually, each of the chapters in Striano and Reid's important new volume extends the horizon of what is known regarding mechanisms of social cognition and its development. Taken as a whole, this volume compellingly showcases the power of interdisciplinary collaboration, and highlights the key role such collaboration will play in illuminating the human social capacity." Dr Dare Baldwin, Department of Psychology, University of OregonTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Abbreviations. Preface. Part One Research and Social Cognition. 1. Social Cognition at the Crossroads: Perspectives on Understanding Others (Tricia Striano and Vincent Reid). 2. Research Methodology and Social Cognition (Vincent Reid and Elena Geangu). Part Two Cognitive Neuroscience. Editors’ Introduction. 3. Do Adolescents Simulate? Developmental Studies of the Human Mirror Neuron System (Marco Iacoboni). 4. The Inhibition of Imitative Behavior and Attribution of Mental States (Marcel Brass and Stephanie Spengler). 5. Social Perception: Understanding Other People’s Intentions and Emotions through their Actions (Julie Grèzes and Beatrice de Gelder). 6. Development of the Social Brain during Adolescence (Sarah-Jayne Blakemore). 7. How do we Understand Others’ Intentions? An Attentional Investigation (Pines Nuku and Harold Bekkering). Part Three Social Cognition during infancy. Editors’ Introduction. 8. Memories for Events in Infants: Goal-Relevant Action Coding (Ildikó Király). 9. The Interchange of Self-Performed Actions and Perceived Actions in Infants (Petra Hauf). 10. Tools and Goals: A Social-Cognition Perspective on Infant Learning of Object Function (Birgit Elsner). 11. The Directed-Attention Model of Infant Social Cognition: Further Evidence (Vincent Reid and Tricia Striano). 12. Reading Faces in Infancy: Developing a Multi-Level Analysis of a Social Stimulus (Tobias Grossmann and Amrisha Vaish). 13. The Perception of Emotional Expressions during Infancy (Stefanie Hoehl. Part Four Social Cognition: The challenge of autism. Editors’ Introduction. 14. Face and Gaze Processing in Autism (Robert Joseph and Helen Tager-Flusberg). 15. Beyond Social Perception: The Case of Autism (Jessica Hobson and R. Peter Hobson). 16. The Role of Looking in Social Cognition: Perspectives from Development and Autism (Claes von Hofsten and Gustaf Gredebäck). 17. What Does the Study of Autism Tell us about the Craft of Folk Psychology? (Richard Griffin and Daniel Dennett). 18. The Other End of the Spectrum? Social Cognition in Williams Syndrome (Jon Brock, Shiri Einav, and Deborah M. Riby). Part Five Commentaries. 19. Commentary: Mutual Recognition as a Foundation of Sociality and Social Comfort (Philippe Rochat). 20. Commentary on Social Cognition: Development, Neuroscience, and Autism (Charles Nelson). 21. Commentary: How Social is Social Cognition? (Simon Baron-Cohen). Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Critical Thinking and Learning
Book SynopsisExamines the different perspectives in the field of critical thinking and learning Provides insights into critical thinking by posing new questions from contributing authors Introduces cross-cultural viewpoints into the dominant 'western'-based educational viewpoint Highlights differences among a variety of thinkers in the field.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors v Preface and acknowledgements Michael A. Peters ix 1 Critical Thinking and Learning Mark Mason 1 2 Kinds of Thinking, Styles of Reasoning Michael A. Peters 12 3 Culture, Cognitive Pluralism and Rationality Colin W. Evers 25 4 Is There a Geography of Thought for East-West Differences? Why or Why Not? Ho Mun Chan & Hektor K. T. Yan 44 5 False Dichotomy? ‘Western’ and ‘Confucian’ concepts of scholarship and learning Janette Ryan & Kam Louie 65 6 Learning, Empowerment and Judgement Michael Luntley 79 7 Is Popper’s Falsificationist Heuristic a Helpful Resource for Developing Critical Thinking? Chi-Ming Lam 93 8 Critical Thinking as a Source of Respect for Persons: A critique Christine Doddington 109 9 Re-conceptualizing Critical Thinking for Moral Education in Culturally Plural Societies Duck-Joo Kwak 120 Index 131
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The WileyBlackwell Handbook of Childhood
Book SynopsisThis definitive volume is the result of collaboration by top scholars in the field of children''s cognition. New edition offers an up-to-date overview of all the major areas of importance in the field, and includes new datafrom cognitive neuroscience and new chapters on social cognitive development and language Provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by international specialists in different areas of cognitive development Spans aspects of cognitive development from infancy to the onset of adolescence Includes chapters on symbolic reasoning, pretend play, spatial development, abnormal cognitive development and current theoretical perspectives Trade Review"All these will find the material in this new companion topical and challenging . . The essays are provided with generous and well-chosen lists of further reading, and many of the works will or should be in any well-stocked academic or research library". (Reference Reviews, 2011) "This is an authoritative, comprehensive and cutting-edge account of psychological theory and research on children's cognitive development from infants to early adolescence. Written by a cast of world leading academics, this handbook provides a single volume resource that covers all the major topics...This second edition reflects the significant developments within the field arising from the latest cognitive neuropsychological research...This handbook brings together such a wealth of material to constitute possibly the single best reference book in its subject area and, as such, should serve as a key text for advanced students, researchers and practitioners." (The Psychologist, May 2011) "Overall, the handbook is a thoughtful and valuable reference work, to which users can refer for an impressive range of research." (Julia Carroll, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44:6) "Though the structure of this book is similar to other volumes in the series, I welcome it with even greater enthusiasm than the rest. While they all summarise and review the latest scientific research in their particular area of child development, research in the field of infant cognition has, in the last few years, completely overturned all previous conceptions. This volume, therefore, not only summarises and updates the literature in its field, but also replaces much of it ... at the moment this book series is the cutting edge ... As with other volumes in the series, all libraries serving postgraduate level studies in psychology and related disciplines should seriously consider acquisition." (Martin Guha, Librarian, Institute of Psychiatry, Reference Reviews, 17 February 2003) "Summing up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." (K.L. Hartlep, California State University, Bakersfield, Choice, March 2003) "The book is a timely addition to to the literature on infant and child cognitive development... The significant value of this volume lies in the breadth of its coverage and the sheer comprehensiveness of its execution... For academics and researchers in the field of infant and child cognitive development this is an invaluable resource that encompasses the current state of knowledge in this central developmental area." (Mark Tomlinson, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2005, 17(2))Table of ContentsAcknowledgements x List of Contributors xi Introduction 1 Part I Infancy: The Origins of Cognitive Development 5 1 How Do Infants Reason About Physical Events? 11 Renée Baillargeon, Jie Li, Yael Gertner, and Di Wu 2 Social Cognition and the Origins of Imitation, Empathy, and Theory of Mind 49 Andrew N. Meltzoff 3 Kinds of Agents: The Origins of Understanding Instrumental and Communicative Agency 76 György Gergely 4 Social Cognition and Social Motivations in Infancy 106 Malinda Carpenter 5 Born to Categorize 129 Paul C. Quinn 6 Early Memory Development 153 Patricia J. Bauer, Marina Larkina, and Joanne Deocampo 7 Early Word-Learning and Conceptual Development: Everything Had a Name, and Each Name Gave Birth to a New Thought 180 Sandra R. Waxman and Erin M. Leddon Part II Cognitive Development in Early Childhood 209 8 Development of the Animate–Inanimate Distinction 213 John E. Opfer and Susan A. Gelman 9 Language Development 239 Michael Tomasello 10 Developing a Theory of Mind 258 Henry M. Wellman 11 Pretend Play and Cognitive Development 285 Angeline Lillard, Ashley M. Pinkham, and Eric Smith 12 Early Development of the Understanding and Use of Symbolic Artifacts 312 Judy S. DeLoache Part III Topics in Cognitive Development in Childhood 337 13 Memory Development in Childhood 347 Wolfgang Schneider 14 Causal Reasoning and Explanation 377 Barbara Koslowski and Amy Masnick 15 Inductive and Deductive Reasoning 399 Usha Goswami 16 The Development of Moral Reasoning 420 Larry P. Nucci and Matthew Gingo 17 Spatial Development: Evolving Approaches to Enduring Questions 446 Lynn S. Liben and Adam E. Christensen 18 Children's Intuitive Physics 473 Friedrich Wilkening and Trix Cacchione 19 What is Scientific Thinking and How Does it Develop? 497 Deanna Kuhn 20 Reading Development and Dyslexia 524 Margaret J. Snowling and Silke M. Göbel 21 Children's Understanding of Mathematics 549 Peter Bryant and Terezinha Nuñes 22 Executive Function in Typical and Atypical Development 574 Philip David Zelazo and Ulrich Müller 23 Language and Cognition: Evidence from Disordered Language 604 Barbara Dodd and Sharon Crosbie 24 The Empathizing-Systematizing (E-S) Theory of Autism: A Cognitive Developmental Account 626 Simon Baron-Cohen Part IV Theories of Cognitive Development 641 25 Piaget's Theory: Past, Present, and Future 649 Patricia H. Miller 26 Vygotsky and Psychology 673 Harry Daniels 27 Information-Processing Models of Cognitive Development 697 Graeme S. Halford and Glenda Andrews 28 Neuroconstructivism 723 Gert Westermann, Michael S. C. Thomas, and Annette Karmiloff-Smith 29 Individual Differences in Cognitive Development 749 Robert J. Sternberg Index 775
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Johns Hopkins University Press National Security through a Cockeyed Lens
Book SynopsisHis concluding chapter examines a range of debiasing techniques, exploring how they can improve decision making.Trade ReviewThis provides an American foreign policy expert's survey of security studies and new methods of analyzing and understanding international politics. Highly recommended for any college-level political science collection! Midwest Book Review National Security through a Cockeyed Lens is an interesting read for anyone seeking to understand how seemingly poor decisions can be made at critical junctures. Middle East Journal National Security through a Cockeyed Lens serves as a seminal work, instructive for scholars and decision makers alike... Yetiv's volume could be one of the key books for presidents and their advisers to read before they begin making decisions... -- William W. Newmann H-Diplo The principles in this book deserve wide recognition. Yetiv places necessary focus on lapses in decision making that are important to acknowledge. -- James Lebovic Political Science QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: When Psychology Meets Decision Making1. Afghanistan and Conflict: Intention and Threat Perception2. President Reagan and Iran-Contra: Focus Feature3. Radical Terrorism: A Cockeyed Lens4. The 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A War of Overconfidence5. U.S. Energy Policy: Short-Term BiasConclusion: Making Better DecisionsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Philosophy Science and Sense Perception
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1964. In four essays, Professor Mandelbaum challenges some of the most common assumptions of contemporary epistemology. Through historical analyses and critical argument, he attempts to show that one cannot successfully sever the connections between philosophic and scientific accounts of sense perception. While each essay is independent of the others, and the argument of each must therefore be judged on its own merits, one theme is common to all: that critical realism, as Mandelbaum calls it, is a viable epistemological position, even though some schools of thought hold it in low esteem.Table of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Locke's RealismChapter 2. Newton and Boyle and The Problem of "Transdiction"Chapter 3. "Of Scepticism with Regard to the Senses"Chapter 4. Toward a Critical RealismAppendixBibliographyIndex
£35.10
Johns Hopkins University Press History Man and Reason
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1971. The purpose of this book is to draw attention to important aspects of thought in the nineteenth century. While its central concerns lie within the philosophic tradition, materials drawn from the social sciences and elsewhere provide important illustrations of the intellectual movements that the author attempts to trace. This book aims at examining philosophic modes of thought as well as sifting presuppositions held in common by a diverse group of thinkers whose antecedents and whose intentions often had little in common. After a preliminary tracing of the main strands of continuity within philosophy itself, the author concentrates on how, out of diverse and disparate sources, certain common beliefs and attitudes regarding history, man, and reason came to pervade a great deal of nineteenth-century thought. Geographically, this book focuses on English, French, and German thought. Mandelbaum believes that views regarding history and man and reason pose probleTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Philosophic BackgroundChapter 1. Philosophic Movements in the Nineteenth CenturyPart II. HistoricismChapter 2. The Nature and Scope of HistoricismChapter 3. The First Phase of Historicism: From the Enlightenment Through HegelChapter 4. The Search for a Science of Socity: From Saint-Simon to Marx and EngelsChapter 5. Evolution and ProgressChapter 6. Social EvolutionChapter 7. Historicism: A Critical AppraisalPart III. The Malleability of Man Chapter 8. Challenges to ConstancyChapter 9. Geneticim: The Associationist TraditionChapter 10. Organicism: Culture and Human NatureChapter 11. Man as a Progressive BeingChapter 12. Constancy and Changer in Human Nature: A Critical AccountPart IV. The Limits of ReasonChapter 13. Critiques of the Intellectual Powers of Man: The Idealist StrandChapter 14. Ignoramus, Ignorabimus: The Positivist StrandChapter 15. The Rebellion Against ReasonChapter 16. The Limits ReappraisedNotesBibliographyIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Creativity
Book SynopsisA short but engaging exploration of our changing perception of creativity. Creativity was once seen as the mark of mad geniuses, troubled souls, and avant-garde eccentrics. Today, however, we expect to find the trait thriving in and around us. Why? In Creativity, Jan Løhmann Stephensen provides a historical and contemporary view of creativity and explains why it is not always the answer to every problem. From van Gogh to Springsteen, Løhmann Stephensen explores the creative process of artists in order to craft a new theory of creativitymarking it as a collective and dynamic process in flux, rather than a finished product with a set endpoint and sole creator. Finally, he warns, in the twenty-first century, the importance that employers place on creativity has warped the concept into a ubiquitous economic commodity. ReflectionsIn Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on a key concept that encapsulates their yearTable of ContentsChapter 1. From South-West Thailand to Northwest JutlandChapter 2. The History of CreativitiesChapter 3. Creating TechnologiesChapter 4. Madmen—And Mad WomenChapter 5. Against Society And In Its Service
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Johns Hopkins University Press Sleep
Book SynopsisA short but engaging analysis of why we sleep and how to improve our sleep hygiene. In Sleep, psychologist Christine Parsons lays out the benefits of sleeping for our bodies, minds, and societies. The negative effects of chronic sleep deprivation include correlations with Alzheimer's disease, relationship problems, and car crashes. To combat sleep deprivation, Parsons studies the effects of melatonin and caffeine and the importance of light and the circadian rhythm on the quality of our sleep. She provides helpful tricks, training, and therapy to overcome the most common obstacles to better sleep hygiene. Exploring different sleep styles and choices, Parsons assesses which ones work and which ones don'thelping lead us to a better night's rest. In Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting Table of ContentsIn Search of the Sweet SpotSleep Styles and ChoicesObstacles Old and NewTricks, Training, and Therapy
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American Psychological Association Mechanisms of Social Connection
Book SynopsisThis book is an interdisciplinary exploration of how social connections are expressed at the neurological, developmental, dyadic, and group levels.Trade Review“The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds.” – CHOICEThis edited volume takes what might appear to be disparate topics and creates a narrative of the human social experience that is highly informative and coherent…Each of the chapters is skillfully edited so that there is relatively little repetition of information across chapters. The result is one of the very few edited books I have encountered in which the chapters flow seamlessly, as if written by one very good author. * PsycCRITIQUES *The diversity of perspectives presented in the current volume makes it a must for scholars interested in the physiological and psychological mechanisms of social bonds. * Choice *Table of Contents Contributors Preface Introduction Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. ShaverPart I. Brain Chapter 1: Comparative and Developmental Perspectives on Oxytocin and Vasopressin Karen L. Bales Chapter 2: Primary-Process Separation-Distress (PANIC/GRIEF) and Reward Eagerness (SEEKING) Processes in the Ancestral Genesis of Depressive Affect and Addictions Jaak Panksepp, Mark Solms, Thomas E. Schläpfer, and Volker A. Coenen Chapter 3: Romantic Love, Pair-Bonding, and the Dopaminergic Reward System Bianca P. Acevedo and Arthur P. Aron Chapter 4: The Vicarious Brain Christian Keysers and Valeria Gazzola Chapter 5: Our Social Baseline: The Role of Social Proximity in Economy of Action James A. Coan, Casey L. Brown, and Lane Beckes Chapter 6:Emotion, Morality, and the Developing Brain Jean Decety and Lauren H. HowardPart II. Infancy and Development Chapter 7: Child–Parent Attachment and Response to Threat: A Move From the Level of Representation Jude Cassidy, Katherine B. Ehrlich, and Laura J. Sherman Chapter 8: Synchrony and the Neurobiological Basis of Social Affiliation Ruth Feldman Chapter 9: Gaze Following: A Mechanism for Building Social Connections Between Infants and Adults Rechele Brooks and Andrew N. Meltzoff Chapter 10: Beyond Words: Parental Embodied Mentalizing and the Parent–Infant Dance Dana Shai and Peter Fonagy Chapter 11: Parental Insightfulness and Child–Parent Emotion Dialogues: Their Importance for Children's Development David Oppenheim and Nina Koren-Karie Chapter 12: The Impact of Early Interpersonal Experience on Adult Romantic Relationship Functioning Jeffry A. Simpson, W. Andrew Collins, Jessica E. Salvatore, and Sooyeon SungPart III. Adult Close Relationships Chapter 13: Risk Regulation in Close Relationships Justin V. Cavallo, Sandra L. Murray, and John G. Holmes Chapter 14: Responsiveness: Affective Interdependence in Close Relationships Harry T. Reis Chapter 15: Attachment Bonds in Romantic Relationships Phillip R. Shaver and Mario Mikulincer Chapter 16: A Theoretical Perspective on the Importance of Social Connections for Thriving Brooke C. Feeney and Nancy L. Collins Chapter 17: Sexy Building Blocks: The Contribution of the Sexual System to Attachment Formation and MaintenanceGurit E. BirnbaumPart IV. Group Chapter 18: Evolution of the Social Brain: Psychological Adaptations for Group Living Mark van Vugt and Tatsuya Kameda Chapter 19: Social Defense Theory: How a Mixture of Personality Traits in Group Contexts May Promote Our Survival Tsachi Ein-Dor Chapter 20: It's All in the Mind: How Social Identification Processes Affect Neurobiological Responses Naomi Ellemers, Félice van Nunspeet, and Daan Scheepers Chapter 21: Oxytocinergic Circuitry Motivates Group Loyalty Carsten K. W. De Dreu Index About the Editors
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