Cognition and cognitive psychology Books

Book SynopsisThis accessible book explains the origins and evolution of intelligence, for everyone curious about the concept, and suspicious of IQ. Enlightened by the most recent research, it encourages readers of all levels to think more clearly about issues in development and education, and the debates and controversies surrounding the subject.Trade Review'Ken Richardson has written a masterful book about intelligence. In contrast to what leading behavioural geneticists and psychometrically oriented psychologists see as the moderately or highly heritable trait of general intelligence (IQ), Richardson explains why psychometric and behavioural genetic arguments fail, and how intelligence should be seen as a socially acquired characteristic. A longstanding expert on intelligence, he writes in a manner that can be understood by both academic and general readers. I strongly recommend this book as an accessible and important counterweight to mainstream descriptions of intelligence in the fields of psychology and behavioural genetics, and in the media.' Jay Joseph, Psy.D., psychologist and author, Oakland, California, USA'Ken Richardson's Understanding Intelligence is a timely and important addition to Cambridge University Press's groundbreaking Understanding Life series. Richardson provides a "natural history of intelligence", and no facet of that complex topic goes untouched – adaptive evolution, embryology, endocrinology, circadian rhythms, neural networks, cooperative hunting. In our current moment, where scholars and politicians alike are calling for gene-guided education and appealing to innate differences as the cause of racial disparities, Richardson debunks myth after myth about cognitive ability: that the brain is best conceptualised as a machine, that IQ tests measure intelligence, that different racial groups have naturally different intellectual aptitudes, that the genome is a programme for cognitive development. The esteemed psychologist, in exchange, offers a vision of intelligence as a dynamic, interactive, developing, adaptive system – a system that allows every person to intellectually flourish, if only they are given the opportunity.' James Tabery, Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah, USA'For decades, Ken Richardson has been a leading voice within the critical approaches to intelligence in psychology. He patiently and determinedly interrogated the often taken for granted assumptions – and myths – about the meaning of intelligence, about how it can be measured and tested, about its heritability or its applicability as a measure of intellectual ability in the school or the workplace. Understanding Intelligence provides a thoroughly researched and persuasively argued up-to-date overview of this important work. It is sure to become an indispensable resource for both academics and practitioners, and indeed for anyone interested in one of psychology's most controversial, and flawed, concepts.' Jovan Byford, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University, UKTable of Contents1. Testing, testing; 2. In the genes?; 3. Intelligent systems; 4. Intelligence evolving; 5. Intelligent development; 6. Intelligent machine?; 7. Becoming human; 8. Individual differences; 9. Promoting intelligence.

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Book SynopsisTurn your inner voice from critic to coachAs humans, we all have a special ability that is unique to our species: an inner voice. It helps us focus, achieve our goals and reflect on life’s most joyful moments. But it can also be our biggest enemy, chewing over painful emotions and replaying embarrassments, hijacking our thoughts to run amok with ‘chatter’. How does this source of wisdom turn into our biggest critic? And how can we take back control?These are the questions one of the world’s leading experts on the conscious mind set out to answer twenty years ago, when he started on an audacious mission — to study the conversations we have with ourselves. In this hugely anticipated book, that expert, the award-winning neuroscientist and psychologist Ethan Kross, reveals the sheer power of the inner voice, and shows us that we all possess a set of tools for harnessing it. Hidden in plain sight, they are in the words we use and the stories we tell ourselves, in the conversations we have with our loved ones and in the habits we undertake when tackling our goals. They are even sometimes in our bizarre rituals and lucky charms.Fascinating, entertaining and full of original insights and tips, Chatter will change the conversations you have with yourself forever, and help you lead a happier, more productive life.Trade ReviewCompletely fascinating... it's already changed my life * Chris Evans *Are there right and wrong ways to communicate with yourself, and if so, are there techniques that might usefully be employed by those with inner voices that are just a little too loud?...Kross has found answers to some, if not all, of these questions...[Chatter] could hardly be published at a more opportune moment. * Rachel Cooke, The Guardian *Fresh and riveting, Chatter is a masterpiece-a landmark book that will change the way you think about human nature. Ethan Kross is one part sage, one part mensch, and one part world-class psychological scientist. When I need advice, it's Ethan I call. Now, through Chatter, everyone has a chance to learn about their inner voice from among the wisest people I know. Required reading for all. * Angela Duckworth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grit *So accessible and informative - a fantastic addition to our understanding of our mind, and how it emphatically changes our day for good or bad. * Julia Samuel, psychotherapist and bestselling author of Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass *Ethan Kross isn't just a world-renowned scientist, he's an expert storyteller too. In Chatter, he shows why our inner voice is indispensable, and reveals how we can master it. Urgent, lucid, and compelling, Chatter is the groundbreaking and transformative book the world needs now. * Susan Cain, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet and Quiet Power *I've demonstrated throughout my career how negative thoughts can spiral and undermine people's success. In Chatter, Ethan Kross weaves cutting-edge science with riveting stories to reveal the tools people can use to manage these experiences. Chatter is a truly compelling and valuable book. * Carol Dweck, author of Mindset *Chatter isn't just thought provoking - it's thought transforming. * Apple Books Review *This book is going to fundamentally change some of the most important conversations in your life - the ones you have with yourself. Along with being a pioneering psychologist and neuroscientist, Ethan Kross is an unusually gifted writer and storyteller. He shows that instead of trying to silence your monkey mind, you can learn to educate it, motivate it, and even reason with it. * Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B *I talk to myself. And so do you. Yet this remarkable capacity for introspection can sometimes lead us astray. Ethan Kross has written the definitive work on how to redirect our inner voices away from rumination and self-criticism and toward reflection and self-improvement. Chatter is a profound and practical book-one that will leave you with both a fresh understanding of yourself and new strategies to live a fuller life. * Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, To Sell is Human, and When *Stimulating . . . Kross, the director of the University of Michigan's Emotion & Self Control Laboratory, debuts with an eye-opening look at managing 'the silent conversations people have with themselves'. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *

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Book SynopsisCognitive Behavioural Therapy made practical. The Little CBT Workbook is a portable workbook introducing essential CBT techniques you can use to improve your wellbeing today. Filled with exercises, checklists and learning points, The Little CBT Workbook enables you to explore key CBT principles and discover how to apply them to your day-to-day life. As an interactive introduction to CBT, The Little CBT Workbook is easy to understand and gives a complete overview of CBT, suitable for self-teaching or to supplement a course of counselling – or to provide a head start for those on CBT waiting lists. Authored by practising CBT specialists whose expertise is regularly cited in media from City AM and Management Today to The Times and Daily Mail, The Little CBT Workbook helps you identify how you think about yourself, the world and other people, as well as understand how what you do affects your thoughts and

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Book SynopsisSocial anthropologist Jean Lave and computer scientist Etienne Wenger’s seminal Situated Learning helped change the fields of cognitive science and pedagogy by approaching learning from a novel angle. Traditionally, theories of learning and education had focused on processes of cognition – the mental processes of knowledge formation that occur within an individual. Lave and Wenger chose to look at learning not as an individual process, but a social one. As so often with the creative thinking process, a small, simple shift in emphasis was all that was required to show things in an entirely different light. What Situated Learning illustrated – and emphasized – was that learning is dependent on its social situation. Even though the most effective way to learn is through interaction with experts and peers in a community organized around a common interest, the traditional cognitive learning model failed to account for the way in which learners interact with their ‘community of practice.’ The new hypothesis that Lave and Wenger developed was that learning can be seen as a continuously evolving set of relationships situated within a social context. This allowed Lave and Wenger to place discussions of apprenticeship and workplace learning on a new footing – and led in turn to the book’s impressive impact in business and management scholarship.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who are Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger? What does Situated Learning say? Why does Situated Learning matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited

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Book SynopsisImagination is thought to be the province of childhood—the stuff of free play and unrestrained ideas. Then comes the dull routine of adulthood, stifling creativity. In fact, the opposite is true. Andrew Shtulman shows that imagination is not inherited at birth, nor does it diminish with age. It grows as we do, through education and reflection.Trade ReviewShtulman ably and incisively navigates this vast, fascinating terrain. * Science *[Shtulman’s] clear, vivid exploration of his subject and how it works may cheer up adults, gladdened to learn the ways imagination ‘can be expanded through education and reflection.’ * Harvard Magazine *Imaginations grow and develop as people do. Shtulman argues that one’s imagination can be expanded by using technological advances, moral principles, models and examples, pretense, and, of course, additional information. * Library Journal *Replete with research across cognitive development, psychology, and education, the book is an inspiring and empowering nudge to nurture our knowledge banks to open up more possibilities, and affirms the importance of education in all its forms, from traditional pre-K–12 to Montessori, from unschooling to self-directed learning and higher education. -- Lauren Lee * Greater Good Magazine *This remarkable book explores one of the most exciting topics in all of developmental psychology—the emergence of the imagination. Shtulman is a brilliant theoretician and scientist, and he tells the story of how children’s imaginative powers, surprisingly limited at first, gradually blossom through learning, reflection, and practice. Learning to Imagine is a delight to read, essential for anyone interested in this most extraordinary human capacity. -- Paul Bloom, author of Psych: The Story of the Human MindImagination is the superpower of the human mind, enabling us to simulate and consider alternatives and possibilities. We are often told that childhood is the fertile breeding ground for imagination, but this is a myth, as explained by Andrew Shtulman, the world’s leading expert on children’s imagination. In his new book, Shtulman once again demonstrates his flair for making child development fascinating, easily accessible, and a delight to read. -- Bruce Hood, author of Possessed: Why We Want More Than We NeedShtulman illustrates, in vivid and compelling detail, common misunderstandings of imagination and its development. Building on hundreds of recent studies, he convincingly shows how a popular narrative about children as imaginative wizards is simply wrong. Imagination requires care and support over many years of childhood to become an enabling force behind innovation. This will be an immensely valuable and timely book for anyone interested in children’s minds, education, and the origins of creative thought. -- Frank C. Keil, author of Wonder: Childhood and the Lifelong Love of ScienceShtulman masterfully weaves together a set of ideas and findings that en face might seem disparate, and in the process he turns common views of the imagination on their heads. An engaging and insightful volume by a brilliant scientist. -- Angeline Stoll Lillard, author of Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers""Clearly written and beautifully detailed, this book will be of interest to psychologists, neuroscientists, and anthropologists at all levels of expertise interested in issues of self-recognition or misidentification between the self and other."---Saira Khan, Quarterly Review of Biology

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of Emergence and The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson''s Where Good Ideas Come From: The Seven Patterns of Innovation identifies key principles that are the driving force of creativity. Learn how:A slow hunch can be much more valuable than a Eureka momentThe connected ''hive mind'' is smarter than the lone thinkerWhere you think matters just as much as what you''re thinkingThe best ideas come from building on the ideas and inventions of others From the Renaissance to satellites, medical breakthroughs to social media, Charles Darwin to Marconi, Steven Johnson shows how, by recognising where and how patterns of creativity occur, we can all discover the secrets of inspiration. ''Inspirational'' - Independent ''Exhilarating ... An entirely new way of looking at almost everything'' - Guardian ''A huge diversity of bright ideas'' - Financial Times ''Johnson fTrade ReviewStimulating and insightful ... a huge diversity of bright ideas * Financial Times *Johnson develops his provocative thesis in a book that is lucid and ... brilliant. * New Scientist *[An] exhilarating, idea-thirsty book ... full of intriguing facts. * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisExploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are culturally encoded by the words and sentences we use. The experience of time, space, color, odor, and taste is substantially influenced by language, so that basic interactions with the world vary greatly across peoples.Trade ReviewIn the Amazonian region of Brazil, where anthropologist Caleb Everett spent much of his childhood, speakers of Tupi-Kawahíb never refer to time ‘passing by.’ Indeed, the language has no word for ‘time.’ By contrast, most European languages have few abstract words for odours, whereas languages in a number of other cultures have more than a dozen. Everett’s fascinating book—based on collaboration with biologists, chemists, political scientists and engineers—ponders such differences between the world’s 7,000-plus languages. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *An assured guide to new thinking about how language shapes the way we see the world—at a time when thousands of languages are vanishing. -- Colin Barras * New Scientist *Historically, academics have looked for commonalities among languages and focused mainly on those used by Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic (WEIRD) societies. But, Everett says, the tide is shifting…His book synthesizes his own and others’ research that brings in data from non-WEIRD languages and broadens our understanding of how words affect cognition, including how we process the concepts of time, space, color, and kinship. -- Lucy Swedberg * Harvard Business Review *Offers readers a tantalizing glimpse into the wide variety of human speech patterns evident in the world today. * Library Journal *An enlightening examination of human communication based on the findings of linguist fieldworkers—himself included—as well as researchers in areas such as cognitive psychology, data science, and respiratory medicine. * Kirkus Reviews *Everett relates complex linguistic discussions in accessible terms, and each page is full of thought-provoking insights. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Blending an ethnographer’s richness with an experimentalist’s clarity, Everett adroitly explains how what we’ve learned from data-driven studies of a myriad of tongues–from Amazonia and Africa to Australia and Austronesia–has dramatically shifted our understanding of the origins and nature of our species’ most salient ability: language. Far from being an isolated projection of innate psychology, languages evolve like other aspects of culture, adapting to our ecological contexts, social norms, acoustic environments, and cognitive inclinations. Languages also shape how speakers think, feel, and even perceive. With balance and breadth, this book offers an easy entry into a fascinating, though often ferocious, interdisciplinary field. -- Joe Henrich, author of The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly ProsperousA marvelous tour of all that is amazing, perplexing, satisfying, and mysterious about languages and the humans who speak them. Everett combines up-to-date analyses with vivid descriptions of the diverse tools that humans use when they speak. His book drills down into deep mysteries but does so with a light hand, leading readers from one big question to the next. An essential read for anyone who wants to understand what we now know about language and how profoundly that understanding has recently evolved. -- Christine Kenneally, author of The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our FuturesDo different languages create different experiences of the world? Everett offers up a wealth of nuanced insights on the state of the science to replace both the old exoticism and the lazy skepticism. This is an overdue and fascinating book. -- Gaston Dorren, author of Babel: Around the World in Twenty LanguagesA gift for language is a large part of what makes us human, but as Everett shows, that gift manifests itself in an astonishing spectrum of ways. As previous certainties about the structure of language erode and dissolve under pressure from new discoveries, researchers in many fields are finally grasping the importance of linguistic diversity. This is a careful yet deeply provocative work. -- Mark Abley, author of Spoken Here: Travels Among Threatened LanguagesThis book resoundingly demonstrates just how different languages can be and what those divergences reveal about us as a species. Based on both cutting-edge research and the author’s own experiences in the Amazon, where he grew up and conducted fieldwork, it will appeal to anyone who is interested in the science of language. -- Nick Evans, author of Words of Wonder: Endangered Languages and What They Tell Us

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Book SynopsisWhy are some people smarter than others? This volume presents scientific research about the fundamental human attribute of intelligence. Written by two internationally recognised experts in straightforward language, the chapters address mental processes, brain imaging, genetics, aging, evidence-based prospects for enhancing intelligence and more.Trade Review'A riveting survey of modern research to unlock the nature and biological foundations of human intelligence by pioneers in the field.' Aron K. Barbey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA'The Science of Human Intelligence by Richard J. Haier and Roberto Colom is probably the best book about human intelligence ever written. It comes as the second edition of Human Intelligence, written by Earl Hunt 12 years ago. Hunt's book was already a great text, which influenced research and teaching in the field considerably. This edition is much more than Hunt's book. It covers virtually everything we know about human intelligence: it provides an accurate and up-to-date picture of research findings and ideas, including the history, and the current cognitive and psychometric models, of intelligence, and summarizes and evaluates research on the brain, and the genetic, cultural, and environmental bases of intelligence. It is strongly suggested to anyone who wants to know how the human mind works and why humans differ on many of its functions.' Andreas Demetriou, University of Cyprus'Human intelligence is the major adaptive mechanism for humans. If humans and this planet are to survive, it will be important that we understand and optimize our intellectual capabilities. This book presents our current best understanding of human intelligence and how it should be studied.' Douglas K. Detterman, Psychologist, USA'To update Hunt's book must have been a challenging job. Roberto and Richard did so dexterously by inserting new and solid information. The result is a delightful book full of important information for those who want to learn from the best researchers in human intelligence.' Carmen Flores-Mendoza, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil'Perennially, there have been too few higher-level textbooks devoted to human intelligence differences. This engagingly voiced book is commendable as clear, current, comprehensive, and cautious.' Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh, UK'An excellent textbook that will leave readers with an informed and nuanced grasp of core and emerging findings in intelligence research. Drs. Haier and Colom succeed in presenting complex topics accessibly, and in modeling the commitment to scientific-mindedness and respectful discussion that is critical to progress in understanding human intelligence.' Matthew Euler, University of Utah, USA'The Science of Human Intelligence is a superb book. It provides an authoritative review of what is known about human intelligence, from its measurement to underlying brain systems to real-world consequences. The approach is balanced and up to date and does not shy away from controversial topics. This is a highly recommended must-read for anyone interested in the facts about human intelligence, and is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals who work in related areas, and the educated public.' David Geary, University of Missouri, USA'The Science of Human Intelligence is a great book. It provides a wealth of up-to-date scientific information and a comprehensive, thoughtful, and balanced evaluation of what is known, what is not known, and what still needs to be learned about human intelligence. It also provides much food for thought for those who are willing to learn from open discussions and even from constructive confrontation of competing ideas. It will answer many questions that readers might have about intelligence. More importantly, it will help them to ask new questions that they have not yet thought of.' Yulia Kovas, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK'A towering accomplishment! Human behavior can be better understood when variation in intelligence is considered. Engagingly written and packed with constructive insights, this book should be considered a must-read for advanced undergraduates and all persons interested in how post-industrial societies are structured. I expect many of its older, open-minded readers will feel educationally cheated if unexposed to this vibrant scientific arena earlier in their lives. Throughout, the authors demonstrate how many current explanations of human behavior that neglect the vast range of individual differences in cognitive functioning are untenable. If such problems as climate change, cyber-insecurity, educational-occupational disparities, pandemics, and even finding a fulfilling life are to be addressed realistically and humanely, individual differences in cognitive functioning must be considered. This book is the field as it now stands.' David Lubinski, Vanderbilt University, USA'With their 75 years of combined research experience in the field of intelligence, no other pair of authors could have written such an authoritative and comprehensive book. It lucidly covers the theories, methods, and results of intelligence research, from the environment and training to genes and the brain throughout the life course. Clear and engaging, the book doesn't shy away from controversial issues. Highly recommended.' Robert Plomin, King's College London, UK'This book critically analyzes research on human intelligence, distinguishing between science and politics. The authors admit that much still remains to be discovered and therefore address all those aspects easily susceptible to manipulation in a balanced way. This is an important merit of this book.' Aristide Saggino, University of Chieti-Pescara, ItalyTable of ContentsList of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A brief voyage to the past; 2. Basic concepts; 3. Psychometric models of intelligence; 4. Cognitive models of intelligence and information processing; 5. Intelligence and the brain; 6. The genetic basis of intelligence; 7. Experience and intelligence; 8. Intelligence and everyday life; 9. Introduction to the scientific study of population differences; 10. Sex differences and intelligence; 11. Intelligence and aging; 12. Intelligence in the world; 13. Enhancing intelligence; 14. A final word; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisPrepare to step off the ego path onto a more rewarding, fulfilling and service-oriented journey of enlightenment.Praised by Mother Teresa and Dr Wayne Dyer for his breakthrough research and innovative teachings on the human mind, Dr David Hawkins took our understanding of spiritual truth and enlightenment to an entirely new level. A nationally renowned psychiatrist, physician, researcher, spiritual teacher and lecturer, Dr Hawkins was the founding director of the Institute for Spiritual Research Incorporated and the founder of the path of devotional non-duality. During his life, he devoted almost three full decades to understanding the potential of the human spirit. His exhaustive research led to techniques anyone can use to elevate their quality of life. In this book, adapted from Dr Hawkins’ many lectures, interviews and audio programmes, readers will be brought to higher levels of awareness, control and understanding. This book includes 10 volumes of Dr Hawkins’ core teachings that are most beneficial and relevant to today’s world, including his Map of Consciousness® calibration process.The Wisdom of Dr David R. Hawkins also includes one of Dr Hawkins’ last lectures on the most valuable qualities for a spiritual seeker.‘This book is a unique and wonderful resource of teachings from Dr Hawkins…. You might imagine that you are sitting there in his audience – listening and watching, laughing and receiving.’From the Foreword by Fran Grace PhD

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Book SynopsisSupervision is growing in importance in all professions as a means of focusing on the personal and vocational skills of the supervisee, as well as a means of supporting them in their work. In this book Mooli Lahad argues that the most effective method of supervision uses both right and left hemispheres of the brain, the intuitive and logical. He encourages the use of metaphors, images and stories to enrich theoretical knowledge and improve our understanding of the processes of therapy and support.In Creative Supervision Lahad introduces techniques, drawn from the expressive arts therapies, which can be employed during a supervision to release information from the creative hemisphere of the brain. These techniques include storytelling, role-playing, guided fantasy, imaginary dialogues, letter-writing, drawing, and the use of colours and shapes. Case examples show how the techniques were used, and how they provided insight into problematic relationships with clients. Drawing from his experiences of working in the aftermath of tragedy in Israel, Northern Ireland and the former Yugoslavia, Lahad examines how to supervise a crisis intervention team: he also focuses on self-supervision.Combining humanistic, creative and practical approaches, Creative Supervision gives a fresh, new perspective which will inspire supervisors to re-think their practice.Trade ReviewWithin each chapter Lahad focuses on a particular creative technique and at the end of the twelve chapters, the reader has a wealth of information about the use of expressive art therapies in supervision which includes storytelling, role-playing, guided fantasy, imagery dialogues, letter writing, drawing and the use of colours and shapes... I feel that this book would be an excellent addition to the supervisor's and supervisee's repertoire. -- Play for Life, Karen O'Neill, PTUK Play Therapists and Supervisor, APAC Course DirectorA rich account of the very practical creative methods for the practice of supervision.Lahad opens his chest of treasures collected over more than 20 years of practical and shares them with us generously. Himself a psychologist, drama-therapist, supervisor, and consultant in war and crisis-stricken areas, he experiences in his everyday work extreme situations and the vital role of the imagination in the saving of lives. In this book, he shows us multiple ways of applying this work to supervision.This book is a must-have for everyone working or wishing to work in supervision not only cognitively but also in efficient, intuitive and creative way. -- The International Journal of the Arts in PsychotherapyThis book gives an interesting perspective on the use of arts therapies techniques and tools, for example drama therapy or art therapy in supervision. The author gives numerous examples of the techniques he uses as a facilitator in supervising such varied professionals as child protection officers, art therapists and crisis workers.The broad range of tools employed allows professional care givers to examine their practice afresh. -- Therapy WeeklyThis is a delightful book that brings creative ideas from Mooli Lahad's work across a range of disciplines that could be usefully shared by counsellors, counselling supervisors and trainers of supervisors... she provides suggestions for exercises that are able to access intuition and logic, and can be applied to individual, group and self-supervision. Ideas are illuminated by useful examples of ways of using metaphor, visualisation, writing, drawing and dramatic techniques in his work with practitioners who find themselves facing confusion, stuckness or resistance with their clients or supervisees. The reader is shown how, by valuing and connecting with individuals through their strengths, we can encourage them to develop modes of experiencing they may use infrequently. -- Counselling and Psychotherapy JournalThe richness of his supervisory style and techniques jumps off the page at you, thus the book is lively, colourful and thought provoking. Anyone wanting to stimulate and challenge their ideas about supervision will get something from this book. -- The Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling & PsychotherapyThis book is rooted in the creative supervision programme at the London Centre for Psychodrama... The authors write concisely yet at depth about complex levels of supervisory processes.... I enjoyed the interweaving of supervision theory and methodology with descriptions of how using creative approaches can unlock human experience and catalyse reflective processes. I was excited by the art-based, six-shape supervision structure... was moved by the chapter describing supervision of work with children and greatly enjoyed the thoughtful way in which the chapter on 'potential space' knitted together multiple strands.This book is a well-articulated, grounded resource for supervisors and trainee supervisors working in creative therapeutic fields and a useful addition to their essential reading list. -- Steve page, coach, supervisor and author * Therapy Today *Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Starting your supervision. 2. Colours, shapes and lines. 3. The use of stories, films and plays in supervision. 4. Letter-writing and imaginary dialogues. 5. Images, metaphors and guided fantasy. 6. Sailing into the world of magic - using therapeutic cards. 7. The spectogram. 8. BASIC Ph model - how to understand the way the supervisee meets the world. 9. Supervising crisis intervention teams. 10. Resistance or waiting in the hallway. 11. Self-supervision. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisContends that a state of impasse exists within learning theory largely because some of its major assumptions stand in apparent opposition to certain well-established experimental results. This book puts forward a new theory that seems to reconcile these data and assumptions.Table of ContentsTable of Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular PsychologyPsychologists have long been aware that most people tend to maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Tali Sharot's original cognitive research demonstrates in surprising ways the biological basis for optimism. In this fascinating exploration, she takes an in-depth, clarifying look at how the brain generates hope and what happens when it fails; how the brains of optimists and pessimists differ; why we are terrible at predicting what will make us happy; how anticipation and dread affect us; and how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional, and emotional decisions.With its cutting-edge science and its wide-ranging and accessible narrative, The Optimism Bias provides us with startling new insight into how the workings of the brain create our hopes and dreams.Trade ReviewLucid, engaging and cutting-edge... a must-read for anyone interested in imagining the future. - David Eagleman, Neuroscientist and bestselling author of Sum and Incognito.An intelligent written look into why most people take an optimistic view on life...stimulating discussion...in easily understood language...fascinating trip into why we prefer to remain hopeful about our future and ourselves. * New York Journal of Books *Very enjoyable, highly original and packed with eye-opening insight, this is a beautifully written book that really brings psychology alive. - Simon Baron-Cohen, Cambridge University Professor and author of Zero Degrees of Empathy and The Science of Evil.If you read her story, you'll get a much better grip on how we function in it. I'm optimistic about that. * TIME *Her fascinating book offers compelling evidence for the neural basis of optimism and what it all means. * Scientific American Book Club *Lively, conversational...A well-told, heartening report from neuroscience's front lines. * Kirkus *A book I'd suggest to anyone. * Forbes *Read it and cheer. It's important to your longevity. * Examiner *Most readers will turn to the last page not only buoyed by hope but also aware of the sources and benefits of that hope. * Booklist *What a treat. A charming, engaging and accessible book written by a scientist who knows how to tell a story. - Richard Thaler, author of NudgeEngaging....Sharot studies optimisim as the neural level and knows her subject well. * The Psychiatrist *Fascinating... Even if you're a dedicated cynic, you might be surprised to learn that your brain is wearing rose-colored glasses, whether you like it or not. - NPRAn insightful, Oliver Sacks-y first book. - The Village VoiceOnce I started reading The Optimism Bias, I could not put it down. - Positive Psychology News DailyA fascinating yet accessible exploration of how and why our brains construct a positive outlook on life. - BrainPickings.orgFascinating and fun to read... Provides lucid accounts of [Sharot's] often ingenious experiments. - BBC Focus

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Book SynopsisWhat is learning? How does it take place? What happens when it goes wrong? The topic of learning has been central to the development of the science of psychology since its inception. Without learning there can be no memory, no language and no intelligence. Indeed it is rather difficult to imagine a part of psychology, or neuroscience, that learning does not touch upon. In this Very Short Introduction Mark Haselgrove describes learning from the perspective of associative theories of classical and instrumental conditioning, and considers why these are the dominant, and best described analyses of learning in contemporary psychology. Tracing the origins of these theories, he discusses the techniques used to study learning in both animals and humans, and considers the importance of learning for animal behaviour and survival.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1: What is learning (and how do we study it?) 2: What is learned during learning? 3: The surprising thing about learning 4: Maps and clocks: Learning about space and time 5: When learning goes wrong 6: Learning from others 7: Surely there is more to learning than that Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisThePersuasion Code Capture, convince, and closescientifically Most of your attempts to persuade are doomed to fail because the brains of your audience automatically reject messages that disrupt their attention. This book makes the complex science of persuasion simple. Learn to develop better marketing and sales messages based on a scientific model; NeuroMap. Regardless of your level of expertise in marketing, neuromarketing, neuroscience or psychology:The Persuasion Code: HowNeuromarketing Can Help You Persuade Anyone, Anywhere, Anytimewill make your personal and business lives more successful by unveiling a credible and practical approach towards creating a breakthrough persuasion strategy. This book will satisfy your interest in neuromarketing, scientific persuasion, sales, advertising effectiveness, website conversion, marketing strategy and sales presentations. It'll teach you the value of the award-winning persuasion model NeuroMapTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii About the Authors ix Why Read This Book? xi Introduction xvii PART I DECODING PERSUASION SCIENCE 1 Chapter 1 Why Is Neuromarketing a Game Changer? 3 Chapter 2 The Neuroscience of Persuasion 19 PART II DECODING PERSUASION THEORY 39 Chapter 3 NeuroMap: A Brain-Based Persuasion Theory 41 Chapter 4 Applying Six Stimuli to Persuade the Primal Brain 59 PART III DECODING YOUR PERSUASIVE NARRATIVE 113 Chapter 5 Diagnose the Pain 115 Chapter 6 Differentiate Your Claims 131 Chapter 7 Demonstrate the Gain 141 Chapter 8 Deliver to the Primal Brain 165 Conclusion 283 Appendix: NeuroMap Simplified NeuroScoring Tool 289 References 297 Index 317

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Book Synopsis• Shares data and meta-analysis from a large volume of extremely sophisticated experiments that provide proof for the existence of psi phenomena • Explores evidence of past lives, intuitive knowing, and other spiritual phenomena • Reveals the author’s own inexplicable experiences as well as her conversations with scientific colleagues, high-level experts, and government officials Neuroscientist Mona Sobhani, Ph.D., details her transformation from diehard materialist to open-minded spiritual seeker and shares the extensive research she discovered on past lives, karma, and the complex interactions of mind and matter. She reveals her conversations about spirituality, consciousness, and anomalous occurrences with scientific colleagues as well as high-level experts and government officials, as she searched for proof of a meaningful cosmos. She discovered that psi research has been conducted on a grand scale for more than a century--by hundreds of scientists with hundreds of thousands of participants--and that there exists substantial evidence for the reality of psi. She examines meta-analyses of these experiments, such as that of the Ganzfield tests, which showed the odds against chance of 12 billion to 1--throwing our current scientific materialist paradigm into question. Providing a deep dive into the literature of psychology, quantum physics, neuroscience, philosophy, and esoteric texts, Sobhani also explores the relationship between psi phenomena, the transcendence of space and time, and spirituality. Culminating with the author’s serious reckoning with one of the foundational principles of neuroscience--scientific materialism-- this illuminating book shows that the mysteries of human experience go far beyond what the present scientific paradigm can comprehend and leaves open the possibility of a participatory, meaningful Universe.Trade Review“In Proof of Spiritual Phenomena, neuroscientist Mona Sobhani, Ph.D., takes the reader through her journey from being a skeptically oriented scientific materialist to realizing there’s much more to the Universe. This entertaining and easy-to-read book weaves Sobhani’s personal experiences with a diverse body of credible science to demonstrate the desperate need for a revised scientific meta-paradigm. It is this sort of courage and intellectual honesty that will be required for science—and society—to truly evolve.” * Mark Gober, author of An End to Upside Down Thinking and host of Where Is My Mind? podcast *“Thank the Universe for Mona Sobhani! Is it any coincidence that neuroscientists, after looking carefully at the brain to answer age-old questions, are starting to turn to spirituality? Nope. It’s because they don’t find what they are looking for in the materialist paradigm, but they know what they’re looking for is real. Sobhani leads the pack with her brilliant and vulnerable take on what it means for her and other scientists to turn the corner from materialism to post-materialist thought--and why it’s necessary to explain human experience, including and especially human spiritual experience. By letting us into her journey, she shows us parts of ourselves that are learning a new way of knowing, and then she supports our growing knowledge with her hard-won wisdom.” * Julia Mossbridge, Ph.D., affiliate professor at the University of San Diego, cofounder of the Instit *“Mona Sobhani is a ‘flipped’ scientist, a neuroscientist whose mechanical-materialist worldview was turned upside down and inside out by a series of honest life experiences that she refused to deny and instead insisted on thinking through. Her book is a page-turning journey filled with everything from coffee ground divinations, mediums, and intuitives; through past lives, secret government psychical research programs, and the new psychedelic research; to the latest scientific and philosophical visions of a conscious, intentional, and profoundly meaningful cosmos. Her message? The old order of knowledge is passing away. Let it go. The new world is taking shape in and as us. Let it be.” * Jeffrey J. Kripal, Ph.D., author of The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge *“Like opening a set of nesting dolls, Sobhani takes us on her own journey through the layers of her own mind--from the outermost layer grounded in the physical and empirical world, to the intellectual mind which struggles to make sense of everything, and eventually to the innermost, blissful self, where pure consciousness and just being resides. It’s a delightful ride along where one can vicariously experience the author’s struggle to reconcile science and spirituality, as she comes to rest in knowing that it is fine to accept some things as just a mystery!” * Laura Baker, Ph.D., psychology professor at USC *“Proof of Spiritual Phenomena is a daring, exciting exploration of the intersection of human consciousness and the intricacies of the physical Universe.” * Larry Dossey, M.D., author of One Mind *“With Proof of Spiritual Phenomena, you hold the key to unlocking a whole new level of experiencing and understanding, not only the world around you that you can see but also the one you can’t see. Backed up with easyto- understand science as well as mind-blowing evidence and interviews, Sobhani achieves what is, in my opinion, the first book to truly unlock the intersection point between science and soul-based spirituality. This book is so outstanding and life-changing, you will find yourself buying extra copies to give to everyone you love so that they, too, can experience the magic that is Proof of Spiritual Phenomena.” * Royce Christyn, actor, host, and author of Scripting the Life You Want *Table of ContentsPREFACE Welcome to the Public Funeral for ‘Old Me’ Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Bewitched by Science 2 The Untrustworthy Brain & the Religion of Science3 The Two Events That Changed Everything4 Chelsea Handler Becomes My Guide 5 I Can’t Live in These Conditions6 The Project Begins Can Science and Spirituality Coexist?7 A Universal Pause in the Fabric of Time 8 Wait . . . People Have Studied This?9 Bridging the Worlds Science Meets Spirit10 The Upside Down (Research) 11 Back to the Intuitives 12 The People Who Know 13 Neuroscience and Consciousness 14 Tying It Together . . . by Opening the Mind 15 How Could I Have Missed This? 16 Pulling Back the Curtain Science Is Not Enough 17 Moving Toward a Meaningful Cosmos 18 Sometimes Things Need to Die Recommended Reads Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis hands-on manual from Leigh McCullough and associates teaches the nuts and bolts of practicing short-term dynamic psychotherapy, the research-supported model first presented in Changing Character, McCullough's foundational text. Reflecting the ongoing evolution of the approach, the manual emphasizes affect phobia, or conflict about feelings. It shows how such proven behavioral techniques as systemic desensitization can be applied effectively within a psychodynamic framework, and offers clear guidelines for when and how to intervene. Demonstrated are procedures for assessing patients, formulating core conflicts, and restructuring defenses, affects, and relationship to the self and others. In an easy-to-use, large-size format, the book features a wealth of case examples and write-in exercises for building key clinical skills. The companion website (www.affectphobiatherapy.com) offers useful supplemental resources, including Psychotherapy Assessment Checklist (PAC) forms and instructions.Trade ReviewThis work is an extraordinary synthesis of depth and practicality. It is as clear, concrete, and richly exampled a treatment manual as I have seen, yet it depicts not a simple or mechanistic therapy but one that goes to the very heart of human feeling and experience. Incorporating a profoundly integrative vision, Treating Affect Phobia will be of great value not only to psychodynamically oriented therapists but to anyone in the field who appreciates the accumulating evidence for the central role of affect--and fear of affect--in our lives.--Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City College and the CUNY Graduate Center, New YorkThis is the training manual that teachers and practitioners of short-term dynamic therapy have been eagerly anticipating. It is the first psychodynamically oriented volume that expertly guides the novice through emotion-focused, time-sensitive psychotherapy in an explicit, step-by-step fashion. The manual is enhanced by very useful exercises that allow therapists to try out their interventions and compare them to the authors' expert responses. This volume represents a new and exciting development in the teaching, learning, and practice of psychodynamic/integrative therapy in general, and brief psychotherapy in particular.--Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Dean, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers UniversityThis is a treatment manual with a number of fabulous characteristics: it takes the astute clinical observations of psychodynamic therapists and sets them within modern principles of learning and behavioral change; it draws from the best of the behavior therapy treatments for phobias; it is beautifully clear and easy to follow; and it has comprehensive learning exercises at the end of each chapter to help the clinician actually learn how to apply the treatment in clinical practice. I plan to have my students read it.--Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of WashingtonThis carefully reasoned and researched manual starts with the simple assumption that many people are afraid of their own emotions, offers easy ways to identify whatever is being expressed or even suppressed, and explains clearly the authors' suggestions for treatment.--Donald L. Nathanson, MD, The Silvan S. Tomkins Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College - This is the training manual that teachers and practitioners of short-term dynamic therapy have been eagerly anticipating. It is the first psychodynamically oriented volume that expertly guides the novice through emotion-focused, time-sensitive psychotherapy in an explicit, step-by-step fashion. The manual is enhanced by very useful exercises that allow therapists to try out their interventions and compare them to the authors' expert responses. This volume represents a new and exciting development in the teaching, learning, and practice of psychodynamic/integrative therapy in general, and brief psychotherapy in particular. -Stanley B. Messer, PhD, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers- --The State University of New Jersey, 1/26/2003Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I. Theory, Evaluation, and FormulationChapter 1. Affect and Affect Phobia in Short-Term TreatmentChapter 2. Affect Phobia, Psychodynamic Conflict, and Malan's Two TrianglesChapter 3. Assessment and Selection of Treatment for the PatientChapter 4. How to Formulate a Core Psychodynamic Conflict: Spotting Affect PhobiasPart II. Defense and Affect RestructuringIntroduction to Part IIChapter 5. Defense Restructuring Phase I: Defense RecognitionChapter 6. Defense Restructuring Phase II: Defense RelinquishingChapter 7. Affect Restructuring Phase I: Affect ExperiencingChapter 8. Affect Restructuring Phase II: Affect ExpressionPart III. Self- and Other-RestructuringIntroduction to Part IIIChapter 9. Self-Restructuring: Building Compassion and Care for SelfChapter 10. Other-Restructuring: Building Adaptive Inner Images of OthersPart IV. Diagnostic Considerations and TerminationChapter 11. Treating Specific Diagnoses: The Relationship between DSM Diagnoses and Affect PhobiasChapter 12. TerminationAppendix. Answers to ExercisesReferences

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Book SynopsisAn Esquire Essential Book on Climate ChangeFrom the founder of the Climate Outreach and Information Network, a groundbreaking take on the most urgent question of our time: Why, despite overwhelming scientific evidence, do we still ignore climate change? Please read this book, and think about it. --Bill NyeMost of us recognize that climate change is real yet we do nothing to stop it. What is the psychological mechanism that allows us to know something is true but act as if it is not? George Marshall's search for the answers brings him face to face with Nobel Prize-winning psychologists and Texas Tea Party activists; the world's leading climate scientists and those who denounce them; liberal environmentalists and conservative evangelicals. What he discovers is that our values, assumptions, and prejudices can take on lives of their own, gaining authority as they are shared, dividing people in their wake.With engaging stories and drawing on years of his own research, Marshall argues that the answers do not lie in the things that make us different, but rather in what we share: how our human brains are wired--our evolutionary origins, our perceptions of threats, our cognitive blind spots, our love of storytelling, our fear of death, and our deepest instincts to defend our family and tribe. Once we understand what excites, threatens, and motivates us, we can rethink climate change, for it is not an impossible problem. Rather, we can halt it if we make it our common purpose and common ground. In the end, Don't Even Think About It is both about climate change and about the qualities that make us human and how we can deal with the greatest challenge we have ever faced.

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Book SynopsisA guide for clinicians (both beginner or seasoned professional) to understand the philosophy and practical steps of Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) to maximize their effectiveness with any client, written by two respected and innovative experts in the field.Solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the client’s hoped-for future instead of their ongoing problems. Elliott E. Connie and Adam S. Froerer are the founders of The Solution Focused Universe and are two of the most respected and innovative experts in their field. Together, they have developed the Diamond model—a framework of SFBT skills and tools designed to guide a clinician through each session of therapy—which is one of the biggest innovations in the field of solution focused brief therapy.This is a practical guide for any clinician (beginner or seasoned professional) to understand the philosophy and practical steps of conducting an SFBT session. Among the topics discussed:How to presuppose the best in your clientHow to trust your client’s capabilityThe stance clinicians should adopt to be effective solution focused practitionersThe art of asking meaningful questionsThe importance of autonomyThis book also includes tools to help practitioners implement this approach, including a complete SFBT session with editorial comments that illustrate the thinking that goes into constructing a session, as well as 101 solution focused questions that practitioners can use.Connie and Froerer see their Diamond model as life-changing for all parties involved. They write, “This work is transformative not only for clients but also for you. When you view your clients as capable and strong, it changes you—and how you do your job. Your perceptions directly impact your actions.”

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Book SynopsisWinner of British Psychological Society Best Book Prize (Popular Science) 2023Nature's Top 10 Books of 2023A Financial Times Book of the Year 2023?A Waterstones Book of the Year for Politics 2023Fake news. Alternative facts. Conspiracy theories. Misinformation is one of the defining problems of our age, and despite what we may think, we are all susceptible. So how and why does misinformation spread? And, more importantly, what can we do about it? Sander van der Linden, a Cambridge University professor and leading expert, takes us through the psychology of conspiratorial thinking and equips us with the tools needed to help stop the spread of misinformation once and for all.''Authoritative'' Financial Times''Encouraging'' The TimesA fascinating case for counteracting the misinformation virus through psychological inoculation' ObserverA must-read for those of us interested in resisting the spread of disinformation' Psychology Today''If you want to know why people believe fake news and howTrade Review'Authoritative' Financial Times 'Encouraging' The Times ‘A fascinating case for counteracting the misinformation virus through psychological inoculation’ Observer ‘Foolproof proves an overview that is authoritative, comprehensive and chatty. You won’t find a better survey of what is now a vast interdisciplinary landscape and that alone is a great service.’ Tim Harford, FT ‘An insightful and forensic examination of why our brains entertain disinformation – and the remedies that can protect us all from its real-world harm. For everyone who messages me asking how they can speak to someone who has fallen victim to online conspiracies – this is the book for you!’ Marianna Spring ‘Powerfully analyses why everyone is susceptible, how falsehoods spread, and how to “prebunk” misinformation and “inoculate” ourselves and others against it’ Nature ‘A fascinating, in-depth investigation into the complex landscape of misinformation from someone who has spent his career trying to combat fake news. You will never look at your social media feeds in the same way again’ Angela Saini, author of Inferior and Superior ‘a must-read for those of us interested in resisting the spread of disinformation’ Psychology Today ‘This brilliant book vividly illuminates the challenges of countering misinformation, showing how human psychology can make us vulnerable to manipulation and conspiracy theories. Van der Linden’s analysis would be utterly depressing, were he not to provide a set of powerful evidence-based 'antigens' designed to protect us from false claims. They have never been more needed’ Professor David Spiegelhalter ‘Sander van der Linden is one of the world’s leading experts on combating misinformation, and Foolproof is the ultimate handbook for navigating – and fighting back against – the tsunami that threatens to drown us in bullshit’ Jay Van Bavel, author of The Power of Us

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...in City Living, Kukla presents the reader with an illuminating theoretical and social analysis of urban spaces and how they are constituted through both the material and social environment of those spaces as well as the activities of those who live in them... Kukla's City Living is a theoretically robust and socially-engaged work of philosophy. The synthesis of key concepts from a variety of disciplines (evolutionary biology, cognitive science, urban geography, and philosophy) makes it a contribution ripe with wide-ranging and deep insights. I recommend anyone interested in urban geography and the philosophies of architecture, embodiment, feminism, and mind to read this work. * AC Review of Books *City Living is an ambitious book that engages the reader through a phenomenological account of how people living amongst, engaging with, and navigating each other shape urban spaces, and how all that lively embodied and emplaced activity turns around to shape them. We inhabit spaces but those spaces inhabit us. Kukla's analysis gracefully weaves theories of territory and place-making, confronts the challenges of urban gentrification to deliver vital lessons about identity and disruption, all the while taking the reader on philosophical passages through Washington D.C., Berlin, and Johannesburg to face the social-spatial dynamics of how 'city dwellers make and are made by territories.' The journey concludes with an innovative view of what the 'right to the city' means. For Kukla, the expression of this aspirational right goes beyond claims to housing by extending to the right to live one's life and to shape the cities that shape us. * Ronald R. Sundstrom, University of San Francisco *Table of ContentsPreface Guide for Readers Chapter 1: Inhabiting Space Chapter 2: Urban Space and City Living Chapter 3: Living with Gentrification Chapter 4: Introduction to Repurposed Cities Chapter 5: The Repurposed City of Berlin Chapter 6: The Repurposed City of Johannesburg

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Book SynopsisOur extraordinary capacity to reason and solve problems sets us aside from other animals, but our evolved thinking processes also leave us susceptibile to bias and error. The study of thinking and reasoning goes back to Aristotle, and was one of the first topics to be studied when psychology separated from philosophy. In this Very Short Introduction Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. He shows how our problem solving capabilities are hugely dependent on also having the imagination to ask the right questions, and the ability to see things from a completely new perspective. Beginning by considering the approaches of the behaviourists and the Gestalt psychologists, he moves on to modern explorations of thinking, including hypothetical thinking, conditionals, deduction, rationality, and intuition. Covering the role of past learning, IQ, and cognitive biases, Evans also discusses the idea that there may be two different ways of thinking, arising from our evolutionary history. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis new addition to the "very short introduction" series a highly readable and thought provoking read ... This text is ideal reading for those studying psychology, problem solving, philosophy, cognitive bias, research design, evidence based practice, and anyone curious about why we think, reason and make choices. * Kate Jack, Nursing Times *No one in our field but Jonathan Evans could pack so much information and erudition into such a small space. Only Evans could have spanned the areas of reasoning and decision making and tied them together through his deep knowledge of dual-process theory and hypothetical thinking. * Advance praise from Keith E. Stanovich, Emeritus Professor of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto *Jonathan Evans, a leading cognitive psychologist, has written an account of studies of thinking and reasoning, condensing a vast range of topics into an amazingly succinct synopsis. * Advance praise from Philip Johnson-Laird, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Princeton University *Table of ContentsREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together recent work on the nature of belief, imagination, and delusion, and seeks to get clearer on the nature of belief and imagination, the ways in which they relate to one another, and how they might be integrated into accounts of delusional belief formation.Table of ContentsList of Contributors 1: Ema Sullivan-Bissett: Introduction PART I: Lessons from Delusion on Belief and Imagination 2: Kengo Miyazono: Delusion and Self-Knowledge 3: Amy Kind: Contrast or Continuum? The Case of Belief and Imagination 4: Philip R. Corlett: Imagination, Agency, and Predictive Processing PART II: Belief and Imagination in the Wild 5: Anna Ichino: Religious Imaginings 6: Michael Omoge: On the Place of Imagination in the Architecture of the Mind 7: Neil Levy: Believing in Stories: Delusions, Superstitions, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Fairy Tales PART III: Delusional Experience 8: Garry Young: The Capgras Delusion: An Interactionist Approach Revisited 9: Philip Gerrans: Cotard Syndrome: The Experience of Inexistence 10: Douglas Lavin and Lucy O'Brien: Delusions and Everyday Life PART IV: Delusions, Belief, and Evidence 11: Sophie Archer: Why Do You Believe That? Delusion and Epistemic Reasons 12: Nicholas Furl, Max Coltheart, and Ryan McKay: o The Paradox of Delusions: Are Deluded Individuals Resistant to Evidence? 13: Paul Noordhof: Irrationality and the Failures of Consciousness Index

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Book SynopsisThe ills of education are caused, this text argues, because we have inherited three major educational ideas, each of which is incompatible with the other two. The text offers an alternative and proposes that teaching and curriculum should be changed to fit in with how we actually learn.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSection I. Raw EEG and QEEG and NFB Foundational Concepts 1. Electroencephalography microstates in relation to emotional decision-making 2. Quantitative electroencephalography clinical applications: A review and update 3. Electroencephalography imaging and biofeedback training using Z-Scores: databases and LORETA-based methods 4. Autonomic nervous system and the triple network: An evolutionary perspective with clinical implications 5. Taking a deeper look into the wiring of baby humans 6. When can you trust your beta: Detecting electromyography contamination of the electroencephalogram signal to enhance assessment of quantitative electroencephalogram and electroencephalogram training 7. Origins of electroencephalogram rhythms and implications for neurofeedback 8. History of the scientific standards of quantitative electroencephalography normative databases 9. Electroencephalogram neuroimaging, brain networks and neurofeedback protocols 10. Electroencephalogram in depth: Seeing psyche in brainwaves 11. Theories of brain functioning and the quantitative electroencephalography Section II. Clinical Applications of NFB 12. Multiple channel advanced standardized weighted low-resolution electromagnetic tomography training for sustained clinical outcome 13. Utilizing quantitative electroencephalographic Assessment and standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography neurotherapy in the treatment of trauma and dissociation 14. Neurofeedback and developmental trauma: Theory and practice 15. Advances in analysis and training 16. The importance of contingency between electroencephalographic patterns and neurofeedback for sustained clinical outcome 17. Endogenous neuromodulation at infra-low frequencies 18. Neurofeedback in elite and athlete performance 19. Application of electroencephalogram and other neurophysiological measures in assessment of cue-reactivity in individuals with substance use disorder 20. Quantitative electroencephalogram, event-related potential and neurofeedback in substance use disorders research and treatment 21. Asperger’s syndrome intervention: Combining neurofeedback, biofeedback and metacognition 22. Effective intervention for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders using quantitative electroencephalography and neurofeedback 23. Alpha–theta neurotherapy and the neurobehavioral treatment of addictions, mood disorders, and trauma Section III. Complementary Approaches and Adjunctive Concepts for Neuromodulation and NFB 24. Midstream exchange between the gastrointestinal system and the brain 25. pIR HEG neurofeedback and nIR HEG neurofeedback, best practices 26. “Wearables”: A new age of personal empowerment 27. Optimal biofeedback: Combining neurofeedback and integrative neuromodulation through light, sound, vestibular/cerebellar stimulation and heart rate variability 28. Music and neuromodulation 29. Physiology of audio-visual entrainment technology 30. Lifestyle and environmental influences on electroencephalography, quantitative electroencephalography, and Neurofeedback Section IV. Ethical and Legal Issues 31. Quantitative electroencephalography goes to court - Applications in liability and capital cases 32. Ethical principles in neurofeedback standards of care and clinical practice

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Book SynopsisWhat fascinates us about intelligence? How does intelligence impact our daily lives? Why do we sometimes fear intelligence?Human intelligence is a vital resource, yet the study of it is pervaded by neglect and misconceptions. The Psychology of Intelligence helps make sense of the contradictory social attitudes and practices in relation to intelligence that we have seen over the decades, from the idea that it drove eugenicist policies and actions in the past, to our current backlash against experts and critical thinking. Showing how our approach to intelligence impacts our everyday lives in educational, occupational, medical, and legal settings, the book asks if it is possible to lift the taboo and move beyond the prejudices surrounding intelligence.Challenging popular assumptions, The Psychology of Intelligence encourages us to face intelligence in ourselves and others as an important fact of life that we can all benefit from embracing more openly.Table of ContentsList of illustrationsAcknowledgementsExplaining the book: a new way of viewing human intelligence1. Intelligence in our daily lives2. Idealisation of intelligence3. Devaluation of intelligence4. Integration of neurodiversity5. Applied (human) intelligenceIn conclusion: which approach do you choose?Further readingNotesReferences

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Book SynopsisA neuroscientist investigates how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time.Trade Review"Our experience of time is not the same as time itself; the former is largely our creation. French philosopher Henri Bergson once publicly debated this point with Einstein – and lost. If only he’d had recourse to this book, written by one of the first neuroscientists to ask how the human brain encodes time. Take that, Albert!" -- Science books we’re keen to read in 2017 - New Scientist"... a readable exploration of how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time." -- The Bookseller"Apparently elastic and possibly illusory, time is a puzzle to physicists and neuroscientists alike. Dean Buonomano straddles the divide, invoking cutting-edge theory and research as he wrestles with the often glaring mismatch between physical and 'felt' time. The result is immensely engaging..." -- Nature"Buonomano’s ambition is inspiring and his writing is rich, combining a readable style with illustrative examples... it [Your Brain is a Time Machine] hits the ambitious target of being both thorough and accessible." -- Chemistry World"... nothing if not an entertaining read." -- Nature Physics

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Book SynopsisA neuroscientist investigates how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time.Trade Review"Our experience of time is not the same as time itself; the former is largely our creation. French philosopher Henri Bergson once publicly debated this point with Einstein – and lost. If only he’d had recourse to this book, written by one of the first neuroscientists to ask how the human brain encodes time. Take that, Albert!" -- Science books we’re keen to read in 2017 - New Scientist"... a readable exploration of how the architecture of the human brain shapes our understanding of the nature of time." -- The Bookseller"Apparently elastic and possibly illusory, time is a puzzle to physicists and neuroscientists alike. Dean Buonomano straddles the divide, invoking cutting-edge theory and research as he wrestles with the often glaring mismatch between physical and 'felt' time. The result is immensely engaging..." -- Nature"Buonomano’s ambition is inspiring and his writing is rich, combining a readable style with illustrative examples... it [Your Brain is a Time Machine] hits the ambitious target of being both thorough and accessible." -- Chemistry World"... nothing if not an entertaining read." -- Nature Physics

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Book SynopsisPsycholinguistics is an authoritative, wide-ranging and up-to-date A to Z guide to this important field. Cross-referenced, with suggestions for further reading and a full index, this book is a highly accessible introduction to the main terms and concepts in psycholinguistics. Psycholinguistics offers over 170 entries covering the key areas: psychological processes first language acquisition the nature of language brain and language language disorders. This comprehensive guide is an essential resource for all students of English language, linguistics and psychology.Trade Review'Psycholinguistics: The key Concepts is indeed a valuable resource book, that lives up to its promise to put psycholinguistics within the grasp of novices. ' - Linguist List'This book servies as an important reference for undergraduates and beginners in psycholinguistics. The many elaborations accompanying the explanations help readers to licate the concepts within the context of psycholinguistic reference.' - Jyh Wee Sew, Linguistische Berichte'Psycholinguistics: The Key Concepts is indeed a valuable resource book, that lives up to its promise to put psycholinguistics within the grasp of novices. ' – Linguist List

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Book SynopsisWhen first published in 1923, this classic work took the psychological world by storm. Piaget's views expressed in this book, have continued to influence the world of developmental psychology to this day.Trade Review'His theory of child development has influenced the way millions of schoolchildren have been taught.' - Times Literary Supplement'Jean Piaget breaks startling new ground by showing us how a child's grasp of concepts develops as inevitably as his bones.' - The Observer

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Book SynopsisTeachers try to help their students learn. But why do they make the particular teaching choices they do? What resources do they draw upon? What accounts for the success or failure of their efforts? In How We Think, esteemed scholar and mathematician, Alan H. Schoenfeld, proposes a groundbreaking theory and model for how we think and act in the classroom and beyond. Based on thirty years of research on problem solving and teaching, Schoenfeld provides compelling evidence for a concrete approach that describes how teachers, and individuals more generally, navigate their way through in-the-moment decision-making in well-practiced domains. Applying his theoretical model to detailed representations and analyses of teachers at work as well as of professionals outside education, Schoenfeld argues that understanding and recognizing the goal-oriented patterns of our day to day decisions can help identify what makes effective or ineffective behavior in the classroom and beyond.Trade Review"[It] constitutes an important scholarly contribution to our understanding of a key determinant to the quality of what takes place in the complex activity known as teaching and learning. In How We Think, Schoenfeld homes in on a facet of instructional practice that is central and yet invisible. The results are illuminating." --Teachers College Record"How We Think is an important resource for mathematics education, as well as the decision making sciences…The book is highly recommended to anyone interested in self analyzing teaching practice, researching teacher practices, building a program of research, or simply interested in how we think. The moderate length of the book also facilitates it being accessible for semester long graduate seminars. Last but not least the appendices contain a wealth of real data with notes and URL’s for those interested in learning fine grained analysis of teaching data."—Journal for Research in Mathematics Education"In-the-moment decision making is perhaps the most central activity of teaching; it is also one of the most elusive teaching activities to study. How We Think presents an approach to modeling in-the-moment decision making as a function of the teacher’s goals, orientations, and resources, and invites the educational community to explore the use of this model as a tool for understanding and improving teaching. The product of over a decade of scholarship, it is a wonderful example of theory building through careful, detailed empirical analysis."--Hilda Borko, Professor of Education, Stanford University"Alan H. Schoenfeld presents a general scheme for analyzing a person's activity in a dynamic environment by which he frames explanatory accounts of classroom mathematics teaching. There is much here that contributes to understanding important aspects of teaching and that shows how standard assumptions of psychological choice theory can be modified and extended to provide explanations of teaching."--James Greeno, Visiting Professor, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh"Reading this book is a must for members of the mathematics education community, not only because of the standing of its author and his writing style, but also because of the issue it addresses which is at the core of today’s agenda: mathematics teaching and the need for theoretical frameworks to study it."—Abraham Arcavi, ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction and Acknowledgments1. The Big Picture2. Reflections, Caveats, Doubts, and Rationalizations3. The Structure of the Representations Used in this Book4. Lesson Analysis I: A beginning teacher carrying out a traditional lesson5. Lesson Analysis II: An experienced teacher carrying out a non-traditional lesson6. Lesson Analysis III: Third graders! A non-traditional lesson with an emergent agenda7. Lesson Analysis IV: The analysis of a doctor-patientConsultation – an act of joint problem solving 8. Next Steps Indices, etc

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Book SynopsisThe immense growth of research on implicit and explicit memory is making it difficult to keep up with new methods and findings, to gauge the implications of new discoveries, and to ferret out new directions in research and theory development. The present volume provides a status report of work on implicit and explicit memory in the three areas that have contributed the bulk of what is known about this domain -- cognitive psychology, lifespan developmental psychology, and neuropsychology. Highlighting developments in methods, critical findings, and theoretical positions, this volume outlines promising new research directions. By so doing, it provides the reader with a multi-disciplinary perspective on implicit and explicit memory, and thereby enables a cross- fertilization of ideas and research. The chapters that make up this volume were written by experts on the topic of implicit and explicit memory. These contributors were asked to write for a broad audience -- for their colTrade Review"...provides an excellent overview of research on implicit memory. It is written at a level that can be understood by experts in other scientific fields and provides enough introductory material and definitions of tasks and theories to be accessible to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The book presents material from a wide variety of disciplines, providing the reader with a broad enough understanding to critically evaluate theoretical and empirical issues in implicit memory."—Contemporary Psychology"The volume is impressive in conveying how much has been learned about implicit memory, the impact this knowledge has had on our understanding of memory, and how much remains to be known."—American Journal of Psychology"The growing interest in this topic has made it difficult to keep up with new empirical findings, and theoretical and methodological developments, especially because research is going on in several different domains at the same time. Therefore, Implicit Memory... is most welcome....this book represents a readable and comprehensive overview of the current research on implicit and explicit memory, and many of its chapters also suggest new directions for further studies. It demonstrates how researchers in different domains can exchange ideas and cooperate towards an interdisciplinary goal of understanding memory and cognition. I recommend this book to everyone interested in the study of learning, memory, and cognition in general."—European Journal of Cognitve Psychology, 1995, Volume 7, Number 2Table of ContentsContents: Preface. M.E.J. Masson, P. Graf, Introduction: Looking Back and Into the Future. Part I: Cognitive Psychology.H.L. Roediger,III, K. Srinivas, Specificity of Operations in Perceptual Priming. B.A. Levy, Fluent Rereading: An Implicit Indicator of Reading Skill Development. D. Macaulay, L. Ryan, E. Eich, Mood Dependence in Implicit and Explicit Memory. R.S. Lockhart, A.B. Blackburn, Implicit Processes in Problem Solving. K. Kirsner, C. Speelman, P. Schofield, Implicit Memory and Skill Acquisition: Is Synthesis Possible? J. Wiles, M.S. Humphreys, Using Artificial Neural Nets to Model Implicit and Explicit Memory Test Performance. Part II: Lifespan Development.D.B. Mitchell, Implicit and Explicit Memory for Pictures: Multiple Views Across the Lifespan. A.J. Parkin, Implicit Memory Across the Lifespan. L.L. Light, D. La Voie, Direct and Indirect Measures of Memory in Old Age. M. Naito, S-I. Komatsu, Processes Involved in Childhood Development of Implicit Memory. Part III: Neuropsychology.A.P. Shimamura, Neuropsychological Analyses of Implicit Memory: History, Methodology, and Theoretical Interpretations. L.S. Cermak, Automatic Versus Controlled Processing and the Implicit Task Performance of Amnesic Patients. J. Bowers, D.L. Schacter, Priming of Novel Information in Amnesic Patients: Issues and Data. A.L. Ostergaard, T.L. Jernigan, Are Word Priming and Explicit Memory Mediated by Different Brain Structures?

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Book SynopsisIn recent years there has been increasing interaction between basic and applied memory researchers, ranging from heated debates to highly productive collaborations. This collection of papers -- based on presentations at the Third Practical Aspects of Memory conference -- reviews the progress, as well as obstacles to progress, in the ongoing collaboration between basic and applied memory researchers. This volume represents the state of the art in memory research domains that straddle the basic-applied divide. The text is organized around three themes, including theoretical and metatheoretical issues concerning the interaction of basic and applied memory research, laboratory investigation of real world memory problems, and solutions of everyday problems using theoretical concepts derived from basic memory research. The first section illustrates why collaboration between basic and applied memory researchers should be beneficial and provides guidelines for avoiding some of the pitfalls. The second and third sections present some of the most significant, contemporary findings by researchers whose work is basic-yet-applicable or applied-yet-theoretically-based. Students and professional memory researchers will find the substantive results to be provocative and theoretically engaging, making the information presented in this volume invaluable. These examples of successful application will be of substantial, pragmatic value and researchers are certain to be grappling with these issues for years to come.Table of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: The Relationship Between Basic and Applied Research.M.J. Intons-Peterson, How Basic and Applied Research Inform Each Other. D. Herrmann, D. Raybeck, A Clash of Cultures: Basic and Applied Cognitive Research. D.G. Payne, F.G. Conrad, D.R. Hager, Basic and Applied Memory Research: Empirical, Theoretical, and Metatheoretical Issues. D.B. Wright, Methodological Issues for Naturalistic Event Memory Research. Part II: Exploring Real-World Memory Problems from a Basic Memory Perspective.C. MacLeod, The Locus of the Implicit-explicit Dissociation in Mood-Congruent Memory. F. Heuer, D. Reisberg, C. Rios, The Memory Effects of Thematically Induced Emotion. S-Å. Christianson, On Emotional Stress and Memory: We Need to Recognize Threatening Situations and We Need to "Forget" Unpleasant Experiences. V.F. Reyna, A.L. Titcomb, Constraints on the Suggestibility of Eyewitness Testimony: A Fuzzy-Trace Theory Analysis. A. Memon, L. Wark, A. Holley, R. Bull, G. Koenhken, Context Reinstatement in the Laboratory: How Useful Is It? C.P. Thompson, J.A. Gibbons, R.J. Vogl, W.R. Walker, Autobiographical Memory: Individual Differences in Using Episodic and Schematic Information. A.F. Healy, C.L. King, G.P. Sinclair, Maintenance of Knowledge About Temporal, Spatial, and Item Information: Memory for Course Schedules and Word Lists. Part III: Applications of Basic Memory Research Findings and Techniques in Dealing with Real-World Problems.M. Garry, E.F. Loftus, S.W. Brown, S.C. DuBreuil, Womb with a View: Memory Beliefs and Memory-Work Experiences. B. Tversky, Memory for Pictures, Maps, Environments, and Graphs. D.A. Bekerian, J.L. Dennett, Imagery Effects in Spoken and Written Recall. R.E. Geiselman, R.P. Fisher, Ten Years of Cognitive Interviewing. C.J. Camp, J.W. Foss, Designing Ecologically Valid Memory Interventions for Persons with Dementia. G.W. Rebok, D.X. Rasmusson, J. Brandt, Improving Memory in Community Elderly Through Group-Based and Individualized Memory Training.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a practical guide to building computational models of high-level cognitive processes and systems. High-level processes are those central cognitive processes involved in thinking, reasoning, planning, and so on. These processes appear to share representational and processing requirements, and it is for this reason that they are considered together in this text. The book is divided into three parts. Part I considers foundational and background issues. Part II provides a series of case studies spanning a range of cognitive domains. Part III reflects upon issues raised by the case studies. Teachers of cognitive modeling may use material from Part I to structure lectures and practical sessions, with chapters in Part II forming the basis of in-depth student projects. All models discussed in this book are developed within the COGENT environments. COGENT provides a graphical interface in which models may be sketched as box and arrow diagrams and is both a usefuTrade Review"...the book is a helpful guide to computer modeling for both advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students who would like to get their 'hands wet' and start modeling psychological phenomena on their own as well as for seasoned modelers who would like to try out a new modeling environment."—Contemporary Psychology APA REVIEW OF BOOKSTable of ContentsContents: Preface. Part I: Background. Modelling Cognition. An Introduction to COGENT. Part II: Modelling in Specific Domains. Overview. Arthimetic: A Cognitive Skill. Problem Solving. Deductive Reasoning. Decision Making. Sentence Processing. Executive Processes. Part III: Reflections. Reflections.

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Book SynopsisThe reader begins with an original paper by the editors that introduces the social-personality perspective on motivational science and provides an integrated review of empirical and theoretical contributions. Major issues in motivational science are identified that form the basis for the organization of the book. Each section of the book also has a brief introduction, suggested additional readings, and questions for discussion.Trade Review"This volume beautifully captures those advances that have gone the distance in refining our understanding of links between motivation and cognition. I can think of no better way to inspire interest and to educate in this growing arena."-Professor Susan Andersen, New York University.""This excellent collection offers key readings in motivation science in one place. Together with the editors' thoughtful and comprehensive introduction, it is an invaluable teaching resource at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels." -Professor Norbert Schwarz, University of Michigan.""Motivational Science contains a wonderful collection of core readings organized in a fascinating way by two wise scholars of social psychology. This volume provides a motivational complement to the more typical cognitive approaches in this field and usefully connects social psychology to historically significant approaches to human behavior. Instructors will need and want to use this collection in their courses on motivation and emotion, personality, and social psychology." -Professor Peter Salovey, Yale University."Table of ContentsIntroduction. E. T. Higgins & A. Kruglanski, Motivational Science: The Nature and Functions of Wanting. Part I: Basic Wants. Introduction. T. Pyszczynski, J. Greenberg, & S. Solomon, Why Do We Need What We Need?: A Terror Management Perspective on the Roots of Human Social Motivation. R. Baumeister & M. Leary, The Need to Belong: Desire for Interpersonal Attachments as a Fundamental Human Motivation. M. B. Brewer, The Social Self: On Being the Same and Different at the Same Time. A. Tesser, M. Millar, & J. Moore, Some Affective Consequences of Social Comparison and Reflection Processes: The Pain and Pleasure of Being Close. Part II: When Wants Change. Introduction. N. Cantor, Life Task Problem-Solving: Situational Affordances and Personal Needs. S. Folkman, R. Lazurus, C. D. Schetter, A. DeLongis & R. Gruen, The Dynamics of a Stressful Encounter. E. Deci & R. Ryan, The Support of Autonomy and the Control of Behavior. Part III: Bridging the Gap Between Knowing and Doing. Introduction. J. Atkinson, Motivational Determinants of Risk-Taking Behavior. I. Ajzen, & M. Fishbein, The Prediction of Behavior from Attitudinal and Normative Variables. A. Bandura & D. Cervone, Self-Evaluative and Self-Efficacy Mechanisms Governing the Motivational Effects of Goal Systems. R. Vallacher & D. Wegner, What Do People Think They are Doing?: Action Identification and Human Behavior. W. Mischel & Y. Shoda, A Cognitive-Affective System Theory of Personality: Reconceptualizing Situations, Dispositions, Dynamics, and Invariance in Personality Structure. Part IV: Getting What You Want. Introduction. C. S. Carver & M. Scheier, Origins and Functions of Positive and Negative Affect: A Control-Process View. E. Higgins, Beyond Pleasure and Pain. P. Gollwitzer, H. Heckhausen & B. Stellar, Deliberative vs. Implemental Mind-Sets: Cognitive Tuning Toward Congruous Thoughts and Information. W. Swann Jr., Identity Negotiation: Where Two Roads Meet. Part V: Knowing From Wanting. Introduction. Z. Kunda, The Case for Motivated Reasoning. M. Zanna & J. Cooper, Dissonance and the Pill: An Attribution Approach to Studying the Arousal Properties of Dissonance. R. Sorrentino, D. Bobocel, M. Gitta, J. Olson, & E. Hewitt, Uncertainty Orientation and Persuasion: Individual Differences in the Effects of Personal Relevance on Social Judgments. A. Kruglanski & D. Webster, Motivated Closing of the Mind: "Seizing" and "Freezing". Part VI: Wanting from Knowing. Introduction. B. Weiner & A. Kukla, An Attributional Analysis of Achievement Motivation. C. Dweck & E. Leggett, A Social-Cognitive Approach to Motivation and Personality. D. Zillmann, R. Johnson & K. Day, Attribution of Apparent Arousal and Proficiency of Recovery from Sympathetic Activation Affecting Excitation Transfer to Aggressive Behavior.

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Book SynopsisMusic and Science provides an introduction and practical guidance for a scientific and systematic approach to music research. Students with a background in humanities may find the field hard to tackle and this accessible guide will show them how to consider using an appropriate range of methods, introducing them to current standards of research practices including research ethics, open access, and using computational tools such as R for analysis. These research methods are used to identify the underlying patterns behind the data to better understand how music is constructed and how we are influenced by music. The book focusses on music perception and the experience of music as approached through empirical experiments and by analysing music using computational tools spanning audio and score materials. The process of research, collaboration, and publishing in this area of study is also explained and emphasis is given to transparent and replicable research principles. The book will be essential reading for students undertaking empirical projects, particularly in the area of music psychology but also in digital humanities and media studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book delves into the intricate relationship between the talent lifecycle and learning science, offering a fresh perspective on talent management. Through a meticulous exploration of talent acquisition, management, retention, and exits, it reveals how learning science can be harnessed to enhance organizational growth and employee satisfaction.Covering strategic talent sourcing, optimized onboarding, leadership development, and innovative retention strategies, the book presents evidence-based approaches to navigating the complexities of the talent cycle. It underscores the transformative power of learning science in creating sustainable talent experiences, processes, programs, and systems. Through real-world applications and theoretical insights, readers gain access to practical strategies for unlocking the true potential within organizations, making it an indispensable resource for talent leaders and HR professionals.Targeted at HR professionals, talent leaders, or

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Book SynopsisThis book takes an in-depth look at the tradition of solving puzzles and considers the psychological cause and effect of the Aha moment: that familiar flash of sudden insight. Everyone loves a good puzzle, but why is this so? Is it because puzzles provide a form of escapism from the routines of daily life? Or do they reveal something fundamental or perhaps even primal about human cognition and consciousness?In this book, Marcel Danesi considers the importance of puzzles to the study of mind and culture and explores how they stimulate creative regions of the brain. Danesi explores the history of classic puzzles across time and cultural spaces and examines the psychological link between puzzle solving, mental imagery and visualization. He takes an in-depth look at the difference between puzzles and games based on systematic reasoning, as well as the role of language meaning and structure in the solving of riddles. Overall, the book puts forward the idea that puzzles provide cognitive data on how the brain might function when processing information, via the neurocircuitry that supports creativity.Examining all kinds of puzzles including verbal, nonverbal, and mathematical, Solving Puzzles with Neural Creativity will be of great interest to students and scholars of psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and anthropology.

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Book SynopsisAbout half the world''s population knows and uses two or more languages in everyday life, and an increasing number of parents are raising their children bilingual. This makes a resource on what it means to become and be bilingual all the more necessary. This book brings together a selection of posts from the author''s highly successful Psychology Today blog, grouped by topic into 15 chapters. The topics covered include, among others, what it means to be bilingual, the extent of bilingualism, how someone becomes bilingual, how bilingualism is fostered in the family, the bilingual mind and brain, and bilingualism across the lifespan. It also includes the author''s lively interviews with other experts, delving into their research and their own experience as bilinguals. Written in a highly engaging, readable style, this book is suitable for anyone who wants to better understand those who live with two or more languages.Trade Review'This timely book transforms posts from a highly successful blog across ten years into a readily available, meticulously organized, and carefully annotated exposé of the bilingual person across the lifespan - at once an authoritative resource and a lively narrative of what it means to live with more than one language. An enjoyable read!' Elizabeth Lanza, Professor/ Director Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan (MultiLing), Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo'An insightful and comprehensive guide to all aspects of the experience of knowing and using more than one language. Grosjean combines his formidable expert knowledge with his first-hand experience into a book that is both informative and entertaining.' Monika S. Schmid, Professor of Linguistics, University of Essex'This book is an extremely digestible resource for the layperson or student first engaging with the topic of bilingualism and for the scholar or professor who seeks a review of the material for research or teaching purposes. It will make a superlative bank of supplementary readings for graduate classes that is sure to stimulate discussion and reflection on the part of students.' Alicia Pousada, retired professor, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras'Written in a clear and engaging style, and yet sharing important research information, Grosjean here answers our many questions as we live and raise families bilingually. By centering life as a bilingual, Grosjean dispels many anxieties produced by monolingual framings, normalizing processes of growing up, living, learning, loving, thinking and ageing bilingually.' Ofelia García, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of Contents1. Describing Bilinguals; 2. The Extent of Bilingualism; 3. Using Two or More Languages; 4. Across the Lifespan; 5. Becoming Bilingual; 6. Bilingualism in the Family; 7. Children with Additional Needs; 8. Second Language Learning; 9. Biculturalism and Personality; 10. When the Heart Speaks; 11. Language Processing; 12. The Bilingual Mind; 13. The Bilingual Brain; 14. Special Bilinguals; 15. Reminiscing; Index.

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