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Book SynopsisThis paperback edition of Higher Superstition includes a new afterword by the authors.Trade ReviewWe should be thankful that Gross and Levitt have provided a wake-up call. Their significant overview of the thinking of those who teach our lawyers, journalists and teachers should be read by all who are concerned by the decline of the status of science in our times. Physics Today At last, somebody has performed the invaluable service of exploding the pretentions of those who think every equation derived this century undermines the fabric of western thought. New Statesman The authors' shredding of such luminaries of postmodernism and feminism as Stanley Aronowitz, Sandra Harding, and Evelyn fox Keller, among others, is not always charitable, [but] it is invariably compelling and frequently devastating. -- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Washington TimesTable of ContentsPreface to the 1998 Edition AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. The Academic Left and ScienceChapter 2. Some History and Politics: Natural Science and its Natural EnemiesChapter 3. The Cultural Construction of Cultural Constructivism Chapter 4. The Realm of Idle Phrases: Postmodernism, Literary Theory, and Cultural CriticismChapter 5. Auspicating GenderChapter 6. The Gates of EdenChapter 7. The Schools of IndictmentChapter 8. Why Do the People Imagine a Vain Thing?Chapter 9. Does it Matter?NotesSupplementary Notes to the 1998 EditionReferencesIndex

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Book Synopsis This book addresses important topics of coaching in order to better understand what sports coaching is and the challenges that arise when assuming this activity. It provides the reader with useful insights to the field of sports coaching, and discusses topics such as coaching education, areas of intervention, and main challenges. With contributions by experts and well-known authors in the field, this volume presents an up-to-date picture of the scholarship in the coaching field. It introduces key aspects on the future of the science of coaching and provides coach educators, researchers, faculty, and students with new perspectives on topics within the field to help improve their coaching effectiveness. Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction. 7 Part 1 - Becoming a sports coach. 12 1 – Coaching in the Sport Domain: Definitions and Conceptualisations. 13 2 – Coaching Educational Programs: (Re)conceptualising How Coaches Learn. 41 3 – Coaching Efficacy: The Leadership Effectiveness Model 68 4 – Coaching Impact: The Transformational Coach in Sports. 117 5 – Coaching Around the World: On Becoming a Profession. 147 Part 2 - Acting as a sports coach. 191 6 – Coaching Profession: Acting as a Coach. 192 7 – Coaching Youth Athletes. 218 8 – Coaching High Performance Athletes. 258 9 – Coaching Life Skills to Young Athletes in Sport Participation Contexts. 308 10 – Coaching for Adventures Sports. 345 11 – Coaching Aging Athletes. 378 12 – Coaching Athletes with Disabilities. 409 Part 3 - Challenges of sports coaching. 440 13 – Coaching and Athlete Mental Health. 441 14 – Coaching Life Skills in Sports People. 467 15 – Coaching Cohesive Teams. 494 16 – Coaching Girls and Women. 524 17 – Coaching Efficacy and the Use of Technology. 543 18 – Coaching under Stress and Burnout 570 19 – Coaching the Coach: Helping Coaches Improve Their Performance. 615 20 – Coaching and Effective Leaders: An Overview and Recommended Research Agenda 669 21- Coaching in Sports: Implications for Researchers and Coaches 711

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding Humanism is an easy-to-read and informative overview of the beliefs, practices, and values of humanism as a non-religious worldview. This short and lively book explores humanism both as a broad historical tradition of thought and as a stance embodied in organised institutions. It sets out clearly and systematically the beliefs and values of humanism as well as the reality and personal experience of living as a humanist today. Questions discussed in this book include: How do humanists see the relation between science and religious belief? Is humanism wedded to science as the only valid form of knowledge? What value do humanists place on the arts, and can they value religious art? Does the emphasis on human responsibility depend on an untenable belief in 'free will', and is this undermined by psychology and neuroscience? Do humanists think that life is sacred? What account would humanistsTrade Review"There has rarely been a time when a clear statement of Humanist values has been so necessary. In intellectual life, these include a respect for evidence, the independence to follow any argument to where it leads, and an enlightened suspicion of claims to be authoritatively in possession of truth – religious or otherwise. In morality, they include an emphasis upon our fundamental equality and a respect for human rights, including the right to lead one’s own life in one’s own way. These values are united within the framework of a world view, premised on the recognition we each have only one life to lead, and that it is each person’s own responsibility – no-one else’s – to live that life to the fullest possible extent. In this welcome book, the Humanist framework is set out in terms which are both thorough and clear." Alan Haworth, author of Political Philosophy After 1945 (2022), Totalitarianism and Philosophy (2019), and Understanding the Political Philosophers: From Ancient to Modern Times (2012). "A great choice for students and teachers wanting a thorough modern account of humanism." Jim Al-Khalili, Vice President of Humanists UK. "An easy-to-read and informative overview of humanism. The manual for those wishing to delve deeper into this broad tradition of historical thought." Shaparak Khorsandi, Vice President of Humanists UK. Table of Contents1. Humanist organisations 2. A shared humanity 3. Human reason 4. Human imagination 5. Human responsibility 6. Human values 7. Is life sacred? 8. Human rights and secularism 9. Life and meaning 10. Humanism and religion. Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume demonstrates how readers can become more effective parents, teachers, students, coaches, managers, or work supervisors, while also gaining practical skills to enhance their self-motivation, communication skills, and intervention acumen. The first eight chapters explain evidence-based principles from applied behavioral science (ABS) that can be used to improve the human dynamics of any situation involving behavior. Fundamentals from humanism are integrated strategically to show how an ABS intervention can be more acceptable, influential, and sustainable. The following twelve chapters detail the deployment of ABS interventions to optimize performance in a wide variety of fields, including occupational and transportation safety, quantity and quality of organizational work behavior, healthcare, athletic coaching, parenting, pre-school and college education, environmental sustainability, and the control of obesity and alcohol abuse. Applied Psychology provides a thorough review Trade Review'Dr Geller's new book shows once again why he is one of the preeminent authors in our field. In this volume, he discusses major research findings from the science of human behavior in a way that is both compelling and accessible. It is indeed rare to find an author so committed to helping the reader understand the compassionate side of a science that has done so much to help others. I recommend it without reservation to anyone who is interested in our profession.' Rob Holdsambeck, Executive Director, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies'[Geller] is a master of being able to translate empirically based academic research into easy-to-understand language that is suitable for the layman. This book uses real-world examples to supplement the lessons from behavioural science and shows that [Geller] hasn't lost that happy knack of producing work that rises above the psycho-babble of the self-help industry and to continue to shine a light on how to make our workplaces safer. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about 'why people do the things they do' and how to shape workplace and community cultures for the better.' Martin Ralph, Managing Director, Industrial Foundation for Accident Prevention, Western Australia, and Former President, International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO)Table of ContentsPart I. Evidence-Based Principles of AC4P: Introduction E. Scott Geller; 1. The foundation: applied behavioral science E. Scott Geller; 2. The psychology of AC4P behavior E. Scott Geller; 3. The psychology of self-motivation E. Scott Geller; 4. The courage to actively care E. Scott Geller; 5. Effective AC4P communication E. Scott Geller; 6. Social influence and AC4P behavior Cory Furrow and E. Scott Geller; 7. The intersection of AC4P and positive psychology Keenan Twohig, Matt Fornito and E. Scott Geller; 8. Leadership, followership, and AC4P behavior Roseanne J. Foti and Kathleen B. Boyd; Part II. Applications of AC4P Principles: Introduction E. Scott Geller; 9. Actively caring for occupational safety Joshua H. Williams and E. Scott Geller; 10. Cultivating an AC4P culture in organizations Florence D. DiGennaro Reed, Amy J. Henley, Sarah R. Jenkins, Jessica L. Doucette, and Jason M. Hirst; 11. Actively caring for traffic safety Chris S. Dula, Benjamin A. Martin, and Kyle A. Suhr; 12. Actively caring to prevent alcohol abuse Ryan C. Smith and E. Scott Geller; 13. Actively caring for obesity Sallie Beth Johnson and E. Scott Geller; 14. Actively caring for patient-centered healthcare Dave Johnson and E. Scott Geller; 15. Actively caring for our children Angela K. Fournier, Kelli England Will, and Kate Larson; 16. Actively caring for preschoolers Jocelyn H. Newton, Katie C. Goulet, and Kyra L. Heidelberger; 17. Actively caring for young athletes Thelma S. Horn; 18. Actively caring for higher education Derek D. Reed, Bryan T. Yanagita, Amel Becirevic, Jason M. Hirst, Brent A. Kaplan, Ellie Eastes, and Taylor Hanna; 19. Actively caring for mother earth E. Scott Geller; 20. The AC4P power of pets Krista S. Geller; Epilogue: where do we go from here? E. Scott Geller.

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Book SynopsisA bold reimagining of Maslow's famous hierarchy of needs--and new insights for realizing your full potential and living your most creative, fulfilled, and connected life.When psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman first discovered Maslow's unfinished theory of transcendence, sprinkled throughout a cache of unpublished journals, lectures, and essays, he felt a deep resonance with his own work and life. In this groundbreaking book, Kaufman picks up where Maslow left off, unraveling the mysteries of his unfinished theory, and integrating these ideas with the latest research on attachment, connection, creativity, love, purpose and other building blocks of a life well lived. Kaufman's new hierarchy of needs provides a roadmap for finding purpose and fulfillment--not by striving for money, success, or happiness, but by becoming the best version of ourselves, or what Maslow called self-actualization. While self-actualization is often thought of as a purely individual pursuit,

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