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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.

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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?" In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidencebased behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change. This PCUN volume brings together 34 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on diverse issues in mental, spiritual, and social health (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations-offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade ReviewBehavioral Science in the Global Arena" is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutionsto its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, and recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches."— Barbara W. Shank, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas and Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social WorkTable of Contents Foreword, Leslie Popoff. Preface, Elaine Congress and Harold Takooshian. PART I: MENTAL HEALTH. Global Mental Health: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Well-Being, Kelly O'Donnell, Julian Eaton, and Michèle Lewis O'Donnell. Mental Health: COVID-19, Stress, and Coping, Charlene Minaya and Dean R. McKay. Suicide Prevention: Global Trends, Ani Kalayjian and Amna Khan. Mental Health in the Workplace, Priyadharshany Sandanapitchai, Walter Reichman, and Mathian Osicki. International Day of Happiness at the UN, and the COVID-19 Crisis, T. Hamid Al-Bayati and Frances B. Biroc. PART II: SPIRITUAL HEALTH. Spiritual Health for Christians and Jews: Seeking God, Daniel LeBlanc, Shenae C. Osborn, and Odetta A. Saul. Spiritual Health in Muslim Communities: Striving for Taqwa, Sameena V. Azhar and Rayamar Alarshi. Spiritual Health in Hindu Communities: In Pursuit of Moksha, Sameena V. Azhar and Sanhaya Soi. PART III: INTERPERSONAL HEALTH. Overcoming Prejudice and Discrimination Through Resilience of Indigenous Peoples, Hilary N. Weaver. Racism and Mental Health: An Overview, Anne Williams Isom and Odetta A. Saul. Violence Against Women and Girls Across the Lifespan, Marciana L. Popescu, Patricia Brownell, and Tamara Pyatetskaya. Promoting Prosocial Behavior Through "Everyday Heroism:" The Heroic Imagination Project, Elaine H. Olaoye, Philip G. Zimbardo, and Zsuzsanna M. Feher. Caring Justice World-Wide: Co-Creating Compassionate, Safe, and Healthy Communities, Tina Maschi, Smita Dewan, Sandra Turner, Adriana Kaye, Annette Hintenach, and Sarah Malis. Mediation: The Changing Global Landscape, Maria R. Volpe. Concluding Remarks, Dalton Meister. Contributors.

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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?"In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidence-based behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change.This PCUN volume brings together 37 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on health in two parts: (1) a data-based overview of diverse trends in global health—such as COVID, opioids, dementia, and disabilities. (2) An examination of underlying issues in global health—such as race, gender, LGBTQ+, and health disparities (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations--offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade Review…Behavioral Science in the Global Arena is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutions to its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, Recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"…This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches." — Barbara W. Shank, PhD, LICSW, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas; Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social Work

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Book SynopsisHow are behavioral scientists increasingly involved to advise global decision-makers in the United Nations and elsewhere?"In 2020, the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN) launched a bold new series of books, describing how evidence-based behavioral research is increasingly used by United Nations and other decision-makers, to address global issues. These issues reflect the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030—such as health, poverty, education, peace, gender equality, and climate change.This PCUN volume brings together 37 experts in 14 concise chapters, to focus on health in two parts: (1) a data-based overview of diverse trends in global health—such as COVID, opioids, dementia, and disabilities. (2) An examination of underlying issues in global health—such as race, gender, LGBTQ+, and health disparities (detailed below). The chapters are co-authored by leading global experts as well as "rising star" students from many nations--offering readers a concise overview of each topic, a glossary of key terms, study questions, and bibliography. This volume is suitable as a textbook for diverse courses in psychology, social work, cross-cultural and international studies.Trade Review…Behavioral Science in the Global Arena is a milestone in the forging of a global psychologist mental health network, able to offer the United Nations solutions to its quest." — Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO at www.fairstartfoundation.com, Recipient of the 2020 APA International Humanitarian Award"…This volume provides students and professionals committed to international work insights on theoretical frameworks, policy implications and best practices using evidence-based approaches." — Barbara W. Shank, PhD, LICSW, Dean and Professor Emerita, University of St. Thomas; Secretary, International Association of Schools of Social Work

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Book SynopsisInternational Education Inquiries is a book series dedicated to realizing the global vision of Education 2030a. This vision involves "ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all." The founding editors seek to provide a forum for the diverse voices of scholars and practitioners from across the globe asking questions about transforming the vision of Education 2030 into a reality. Published chapters will reflect a variety of formats, free of methodological restrictions, involving disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary inquiries. We expect the series will be a leading forum for pioneers redefining the global discussion about the people, places and perspectives shaping Education 2030 outcomes.Education 2030 topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Improving access to quality early childhood development, care and pre?primary education. Ensuring equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality education. Increasing the number of youth and adults who have skills relevant for sustainable living and livelihoods. Ensuring equal access for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations. Achieving levels of literacy and numeracy required to engage in communities and employment. Acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including: education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship education, and the appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contributions to sustainable development. Providing safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. Recruiting, preparing, supporting and retaining quality teachers.

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Book SynopsisInternational Education Inquiries is a book series dedicated to realizing the global vision of Education 2030a. This vision involves "ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all." The founding editors seek to provide a forum for the diverse voices of scholars and practitioners from across the globe asking questions about transforming the vision of Education 2030 into a reality. Published chapters will reflect a variety of formats, free of methodological restrictions, involving disciplinary as well as interdisciplinary inquiries. We expect the series will be a leading forum for pioneers redefining the global discussion about the people, places and perspectives shaping Education 2030 outcomes.Education 2030 topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Improving access to quality early childhood development, care and pre?primary education. Ensuring equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality education. Increasing the number of youth and adults who have skills relevant for sustainable living and livelihoods. Ensuring equal access for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations. Achieving levels of literacy and numeracy required to engage in communities and employment. Acquiring the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including: education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship education, and the appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contributions to sustainable development. Providing safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all. Recruiting, preparing, supporting and retaining quality teachers.

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Book SynopsisIn 2013, the journalist Julie Burchill wrote a mischievous newspaper column defending a friend against political extremists. She was pursued by an outraged mob, denounced in Parliament and never published in that paper - or any other - for many years. Welcome To The Woke Trials is part-memoir and part-indictment of what happened to her between then and now, as the regiments of woke took over; an irreverent and entertaining analysis of the key elements of a continuing and disturbing phenomenon. Raised in a communist household and a lifelong Labour voter, Burchill also makes the case for a progressive future politics, a time when we see ourselves as a common humanity with similar hopes and visions - rather than a childish world of villains and victims.

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Book SynopsisThis riveting memoir tells of the fate of a Soviet dissident, Alexander Shatravka, who tried to escape from the Soviet Union in the 1974, only to be caught and returned to twelve years of imprisonment in Soviet psychiatric hospitals and labor camps. Released in 1986, just in time for the momentous changes of glasnost and perestroika, Shatravka eventually made his way to the West. Saturated with tales and memoirs from the other side of the Iron Curtain, Shatravka’s memoir of his escape, which he wrote for underground circulation, languished in obscurity and archives – until now. In a stunning translation from the original Russian by Shatravka’s ex-wife Catherine Fitzpatrick, his story of dashed hopes and ultimate fulfillment is as fresh as ever. With the ranks of the once-vibrant Soviet dissident movement depleted by death and old age, we find each account valuable in a world where Soviet crimes against humanity never had their Nuremberg, and where the perpetrators were never brought to justice. With the return of the abuse of psychiatry under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime, Shatravka’s tale is a timely warning about threats to freedoms so dear and yet so fragile.Shatravka’s account also contributes a rare and invaluable look at Soviet provincial life, often overlooked in a field of literature dominated by urban elite dissidents, and captures the hopes and dreams of scores of ordinary people caught in the net of oppression.

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Book SynopsisNick Buckley MBE came to international attention in June 2020 when he was fired by the board of The Mancunian Way, a charity he had founded, for criticizing the far-left policies of Black Lives Matter. He then mounted a successful fightback that resulted in his reinstatement and the resignation of the board who had fired him. Buckley had spent two decades preventing youth crime, homelessness, and antisocial behaviour in the UK's toughest neighborhoods. In 2019 he was awarded the MBE for his work with Mancunian Way, which promotes early intervention and personal responsibility. Buckley was a social campaigner for issues that keep people in poverty feeling victimized. But when he found himself cancelled, he felt his life was destroyed. Slowly becoming poisoned by the toxicity of self-pity, he decided he needed to give himself a good talking to. He was lucky. It had been his career to give people a good talking to, and he was good at it. He took his own medicine and got his life back within weeks.In Lessons in Courage, Buckley argues that in our febrile cultural climate we increasingly need people to be courageous and to do what is right, not what is convenient or acceptable to fashionable ideologues. Buckley sets out a series of lessons learned throughout his life, not having realized that he was in training for a life-defining battle. These are the tough but inspiring lessons he wants to offer the next person to face an angry and intolerant mob and to others who self-censor or hold back for fear of drowning in turbulent waters.

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Book SynopsisIn Redefining Eternity: Interfacing Immortality in the Digital Corporate World, Bethany Crawford critically assesses the implications of “digital immortality” for central tenets of the human experience - such as consciousness, death, and time - as a preliminary mapping of the shifting existential paradigms of the digital age. This groundbreaking new book explores the social consequences and provocations of a digitally replicable subject in the current sociopolitical context. It thereby confronts a timeless philosophical question, imbued with ever greater urgency in our digital age: What does it mean to be human?Redefining Eternity establishes the motivations of digital and information technologies in creating “immortalization” through social and modal engagement with these new media. By analyzing various digital services currently promoting immortality, both intentionally and unintentionally, and engaging with texts by transhumanists and technologists such as Ray Kurzweil, Martine Rothblatt, and Max More, this endeavor allows for critical interpretation of the key terminologies, processes, and intentions for an immortal digital being. Crawford’s findings offer a dynamic foundation for conceptual analysis of the ramifications of “living forever” as a digital post-death self.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a global overview of pioneers in international psychology with contributions from distinguished authors from representative nations around the world. Chapters offer biographical profiles describing the personal histories and professional contributions of leading figures in psychology from across the globe that represent the diversity of psychology. This volume can serve as a core or supplemental text for a broad range of courses in Psychology, International Studies, and Education, with particular interest to those teaching international psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and history of psychology.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a global overview of pioneers in international psychology with contributions from distinguished authors from representative nations around the world. Chapters offer biographical profiles describing the personal histories and professional contributions of leading figures in psychology from across the globe that represent the diversity of psychology. This volume can serve as a core or supplemental text for a broad range of courses in Psychology, International Studies, and Education, with particular interest to those teaching international psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and history of psychology.

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Book SynopsisReflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological domains, as well as associated with epistemological, theoretical, methodological and practical discussions. At the same time, it is a very polysemic notion, understood and used in many different ways.If one approaches the notion and tries to identify the semantic boundaries of its usage, the seeming solidity of the term fades away, and a rather liquid semantic field emerges – a field where several interpretations coexist, being contingent to the context of the discussion in which they are implemented. This is the reason that makes the notion of reflexivity a prototypical example of the difficulties encountered by Psychology – and more in general social sciences –in the effort to define their own language. The term “reflexivity” ? like many others the language of Psychology is full of – is used in daily life and thus its semantics is shaped by the pragmatic, contingent functions it serves in such communicational circumstances. The apparent – from afar ? clearness of the concept does not concern its conceptual, epistemic status, but the capacity of the sign to contribute efficaciously to mediate and regulate the exchange.The theoretical elaboration of the notion of reflexivity can be seen as one of the ways of performing the challenging task of developing an intentional language for Psychology. By working on such a notion one can realize that common sense lies at the core of psychological science and what it means to separate the former from the latter, so as to pursue the foundational task of developing Psychology as a theory?driven science.

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Book SynopsisReflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological domains, as well as associated with epistemological, theoretical, methodological and practical discussions. At the same time, it is a very polysemic notion, understood and used in many different ways.If one approaches the notion and tries to identify the semantic boundaries of its usage, the seeming solidity of the term fades away, and a rather liquid semantic field emerges – a field where several interpretations coexist, being contingent to the context of the discussion in which they are implemented. This is the reason that makes the notion of reflexivity a prototypical example of the difficulties encountered by Psychology – and more in general social sciences –in the effort to define their own language. The term “reflexivity” ? like many others the language of Psychology is full of – is used in daily life and thus its semantics is shaped by the pragmatic, contingent functions it serves in such communicational circumstances. The apparent – from afar ? clearness of the concept does not concern its conceptual, epistemic status, but the capacity of the sign to contribute efficaciously to mediate and regulate the exchange.The theoretical elaboration of the notion of reflexivity can be seen as one of the ways of performing the challenging task of developing an intentional language for Psychology. By working on such a notion one can realize that common sense lies at the core of psychological science and what it means to separate the former from the latter, so as to pursue the foundational task of developing Psychology as a theory?driven science.

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Book SynopsisMaking of the Future is the first English?language coverage of the new methodological perspective in cultural psychology—TEA (Trajectory Equifinality Approach) that was established in 2004 as a collaboration of Japanese and American cultural psychologists. In the decade that follows it has become a guiding approach for cultural psychology all over the World. Its central feature is the reliance on irreversible time as the basis for understanding of cultural phenomena and the consideration of real and imaginary options in human life course as relevant for the construction of personal futures.The book is expected to be of interest in researchers and practitioners in education, developmental and social psychology, developmental sociology and history. It has extensions for research methodology in the focus on different sampling strategies.

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Book SynopsisMaking of the Future is the first English?language coverage of the new methodological perspective in cultural psychology—TEA (Trajectory Equifinality Approach) that was established in 2004 as a collaboration of Japanese and American cultural psychologists. In the decade that follows it has become a guiding approach for cultural psychology all over the World. Its central feature is the reliance on irreversible time as the basis for understanding of cultural phenomena and the consideration of real and imaginary options in human life course as relevant for the construction of personal futures.The book is expected to be of interest in researchers and practitioners in education, developmental and social psychology, developmental sociology and history. It has extensions for research methodology in the focus on different sampling strategies.

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Book SynopsisASQ-3™ Questionnaires are the most cost-effective, reliable way to screen young children for developmental delays in the first 5½ years of life. These 21 age-appropriate questionnaires in French (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 42, 48, 54, and 60 months) effectively screen five key developmental areas: communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and personal-social.Fast and easy to use, ASQ-3 Questionnaires take just 10–15 minutes for parents to complete and 2–3 minutes for professionals to score.Please note: each physical site must own an original ASQ-3 User's Guide (in English), in addition to this CD.

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Book SynopsisThe ASQ®-3 Quick Start Guide, is just what French-speaking users have been asking for: a concise, at-a-glance guide that keeps ASQ®-3 scoring and administration basics right at the fingertips.Perfect for busy professionals on the go, the Quick Start Guide is laminated, lightweight, and so cost-effective that every professional in a program can have one. French-speaking ASQ®-3 users will turn to the Quick Start Guide for clear, simple directions on selecting the correct questionnaire, scoring ASQ®-3, and communicating results to parents.They'll get the quick facts they need to implement the #1 developmental screener accurately—and help their program improve screening results.This product is sold in a package of 5.

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Book SynopsisSister Resisters advances a robust model of mentorship in support of young Black women on campus. The book offers a multifaceted approach to cross-racial mentoring in higher education that promises growth and change for both mentees and their mentors.Janie Victoria Ward and Tracy L. Robinson-Wood, experts in the developmental and identity challenges of young people of color, provide guidance for the faculty, advisors, and administrators (typically white women) who invest in the success of this historically underserved student group. Through case studies, student narratives, and research findings, the authors document the specific deterrents young Black women face daily on campus, from cultural pressures and class bias to racist and misogynistic microaggressions.Ward and Robinson-Wood call on campus mentors to increase their own cultural competencies so that they may better support, work with, and advocate for their student mentees. This Sister Resister mentorship model emphasizes the acquisition of cultural knowledge, the power of intersectionality, and the critical role of resistance in the lives of Black (and white) women as they navigate interpersonal and institutional bias and discrimination.Sister Resisters highlights the dual and interactive developmental processes that transpire in both halves of the mentor–mentee relationship. The book provides anti-racist, consciousness-raising self-assessments, and other growth-enhancing recommendations for women who endeavor to mentor as staunch supporters.Suggesting evidence-based strategies that promote healthy resistance to negative social and political experiences, Sister Resisters equips both mentors and mentees with thoughtfully designed, culturally informed skills that can further educational, racial, and gender equality on campus.

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Book SynopsisFoundations of Professional Coaching With HKPropel Access is the essential guide to developing coaching skills and creating influential coaching relationships. Offering foundational concepts and underlying principles of coaching, this text will help all types of coaches cultivate a growth environment that encourages lasting change and maximizes each client’s potential in their personal and professional lives.Grounded in the International Coaching Federation's eight core competencies, the text covers the theoretical basis of professional coaching models and the application of those models in modern coaching. Readers will enrich their coaching skills as they learn to embody the coaching mindset: Understanding the journey of behavior change with key models on the change process Employing inclusive frameworks for working with clients to set and pursue goals and overcome challenges Adhering to ethical protocols, such as how to appropriately respond to clients' identity, environment, values, and beliefs Cultivating trust and safety in the coaching relationship with respect to power and relationship dynamics Establishing presence as a coach and developing a coach’s voice Communicating effectively, with active listening and appropriate areas of inquiry Throughout the text, personal stories offer insights into meaningful coaching engagements, providing context for the concepts and their application to a wide variety of coaching interests, including those related to health and lifestyle wellness, professional and career concerns, and leadership development. Additionally, downloadable resources, delivered through HKPropel, include practical tools—such as forms and checklists—for a successful coaching practice.Foundations of Professional Coaching provides a pathway to excellence in coaching practice, with practical guidance on how to partner with clients in overcoming obstacles and developing goal-directed strategies leading to sustainable change.Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.Table of ContentsPart I: The Field of CoachingChapter 1. Evolution of a Coaching ProfessionChapter 2. The Roots of CoachingChapter 3. Goals, Growth, and TransformationPart II: Guiding ModelsChapter 4. Understanding ChangeChapter 5. Coaching ModelsPart III: The Coach’s Skill SetChapter 6. The Ethical CoachChapter 7. Partnering in AgreementsChapter 8. Cultivating Trust and SafetyChapter 9. Coaching PresenceChapter 10. Listening ActivelyChapter 11. The Art of InquiryChapter 12. The Coach’s VoiceChapter 13. Stimulating New PerspectivesChapter 14. Coaching Action and LearningChapter 15. Coaching as a Way of BeingAppendixesAppendix A. Transtheoretical Model Decisional Balance: Pros and Cons of Behavior ChangeAppendix B. Sample Coaching AgreementAppendix C. The First SessionAppendix D: ICF Code of Ethics

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Book SynopsisPsychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. This book presents a comprehensive study of the fundamental principles, issues, and methodologies that form the basis of the field of psychology. It explores various areas of psychology, including human behavior, growth, and development, emotions, motivation, learning, perception, thinking, memory, intelligence, personality, psychological testing, and behavior. The book aims to provide readers with a broad understanding of the field of psychology, covering a wide range of topics from basic human behavior to complex mental processes. It serves as an introductory textbook for students of psychology, as well as a reference guide for professionals and researchers in the field.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Nature and Scope of Psychology Chapter 2 Historical Perspective of Psychology Chapter 3 Physiological Basis of Behavior Chapter 4 Instincts, Emotions, Senses, and Sensitivity Chapter 5 Thinking, Reasoning, and Problem Solving Chapter 6 Attention and Learning in Psychology Chapter 7 Memory: Remembering and Forgetting Chapter 8 Intelligence, Aptitude, and Personality

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the complex intersection of psychology and education. It explores how mental disorders manifest in the school setting, shedding light on the challenges faced by both students and educators. Through comprehensive research and theoretical analysis, it offers an in-depth understanding of various mental disorders prevalent in educational institutions. By bridging the gap between psychology and education, this book provides practical strategies and interventions to support students with mental health issues. With its thought-provoking insights, Psychopathology at School is an essential resource for educators, psychologists, and anyone passionate about promoting mental well-being in the academic realm.

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Book SynopsisWhat does the world look like from Africa? What does it mean to think, feel, express without apology for being African? How does one teach society and children to be African – with full consciousness and pride? In institutions of learning, what would a textbook on African-centred psychology look like? How do researchers and practitioners engage in African social psychology, African-centred child development, African neuropsychology, or any area of psychology that situates African realities at the centre?Questions such as these are what eminent professor of psychology Kopano Ratele grapples with in this lyrical, philosophical and poetic treatise on practising African psychology in a decolonised world view. Employing a style common in philosophy but rarely used in psychology, the book offers thoughts about the ideas, contestation, urgency and desire around a psychological praxis in Africa for Africans. While Setting out a framework for researching, teaching and practicing African psychology, the book in part coaxes, in part commands and in part urges students of psychology, lecturers, researchers and therapists to reconsider and reach beyond their received notions of African psychology.Trade ReviewThis book builds a case for thinking and doing psychology differently in and for Africa. Its strength lies in the author’s arguments on psychology as a colonial discipline and what it does as it is transported to the African continent. — Floretta Boonzaier, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Cape Town Ratele is the kind of scholar whose experience means he can jettison old ways of doing things in favour of experimentation and breaking boundaries. He insists on meddling with and poking at accepted ways of knowing and doing. Innovative in both form and content, the book is an important contribution to our scholarship. — Hugo Canham, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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Book SynopsisHow I Lost My Mother is a deeply felt account of the relationship between a mother and son, and an exploration of what care for the dying means in contemporary society. The book is emotionally complex - funny, sad and angry - but above all, heartfelt and honest. It speaks boldly of challenges faced by all of us, challenges which are often not spoken about and hidden, but which deserve urgent attention. This is first and foremost a work of the heart, a reflection on what relationships mean and should mean. There is much in the book about relationships of care and exploitation in southern Africa, and about white Jewish identity in an African context. But despite the specific and absorbing references to places and contexts, the book offers a broader, more universal view. All parents of adult children, and all adults who have parents alive, or have lost their parents, will find much in this book to make them laugh, cry, think and feel.Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Finding Chapter 1 The Weeping Rose Chapter 2 Be sociable Chapter 3 Goodwill Chapter 4 The trouble with nerves Chapter 5 The archives Chapter 6 Nadine Gordimer, Anne Frank, Elsie Cohen and me Part II: Losing Chapter 7 Shouting loud Chapter 8 Coming home Chapter 9 Avoiding surgery Chapter 10 Closing In Chapter 11 Scar tissue Chapter 12 Care Chapter 13 What ends? Part III: Afterwords Chapter 14 Death admin Chapter 15 How I lost my mother Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisChanging Behaviours charts the emergence of the behavior change agenda in UK based public policy making since the late 1990s.By tracing the influence of the behavioural sciences on Whitehall policy makers, the authors explore a new psychological orthodoxy in the practices of governing. Drawing on original empirical material, chapters examine the impact of behavior change policies in the fields of health, personal finance and the environment. This topical and insightful book analyses how the nature of the human subject itself is re-imagined through behavior change, and develops an analytical framework for evaluating the ethics, efficacy and potential empowerment of behavior change.This unique book will be of interest to advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in a range of different disciplines. In particular, its inter-disciplinary focus on key themes in the social sciences - the state, citizenship, the meaning and scope of government - will make it essential reading for students of political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, policy studies and public administration. In addition, the book s focus on the practical use of psychological and behavioral insights by politicians and policy makers should lead to considerable interest in psychology and behavioural economics.Contents: Preface 1. Changing Behaviours and 'New Models of Man' 2. The Rise of the Psychological State in the UK 3. In the Heat of the Moment: Gambling and Saving Behaviours 4. Replanning the Street: Changing Behaviours by Spatial Design 5. Governing the Body: Addressing the Temptations of Food and Alcohol 6. Greening the Brain: The Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change Agenda Conclusion: Nudge, Think, Steer, Punch! Searching for the Real Third Way References IndexTrade Review'This volume is well-written and engaging from the start and is based on a detailed analysis of policy making (although international examples are drawn upon). . . I highly recommend this readable and well-informed book to all those interested in policy making and the influence of psychology.' --Alan Lewis, Journal of Economic Psychology'This groundbreaking book provides a meticulously-researched history of the rise of a new state that aims to govern people by changing their behaviour through influencing (or at least claiming to influence) their psyche. With examples from finance, transport, health and environment, it also illustrates the struggles of citizens who fight against this new agenda of government. The book shows how deeply the psyche has become a different site of power and hence a different object of knowledge over the last two or three decades.' --Engin Isin, the Open University, UK'A really interesting and engaging account of the ways that diverse and contradictory ideas from psychology, neuroscience and economics have influenced successive behaviour-change projects across UK public policy since the early 2000s. Apparently we lead the world in all this, and 51 other countries are now following in Britain's wake.' --Professer Kathryn Ecclestone, Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Changing Behaviours and ‘New Models of Man’ 2. The Rise of the Psychological State in the UK 3. In the Heat of the Moment: Gambling and Saving Behaviours 4. Replanning the Street: Changing Behaviours by Spatial Design 5. Governing the Body: Addressing the Temptations of Food and Alcohol 6. Greening the Brain: The Pro-Environmental Behaviour Change Agenda Conclusion: Nudge, Think, Steer, Punch! Searching for the Real Third Way References Index

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Book SynopsisPsy-Complex in Question traces a series of key debates in and against the psy-complex through critical reviews of twenty-five key texts over the last twenty-five years, with an emphasis on recent critical psychological, psychoanalytic and critical social theory contributions to how we think about human agency and subjectivity. The reviews together set out the unfolding context for the debate, and situate the texts under discussion in the cross-cutting debates that define critical psychology today. It also provides an accessible introduction to how psychoanalysis and social theory, with a particular focus on the work of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Zizek, bears upon work carried out by a new generation of researchers. Ian Parker's book is written from the perspective of a critical insider to the discipline of psychology, psychoanalysis and social theory, and it will serve as a primer for those new to the ideas searching for compass points and radical arguments, as well as examples of how to write and how not to write a book review.

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Book SynopsisThis volume tackles the burden of judgment and the challenges of ethical disagreements, organizes the cohabitation of scientific and ethical argumentations in such a way they find their appropriate place in the political decision. It imagines several forms of agreements and open ways of conflicts resolution very different compared with ones of the majority of political philosophers and political scientists that are macro-social and general. It offers an original contribution to a scrutinized interpretation of the precautionary principle, as structuring the decision in interdisciplinary contexts, to make sure to arrive this time to the “Best of the Worlds”. Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Part 1. Pluralism between Ethics and Politics in the Context of Prevention 1 Introduction to Part 1 3 Chapter 1. Burdens of Judgment and Ethical Pluralism of Values 11 1.1. The “burdens of judgment” at the root of the “fact of reasonable pluralism” 13 1.2. Burdens of judgment: a critique 17 1.2.1. Burdens of judgment: a starting point, not an obstacle 17 1.2.2. The variable geometry of pluralisms 22 1.3. Ethical pluralism of values, from relativism to monism 26 1.4. Relativisms and commitments 32 1.4.1. Three types of relativism 32 1.4.2. Commitments in response to values 33 1.5. Opposing monism: conditionality, incompatibility and incommensurability of values 36 1.6. Conclusion: decompartmentalizing conflicts of values 38 Chapter 2. Ethical Pluralism of Ethical Theories at the Heart of Evaluation 43 2.1. Ordinary morality, anti-theory and skepticism 44 2.2. What is an ethical theory? 47 2.3. Main ethical theories 50 2.4. Pluralism in practical reasoning 55 2.4.1. Formal practical reasoning 56 2.4.2. Substantial practical reasoning 58 2.5. Interactions between normative factors and foundational normative theories 60 2.6. Conclusion: conflicts and deliberation in the context of ethical theories 64 Chapter 3. Deliberative Democracy Put to the Test of Ethical Pluralism 71 3.1. Participatory exposure 72 3.2. Rawls and Habermas: opposing views in support of deliberation 74 3.2.1. Rawls: restricted ethics 75 3.2.2. Habermas: reliance on undefined arguments 77 3.3. Deliberating in a democracy 80 3.4. Desperately seeking arguments… 85 3.5. Conclusion: pluralism of moral and political philosophers 88 Conclusion to Part 1: Mapping the “Should-be” of the Public Sphere 95 Part 2. Ethical and Political Pluralism in a Context of Precaution 105 Introduction to Part 2 107 Chapter 4. Deciding on, and in, Uncertainty Using the Precautionary Meta-principle 113 4.1. Careless criticisms of the precautionary principle 116 4.2. Precautionary principle: components and trigger factors 122 4.3. To act, or not to act 126 4.4. Clashing scenarios and “grammars” of the future 129 4.5. Typology of political decisions in the context of uncertainty 132 4.6. Conclusion: the deliberative as genre for uncertain futures 135 Chapter 5. Between Sciences and Ethics: A New Quarrel of Faculties? 143 5.1. Scientists between attachment and independence 144 5.2. Politics of nature 152 5.3. The prominent role of values in paradigm changes 160 5.4. Relationships between scientific facts, epistemic values and ethical values 162 5.5. Conclusion: a Republic of Letters dealing with facts and values 165 Chapter 6. Co-argumentation in a Context of Disciplinary Pluralism 173 6.1. Epistemic pluralism and competitive positions 177 6.2. Tensions and cooperation due to pluralism internal and external to disciplines 180 6.3. Types of argumentation and dialogue 184 6.4. Co-dependence between ethical argumentation and scientific investigation 191 6.5. Confrontation of hypotheses 194 6.6. Conclusion: structuring of inter- and intra-disciplinary pluralisms thanks to the precautionary meta-principle 200 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 225 Index 245

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Book SynopsisPractices associated with the culture of “scholarly” reading have been developed over many centuries and annotations themselves have become the subject of study, either as additional elements in connection with the original texts or as documents in their own right. The first “scholarly” reading techniques, seen historically from the 12th Century onwards, combine reading and writing in a process known as lettrure, involving both attentive reading and commentary. The Internet has transformed this activity, adding technical layers that relate both to the reading and writing process as well as to the circulation of texts; their potential and effective augmentation, diffusion, and reception. This book examines digitized reading and writing by focusing primarily on the conditions for the co-construction of scientific knowledge and its augmentation. The authors present numerous examples of studies and personal feedback concerning the intellectual process, open critical spaces, collaborative scholarly publishing, methods for the circulation and mediatization of knowledge, as well as the techniques and tools employed. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements xi Foreword xiii Chapter 1 Introduction to Scientific Reading and Writing and to Technical Modalities of Augmentation 1Evelyne BROUDOUX and Gérald KEMBELLEC 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 The digital humanities 2 1.2.1 Field of practice 2 1.2.2 A disciplinary movement 4 1.3 Notable features of reading and writing 6 1.3.1 Scientific reading and writing 6 1.3.2 Ecrilecture: a major concept in the digital humanities 9 1.4 Current hypertext technologies 12 1.4.1 From hypertext to the data web 12 1.4.2 Specific elements of scientific augmentation: examples 17 1.5 Conclusion 20 1.6 Bibliography 20 Chapter 2 Ecrilecture and the Construction of Knowledge within Professional Communities 23Viviane CLAVIER and Céline PAGANELLI 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Ecrilecture and research practices: state of the art 24 2.2.1 The act of ecrilecture 24 2.2.2 Writing as a product of ecrilecture 27 2.2.3 Methodological questions and results 28 2.3 Ecrilecture: an informational activity in a professional context 30 2.3.1 An "invisible" informational practice 30 2.3.2 Ecrilecture as support for professional activities 31 2.4 Ecrilecture: production of an augmented document 32 2.4.1 Products of ecrilecture 32 2.4.2 Differences between disciplines and research aims 33 2.5 Ecrilecture: a factor in structuring and constructing knowledge 35 2.6 Conclusion 37 2.7 Bibliography 38 Chapter 3 "Critical Spaces": A Study of the Necessary Conditions for Scholarly and Multimedia Reading 43Thomas BOTTINI 3.1 Critical positioning and operations 44 3.1.1 Writing and spatial structures 45 3.1.2 The chain of reading 46 3.2 The critical mechanism: tensions between material, meaning and space 50 3.2.1 Technical environment of criticism 50 3.2.2 Digital materiality 51 3.2.3 From document to critical space: observations and directions for design 51 3.3 Bibliography 56 Chapter 4 "Annotate the World, and Improve Humanity": Material Imageries in a Web Annotation Program 59Marc JAHJAH 4.1 Serving of all humanity: the aims and claims of Hypothes.is 60 4.1.1 The political implications of "information" 60 4.1.2 Mythologies, ideologies and primitive foundation scenes: from the circle to the network and from the network to the world 63 4.1.3 Provisional assessment: same ideological basis, different positions 66 4.2 Materialized and imaginary visions reformulated through software 67 4.2.1 Frameworks, signs and actions: values present in the program 67 4.2.2 Border and visuals 74 4.3 Conclusion 75 4.4 Bibliography 75 Chapter 5 Construction of Ecrilecture Standards for Collaborative Transcription of Digitized Heritage 79Lisa CHUPIN 5.1 Introduction 79 5.2 Participatory enrichment of digitized collections: institutional regulation and community ecrilecture practices 80 5.2.1 Regulation of ecrilecture approaches and institutional criteria 80 5.2.2 Atomized and community approaches to ecrilecture 82 5.3 Providing Internet users with the means for scientific ecrilecture 83 5.3.1 The herbarium as a means of ecrilecture 83 5.3.2 The diversity of ecrilecture tools and the emergence of transcription communities 84 5.3.3 Writing on "Les Herbonautes" 85 5.4 Associating human and algorithmic ecrilecture by aggregating concordant transcriptions 86 5.4.1 Production of standardized transcriptions and algorithmic validation of concordances 86 5.4.2 Transcription by simple replication: a dominant practice 88 5.5 The role of forums in the production of concordant data 88 5.5.1 Learning the rules for writing a scientific document and the development of transcription conventions 88 5.5.2 Justified and concerted transcription decisions 90 5.6 Re-editorializing transcription traces: consultation of community archives 92 5.6.1 Production of non-standardized information in discussion spaces 92 5.6.2 Perspectives for re-editorializing comments 92 5.7 Conclusion 93 5.8 Bibliography 94 Chapter 6 The Challenge of Platform Interoperability in Constructing Augmented Knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences 97Camille PRIME-CLAVERIE and Annaïg MAHÉ 6.1 Introduction 97 6.2 Interoperability models for the circulation of documentary metadata 98 6.3 Focus and methodology 101 6.4 Different levels of interoperability 103 6.4.1 Organizational interoperability 103 6.4.2 Technical interoperability 106 6.4.3 Semantic interoperability 109 6.5 Integration and enrichment of metadata in Isidore 111 6.6 Conclusion 112 6.7 Bibliography 113 Chapter 7 The XML Portal for the symogih.org Project 115Francesco BERETTA and Rosemonde LETRICOT 7.1 Introduction 115 7.2 The symogih.org project and the interoperability of geohistorical data 117 7.2.1 Collaborative management of geohistorical data 117 7.2.2 From generic relational model to interoperable ontology 119 7.3 Editorialization procedures 122 7.3.1 Platform architecture and text annotation 122 7.3.2 Specific aspects of the Michon and Galileo projects 125 7.3.3 Features of the XML portal 127 7.4 Discussion 130 7.5 Conclusion 132 7.6 Bibliography 132 Chapter 8 Issues of "Hypermediating Journals" for Scientific Publishing 135Lise VERLAET and Hans DILLAERTS 8.1 Introduction 135 8.2 Digital technology and the transformation of scientific journals 137 8.3 The concept of hypermediating journals: the COSSI case 142 8.4 The role of the tagger in the ecrilecture process 148 8.5 Conclusion 150 8.6 Bibliography 152 List of Authors 157 Index 159

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Book SynopsisInterdisciplinarity research results from a growing need for multi-perspective methods, and knowledge on complex and multifaceted objects of study. It is not simply scientific research that involves several disciplines, but ultimately, the aim is confronting this knowledge and – if possible – articulating it coherently. Using specific examples, Methods and Interdisciplinarity categorizes the different modes of interdisciplinarity and discusses the mechanisms of hybridization between them. On the one hand, the book shows how the same issue can be treated according to various points of view from several disciplines, which can give rise to complementary or even contradictory knowledge. On the other hand, it illustrates how methods from some disciplines make it possible to articulate the qualitative or quantitative approaches of others.Table of ContentsPreface ixRoger WALDECK Chapter 1. Promoting and Experimenting with Interdisciplinarity 1Pierre LIVET 1.1. Iméra project (Institut méditerranéen d’études avancées –Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies) 1 1.2. Testing the typology of interdisciplinarity 4 1.2.1. From formalisms to models and experiments 5 1.2.2. Interacting with cross-disciplinary learning and instrumentation 6 1.2.3. Interdisciplinarity of competing hypotheses and experiments 9 1.2.4. Reflective intertemporal interdisciplinarity 10 1.2.5. Interactions by combining disciplines 11 1.2.6. Interdisciplinarity of reciprocity between contexts 13 1.2.7. Transdisciplinarity between science and the reception of science 16 1.2.8. Transdisciplinarity between arts and sciences 19 1.3. Conclusion 20 Chapter 2. Geography and Computer Science: Reasons for a Marriage, a Marriage of Reason? 23Denise PUMAIN 2.1. Introduction 23 2.2. Computers and numbers: quantifying geography 25 2.2.1. Diversity of practices 26 2.2.2. Epistemological changes driven by computer science rather than conceptual borrowings 27 2.3. Simulation in geography and algorithmic thinking 31 2.3.1. A difficult path 32 2.3.2. Towards a win-win collaboration 35 2.3.3. Geography in all digital objects 36 2.4. Conclusion 38 2.5. References 39 Chapter 3. Conceptual Modeling and Multidisciplinary Dialogue 45Jean-Pierre MÜLLER 3.1. Introduction 45 3.2. Representation of theoretical discourses 47 3.3. Disciplinary views on species 50 3.4. Sectors and qualities 57 3.5. Validation and communicability 61 3.6. Conclusion 65 3.7. References 66 Chapter 4. Network Analysis: Linking Social and Ecological Dynamics 69Vanesse LABEYRIE, Sophie CAILLON, Matthieu SALPETEUR and Mathieu THOMAS 4.1. Introduction 69 4.1.1. Societies-environment interactions, what complex systems? 70 4.1.2. Introduction to network formalism 72 4.2. Examples of applications to the study of interactions between societies and the environment 76 4.2.1. Crop seed circulation and social networks 77 4.2.2. Circulation of knowledge and structuring of know-how 87 4.3. Discussion: a necessary link between the quantitative and the qualitative 93 4.4. References 96 Chapter 5. Interdisciplinarity and VUCA 99Roger WALDECK, Sophie GAULTIER LE BRIS and Siegfried ROUVRAIS 5.1. Introduction 99 5.2. Decision theory 100 5.3. An interdisciplinary look at VUCA 102 5.3.1. VUCA definitions in management 102 5.3.2. Definitions from decision theory 104 5.4. Discussion 112 5.5. References 115 Chapter 6. Learning Methodology for VUCA Situations 117Sophie GAULTIER LE BRIS, Siegfried ROUVRAIS and Roger WALDECK 6.1. Engineering education & training and highly reliable organizations 117 6.2. Issues at stake 119 6.2.1. VUCA phenomenon classes 121 6.3. Theoretical framework of organizational reliability 125 6.3.1. Running highly reliable and actionist organizations 125 6.3.2. Selected models 127 6.4. Cross-disciplinary decision-making skills: design-oriented research 128 6.4.1. Research methodology for learning 129 6.4.2. From model to reality 130 6.4.3. Learning outcomes 133 6.5. Conclusion 136 6.6. Appendix: level of experience and feedback from IMTA students 138 6.7. References 144 Chapter 7. Approaches to and Applications of Graphemics 149Yannis HARALAMBOUS 7.1. Writing and linguistics 149 7.2. Spectral decomposition to the rescue of linguistics 154 7.3. Application in biometrics 159 7.4. Application in steganography 162 7.4.1. Steganographic approach to Greeklish 163 7.4.2. Steganographic method: evaluation 165 7.5. Conclusion 167 7.6. References 167 List of Authors 171 Index 173

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Book SynopsisCognitive Mechanisms of Learning presents experimental research works on the issue of knowledge acquisition in Cognitive Psychology. These research works – initiated by groups of researchers with academic backgrounds in Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence – explore learning mechanisms by viewing humans as information processing systems. Although the book is centered on research studies conducted in a laboratory, one chapter is dedicated to applied research studies, derived directly from the fundamental research works. Computer modeling of learning mechanisms is presented, based on the concept of �cognitive architecture�. Three important issues – �the methodology�, �the achievements� and �the evolution� – in the field of learning research are also examined.Table of ContentsForeword ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction xv Chapter 1. Useful Concepts and Representation Formalisms 1 1.1. Useful concepts 1 1.1.1. Information 1 1.1.2. Information processing 2 1.1.3. Problem 2 1.1.4. Comprehension 4 1.1.5. Memory 6 1.2. Some formalisms used in cognitive psychology to represent knowledge stored in the LTM 10 1.2.1. Semantic networks: a representation formalism for declarative knowledge 11 1.2.2. A representation formalism for procedural knowledge 13 1.2.3. A representation formalism for the comprehension process 16 Chapter 2. Definition and Historical Overview 23 2.1. Definition 23 2.2. Conceptual frameworks 26 2.3. Principal concepts of problem-solving 28 2.3.1. The “problem space” and “path” concepts 29 2.3.2. The “heuristic” and “search tree” concepts 32 2.4. Formal models 35 2.4.1. Models based on rules of production 36 Chapter 3. Learning to Solve a Problem 43 3.1. Breaking down a complex problem into sub-problems 44 3.1.1. Lee, J. and Anderson, J.R. (2001) 44 3.2. The four stages of problem-solving 52 3.2.1. Anderson, Pyke and Fincham (2016) 52 3.3. The three stages of learning by problem-solving 56 3.3.1. Tenison, Fincham and Anderson (2016) 56 Chapter 4. Learning a Concept from Examples of Concepts: Induction 63 4.1. Rule-based category learning 67 4.2. The question of “confirmation bias” 72 4.3. The duality between rule-based concept identification and similarity-based concept identification 75 4.4. Concluding remarks 85 Chapter 5. Implicit Learning 89 5.1. Presentation 89 5.2. What have learners learned, and are they aware of the knowledge which they acquire? 92 5.2.1. The princeps research work 92 5.2.2. What knowledge does the subject need to acquire? 99 5.3. Fragment status and the question of “abstract” or “concrete” acquired knowledge 102 5.3.1. The status of fragments in artificial grammar learning experiments 102 5.3.2. The nature of acquired knowledge: abstract or concrete? 104 5.4. Conclusion on implicit learning 107 5.4.1. Implicit learning and statistical learning 107 5.4.2. Individual differences 109 5.4.3. Statistical learning mechanisms 110 5.4.4. Applications of statistical learning 111 Chapter 6. The Role of Prior Knowledge in Constructing a Representation of a Problem 113 6.1. Experimental method based on comparing group results 114 6.2. Experimental method based on multiple trials of the same problem with vocal description of actions by the subject: individual protocol and modeling 123 6.3. Experimental method using learning transfer to study the effect of problem presentation in the choice of prior knowledge 126 6.3.1. General hypotheses 127 6.3.2. Material used 128 6.3.3. Experimental hypotheses 131 6.3.4. The experiments 132 6.3.5. Conclusion 139 6.4. Conclusion: the role of prior knowledge in the construction of problem representations 139 Chapter 7. Acquiring Knowledge in a Specific Domain 143 7.1. Learning through (self-)explanation 143 7.1.1. Learning to solve problems by studying examples of solutions 144 7.1.2. Acquisition of declarative knowledge concerning the human circulatory system 147 7.1.3. Knowledge acquisition in physics 154 7.1.4. Brief conclusion 160 7.2. Problem-based learning 161 7.2.1. Results 164 7.3. Appendix: some notes on cognitive load theory 165 Chapter 8. Causal Learning 169 8.1. Historical overview 170 8.2. Conceptual framework 172 8.2.1. Temporal and spatial contiguity 172 8.2.2. Temporal priority: cause before effect 173 8.2.3. Contingency 174 8.2.4. Prior experience 175 8.3. Formalization and experimental research on adults 176 8.3.1. Probabilistic models of causal learning 177 8.3.2. Two examples of research on adults 180 8.3.3. Causal learning in adults: conclusion 193 8.4. Experimental research on children 194 8.4.1. The above/below relation 196 8.4.2. The “same/different” relation 198 8.4.3. Knowledge of the domain in which a problem situation is represented 200 8.4.4. Self-directed learning in children 203 8.4.5. Conclusion: causal learning in children 204 Chapter 9. Symbolic Processing System Models in Cognitive Psychology 213 9.1. Why formalize? 213 9.2. Modeling complex skill acquisition using ACT-R 214 9.3. Modeling a two-player game 219 9.4. A model of learning through multiple analogies 229 9.4.1. Knowledge acquisition: first type 230 9.4.2. Knowledge acquisition: second type 232 9.5. Robert Siegler’s two models for learning arithmetic calculation 239 9.6. Links between SPS models in cognitive psychology and learning models in AI 247 Conclusion 251 References 261 Index 285

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the federative power of the methodology of the sciences of culture by exploiting its critical, historical, and comparative principles to address both cultural objects and disciplines that report on them. Scientific activity is rethought in its dimension of interpretative act responsible for both the human and the non-human. This book fills a gap by reconnecting in an innovative and original way the scientific, artistic and ethico-political spheres.Table of ContentsPreface ixAstrid GUILLAUME and Lia KURTS-WÖSTE Introduction xxixFrançois RASTIER Part 1. Semiotic Foundations of the Cultural Sciences 1 Chapter 1. Cassirer and Symbolic Forms 3Jean LASSÈGUE 1.1. Unity and diversity of modes of objectification 3 1.1.1. Modes of objectification in the transcendental tradition 3 1.1.2. The geometric objectification crisis 5 1.2. The harmonics of forms: internalization and exportation 8 1.2.1. Interdisciplinarity of the transformation group concept 8 1.2.2. Beyond the transformation group 10 1.3. From the social sciences to the natural sciences and back again: the example of statistics 12 1.3.1. The internal historical transformation of the statistical paradigm 13 1.3.2. Back to social sciences 15 1.4. Conclusion 15 1.5. References 15 Chapter 2. Leroi-Gourhan and the Birth of the Symbolic Function 17Arild UTAKER 2.1. The image of man 17 2.2. The human body 20 2.3. The hand and the tool 23 2.4. Technique and language 25 2.5. Language and visualization 28 2.6. Memory and history 31 2.7. Conclusion 33 2.8. References 34 Chapter 3. Simondon, Language and Technology 35Vincent BONTEMS 3.1. The precedence of technology over language 36 3.2. Simondon’s technological vocabulary 38 3.3. For a diagram of the technical lineages 39 3.4. Conclusion 41 3.5. References 42 Part 2. Hermeneutics of Science, Hermeneutical Sciences 45 Chapter 4. On the Philosophy of Mathematics: Reflections on “Making Science”, Based on Cavaillès 47Franck NEVEU 4.1. Mathematics, a precondition of rational philosophy 47 4.2. Reasoning by the absurd and excluded middle 49 4.3. The final causes 50 4.4. “Universally true” judgments 51 4.5. The linguistic problem of mathematics 52 4.6. The epistemological break: the explanatory versus comprehensive method 53 4.7. The understanding 54 4.8. Mathematics as becoming 56 4.9. Truth and metalanguage 58 4.10. The theoretical in difficulty, an aspect of the epistemological shift in linguistics 59 4.11. References 61 Chapter 5. The Semiotic Articulation of Textual Meaning: Significance, Signification, Designation and Expression 63Régis MISSIRE 5.1. The articulation of meaning according to three semiotic relations: signification, designation and expression 65 5.1.1. The relation of signification 65 5.1.2. Designation 67 5.1.3. Relation of expression 68 5.2. Significance and meaning 70 5.2.1. Significance and signification 71 5.2.2. Significance and designation 74 5.2.3. Significance and expression 76 5.3. References 78 Chapter 6. Semiotics of Cultures and Theoretical Hybridities: For a Renewal of Thought 81Astrid GUILLAUME 6.1. Theories: cultural objects in transfer 83 6.2. Definitional reminder 85 6.3. Status of the arts and religious sciences 87 6.4. Geometric plasticity of theories 88 6.5. Theorists and the evolution of theories 92 6.6. Polysemy of cultural fact and scientific rigor 94 6.7. The return of diachrony 95 6.8. Conclusion 95 6.9. References 96 Part 3. Literature and Arts Sciences 101 Chapter 7. Challenges of Non-logocentric Semiotics of Cultures: Explorations Based on Music and the Notion of Significativity 103Lia KURTS-WÖSTE 7.1. Interpretative action, hermeneutic science and the general hermeneutization of the sciences 104 7.2. Hermeneutics of non-verbal objects: a challenge for the semiotics of cultures, a benefit for thinking about the reinsertion of a theory of meaning into a theory of stakes 111 7.3. Significativity 117 7.4. Music and the hermeneutics of significativity 119 7.5. Modal hermeneutics and engagement strategy 124 7.6. Science of the arts and the esthetic intention of the semiotics of cultures 127 7.7. References 129 Chapter 8. The Roles of a Semiotics of the Arts: Working Hypotheses for Overcoming the Shortcomings of the Past 131Pierluigi BASSO-FOSSALI 8.1. Some remedies for previous theoretical abuses 131 8.1.1. Partial approaches, all powerful 131 8.1.2. A hermeneutic paradigm for a semiotic ecology 133 8.1.3. Skepticism and responsive aptitude 135 8.2. Some remedies for the universalization brought about by postmodernism 137 8.2.1. A non-ethnocentric aesthetics 137 8.2.2. The (un)manageable nature of primitive art 139 8.2.3. In search of a meaningful place 142 8.3. Some remedies to institutionalized nominalism of art 145 8.3.1. Art as a displayed vulnerability of institutions: maestria in minor mode 146 8.3.2. Art as a fracture of proximity 147 8.3.3. Allopathic regime and the vulnerability of art 148 8.4. Some methodological remedies 150 8.4.1. The work and its spaces of relevance 150 8.4.2. Cultural identity between analysis and interpretation 152 8.4.3. Methodology and knowing anew 153 8.5. References 155 Conclusion 159Bernard REBER List of Authors 179 Index 181

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Book SynopsisTaking stock of the overall confused picture that research and innovation (R&I) literature and practices offer with regard to citizen and stakeholder participation, this book provides a methodical conceptual and an empirical analysis to determine the connection between ethics and participation. Strong theoretical pillars in the fields of ethics, politics and responsible research and innovation (RRI) form the backbone of this critical approach to participation, which considers new approaches to democratic participation. Taking into account a number of participatory processes, Responsive Ethics and Participation establishes a new methodology to differentiate, classify and understand the added value of the participation of citizens and stakeholders in R&I.Participation could be considered the epitome of innovation ethics. However, its multidimensionality, its ethical and theoretical grounds and the nature of the involvement and related outcomes must be clarified at the outset, in order to reach active forms of participation. Ethical participation is required for reliable developments in science and technology, which is what this book ultimately demonstrates.Table of ContentsForeword ix Bernard REBER Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvii Chapter 1 Defining Ethics and Participation 1 1.1 Ethical challenges in research and innovation 2 1.1.1 Ethics in governance of research and innovation 2 1.1.2 Bottom-up approaches 6 1.2 Facing responsibility 10 1.2.1 The notion of responsibility in innovation 10 1.2.2 Ethics and technology assessment: at the root of responsible innovation 14 1.2.3 From ethics of technology to responsible research and innovation 18 1.3 Public participation and the ideal of participatory democracy 22 1.3.1 Public participation in research and innovation 22 1.3.2 Participation in technology assessment 26 1.3.3 From broad participatory practices to deliberation 29 1.4 The diverse field of participation 33 1.4.1 Defining participatory activities: types and timelines 33 1.4.2. Defining participants: types of actors and visions of engagement 37 1.4.3 Finding value in participation 42 1.4.4 Models of participation 45 1.5 Conclusion 48 Chapter 2 Regulations on Ethics and Participation 49 2.1 Policies and regulations on the ethics of innovation 49 2.1.1 Main regulations on research ethics and research integrity 49 2.1.2 Ethics assessment: a standard in European funding programs 54 2.2. Analysis of current European regulations on ethics and participation 58 2.2.1 The different institutional configurations for ethics and participation 58 2.2.2 The current deadlocks of European regulatory bodies 63 2.2.3 Ethics of participation: current boundaries 68 2.3 Soft law on participatory approaches 70 2.3.1 Re-shaping participatory approaches through soft law: toward a normative instrument 70 2.4 Beyond regulations: institutional needs for ethical participation 73 2.4.1 The needs from a governance point of view 73 2.4.2 Identifying good practices and criteria for ethical participation 77 2.5 Conclusion 82 Chapter 3 Ethical Participation 85 3.1 How mainstream is citizen participation? 86 3.1.1 A case study on research funding organizations 86 3.1.2 Citizens’ low involvement in R&I processes 91 3.1.3 Prevailing types of participation 98 3.2 Leveraging the funding of R&I for a novel approach to participation 102 3.2.1 Context-sensitive specificities 102 3.2.2 Expectations and legitimacy in the funding of R&I 104 3.2.3 The impact of participatory practices 111 3.3 Addressing the needs of research funding organizations 114 3.3.1 Standardized approaches and the European discrepancies 114 3.3.2 Ethical grounds meeting public scrutiny 117 3.4 Toward an ethics framework 119 3.4.1. Finding common paths and compromises in R&I governance 119 3.4.2 Main critical factors facing institutions 123 3.5 An ethics framework for participation 125 3.5.1 Some guidelines for future ethics frameworks 125 3.5.2 A tentative ethics framework 128 Conclusion 133 Appendices 143 Appendix 1: Categories Considered in the Case Study on Research Funding Organizations 145 Appendix 2: Tentative Ethics Framework 149 References 179 Index 193

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Book SynopsisStudents'' difficulties in producing texts that meet the requirements of academic writing are a recurring concern for teaching staff and those responsible for university courses. Various initiatives are currently being taken, mainly at undergraduate level, to help students improve the quality of their writing. Research into metacognitive processes and the self-regulation of learning can be used to support the design of these writing support systems, particularly by providing a better understanding of the students'' difficulties. This book reviews the concepts of metacognition and self-regulation in relation to writing processes. It analyses the metacognitive components involved in text production, their links with successful writing and their individual and contextual determinants. It completes this analysis by drawing on the teaching and assessment of writing in higher education. All of these elements are articulated around a multifactorial modeling of the learning and teaching of academic writing.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Presenting state-of-the-art reviews on classical and novel research fields in economic psychology, this Research Agenda studies the fundamentals, perceptions and understanding of economic phenomena and behaviour. Internationally renowned experts as well as the next generation of researchers summarize the field and outline promising avenues of future research. Research topics are addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing a broad spectrum of thought on economic psychology. Exploring important gaps in research, chapters include theoretical as well as applied themes and cover novel research fields, to keep the reader abreast of contemporary developments. These include the psychology of money, product design, financial capabilities, sustainable consumption, diet, ethical conduct, gender inequality, the sharing economy, basic income, happiness, and tax psychology. Researchers and advanced students of economics and psychology looking to update their knowledge and refresh their thinking on future research will greatly benefit from this timely book.Contributors include: S. Asbach, J.M. Bauer, J. Bosak, S. Diefenbach, K. Gangl, A. Gasiorowska, B. Hartl, M. Hassenzahl, D. Hilton, E. Hofmann, J. Khan, E. Kirchler, C. Kulich, C. Loibl, T.L. Milfont, K. Patel, L.A. Reisch, G. Rivers, D. Schwartz, M. Sommer, D. Stimmler, O. Stravrova, C. Tanner, I. VlaevTrade Review'This book presents a highly interesting collection of economic-psychological contributions on important contemporary topics in society. What makes this book outstanding is that it combines an applied, problem-oriented perspective (e.g., on indebtedness, gender inequality, tax evasion) with up-to-date reviews and stimulating ideas for research. It incorporates many current developments (e.g., digital transformation, sharing economy) and debates (e.g., corporate responsibility, basic income), and therefore provides a valuable overview on current economic psychology.' --Erik Hölzl, University of Cologne, Germany'The chapters are succinct, offering straightforward and accessible reviews of research areas in economic psychology. Some of the topics are familiar ones including chapters on money, debt, tax, wealth and happiness, while others are more novel such as those which cover the influence of digital technology on product design and the 'Sharing Economy'. This is a book which mainly deals with applying Psychology to economic behaviour, which it succeeds in doing. This applied focus includes providing policy advice about changing behaviour in order to encourage healthier eating habits and the more efficient management of household finances.' --Alan Lewis, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Economic psychology: Selected contributions to an emerging discipline Katharina Gangl and Erich Kirchler 2. Lay people’s and children’s theories of money Agata Gasiorowska 3. Improving financial capability Krishane Patel and Ivo Vlaev 4. Role of ‘owned’ money and rational spending Jashim Khan and Gary Rivers 5. Debts and over-indebtedness of private households Cäzilia Loibl 6. Psychology in product design Sarah Diefenbach and Marc Hassenzahl 7. The interplay between intrinsic motivation, financial incentives and nudges in sustainable consumption Daniel Schwartz, Taciano L. Milfont and Denis Hilton 8. Behavioural mechanisms and (un)healthy dietary choices: A research agenda for better evidence Jan M. Bauer and Lucia A. Reisch 9. Preventing wrongdoing and promoting ethical conduct: A regulatory focus approach to corporate ethical culture Diana Stimmler and Carmen Tanner 10. The persistence of gender inequality in the workplace: Still a long way to go? Clara Kulich and Janine Bosak 11. Sharing economy Barbara Hartl and Eva Hofmann 12. Basic income: Insights from social experiments and simulations Maximillian Sommer 13. Status quo and future research avenues of tax psychology Katharina Gangl 14. Happiness and economic prosperity Olga Stravrova and Simon Asbach Index

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Book SynopsisFeeling anxious and on the back foot? No idea where or how to start getting relief? Anxiety making you feel overwhelmed and alone? In bite-sized chapters, Generation Panic is a simple, easy-to-follow guide that teaches you to take back control and combat your anxiety. With its dip-in-and-out format, Generation Panic is ideal for busy professionals in their twenties and thirties who are not feeling themselves, are out of control and are struggling to manage their anxiety. From setting boundaries to using the 7-7-7 breathing method, Generation Panic sets out over 100 quick techniques. Start learning all the tools and techniques you need to get back on track and start living a fulfilled, happy and panic-free life again.

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Book SynopsisFrom Here to There: An Introduction to Race, Gender, and Class in the United States is designed to introduce students to the experiences of marginalized communities in the U.S. It covers a range of topics that explore the intersections of various social, political, and cultural identities, including race, gender, sexuality, and class.The book is organized into 15 chapters, each written by different contributors, offering contemporary insights into a variety of contemporary issues, including Islamophobia, immigration, the constructions of race and gender, economic inequality, and the social constructs of sexuality.The chapters are organized to provide a comprehensive understanding of each topic, beginning with introductions, learning objectives, and key terms, followed by detailed discussions, and concluding with summaries, review questions, and references. The book aims to meet students at their level of understanding, providing accessible knowledge to help them grasp the complexities of systemic oppression and develop empathy and the skills necessary for creating change. It serves as a guide for classroom discussion and encourages students to engage with the material to better understand the diverse world around them.From Here to There is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in sociology, psychology, and cultural/ethnic studies.

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Book SynopsisThis book uniquely decolonises the structure of human behaviour in the social environment textbooks by starting with a discussion around marginalised populations and human development set within geopolitical context. The authors then cover relevant variations in development through a lens of historical and structural influences as well as unique biological, emotional, psychological, and/or environmental circumstances.Unlike other HBSE textbooks that typically move from infant or micro-levels and then progress toward larger systems, this book starts with larger systems that shape marginalisation and human development as a context for understanding subsequent chapters in the text. Each chapter integrates the latest knowledge from neuroscience related to marginalised populations and its influence on human development. Chapters are linked to social work practice by framing how knowledge about marginalised populations, human development, and neuroscience can assist social workers in formulating engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation processes that maintains the dignity and worth of marginalised populations.Designed to help deepen student's understanding of theory for social work practice as well as the practice of other helping professionals, this text instructs students on both theories and how to actually apply them in their work with client systems.

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Book SynopsisHealthy Aging in Action: Roles, Functions, and the Wisdom of Elders helps readers gain a deeper understanding of what it means to age healthfully throughout the lifespan, but especially during the later stages of life when new identities, roles, functions, and responsibilities take precedent, not only for personal satisfaction, but to bolster the family and community.The book explores the experiences and meaning of later life, especially as they relate to maintaining a sense of productivity and life satisfaction. Opening chapters examine what it means to age healthfully and successfully and explore the puzzling evolutionary question of why elderly people even exist since they they can no longer produce children who are necessary for the continuation of our species. Students learn about the evolution of longevity, the marked difference between growing old and feeling old, and models to help us better understand the continued existence of the elderly. Additional chapters address grandparents and their roles and function in the family; grandparenting styles; challenges, myths, and misconceptions about elderly caregivers, and more. Closing chapters cover the attitudes and abilities of extraordinary grandparents and musings on the future of healthy aging.Engaging and enlightening, Healthy Aging in Action is an ideal supplementary text for courses in psychology, family studies, gerontology, human services, counseling, human development, health professions, and related field. It is intended to augment texts on aging that cover the classic theories, review standard concepts, and cover the comprehensive life cycle.

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Book SynopsisThis is a practical book exploring how to conduct animal assisted intervention (AAI) in ways that protect and prioritize animal and human welfare. This resource is for social scientists (e.g., psychology, social work, human development and family studies, etc.), as well as ethologists and animal behaviour and welfare students and practitioners. The book is a series of short chapters that depict a wide array of AAIs and their potential welfare concerns. The chapters include descriptions of the AAI offered, the welfare challenges, and ways to successfully mitigate these challenges. This book also covers critical topics including therapy animals' aging, retirement, and death as well as ethical issues including animal consent. Species include not only dogs, but horses, rabbits, and other small animals (e.g., guinea pigs, mice, etc.). Types of AAI involve individual interventions as well as crisis dogs (those who help after natural and man-made disasters), and residential animals. The book is designed to be a practical, engaging book with links to video and examples of real-life situations. It is evidence-based, yet user-friendly and directly applicable to students and practitioners. This highly practical and engaging book with examples of real life situations, videos and case studies, explores how to conduct animal assisted interventions in ways that protect and prioritize animal and human welfare. The book: · Explores how to conduct animal assisted intervention (AAI) in ways that protect and prioritize animal and human welfare. · Discusses potential welfare challenges including how to advocate for the animal, animal consent, and the animal's aging, retirement, or death. · Evidence based approach to mitigating welfare concerns for a wide range of therapy animals including dogs, horses, rabbits, rodents, and exotic animals - and their recipients. An invaluable resource for ethologists and animal behaviour and welfare students and practitioners, as well as social scientists (e.g., psychology, social work, human development and family studies).Table of ContentsSection 1: Welfare Chapter 1: The importance of animal welfare in animal assisted services. Melissa Y. Winkle and Amy Johnson. Chapter 2: Standards of practice and professional competencies to protect welfare and promote thriving in AAI. Taylor Chastain Griffin. Chapter 3: Welfare and well-being considerations in dog selection and involvement in animal assisted interventions. Risë VanFleet. Chapter 4: Equine welfare in therapy and learning services: an overview. Nina Ekholm Fry. Chapter 5: Communicating with “critters” - incorporating small animals into Animal Assisted Interventions. Patti Anderson. Chapter 6: The Therapy Animal’s Bill of Rights. Ann R. Howie. Chapter 7: Trauma-informed interspecies social justice in AAI. Sarah Schlote. Section 2: Equines Chapter 8: Recognizing and mitigating potential welfare challenges during equine-assisted services for autistic youth. Caiti Peters and Temple Grandin. Chapter 9: Striking a balance between welfare and therapeutic progress in equine-assisted services. Megan French and Angela Fournier. Chapter 10: Freedom, choice, & consent in the HERD. Veronica Lac. Chapter 11: Acknowledging and mitigating professional compassion fatigue: personal reflections on animal-assisted work. Elizabeth A. Letson and Joy R. Hanson. Chapter 12: Time to say goodbye: honoring the life and death of a therapy horse. Arieahn Matamonasa-Bennett. Section 3: Crisis dogs Chapter 13: Animal assisted interventions (AAI) and the lessons learned – striving for safe, sane, and humane interactions. Susan D. Greenbaum. Chapter 14: Animal-assisted crisis response: the balance between work and welfare. Batya Gugenheim Jaffe. Chapter 15: Innovative AAI within a child trauma assessment center. Angela M. Moe. Chapter 16: Your dog to share. Darlene Blackman. Section 4: Other animals Chapter 17: Benefits and considerations when incorporating farm animals in therapeutic settings. Suzanne M. Kapral. Chapter 18: Animal assisted interventions: paths to propagation. Julie Ann Nettifee. Chapter 19: My ethical code: personal guidelines for effective welfare and safety practices in AAI. Brenda Rynders. Chapter 20: The three agendas of animal assisted therapy (AAT). Eileen Bona. Section 5: Children Chapter 21: Pawsitive reading programs. Nicky Barendrecht-Jenken and Anna van den Berg. Chapter 22: A dog’s intuition. Brittany Panus. Chapter 23: Establishing an animal-assisted therapy program at a preschool. Katrina Winsor. Chapter 24: Children interacting with dogs: challenges & rewards. Lisa-Maria Glenk. Chapter 25: Before going forward, plan backward: prioritizing welfare during HAIs. Terri Hlava. Chapter 26: Reading doesn’t have to be ruff. Jean Kirnan and Ashley Thompson. Chapter 27: Canine assisted educational activities in a university setting: reflecting on ways to promote happy and mutually beneficial experiences. Helen Lewis. Chapter 28: Enhancing dog-human communication in animal assisted programs. Kirsty MacQueen. Section 6: Adults Chapter 29: Welfare and safety considerations in AAI hospital programs. Cynnie Foss. Chapter 30: A humane education journey: teaching and learning compassion. Ursula A. Aragunde Kohl. Chapter 31: Calling Dr. Doolittle: The clinician’s role in monitoring communication between animal and client to maintain safety during animal assisted psychotherapy interventions. Linda Chassman Craddock. Chapter 32: Canine co-therapists – special considerations for engaging within virtual environments and navigating canine health status changes. Donna Clarke. Chapter 33: Animal welfare with AAI in prison/jails. Yvonne Eaton-Stull. Chapter 34: The Inter-Professional Animal-Assisted Wellness (IPAW) Collaborative. Laura Poleshuck and Missy Reed. Chapter 35: Safeguarding the welfare of therapy dogs in clinical mental health practice. Elizabeth Ruegg. Chapter 36: The power of non-verbal communication. Shira Smilovici.

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Book SynopsisThe psychologist may appear in science fiction as the herald of utopia or dystopia; literary studies have used psychoanalytic theories to interpret science fiction; and psychology has employed science fiction as an educational medium. Science Fiction and Psychology goes beyond such incidental observations and engagements to offer an in-depth exploration of science fiction literature’s varied use of psychological discourses, beginning at the birth of modern psychology in the late nineteenth century and concluding with the ascendance of neuroscience in the late twentieth century. Rather than dwelling on psychoanalytic readings, this literary investigation combines with history of psychology to offer attentive textual readings that explore five key psychological schools: evolutionary psychology, psychoanalysis, behaviourism, existential-humanism, and cognitivism. The varied functions of psychological discourses in science fiction are explored, whether to popularise and prophesy, to imagine utopia or dystopia, to estrange our everyday reality, to comment on science fiction itself, or to abet (or resist) the spread of psychological wisdom. Science Fiction and Psychology also considers how psychology itself has made use of science fiction in order to teach, to secure legitimacy as a discipline, and to comment on the present.Trade ReviewReviews'Setting up an encounter between the histories of science fiction and psychology might portend a collision of alienworlds. Instead, Gavin Miller's Science Fiction and Psychology constructs a reflexive dialogue, which results in aunique synthesis of these two cultures.'David C. Devonis, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences‘Miller’s work stays focused on the core argument, with no chance of descending into minutiae, errata, or apocrypha. This structure is a reflection of the careful and insightful scholarship Miller brings to bear on the subject. I highly recommend it for any waihang interested in a deeper understanding of the relationship between science fiction and the science of the mind.’ Nathaniel Isaacson, Science Fiction Studies‘Indeed, Miller’s book “wittingly or unwittingly” encourages a well-deserved shift in attention to marginalized science fictions and sciences.’ Sydney Lane, Journal of Science Fiction ‘Gavin Miller’s Science Fiction and Psychology is a fantastic foundation for science fiction scholars to further explore the relevance of psychological novum in science fiction, and I have no doubt scholars working in other interdisciplinary fields would also appreciate understanding the “cultural traffic between the two territories” (242) which have shaped the 20th century and continue to affect our current understanding of the human mind and its relationship to its environment.’ Beata Gubacsi, The Polyphony ‘Science Fiction and Psychology is a rich, densely-argued study in how science fiction and psychology overlap… [It] is incredibly detailed and painstakingly outlined in its aims and goals, which is to initiate an inquiry into the fruitful intersection of science fiction and psychology.’ Sue Smith, SFRATable of ContentsIntroduction1. Evolutionary Psychology2. Psychoanalytic Psychology3. Behaviourism and Social Constructivism4. Existential-Humanistic Psychology5. Cognitive PsychologyConclusion: Science Fiction in PsychologyWorks Cited

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Book SynopsisThere is relatively little written for White therapists about how they and their White clients can dismantle White supremacy. Drawing attention to this issue, and building support among White practitioners, Jason Brown aims to dismantle White supremacy in professional activities with clients, in the profession itself, and in public policy.

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Presenting state-of-the-art reviews on classical and novel research fields in economic psychology, this Research Agenda studies the fundamentals, perceptions and understanding of economic phenomena and behaviour. Internationally renowned experts as well as the next generation of researchers summarize the field and outline promising avenues of future research. Research topics are addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing a broad spectrum of thought on economic psychology. Exploring important gaps in research, chapters include theoretical as well as applied themes and cover novel research fields, to keep the reader abreast of contemporary developments. These include the psychology of money, product design, financial capabilities, sustainable consumption, diet, ethical conduct, gender inequality, the sharing economy, basic income, happiness, and tax psychology. Researchers and advanced students of economics and psychology looking to update their knowledge and refresh their thinking on future research will greatly benefit from this timely book.Contributors include: S. Asbach, J.M. Bauer, J. Bosak, S. Diefenbach, K. Gangl, A. Gasiorowska, B. Hartl, M. Hassenzahl, D. Hilton, E. Hofmann, J. Khan, E. Kirchler, C. Kulich, C. Loibl, T.L. Milfont, K. Patel, L.A. Reisch, G. Rivers, D. Schwartz, M. Sommer, D. Stimmler, O. Stravrova, C. Tanner, I. VlaevTrade Review'This book presents a highly interesting collection of economic-psychological contributions on important contemporary topics in society. What makes this book outstanding is that it combines an applied, problem-oriented perspective (e.g., on indebtedness, gender inequality, tax evasion) with up-to-date reviews and stimulating ideas for research. It incorporates many current developments (e.g., digital transformation, sharing economy) and debates (e.g., corporate responsibility, basic income), and therefore provides a valuable overview on current economic psychology.' --Erik Hölzl, University of Cologne, Germany'The chapters are succinct, offering straightforward and accessible reviews of research areas in economic psychology. Some of the topics are familiar ones including chapters on money, debt, tax, wealth and happiness, while others are more novel such as those which cover the influence of digital technology on product design and the 'Sharing Economy'. This is a book which mainly deals with applying Psychology to economic behaviour, which it succeeds in doing. This applied focus includes providing policy advice about changing behaviour in order to encourage healthier eating habits and the more efficient management of household finances.' --Alan Lewis, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Economic psychology: Selected contributions to an emerging discipline Katharina Gangl and Erich Kirchler 2. Lay people’s and children’s theories of money Agata Gasiorowska 3. Improving financial capability Krishane Patel and Ivo Vlaev 4. Role of ‘owned’ money and rational spending Jashim Khan and Gary Rivers 5. Debts and over-indebtedness of private households Cäzilia Loibl 6. Psychology in product design Sarah Diefenbach and Marc Hassenzahl 7. The interplay between intrinsic motivation, financial incentives and nudges in sustainable consumption Daniel Schwartz, Taciano L. Milfont and Denis Hilton 8. Behavioural mechanisms and (un)healthy dietary choices: A research agenda for better evidence Jan M. Bauer and Lucia A. Reisch 9. Preventing wrongdoing and promoting ethical conduct: A regulatory focus approach to corporate ethical culture Diana Stimmler and Carmen Tanner 10. The persistence of gender inequality in the workplace: Still a long way to go? Clara Kulich and Janine Bosak 11. Sharing economy Barbara Hartl and Eva Hofmann 12. Basic income: Insights from social experiments and simulations Maximillian Sommer 13. Status quo and future research avenues of tax psychology Katharina Gangl 14. Happiness and economic prosperity Olga Stravrova and Simon Asbach Index

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Book SynopsisThe rationale behind how people value and trade stocks is of unparalleled interest to governments, companies and other participants in stock markets. The book focuses on the way in which investors process information and form expectations about future gains. It argues that humans fall short of the perfect information processing required by theory, and that their expectations are based on more than just future company earnings. Karl-Erik Warneryd discusses the psychology of investing, providing detailed coverage of how financial expectations are formed, how complex decisions are made and how emotions and influence from others affect the financial decisions of individuals. Empirical studies featured in the book suggest that many, if not most, stockholders have long-term goals, believe in certain stocks, and make few transactions - behavior which, argues the author, may have a stabilizing influence upon stock prices. As a unique overview of how investors process information and build up expectations of future gains on stocks, this fascinating book will be welcomed by students of, and researchers in, economic psychology and behavioral finance. Stock-Market Psychology will also be invaluable to practitioners of finance who wish to learn more about the psychology behind financial transactions.Trade Review'As usual, Warneryd has carefully made sure that the inter-disciplinary perspective rests upon a solid foundation with respect to the latest research and classical work. . . very stimulating reading. Stock-Market Psychology aims at bridging the gap between researchers in behavioral finance (and economics) and economic-oriented psychologists. . . Apart from providing important analytical tools, the book should stimulate future research and perhaps bring researchers in (behavioral) finance and psychology together in mutual projects on investor behavior.' -- Patric Andersson, Ekonomisk Debatt'Finance has long been dominated by the model of the economic man, the investor who rationally processes expectations and information, then translates this data into asset prices. Within the past decade or so, however, the continued presence of market inefficiencies and stock return anomalies has stimulated the development of a subspecialty known as behavioral finance. This book is a thoughtful and exceptionally well documented examination of this emerging area. . . Though scholarly, the book is not overly technical and is a significant improvement over the many popular books in the area. For graduate students, graduate-educated professionals in banking and finance, and business school professionals.' -- S.P. Ferris, Choice'Stock-Market Psychology gives an excellent overview of the state-of-the-art literature on this subject in the fields of economics, psychology and finance. . . a comprehensive overview of the behavior of investors in the stock market. As such, this book is valuable for the classroom. . . Stock-Market Psychology provides researchers with numerous ideas for future research and readers with useful and fun tips without taking away our hopes of ever becoming rich from investing in stocks. What more is there to ask from a book?' -- Joost M.E. Pennings, Journal of Economic Psychology'George Goodman ('Adam Smith') once wrote, "you can find out who you are by investing in the stock market, but it will be an expensive lesson". It is far smarter and cheaper to read Warneryd's book instead. At a time when global stock markets are driven by emotions and passions, and are highly volatile, Chapter Six will tell you why, far better than a hundred analysts' reports.' -- Shlomo Maital, TIM-Technion Institute of Management and the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. Efficient Markets and Rational Models of Portfolio Choice 2. Behavioral Considerations in Financial Markets 3. Expectation Formation 4. Decision Making, Uncertainty, and Risk Attitudes 5. Cognitive Bias, (Simple) Heuristics, and Mental Accounts 6. Emotionality, Motivation, Self-Control, and Investment 7. Social Influence 8. Some Behavioral Data on Investors 9. Investor Groups and Market Segements 10. Implications and Some Further Thoughts on Private Investing References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Sin examines the definition and evolution of sin from the perspective of rational choice economics, yet is conscious of the limitations of such an approach. The author argues that because engaging in activities deemed to be sinful is an act of choice, it can therefore be subject to the logic of choice in the economic model. The book considers the formation of religions, including the new age revival of 'wicca', as regulators of the quasi-market in sins, and goes on to appraise the role of specific sins such as lying, envy, jealousy, greed, lust, sloth, and waste in individual markets and in macroeconomic activity. Empirical evidence on issues such as cannibalism, capital punishment, addiction, adultery and prostitution is also explored. Samuel Cameron concludes that a large percentage of economic activity is intimately connected with forms of sin which are in some circumstances highly beneficial to the functioning of markets, particularly in the presence of market failure.This innovative, interdisciplinary study of the institution of sin will be of enormous interest to a wide-ranging readership, including researchers and teachers of economics, sociology and theology. It will also be of importance for anthropologists and philosophers.Trade Review'This is a fascinating book. Readers will be surprised to discover the lengths to which the Von Neumann-Morgenstern, Becker, Lancaster and Knight models of rational choice can be applied to all forms of sinful behaviour. . . This volume is an interesting read and will be of interest to lecturers and students alike.' -- Marcus Ling, Economic Issues'The Economics of Sin is a timely work, a bold and engaging - though controversial - journey into territory where there is much to be done but most modern economists still fear to tread. . . It makes a useful contribution to the discipline, and should force any reader to grapple with some fairly deep questions that, until recently, lay nearly dormant in the economics literature.' -- Joseph G. Eisenhauer, Review of Social Economy'It is a remarkable book and presages what might have been called "the economics of the Bible". The author very successfully invokes the arguments of economics and blends them with theology.' -- John Brewer, Network'The ultimate test of a book is whether it should be granted shelf space in one's library. The Economics of Sin should be considered a work produced more at the beginning of a field of thought than in the middle or at the end. There is much unexplored territory. Cameron is a Marco Polo who has traveled afar and now recounts the amazing things he has seen on his journey. Before we begin our own journey, we want to know what he knows, both to warn us away from preventable mistakes or shortcomings, as well as to help us formulated our own conjectures and compare them to what others have done. >The Economics of Sin performs a great service that reflects the amount of time and care that went into preparing it. It easily passes the library shelf space test.' -- Earl L. Grinols, Faith and EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Part I: 1. Introduction 2. Tools of the Trade: Rational Choice 3. Religion Part II: 4. Greed, Lust, Sloth and Waste 5. Envy and Jealousy 6. Lies and Deceit Part III: 7. Matters of Life and Death 8. Addiction 9. Adultery 10. Prostitution 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is tragedy? This work argues that it is, at once, art and science -- an absorbing art and precisely observed empirical inquiry into human psychology, whose subject matter is the dilemma of manhood under democracy. The author expands discussion of the idea of the tragic to include music drama in general and the operas of Verdi in particular, and explores the indispensable contribution of tragedy to an understanding of personal and political psychology through discussion of: the political theory of structural injustice resting on the suppression of voice (underlying evils like racism, sexism, and homophobia), a developmental psychology of gender (drawing on the work of Carol Gilligan [the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology, Boy's Development and the Culture of Manhood]), and an interpretation of tragic art (including the expressive role of music in it). Exploration of the tragic impact of patriarchy on democratic voice is at the heart of the power and appeal of Verdi's innovations in musical voice. At its core is a complex psychic geography of patriarchal practices imposed on personal and political relationships (parents to children, siblings to one another, and adult men and women). Such practices -- fundamental to the family, politics, and religion -- enforce demands by forms of physical and psychological violence directed by men and women at anyone who deviates from its demands. Verdi's tragic musical drama speaks of an emotional loss that literally cannot under patriarchy be spoken, namely, what the author calls the tragedy of patriarchy -- a divided psychology that lives in the tension between patriarchal practices and democratic principles, and between the psychological demands of patriarchy and democratic manhood.Trade Review"This brilliant, original book illuminates how the reigning conception of manhood ineluctably leads to tragedy. In Verdi's operas, Richards finds a parallel to Greek tragedy a musical art, honed at a moment of historical transition, that reveals the irreconcilable antagonism between patriarchy and democracy. He explains why Verdi's operas move us so powerfully, and shows us how Verdi's music dramas give expression to a voice that is psychologically and politically vital. This is creative scholarship at its best, a book written at a place where disciplines intersect. Illustrating how Verdi's operas illuminate tragic breaks in human relationships, the author also shows how a personal and political psychology elucidates Verdi's genius. For opera lovers, this book is a gift; to novices it extends an invitation to discover in music drama a way of hearing the underworld' and thus coming to understand emotions and experiences that we resist knowing." -- University Professor, New York University, and author of In a Different Voice and The Birth of Pleasure. "In this complex but rewarding book, Richards (law, NYU) challenges the ill effects that patriarchal societies have placed in the way of individual voices of both men and women, and the ways in which tragedy, as fashioned by ancient Greek playwrights, has occupied a problematic ground between patriarchy and democracy. Beginning with a consideration of some major Greek tragedies, the author moves on to discuss ways in which patriarchal demands mute true voices, and he contrasts the patriarchal and democratic concepts of manhood. Turning to the operas of Verdi, whom he considers the greatest tragedian in the history of opera, Richards finds - specifically in the music - the expression of a psychological truth that works against the demands of patriarchy on those who find them supremely painful. Richards interdisciplinary approach calls on the fields of history, literature, sociology, psychology, and political science, and he also offers his own reflections on matters at hand. For him, Verdis operas are a locus in which characters can express in music the voices that patriarchy has suppressed and thus show the destructive force on women but, more centrally, on men. In Verdis music Richards finds emotions and memories that cannot otherwise be discussed. Recommended." -- Choice."This brilliant, original book illuminates how the reigning conception of manhood ineluctably leads to tragedy. In Verdi's operas, Richards finds a parallel to Greek tragedy - a musical art, honed at a moment of historical transition, that reveals the irreconcilable antagonism between patriarchy and democracy. He explains why Verdi's operas move us so powerfully, and shows us how Verdi's music dramas give expression to a voice that is psychologically and politically vital. This is creative scholarship at its best, a book written at a place where disciplines intersect. Illustrating how Verdi's operas illuminate tragic breaks in human relationships, the author also shows how a personal and political psychology elucidates Verdi's genius. For opera lovers, this book is a gift; to novices it extends an invitation to discover in music drama a way of hearing the underworld' and thus coming to understand emotions and experiences that we resist knowing." -- University Professor, New York University, and author of In a Different Voice and The Birth of PleasureTable of ContentsContents: The idea of tragedy and the dilemma of democratic manhood: Verdi's analytics of traumatised voice under patriarchy; Tragic art: patriarchy in ancient Athens and Verdi's Italy; Music as the memory of suppressed voice in Verdi's mature operas; Verdi and Italian nationalism; Parents and children; Siblings; Lovers; Tragedy as the dilemma of democratic manhood; Between Patriarchal and Democratic Manhood.

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