Applied Psychology category: 2264 books
Persons and their Minds (Open Access)
Towards an Integrative Theory of the Mediated Mind
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Today’s approaches to the study of the human mind are divided into seemingly opposed camps. On one side we find the neurosciences, with their more or less reductionist research programs, and on the other side we find the cultural and discursive approaches, with their frequent neglect of the material...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Perfectionism has been found to play an important yet complex role in sport, dance and exercise.
This collection provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of theory, measurement, research findings, and practitioner issues associated with perfectionism, providing readers with insights...
by Nick Haslam
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Presenting cutting-edge science in a playful manner, this exploration of a topic that has been veiled by taboo, the psychology of excretion, surveys an assortment of embarrassing processes, shameful disorders and disgusting habits taking the reader on a tour of the history and literature of elimination.
by Richard Heslin
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
by Olivia A. Hurley
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Sport Cyberpsychology is the first book devoted to assessing the influence of technology on human interaction, behaviour and mental health in a sport context, gathering research on the use of technology and the Internet by athletes, coaches and sport science support staff.
The book identifies...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
This is the first book to draw together cutting-edge research on the psychological processes underlying doping use in sport and exercise, thereby filling an important gap in our understanding of this centrally important issue in contemporary sport. Covering diverse areas of psychology such as social...
Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency
A Handbook of Application, Research, and Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The systematic application of behavioral psychology to crime and delinquency was begun only 20 years ago, yet it has already contributed significantly to our practical knowledge about prevention and correction and to our general under standing of a pressing social problem. In this handbook, we review...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Over the years, in our teaching of diagnostic interviewing to graduate students in clinical psychology, psychology interns, medical students, and psychiatric residents, we have searched for appropriate reading materials that encompass theoretical rationale, clinical description, and the pragmatics...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Our memories shape how we think about the past, how we plan for the future, and how we think about ourselves. Yet our memories are also constantly being reinvented: we often remember our experiences differently from how they truly happened, and can even remember experiences that never happened at...
The Realized Idiot
The Artful Psychology of G. I. Gurdjieff and the “Science of Idiotism”
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Becoming an Idiot… "Everyone who decides to work on himself is an idiot in both meanings. The wise know that he is seeking reality. The foolish think he has taken leave of his senses," John G. Bennett says. The famous “life teacher” and philosopher G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949) taught his developmental...
The Psychology of Executive Coaching
Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
With the first edition of this text, Peltier drew on his extensive experience in both the clinical and business worlds to create a comprehensive resource that brought psychological and coaching concepts together. It quickly became a practical and invaluable guide for both mental health practitioners...
by Sigmund Freud
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2014
“The interpretation of dreams is the via regia to a knowledge of the unconscious element in our physical life.”—Sigmund Freud
Freud’s discovery that the dream is the means by which the unconscious can be explored is undoubtedly the most revolutionary step forward in the entire history...
How Music Works
The Science and Psychology of Beautiful Sounds, from Beethoven to the Beatles and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
What makes a musical note different from any other sound? How can you tell if you have perfect pitch? Why do 10 violins sound only twice as loud as one? Do your Bob Dylan albums sound better on CD or vinyl? John Powell, a scientist and musician, answers these questions and many more in HOW MUSIC WORKS,...
Flow
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC ON 'FLOW' – THE KEY TO UNLOCKING MEANING, CREATIVITY, PEAK PERFORMANCE, AND TRUE HAPPINESS
Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a...