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In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of “madness” along which we all...

The topics in this book include learners´ and teachers´ beliefs about how a subject should be learned and taught Learning and working in groups Relationships with others Motivation to start and persis...

This state-of-the-art handbook provides an authoritative overview of the field of perception, with special emphasis on new developments and trends. Surveys the entire field of perception, including ...

Judgment and Decision Making is a refreshingly accessible text that explores the wide variety of ways people make judgments. An accessible examination of the wide variety of ways people make judgmen...

Nesta nova edição de O mundo da criança, Martorell, Papalia e Feldman mantêm a ampla cobertura multicultural característica das edições anteriores, equilibrando informações provenientes de pesquisas –...

A princípio, Esboço de psicanálise poderia ser considerado um texto incompleto de Freud, já que o pai da psicanálise interrompeu sua produção em consequência de uma cirurgia. Entretanto é difícil afir...

O mito do nascimento do herói pertence às obras de maior sucesso de Otto Rank. Na segunda edição, do ano de 1922, Otto Rank - na época ainda um colaborador muito próximo de Sigmund Freud - ampliou sua...

Physical Activity and Health Promotion: Evidence-based Approaches to Practice evaluates the realities and complexities of working to reverse the adverse trend towards physical inactivity. It is a well...

Uma voz diferente – Teoria psicológica e o desenvolvimento feminino tem como intuito examinar as diferenças de desenvolvimento entre meninos e meninas, e como estas diferenças determinam a personalida...

A psique adolescente é uma contribuição bem-vinda à literatura junguiana contemporânea Frankel entrelaça conceitos de Jung, Hillman, Winnicott e outros para nos trazer um novo entendimento e novas for...

Tanto por advogar pela ciência contra a religião, dentro e fora da própria instituição psicanalítica, como também contra a ideologia, em 1928, O futuro de uma ilusão causou controvérsia quando foi pub...

Both the phenomeno-structural psychopathology and the peripatetic therapy, also known as therapeutic accompaniment, still are barely known by health professionals and students. This present work offer...

Contents - Introduction; Part I. Theory of Collective Action - 1. The construction of collective action; 2. Conflict and change; 3. Action and meaning; 4. The process of collective identity; Part II. ...

Working memory is currently a ‘hot’ topic in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Because of their radically different scopes and emphases, however, comparing different models and theories and under...

Now in its third edition, this dynamic textbook analyses the traits fundamental to human personality: what they are, why they matter, their biological and social foundations, how they play out in huma...

This second edition of the Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention provides a comprehensive overview of this complex and continually evolving field by an outstanding group of contributing authors. Ei...

The sixth edition of Occupational Therapy for Children maintains its focus on children from infancy to adolescence and gives comprehensive coverage of both conditions and treatment techniques in all s...

This volume is an easy-to-read introduction to the physics behind MR imaging. The subject is presented in a clear, user-friendly, clinically relevant fashion, with large-size, legible equations, over ...

This book comprehensively introduces the major psychological principles of behavior: operant conditioning, Pavlovian conditioning, social learning theory, and cognitive behaviorism. It closely links t...

In recent years there have been an increasing number of incidents where children have either perpetrated or been the victims of violence in the schools. Often times the children who perpetrated the vi...

Updated and expanded in this third edition, Principles of Community Psychology: Perspectives and Applications presents the most recent literature, empirical work, issues, and events in the field and t...

Bilingualism in Development is an examination of the language and cognitive development of bilingual children focusing primarily on the preschool years. It begins by defining the territory for what is...

Algae are ubiquitous; a multitude of species ranging from microscopic unicells to gigantic kelps inhabit the world´s oceans, freshwater bodies, soils, rocks, and trees, and are responsible for most of...

Choices, Values, and Frames presents an empirical and theoretical challenge to classical utility theory, offering prospect theory as an alternative framework. Extensions and applications to diverse ec...

One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychology is well-written, humorous, and remains one of the most comprehensive and balanced books in the area of cognition. MacLin and MacLin, inheritin...

The level of conflict between parents is the key factor in how children overcome the challenges divorce creates. This book provides an overview of relevant trends in law, conflict resolution and menta...

Innovative ideas in educational psychology, learning, and instruction, originally formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky, are currently enjoying unprecedented popularity in the U...

The term social psychology was first established in the 1860s but the issues surrounding the subject have evolved over a much longer period. This book follows the history of the discipline over two an...