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Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1982. In this scholarly, highly acclaimed text, Dr. Chany defines the awesome normality of man's destructive tendancies and shows how evil is a natural potential at every level of human experience- individual, family, and group. Nevertheless, he argues forcefully that actual destructiveness is not inevitable, that a better understanding of its sources can open the door… Read more about this item

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1992. The only Freudian to have been originally trained in folklore and the first psychoanalytic anthropologist to carry out fieldwork, Geza Roheim (1891-1953) contributed susbstantially to the worldwide study of cultures. Combining a global perspective with encyclopedic knowledge of ethnographic sources, this Hungarian analyst demonstrates the validity of Freudian theory in both Western and non-Western… Read more about this item

Waltham, MA.: Pegasus Communications, 1997. Comprehensive text based upon 17 years of ongoing research involving more than 40,000 people from over 25 cultures, extensively field-tested, and adopted internationally by Fortune 500 companies, Human Dynamics is a developmental system that demystifies the complexities of how people function and interact with one another. Human Dynamics presents a powerful framework for understanding the… Read more about this item

New Delhi, India: Concept Publishing, 2008. This comprehensive set of two volumes, throughly revised and expanded Second Edition, incorporates all the recent developments and research findings from various areas of anatomy, psychology: bio-psychology, physiological psychology, developmental psychology, psychopathology, psycho and behaviour therapies, neuro-psychology, health psychology and social psychology. Making scientific study of human behavior, it offers an elaborate discussion on… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Basic Books, 2000. This groundbreaking exploration by linguist Lakoff and psychologist Nunez brings two decades of insights from cognitive science to bear on the nature of human mathematical thought, beginning with the basic, pre-verbal ability to do simple arithmetic on quantities of four or less, and encompassing set theory, multiple forms of infinity and the demystification… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1996. How do bats catch insects in the dark? How do bees learn which flowers to visit? How do food-storing birds remember where their hoards are? Questions like these are addressed by neuroethology, the branch of behavioral neuroscience concerned with analyzing the neural bases of naturally occurring behaviors.This book brings together thirteen chapters presenting findings on… Read more about this item

Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson , 2001. This scholarly text is a basic resource of knowledge about alcoholism and drug addiction. The authors cover the scientific and clinical aspects of chemical dependency in a balanced way with case vignettes to illustrate clinical issues. Chemical dependency counseling must deal with and absorb a complex and intriguing web of fact and theory… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1988. Scholarly text focuses on the issues of evolutionary learning, such as adaptation, generalization, and other cognitive functions, and presents new ideas for research and provides a fresh perspective on an important area of cognitive science. Its multidisciplinary discussions integrate methods and concepts in uniques and imaginative ways, leading readers to reassess the state of the… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA.: ISHK Taperbacks, 1985. In the past decades many people have become aware that their capacities for development and understanding are greater than they previously thought. For the first time on tape, the means of this development, and meaning, is presented by the world's foremost authority, along with recordings of material in the form of specially designed traditional tales… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA.: ISHK Taperbacks, 1985. In the past decades many people have become aware that their capacities for development and understanding are greater than they previously thought. For the first time on tape, the means of this development, and meaning, is presented by the world's foremost authority, along with recordings of material in the form of specially designed traditional tales… Read more about this item

Cambridge, MA.: ISHK Taperbacks, 1985. In the past decades many people have become aware that their capacities for development and understanding are greater than they previously thought. For the first time on tape, the means of this development, and meaning, is presented by the world's foremost authority, along with recordings of material in the form of specially designed traditional tales… Read more about this item

Capitola, CA.: Meta Publications, 1983. Comprehensive text presents the principles and applications of NLP, including topics covering its historical development, representational systems and strategies, uses of NLP in business, NLP techniques, translating, pacing, modelling and installation, application of the Meta Model to the Socratic method of philosophical inquiry, NLP applications in family therapy and interpersonal negotiation, NLP applications in education,… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1989. Scholarly multidisciplinary study examines how the theories and methods of cognitive science can be extended to include the role of affect in mathematical problem solving. Text presents Mandler's theory of emotion and explores its implications for the learning and teaching of mathematical problem solving. Studies focus on metacognitive processes; aesthetic influences on expert problem solvers; teacher… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1994. Scholarly text presents a detailed outline of four major conceptual levels of understanding: imparting visual literacy as a prerequisite for comprehending visual media; creating awareness of the general cognitive consequences of visual literacy; making us alert to visual manipulation; and promoting aesthetic appreciation of the images we see. Taken together, these approaches provide a comprehensive… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1995. Scholarly text explores the constructs of collectivism and individualism. Collectivists are closely linked individuals who view themselves primarily as parts of a whole, be it a family, a network of co-workers, a tribe, or a nation. Such people are mainly motivated by the norms and duties imposed by the collective entity. Individualists are motivated by… Read more about this item

New York: KTAV Publishing House, 1984. Scholarly text presents a collection of important essays authored by distinguished multidisciplinary psychoanalysts, which reflects the broader psychological, moral, cultural, and societal implications of the Holocaust. Topics covered include ideological and cultural perspectives; differing views of survivorship; a generation after; and psychoanalysis and the holocaust: roundtable discussion. 239 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1965. Classic text contains detailed technical papers presented by leading Russian scientists covering a variety of topics devoted to the problem of the orienting reflex, including general problems of the orienting reflex and its role in conditioned reflex activity; the orientational reflex and problems of reception; phylogenesis of the orienting reflex; ontogenesis of… Read more about this item

Thorofare, N.J.: Slack, Inc., 1984. Comprehensive text presents theoretical and research guidelines for working with children who have pervasive disorders, including fields of normal development, abnormal development, and therapeutic intervention. Topics covered include classification and diagnostic systems; typical stregnths and weaknesses in children with pervasive disorders; conceptual framework; structured activities as therapy; behavior modification and activities therapy; sensorimotor and sensory… Read more about this item

New York: Plenum Press, 1993. Comprehensive authoritative reference text presents contributions from over 100 researchers from 16 international regions covering detailed subjects concerning theory, research methodology, and treatment protocols across a number of survivor and victim populations including trauma relating to war and civil violence, disaster victims, traumatic stressors and events, children and adolescents, the elderly, torture, detention, and internment,… Read more about this item

New York: International Universities Press, 1968. Classic text presents detailed topics covering patterns of psychological damage; problem of the survivor; studies of concentration-camp survivors; dynamicsof post-traumatic symptomatology and character changes; forensic psychiatry of schizophrenia in survivors; psychotherapy with survivors of Nazi persecution; rehabilitation in trauma folowing illness, physical injury, and massive personality damage; clinical observations of the survivor syndrome; etc.… Read more about this item