Author Daniel Goleman uses vivid examples of emotional intelligence in order to delineate the critical role it plays in relationships, work, even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart--one that accounts for the other forces at work when a person of high IQ appears to be stymied, while someone of ...
See how the brain works while using it in the process of reading this book! Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know - like that physical activity boosts your brain power.How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to ...
In his book EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, psychologist Daniel Goleman identified value-based characteristics of intelligence--including initiative and interpersonal skills--that are not measured through standard intelligence testing. In this book, Goleman applies what he has learned to the workplace.
A professor of pediatrics reveals the many modes of learning and arms parents and teachers with the knowledge they need to help children prosper in a school environment. 75,000 first printing.
The author writes powerfully and candidly about feelings, both negative and positive, and what they can accomplish. By taking control of their emotions, readers can banish negativity and change their lives, as they begin to attract the things they want by releasing only positive vibes into the world.
Author Daniel Goleman uses vivid examples of emotional intelligence in order to delineate the critical role it plays in relationships, work, even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart--one that accounts for the other forces at work when a person of high IQ appears to be stymied, while someone of ...
Rapaille decodes fundamental archetypes ranging from sex to money to health to America itself to provide a revolutionary way of understanding and dealing with the world--how the culture code one grows up in influences how he acts, buys, and loves.
Donald A. Norman, the author of THE DESIGN OF EVERYDAY THINGS, continues his theorizing, emphasizing the role of emotion in consumerism. Norman believes that it's not reason alone that dictates a purchase but an intangible reaction to an object's appearance and performance, and--perhaps most important--the meaning it has for the individual. Norman ...
This cutting-edge handbook for parents--from a pioneer in infant brain development--bridges the gap between the most current neuroscience and practical parenting techniques.
From Alex's first words to his sudden death, "Alex & Me" tells the story of a delightful and mischievous parrot who rocked the scientific establishment. Yet his real story can't be found in any science journal--the story of a relationship, with its affection, jealousy, and lifelong rewards. 8-page photo insert.
This text's success has come in large part from its up--to--date coverage of important research and theories and offers the latest and most comprehensive overview of cognition on the market today. Recent developments in perception, imagery, problem solving, and creativity are highlighted along with advances in such areas as memory and language and ...
'The book's greatest strength may be its logical explanation of why today's students develop and learn differently, so that a functionally unchanging educational system is no longer appropriate in meeting learner needs' - Choice From the author of the How the Brain Learns comes a new book dealing with special needs students. How the Special Needs ...
Schwartz, a UCLA psychiatrist, examines how and why the mind and the brain have been defined as separate things. MIND AND THE BRAIN also explores how brain dysfunctions are being reconsidered and how new treatments are reconstructing neural pathways once believed to be irreparable.
The main objectives of this text are: *to inform readers of the historical and current learning theoretical principles, concepts, and research findings, especially as they relate to education, and to *provide applications of the principles and concepts in settings where teaching and learning occur. The text focuses primary emphasis on cognitive ...
In this series of discussions, the Dalai Lama and a group of leading scientists and philosophers examine some of the most pressing emotional issues facing people today, and consider the solutions that Buddhism and modern techniques offer.
This book examines our emotions from a biological rather than psychological perspective. It is a provocative far-reaching account of what our emotions are, how they operate in the brain, and how they influence our lives. The author presents some unexpected findings about such psychological disorders as anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks.
This selection of neurobic exercises aims to help everyone whose memory is slipping with a regimen of mental cross-training that can be done anywhere, by anyone at any time. The premise is: exercising the brain releases natural growth factors, which enhance the brain's level of fitness.
This exploration of the baby's brain explains how a baby learns about objects and people, and comprehends language. The authors, three research psychologists who all have children, compare babies to scientists, illustrating the learning process in which a baby develops a theory and tests it.
The widely acclaimed "father of cognitive psychotherapy" adds a new introduction to the gold-standard book on anxiety disorders and phobias At the forefront of the cognitive revolution, renowned psychiatrist Aaron T Beck turned to information processing in order to understand the sources, consequences and cures of anxiety disorders and phobias. In ...
What do we mean when we say "I"? Can thought arise out of matter? Can a self, a soul, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? I Am a Strange Loop argues that the key to understanding selves and consciousness is the "strange loop"--a special kind of abstract feedback loop inhabiting our brains ...
For courses in Early Childhood Development. While arranged in the conventional ages-and-stages format, the 4th edition of Early Childhood Development: A Multicultural Perspective by Jeffrey Trawick-Smith diverges from convention to take a multicultural approach to all facets of development in children from birth to age 8. Every topic is examined ...
Using the latest research in neurology and psychology, Restak, an eminent neuropsychologist and bestselling author of "The Brain Has a Mind of Its Own, " explains how the brain works and tells how to make it work better. Included are 28 easy, practical exercises designed to improve cognitive abilities. 44 illustrations.
Overstuffed backpacks, missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn't know about. Sound familiar? Goldberg, an expert whose been organizing kids for 15 years, shows parents how to teach their own children to organize for themselves.
Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection to our thoughts? Or are they rather suffused with intelligence and discernment, and thus a ...
This book shows readers how the complex processes of the mind--language, memory, attention, feelings--are able to function through the underlying biology of the brain. Relying on patient studies and case histories rather than lab experiments on animals, the authors explore the underlying neurological chemistry behind critical human diseases.
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