An acclaimed author and lecturer indicts the practice of manipulating people with external incentives. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research, Kohn points the way to a more successful strategy based on working with people instead of doing things to them. An argument unsettling to hear but impossible to dismiss.
The text emphasizes ideas instead of isolated facts and shows how research and application work in harmony. Now using seven integrative themes to emphasize the connections between different areas of research in psychology, the text challenges students to grapple with the big issues and tough questions while at the same time helping them master the ...
A comprehensive high school level introduction to the study of psychology "Psychology and You" utilizes a writing style that talks with students using examples and language relevant to their lives. Anecdotes, historical facts, unusual events, everyday issues and concerns, and humor are also built in to keep students' interest. This program has ...
Exploration, Insight, and Action: these concepts drive the basic three-step process that this textbook introduces as a way of teaching helping skills to undergraduate and first-year graduate students. Incorporating client-centered, psychoanalytic, and cognitive-behavioral approaches, this practical guide recognizes the critical roles of affect, ...
This text encourages students to develop critical-thinking skills while studying psychology's major theories and concepts. James Kalat teaches students to separate what sounds plausible from what can be backed up with scientific evidence and how to tell the difference between sound and flawed evidence. The book's modular organization provides ...
This text is a comprehensive introduction to psychology that promotes active earning via critical thinking activities, emphasis on psychology as an empirical study of human experience, SQ4R activities, and an array of pedagogical devices. It contains: a separate chapter on intelligence, increasing the cognitive coverage to 3 chapters; a single ...
For undergraduate introductory courses in psychology. This text highlights the importance of critical thinking and the inclusion of culture and gender in the science of psychology. Through lively writing and stimulating examples, the text invites students to actively explore the field of psychology and the fundamentals of critical and scientific ...
The most widely-used text on the topic of collaboration, Interactions is a guide for preprofessionals and professionals to help them understand and participate effectively in their interactions with other school professionals and parents. It addresses collaboration as a style, with accompanying knowledge and skills, that guides practices in many ...
The famed trainer of Jim Courier, Martina Navratilova, Ray Mancini and Dan Jansen writes about his latest toughening techniques, and draws on the most recent scientific studies available, including new programs and goals for both professional and amateur athletes. With an emphasis on flexibility, strength, and resiliency, Loehr's toughness ...
A highly respected researcher, Lahey applies learning theory to this text and the result is a system that leads to student learning. Each chapter begins with an advanced organizer that tells the student what the chapter is about and gives him or her a "cognitive structure" on which to hang new information. Each main section is followed by a review ...
A core text/reference for Internships, Practicums, and Field Placements in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, and related helping disciplines. Acknowledging, anticipating, and addressing the everyday questions and concerns of interns, this text is designed to bridge the gap between academic coursework and the knowledge, skills, and emotional ...
Life is not a sprint - it's marathon. And no one knows that better than the world record-holding ultra marathoner Stu Mittleman. Now this master of endurance training offers an exercise and diet regimen to help readers increase their fitness and energy levels while training the body to become a fat-burning machine. Stu shows how moderate exercise ...
The "Graduate Study in Psychology" is the best source of information related to graduate programs in psychology and provides information related to approximately 600 graduate programs in psychology in the U.S. and Canada. The "Graduate Study in Psychology" publication contains information about the number of applications received by a program, ...
'This gem of a book is truly a life saver to any doctoral student navigating the rough waters of the dissertation process. Drs Kjell Rudestam and Rae Newton take a usually convoluted process and map out a clear path that is easy to follow from start to finish. This book was my bible going through my dissertation. The authors' clarity of writing ...
"Getting In, Second Edition" is an update of the American Psychological Association's essential resource for anyone considering graduate study in psychology.This handy, readable book simplifies the process for applicants and increases their chances of being accepted. Useful timelines, tips, and tools break the tasks into manageable steps and help ...
In this important theoretical treatist, Jean Lave, anthropologist, and Etienne Wenger, computer scientist, push forward the notion of situated learning - that learning is fundamentally a social process. The authors maintain that learning viewed as situated activity has as its central defining characteristic a process they call legitimate ...
This comprehensive text offers fundamental information on forty-two different sports and recreational activities. Up-to-date material includes an overview of all aspects of the sport, including history, equipment, rules, fundamental skills, techniques, etiquette, strategy, teaching considerations, leadup games, and reference materials, including ...
"By integrating the fields of psychology and special education ...[t]his book provides a valuable reference for graduate faculty members and students as well as practitioners." Linda K. Knauss, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Internship Training Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University "A must-read for any ...
Beginning with its first edition and through subsequent editions, Thinking and Deciding has established itself as the required text and important reference work for students and scholars of human cognition and rationality. In this, the fourth edition, Jonathan Baron retains the comprehensive attention to the key questions addressed in the previous ...
"How can we tell where children stand in their physical, cognitive, socioemotional, language, and creative development? Do we test them? Measure them? Compare them?" This textbook teaches students how to become observers and how to document their findings using one tool: The Child Development Checklist. The author posits that the best method ...
Lefton/Brannon, Psychology empowers students to become active learners in their goal to understand, learn, and apply psychological methods and principles in their daily lives and in the world around them. This new edition of Psychology has undergone the most extensive revision to date. The 9th edition reflects the needs of the instructor and ...
In our society, the recognition of talent depends largely on idealized and entrenched perceptions of academic achievement and job performance. In Thinking Styles, psychologist Robert Sternberg argues that ability often goes unappreciated and uncultivated not because of lack of talent, but because of conflicting styles of thinking and learning. ...
For freshman through senior-level courses in Introductory Psychology, Research Methods, Critical Thinking, Educational Research or other courses that deal with philosophical and methodological assumptions of psychology. Featuring an informal writing style throughout, this unique text uses a question-and-answer format to explore some of the most ...
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