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Exam Success in AEB Psychologyby Paul Humphreys
Routledge 1999; US$ 16.00Advises candidates of the biggest examining board on how to select and answer questions to provide the maixmum grades with the minimum of effort. Includes practice exam answers with examiner's comments on how to achieve a higher grade. more...
Character Strengths and Virtuesby Christopher Peterson
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 79.50A report from a group of researchers in the Values in Action Classification Project, this is a handbook of human strengths and virtues. Addressing issues of assessment and measurement, and directions for future research, it is aimed at a pscyhologist who is interested in positive psychology and its relevance to clinical, and social psychology. more...
Fatal Flawsby Stuart C. Yudofsky
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 2005; US$ 57.00Encompassing case vignettes based on composites of numerous patients from Dr. Yudofsky?s 30 years of clinical practice, this book captures essential clinical and research information that brings to life the psychopathologies of people with the ?fatal flaws? of personality and character. It reviews comprehensively the course, treatment, genetics, biology, psychology, and destructive consequences of different types of personality disorders. more...
Global Promiseby Judy Hall; Elizabeth Altmaier
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 59.95Psychology has become a global profession. Professionals are now readily able to practice in geographic areas far from where they were trained. In practice, psychology has a social contract with the public to promote human and societal welfare, all the while responsible for the constant upkeep of systems that promote, maintain, and demand quality from health care professionals. In Global Promise: Quality Assurance and Accountability in Professional Psychology, editors Judy E. Hall and Elizabeth M. Altmaier examine the tools needed for evaluating the crucial components of quality assurance- education, training, accreditation and designation, licensing and credentialing, ethics, mobility, and continuing professional development- from an international... more...
Best Practices for Teaching Beginnings and Endings in the Psychology Majorby Dana S. Dunn; Bernard B. Beins; Maureen A. McCarthy
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 49.95Introductory and capstone experiences in the undergraduate psychology program are crucial ways to engage students in their major and psychology department, impart realistic expectations, and prepare them for life beyond college. Providing the right orientation and capstone courses in psychology education is increasingly a concern of instructors, department chairs, program directors, and deans, and both types of courses have become important sources for gathering pre- and post-coursework assessment data for degree learning outcomes. The strategies presented here have been designed to help educators examine issues around teaching the introductory or careers course and developing a psychology-specific orientation program. The authors also provide... more...
A History of Modern Psychology in Contextby Wade Pickren; Alexandra Rutherford
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 120.00A fresh look at the history of psychology placed in its social, political, and cultural contexts A History of Modern Psychology in Context presents the history of modern psychology in the richness of its many contexts. The authors resist the traditional storylines of great achievements by eminent people, or schools of thought that rise and fall in the wake of scientific progress. Instead, psychology is portrayed as a network of scientific and professional practices embedded in specific temporal, social, political, and cultural contexts. The narrative is informed by three key concepts—indigenization, reflexivity, and social constructionism—and by the fascinating interplay between disciplinary Psychology and everyday psychology.... more...
Essentials of Temperament Assessmentby Diana Joyce
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 36.95Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to effectively conduct a comprehensive temperament assessment Understanding temperament has the potential to better inform treatment and intervention choices as well as promote awareness for qualities that are somewhat malleable. Essentials of Temperament Assessment presents balanced coverage of those instruments that directly measure temperament qualities in adults and children. This guide enables mental health professionals to select the method that best fits the situations, groups of people, and programs that are involved. With an overview of clinical applications of temperament assessments, Essentials of Temperament Assessment gathers as many resources as possible to enable professionals... more...
History and Theories of Psychologyby David Jones; Jonathan Elcock
Hodder Education 2001; US$ 45.00From the founding of psychology to the rise of cognitivism, from psychoanalysis to social constructionism, the wide-ranging history of psychology appears in this lucid, insightful textbook. David Jones and Jonathan Elcock trace the development of the discipline against the backdrop of the intellectual, social, and political contexts in which it emerged. They go on to address critical topics of debate in contemporary psychology, such as biological determinism, folk psychology, and much more. The result is an ideal work for psychology courses, both general surveys and seminars and specialized classes that call for a general background text. more...
Out of Characterby David Desteno; Piercarlo Valdesolo
Crown Publishing Group 2011; US$ 10.99Have you ever wondered why a trumpeter of family values would suddenly turn around and cheat on his wife? Why jealousy would send an otherwise level-headed person into a violent rage? What could drive a person to blow a family fortune at the blackjack tables? Or have you ever pondered what might make Mr. Right leave his beloved at the altar, why hypocrisy seems to be rampant, or even why, every once in awhile, even you are secretly tempted, to lie, cheat, or steal (or, conversely, help someone you never even met)? This book answers these questions and more, and in doing so, turns the prevailing wisdom about who we are upside down. Our character, argue psychologists DeSteno and Valdesolo, isn’t a stable set of traits,... more...
Historical Dimensions of Psychological Discourseby Carl F. Graumann; Kenneth J. Gergen
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 46.00This book challenges the popular and scholarly concepts of psychological reality throughout history. more...









