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Control of Human Behavior, Mental Processes, and Consciousness
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 136.95In this book, an international group of leading scientists present perspectives on the control of human behavior, awareness, consciousness, and the meaning and function of perceived control or self-efficacy in people's lives. The book breaks down the barriers between subdisciplines, and thus constitutes an occasion to reflect on various facets of control... more...
Psychology of Self-Regulation
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 90.00The ability to regulate and control our behaviors is a key accomplishment of the human species, yet the psychological mechanisms involved in self-regulation remain incompletely understood. This book presents contributions from leading international researchers who survey the most recent developments in this fascinating area. The chapters shed new... more...
The Construction of Preference
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 46.00When asked to make a decision, people often don't really know what they want; they must construct their preferences 'on the spot'. This book describes the concept of preference construction, tracing the blossoming of this idea within psychology, economics, marketing, law, and environmental policy. more...
The Inner Life of a Rational Agent
Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 107.46A radical approach to the philosophy of mind, in which states of mind are identified with dispositions to behave in certain ways. The approach taken by Rowland Stout is a thoroughly up-to-date version of behaviourism, although not a form of behaviourism that denies the existence of consciousness, free will, rationality, etc., nor aims to reduce these... more...
Mental Imagery für Manager: Kognitive Strategien zur effektiven Selbstführung
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 46.37Der Einsatz von kognitiven Strategien (auch self talk und inner dialogue) oder die mentale Visualisierung (auch mental imagery) soll die Leistung beeinflussen. Positive und negative Effekte konnten in zahlreichen Studien über die verschiedensten Disziplinen hinweg aufgezeigt werden. Diese ermittelten Effektgrößen, vor allem in einigen Studien der Sportpsychologie,... more...
Mein schwacher Wille geschehe
Campus Verlag 2009; US$ 18.33Hauptbeschreibung Wollten Sie auch schon öfter mit dem Rauchen aufhören, die Steuererklärung endlich abgeben, das Chaos im Arbeitszimmer beseitigen oder jetzt wirklich gesünder essen? Und haben Sie es dann doch nicht getan? Dann sind Sie nicht allein. Die Willensschwäche und das Laster sind kleine Fluchten in einer Welt, die uns immer mehr Leistung... more...
The Positive Psychology of Personal Transformation
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99Given the current climate of economic and environmental uncertainty, it is all too easy for individuals to feel hopeless about their lives and indifferent to the problems of others. But according to leading psychologist, James Garbarino, this is the peak time for people to enhance their optimism, empathy, and emotional responsiveness. In his important... more...
A Critical Study of Self-Help and Self-Improvement Practices
The Edwin Mellen Press 2011; US$ 169.95The contemporary cultural phenomenon of self-help is highly visible and yet inadequately understood. This study explores the seeming polarization of self-help the splitting of the individual (the self) and the collective (the help) through detailed ethnographic examination of self-help books and self-help groups. It relates these poles... more...
Coaching und Selbstcoaching mit Transaktionsanalyse
EHP ? Verlag Andreas Kohlhage 2008; US$ 18.33Hauptbeschreibung Eine praktische Einführung in ein integratives Coaching-Konzept, die an der beraterischen Praxis orientiert ist. Sie bietet neben einer soliden Fundierung die Möglichkeit der direkten Umsetzung durch zahlreiche Fallbeispiele und Praxisanleitungen. more...









