Psychology & Psychiatry : Education & Training

A comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and therapy. This third edition includes a new chapter on the important emerging approach of philosophical counselling as well as expanded coverage of attachment theory, counselling on the Internet and solution-focused therapy. more...

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Boost Your grades with this fully illustrated quick-study guide. You will use it from an undergraduate school all the way to medical school. Audience. Intended for everyone interested in psychology, particularly undergraduate and graduate students, medical students, nursing, and dental students. Table of Contents. I. Introduction. II. Neuropsychology. III. Sensory Systems. IV. Perception. V. Learning and Memory. VI. Thinking, Language, Intelligence. VII. Development. VIII. Personality, Mind, and Social Psychology. IX. Abnormal Psychology. X. Psychoactive Drugs. I. Introduction. Introduction: History | Principles | Scope | Research psychology | Applied psychology | Research methods | Criticism. II. Neuropsychology. Neuron: Axon | Dendrite | Synapse | Neurotransmitters | Action Potential | Postsynaptic Potential. Nervous System Organization: Brain | Spinal cord | Central nervous system | Peripheral nervous system | Somatic nervous system | Autonomic nervous system. Brain Stem: Medulla oblongata | Pons | Midbrain. Diencephalon: Thalamus | Hypothalamus | Pituitary gland. Telencephalon: Brain | Gyri and sulci | Brodmann area | Cerebral cortex | Cerebral hemisphere | Lateralization of brain function | Frontal lobe | Occipital lobe | Parietal lobe | Temporal lobe | Corpus callosum | Fornix. Limbic System: Amygdala | Cingulate gyrus | Fornicate gyrus | Hippocampus | Hypothalamus | Mammillary body | Nucleus accumbens | Orbitofrontal cortex | Parahippocampal gyrus. III. Sensory Systems. Visual system: Eye | Lateral geniculate nucleus | Optic radiation | Visual cortex. Auditory system: Outer ear | Middle ear | Cochlea | Medial geniculate nuclei | Primary auditory cortex. Olfactory system: Olfactory receptor neurons | Piriform cortex. Gustatory system: Tongue | Taste bud | Basic tastes | Primary gustatory area. Somatosensory system: Nociception | Thermoreception | Vestibular system | Mechanoreception | Proprioception | Golgi organ | Muscle spindle. IV. Perception. Perception: W more...

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This is the first collection of key articles on the psychology behind educational attainment. It brings together in one volume for students a set of accessible but influential papers, representing the best classic and cutting edge work in the field. more...

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1. Introduction, Marybeth Shinn and Hirokazu Yoshikawa. Part 1: Changing Classrooms. 2. Building Capacity for Positive Youth Development in Secondary School Classrooms: Changing Teachers' Interactions with Students, Robert C. Pianta and Joseph P. Allen. 3. Changing Classroom Social Settings Through Attention to Norms, David B. Henry. 4. Classroom Settings as Targets of Intervention and Research, Stephanie M. Jones, Joshua L. Brown, and J. Lawrence Aber. Part 2: Changing Schools. 5. Schools that Actualize High Expectations for All Youth Theory for Setting Change and Setting Creating, Rhona S. Weinstein. 6. An Intervention in Progress: Pursuing Precision in School Race Talk, Mica Pollock. 7. Enhancing Representation, Retention and Achievement of Minority Students in Higher Education: A Social Transformation Theory of Change, Kenneth I. Maton, Freeman A. Hrabowski, Metin Ozdemir, and Harriette Wimms. 8. The School Climate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Students, Stephen T. Russell and Jenifer K. McGuire. 9. Whole-School Change, Laura M. Desimone. Part 3: Changing Community Organizations. 10. Building the Capacity of Small Community-Based Organizations to Better Serve Youth, Robin Lin Miller, Shannon K. E. Kobes, and Jason C. Forney. 11. Quality Accountability: Improving Fidelity of Broad Developmentally Focused Interventions, Charles Smith and Tom Akiva. 12. Altering Patterns of Relationships and Participation: Organizing as a Setting-Level Intervention, Paul W. Speer. 13. The Ethnic System of Supplementary Education: Non-profit and For-profit Institutions in Los Angeles' Chinese Immigrant Community, Min Zhou. Part 4: Changing Larger Social Structures. 14. Socioeconomic School Integration, Richard D. Kahlenberg. 15. The Co-Construction of Educational Reform: The Intersection of Federal, State, and Local Contexts, Amanda Datnow. 16. Using Community Epidemiologic Data to Improve Social Settings: The Communities that Care Prevention System, Abi more...

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