Judgment, Decision-Making, and Embodied Choices

Judgment, Decision-Making, and Embodied Choices

Author: Markus Raab

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2020-10-14

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 0128235608

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Judgment, Decision-Making, and Embodied Choices introduces a new concept of embodied choices which take sensorimotor experiences into account when limited time and resources forces a person to make a quick decision. This book combines areas of cognitive psychology and movement science, presenting an integrative approach to understanding human functioning in everyday scenarios. This is the first book focusing on the role of the gut as a second brain, introducing the link to risky behavior. The book's author engages readers by providing real-life experiences and scenarios connecting theory to practice. - Discusses the role of gut feelings and the brain-gut behavior connection - Demonstrates that behavior influences decision and other people's perceptions about mood or character - Includes research on medical decisions and shopping decisions - Illustrates how to train embodied choices


Economic Psychology

Economic Psychology

Author: Erich Kirchler

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1107040507

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Written by two leading psychologists, this timely publication is the only up-to-date, English-language textbook on economic psychology. Focused on application, it is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on economic psychology, behavioural economics and social psychology, in both business and psychology departments.


Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists

Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists

Author: Mark Muse

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-03-22

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1118235088

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Praise for Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists "Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists is a remarkably thorough introductory textbook for integrating psychotropic drug prescribing into psychological practices. It covers basic concepts in physiology, neurology, and pharmacology in easily understood language. Not only is this book a requirement for any psychologist seeking to gain prescriptive authority, but it is also helpful for any mental health clinician who collaborates with prescribers of any discipline. I recommend it highly." Daniel Carlat, MD, Editor in Chief of The Carlat Psychiatry Report "An important resource for any psychologist who is preparing to become a prescribing psychologist or for any psychologist who wants to be informed about the practice of medical psychology." Joseph E. Comaty, PhD, MP, coauthor of A Primer of Drug Action "Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists is an excellent treatise written by psychologists for psychologists." From the Foreword by Patrick H. DeLeon, PhD, and Jack G. Wiggins, PhD, former presidents of the American Psychological Association An essential and practical guide to integrating psychopharmacology into clinical practice Edited by medical psychologists with contributions by notable experts in their respective specialties, Handbook of Clinical Psychopharmacology for Psychologists covers key topics including: Ethics, standards of care, laws, and regulations relevant to clinical psychopharmacology Disorders of the nervous system, with particular relevance to psychopharmacology Use of comprehensive diagnostic strategies to establish differential diagnoses among possible medical and psychological symptoms Integration of pharmacotherapy with psychotherapy This essential book also provides an introduction to the qualifying exam for psychologists seeking specialty training in psychopharmacology, the Psychopharmacology Exam for Psychologists (PEP). The PEP-like practice test is available on the companion CD-ROM.


Scholarly Misconduct

Scholarly Misconduct

Author: Ian R. Freckelton

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780198755401

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This work examines scholarly misconduct in all its forms, from research fraud to forensic misconduct. Taking each type of misconduct in turn, the book details and analyses notorious cases, and court and disciplinary tribunal case law from around the world, looking specifically at the legal and regulatory responses that were evoked in each instance.


Almost an Island

Almost an Island

Author: Liz Harfull

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 9781743052600

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For a small place, tucked away on South Australia's rugged Limestone Coast, Robe has played a remarkable role in history. Here you will find pioneering settlers and aviators, fishermen braving wild seas in small wooden boats, famous painters and poets, chefs and winemakers, and meet some of the families drawn to this breathtaking virtual island.


Caribbean Psychology

Caribbean Psychology

Author: Jaipaul L. Roopnarine

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433820649

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This book seeks to promote a more unified Caribbean psychology that goes beyond a Euro-American perspective to meet the unique needs of the culturally diverse inhabitants of this region and the diaspora.


Possible Side Effects

Possible Side Effects

Author: Augusten Burroughs

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780312426811

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Explores the most personal, mirthful, disturbing and cherished times of our lives in essay form.


Imagine Drowning

Imagine Drowning

Author: Terry Johnson

Publisher: Methuen Drama

Published: 1991-05-13

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Set in a boarding house on the bleak Cumbrian coast. A journalist disappears while covering a protest at Sellafield. When his wife sets out to find him two weeks later, she stays at the same guesthouse and encounters the same bizarre collection of characters, including the wife of a mass murderer, an ex-astronaut beach bum, and a wheelchair-bound activist.


Mutual Radicalization

Mutual Radicalization

Author: Fathali M. Moghaddam

Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781433829239

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This book explores the psychology of how groups and nations become locked in cycles of mutual radicalization, in which hatred and conflict continually escalate, even to the point of mutual destruction.