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Author: Nikolas Rose
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1998-12-28
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780521646079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInventing Our Selves radically approaches the regime of the self and the values that animate it.
Author: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2018-05-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1610397320
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA tour through the groundbreaking science behind the enigmatic, but crucial, brain developments of adolescence and how those translate into teenage behavior The brain creates every feeling, emotion, and desire we experience, and stores every one of our memories. And yet, until very recently, scientists believed our brains were fully developed from childhood on. Now, thanks to imaging technology that enables us to look inside the living human brain at all ages, we know that this isn't so. Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, one of the world's leading researchers into adolescent neurology, explains precisely what is going on in the complex and fascinating brains of teenagers -- namely that the brain goes on developing and changing right through adolescence--with profound implications for the adults these young people will become. Drawing from cutting-edge research, including her own, Blakemore shows: How an adolescent brain differs from those of children and adults Why problem-free kids can turn into challenging teens What drives the excessive risk-taking and all-consuming relationships common among teenagers And why many mental illnesses -- depression, addiction, schizophrenia -- present during these formative years Blakemore's discoveries have transformed our understanding of the teenage mind, with consequences for law, education policy and practice, and, most of all, parents.
Author: Martha Augoustinos
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2014-02-13
Total Pages: 785
ISBN-13: 1446297268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Third Edition of this much celebrated textbook continues to focus on the four major and influential perspectives in contemporary social psychology - social cognition, social identity, social representations, and discursive psychology. A foundational chapter presenting an account of these perspectives is then followed by topic-based chapters from the point of view of each perspective in turn, discussing commonalities and divergences across each of them. Key Features of the Third Edition: - Now includes coverage of the social neuroscience paradigm and research on implicit social cognition - Updated pedagogical features and visual material - An extended conclusion covers the ways in which the different approaches of the field intersect as well as a general discussion of the direction in which the field is moving. Social Cognition: An Integrated Introduction is an integrative, holistic textbook that will enhance the reader′s understanding of social cognition and of each of the topical issues considered. It remains a key textbook for psychology students, particularly those on courses in social psychology and social cognition.
Author: Nikolas Rose
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0691121915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBut today normality itself is open to medical modification.
Author: Amy Sue Bix
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 398
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmy Sue Bix locates the origins of such conflict in the Great Depression of the 1930s, when the country's social and economic crisis forced many Americans to re-examine ideas about science, technology, and progress."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Nikolas Rose
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2013-02-24
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0691149615
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaesthetics. Many now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct. Neuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological conceptions of personhood are influencing everything from child rearing to criminal justice, and are transforming the ways we "know ourselves" as human beings. In this emerging neuro-ontology, we are not "determined" by our neurobiology: on the contrary, it appears that we can and should seek to improve ourselves by understanding and acting on our brains. Neuro examines the implications of this emerging trend, weighing the promises against the perils, and evaluating some widely held concerns about a neurobiological "colonization" of the social and human sciences. Despite identifying many exaggerated claims and premature promises, Neuro argues that the openness provided by the new styles of thought taking shape in neuroscience, with its contemporary conceptions of the neuromolecular, plastic, and social brain, could make possible a new and productive engagement between the social and brain sciences."--Publisher's description.
Author: Meredith Small
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1643135392
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn epic cultural journey that reveals how Venetian ingenuity and inventions—from sunglasses and forks to bonds and currency—shaped modernity. How did a small, isolated city—with a population that never exceeded 100,000, even in its heyday—come to transform western civilization? Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith Small, the author of the groundbreaking Our Babies, Ourselves examines the the unique Venetian social structure that was key to their explosion of creativity and invention that ranged from the material to social. Whether it was boats or money, medicine or face cream, opera, semicolons, tiramisu or child-labor laws, these all originated in Venice and have shaped contemporary notions of institutions and conventions ever since. The foundation of how we now think about community, health care, money, consumerism, and globalization all sprung forth from the Laguna Veneta. But Venice is far from a historic relic or a life-sized museum. It is a living city that still embraces its innovative roots. As climate change effects sea-level rises, Venice is on the front lines of preserving its legacy and cultural history to inspire a new generation of innovators.
Author: Joy Mangano
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-11-07
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 150117620X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe visionary entrepreneur and inventor shares an inspirational blueprint for promoting personal success and fulfillment, sharing stories from her childhood, family, and career experiences that illustrate how healthier perspectives can significantly improve one's life.
Author: Nikolas S. Rose
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday, our personal and emotional lives have become the object and target of psychologists, therapists and other professionals. This book examines the birth of these engineers of the human soul' and their influence upon our society.
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780415029599
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFifteen gay women discuss their childhood, family life, work, friends, relationships, and involvement in political and social causes
