PSYCHOLOGY TODAY MARCH 1992
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 504
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Author: Harold S. Kushner
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0805241930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers an inspirational and compassionate approach to understanding the problems of life, and argues that we should continue to believe in God's fairness.
How to Be Yourself
Author: Ellen Hendriksen
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2018-03-13
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1250122236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPicking up where Quiet ended, How to Be Yourself is the best book you’ll ever read about how to conquer social anxiety. “This book is also a groundbreaking road map to finally being your true, authentic self.” —Susan Cain, New York Times, USA Today and nationally bestselling author of Quiet Up to 40% of people consider themselves shy. You might say you’re introverted or awkward, or that you're fine around friends but just can't speak up in a meeting or at a party. Maybe you're usually confident but have recently moved or started a new job, only to feel isolated and unsure. If you get nervous in social situations—meeting your partner's friends, public speaking, standing awkwardly in the elevator with your boss—you've probably been told, “Just be yourself!” But that's easier said than done—especially if you're prone to social anxiety. Weaving together cutting-edge science, concrete tips, and the compelling stories of real people who have risen above their social anxiety, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen proposes a groundbreaking idea: you already have everything you need to succeed in any unfamiliar social situation. As someone who lives with social anxiety, Dr. Hendriksen has devoted her career to helping her clients overcome the same obstacles she has. With familiarity, humor, and authority, Dr. Hendriksen takes the reader through the roots of social anxiety and why it endures, how we can rewire our brains through our behavior, and—at long last—exactly how to quiet your Inner Critic, the pesky voice that whispers, "Everyone will judge you." Using her techniques to develop confidence, think through the buzz of anxiety, and feel comfortable in any situation, you can finally be your true, authentic self.
Positivism in Psychology
Author: Charles W. Tolman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1461244021
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPositivism needs further scrutiny. In recent years, there has been little consensus about the nature of positivism or about the precise forms its influence has taken on psychological theory. One symptom of this lack of clarity has been that ostensibly anti-positivist psychological theorizing is frequently found reproducing one or more distinctively positivist assumptions. The contributors to this volume believe that, while virtually every theoretically engaged psychologist today openly rejects positivism in both its 19th century and 20th century forms, it is indispensable to look at positivism from all sides and to appraise its role and importance in order to make possible the further development of psychological theory.
'Till Death Do Us Part
Author: Robi Ludwig
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2006-03-28
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781416523130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery day six people in the United States are murdered by spouses or intimate partners. The stories of killer spouses tend to captivate us, as they beg the question of how so many seemingly normal and happy people manage to go over the edge. Indeed, every relationship presents "extreme moments" where scary feelings surface, yet what happens when those feelings turn to action? In Till Death Do Us Part, noted psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig, along with journalist Matt Birkbeck, presents the psychological profiles of notorious killer spouses -- from Scott Peterson and Clara Harris to Rabbi Fred Neulander and Betty Broderick. Ludwig reveals ten killer personality types. These ten personality types are defined in detail and illustrated with examples from high-profile cases along with in-depth analyses of the motivations behind the murders. The ten types range from the Betrayal/Abandonment Killer (who loses control and kills from a broken heart) to the Control Killer (who micromanages every aspect of the spouse's life) and the Black Widow/Profit Killer (who kills for money). With gripping stories and probing insight, authors Ludwig and Birkbeck examine the concept of peaceful versus violent resolution and why certain spouses believe murder is the best and only response. In an age when spousal murder is headline news, Till Death Do Us Part explores a phenomenon that many spouses can't help but think about at some point in their relationships -- which sheds light on the very notion of "happily ever after."
Psychosurgery
Author: Joann Ellison Rodgers
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClusters of brain cells, in favor of drug treatments that do not always succeed and often have negative side effects. Our neglect also means that these new procedures are performed under surprisingly few ethical or legal guidelines. Rodgers's review of the new psychosurgeries and her evenhanded examination of all the moral and medical pros and cons surrounding them give us a firm basis from which we can make a careful reevaluation of their promise and peril. This book.
Your Corner of the Universe
Author: Andrea Campbell
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000-10-09
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0595141250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe healing power of self-observation is one powerful reason so many adults are turning to journal writing today. Yet even the most conscientious journal-keepers have dry periods, and beginners often find themselves wishing for some help when their motivation to write is at a low ebb. Your Corner of the Universe gives these writers what they need. Whether the aim is to resolve past conflicts, overcome dependency, handle stress, satisfy a creative urge, work out self-correction, help resolve major life decisions, set life goals, or simply celebrate time and events in a lasting way, Campbell¡_s book offers helpful, usable advice. Readers will find in its ten detailed chapters a welcome infusion of patience and perseverance, and dozens of specific journal exercises for writers at all levels.
Shrink
Author: Lawrence R. Samuel
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2020-04-01
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 1496211405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Psychology has stepped down from the university chair into the marketplace" was how the New York Times put it in 1926. Another commentator in 1929 was more biting. Psychoanalysis, he said, had over a generation, "converted the human scene into a neurotic." Freud first used the word around 1895, and by the 1920s psychoanalysis was a phenomenon to be reckoned with in the United States. How it gained such purchase, taking hold in virtually every aspect of American culture, is the story Lawrence R. Samuel tells in Shrink, the first comprehensive popular history of psychoanalysis in America. Arriving on the scene at around the same time as the modern idea of the self, psychoanalysis has both shaped and reflected the ascent of individualism in American society. Samuel traces its path from the theories of Freud and Jung to the innermost reaches of our current me-based, narcissistic culture. Along the way he shows how the arbiters of culture, high and low, from public intellectuals, novelists, and filmmakers to Good Housekeeping and the Cosmo girl, mediated or embraced psychoanalysis (or some version of it), until it could be legitimately viewed as an integral feature of American consciousness.
The Sexual Paradox
Author: Susan Pinker
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 0679314156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter four decades of eradicating gender barriers at work and in public life, why do men still dominate business, politics and the most highly paid jobs? Why do high-achieving women opt out of successful careers? Psychologist Susan Pinker explores the illuminating answers to these questions in her groundbreaking first book. In The Sexual Paradox, Susan Pinker takes a hard look at how fundamental sex differences continue to play out in the workplace. By comparing the lives of fragile boys and promising girls, Pinker turns several assumptions upside down: that the sexes are biologically equivalent; that smarts are all it takes to succeed; that men and women have identical goals. If most children with problems are boys, then why do many of them as adults overcome early obstacles while rafts of competent, even gifted women choose jobs that pay less or decide to opt out at pivotal moments in their careers? Weaving interviews with men and women into the most recent discoveries in psychology, neuroscience and economics, Pinker walks the reader through these minefields: Are men the more fragile sex? Which sex is the happiest at work? What does neuroscience tell us about ambition? Why do some male school drop-outs earn more than the bright, motivated girls who sat beside them in third grade? Pinker argues that men and women are not clones, and that gender discrimination is just one part of the persistent gender gap. A work world that is satisfying to us all will recognize sex differences, not ignore them or insist that we all be the same.
Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, First Edition
Author: Scott O. Lilienfeld
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2012-12-18
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 1462509029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first major text designed to help professionals and students evaluate the merits of popular yet controversial practices in clinical psychology, differentiating those that can stand up to the rigors of science from those that cannot. Leading researchers review widely used therapies for alcoholism, infantile autism, ADHD, and posttraumatic stress disorder; herbal remedies for depression and anxiety; suggestive techniques for memory recovery; and self-help models. Other topics covered include issues surrounding psychological expert testimony, the uses of projective assessment techniques, and unanswered questions about dissociative identity disorder. Providing knowledge to guide truly accountable mental health practice, the volume also imparts critical skills for designing and evaluating psychological research programs. It is ideal for use in advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in clinical psychology, psychotherapy, and evidence-based practice.
