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Author: Ruth C. Wylie
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1974-01-01
Total Pages: 850
ISBN-13: 9780803247017
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheory and Research on Selected topics. In this book we are provided with careful, critical, and lucid discussions of such topics as the relationship between race, sex, socioeconomic status, age and self-concept.
Author: Timothy J. Owens
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-11-02
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0521028426
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSelf-esteem is an academic and popular phenomenon, vigorously researched and debated, sometimes imbued with magical qualities, other times vilified as the bane of the West's preoccupation with self. Though thousands of articles have been devoted to the topic, and bookshops work to feed the public's appetite for advice on revealing, enhancing and maintaining self-esteem, conflicting claims and findings have placed the field in disarray. In a very real sense, self-esteem is a victim of its own popularity. This book seeks to add clarity to a concept earlier examined by such notable self theorists as Morris Rosenberg but eminently worthy of re-examination and extension. We do this by asking some leading thinkers on self-esteem theory, measurement and application to assess what we know about self-esteem, and link it to important aspects of society and the human experience.
Author: Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 1489916601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume I of Theory and Research in Behavioral Pediatrics focused on issues of early human development, with special emphasis given to assessment of the preterm infant and to factors inftuencing the organization of the caregiver infant relationship. Chapters in Volume 2 cover a broader range of topics and encompass a wider age span. Chapter I provides a historical review of the relationship between developmental psychology and pediatrics. The authors, Barbara R. Tinsley and Ross D. Parke, discuss differences between behavioral pediatrics and pediatric psychology and note that interdiscipli nary collaboration in research and application has increased steadily in re cent years. However, if similar collaborative efforts are to occur in education and training of pediatricians and developmental psychologists, it will be necessary to determine just what each discipline hopes to gain from such collaborative efforts. Tinsley and Parke report the results of anational survey designed to determine the areas of developmental psychology that pediatricians perceive to be of potential benefit to them in their delivery of pediatric care. Results of the survey suggest that there are many ways in which developmental psychology could be in corpora ted into the pediatric curriculum. In many respects, Chapter 2 sets the stage for the remaining chapters. Nancy A. Carlson and Thomas Z.
Author: Stuart Biddle
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780415234399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was commissioned by Somerset Health Authority to provide an updated overview of the case for exercise and mental health promotion.
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-07-29
Total Pages: 4763
ISBN-13: 042961554X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study of personality has a long history and many different theoretical viewpoints within psychology. Psychology Library Editions: Personality (16 Volume set) presents titles, originally published between 1950 and 1997, covering many of these traditions and theories. It includes contributions from many well-respected academics and is a fascinating insight into this diverse field.
Author: Stuart J.H. Biddle
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-08-27
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1134566832
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book was commissioned by Somerset Health Authority to provide an updated overview of the case for exercise and mental health promotion.
Author: David E. Rogers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0429722400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses how to identify those children who are at hazard of becoming less than they might be as adults. It explores critical policy issues in broadening access to health care services and reassessing results of major intervention efforts for improving life chances of vulnerable children.
Author: Kenneth H. Rubin
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2014-02-25
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1317781902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPsychologists of varying theoretical persuasions have long held that social experiences are critical to normal developmental trajectories and that the lack of such experiences is worthy of compensatory attention. Surprisingly, however, little empirical attention has been directed to the study of the psychological significance of social solitude for children. In an effort to shed new light on the meanings and developmental course of social solitude in childhood, a group of esteemed scholars from Europe and North America was invited to share and exchange information. An international audience of researchers actively involved in the study of social withdrawal and social inhibition or shyness in childhood was led in discussion by the scholars whose chapters are published in this volume. The editors hope that this offering stimulates continuing efforts to better understand the developmental meanings, causes, and courses of this childhood social dysfunction.
Author: David F. Barone
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-11-19
Total Pages: 494
ISBN-13: 1461558433
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA pragmatic social cognitive psychology covers a lot of territory, mostly in personality and social psychology but also in clinical, counseling, and school psychologies. It spans a topic construed as an experimental study of mechanisms by its natural science wing and as a study of cultural interactions by its social science wing. To learn about it, one should visit laboratories, field study settings, and clinics, and one should read widely. If one adds the fourth dimen sion, time, one should visit the archives too. To survey such a diverse field, it is common to offer an edited book with a resulting loss in integration. This book is coauthored by a social personality psychologist with historical interests (DFB: Parts I, II, and IV) in collaboration with two social clinical psychologists (CRS and JEM: Parts III and V). We frequently cross-reference between chapters to aid integration without duplication. To achieve the kind of diversity our subject matter represents, we build each chapter anew to reflect the emphasis of its content area. Some chapters are more historical, some more theoretical, some more empirical, and some more applied. All the chapters reflect the following positions.
Author: University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 512
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