Beyond Explicit
Beyond Explicit

Author: Helen Hester

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1438449615

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Develops a novel characterization of the pornographic as a cultural concept. This original contribution to porn studies aims to interrogate previously untheorized changes in contemporary understandings of the pornographic. Helen Hester argues that the words “porn” and “pornographic” are currently being applied to an ever-expanding range of material and that this change in language usage reflects a wider shift in perception. She suggests that we are witnessing a seemingly paradoxical move away from sex within contemporary understandings of porn, as a range of other factors come to influence the concept. Using examples from media, literature, and culture, and discussing the rise of notions such as “torture porn” and “misery porn,” Hester’s argument ranges from sexually explicit German novels and British policy documents to a discussion of the differences between European and American editions of pornographic films. She concludes that four factors in particular—transgression, intensity, prurience, and authenticity—can be seen to influence the way that we think about porn.

Beyond Dissociation
Beyond Dissociation

Author: Yves Rossetti

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9789027251428

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Analysis and dissociation have proved to be useful tools to understand the basic functions of the brain and the mind, which therefore have been decomposed to a multitude of ever smaller subsystems and pieces by most scientific approaches. However, the understanding of complex functions such as consciousness will not succeed without a more global consideration of the ways the mind-brain works. This implies that synthesis rather than analysis should be applied to the brain. The present book offers a collection of contributions ranging from sensory and motor cognitive neuroscience to mood management and thought, which all focus on the dissociation between conscious (explicit) and nonconscious (implicit) processing in different cognitive situations. The contributions in this book clearly demonstrate that conscious and nonconscious processes typically interact in complex ways. The central message of this collection of papers is: In order to understand how the brain operates as one integrated whole that generates cognition and behaviour, we need to reassemble the brain and mind and put all the conscious and nonconscious pieces back together again. (Series B)

Behavior-Based Assessment in Psychology
Behavior-Based Assessment in Psychology

Author: Tuulia M Ortner

Publisher: Hogrefe Publishing GmbH

Published: 2015-07-06

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1613344376

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An authoritative volume discussing the most influential state-of-the-art behavior-based alternatives to traditional self-reports in psychological assessment Traditional self-reports can be an unsufficiant source of information about personality, attitudes, affect, and motivation. What are the alternatives? This first volume in the authoritative series Psychological Assessment – Science and Practice discusses the most influential, state-of-the-art forms of assessment that can take us beyond self-report. Leading scholars from various countries describe the theoretical background and psychometric properties of alternatives to self-report, including behavior-based assessment, observational methods, innovative computerized procedures, indirect assessments, projective techniques, and narrative reports. They also look at the validity and practical application of such forms of assessment in domains as diverse as health, forensic, clinical, and consumer psychology.

Implicit Measures of Attitudes
Implicit Measures of Attitudes

Author: Bernd Wittenbrink

Publisher: Guilford Press

Published: 2007-01-05

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1593854021

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Increasingly used in social and behavioral science research, implicit measures aim to assess attitudes that respondents may not be willing to report directly, or of which they may not even be aware. This timely book brings together leading investigators to review currently available procedures and offer practical recommendations for their implementation and interpretation. The theoretical bases of the various approaches are explored and their respective strengths and limitations are critically examined. The volume also discusses current controversies facing the field and highlights promising avenues for future research.

The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology
The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology

Author: Manuel Vargas

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2022-03-24

Total Pages: 1121

ISBN-13: 019264551X

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Moral psychology is the study of how human minds make and are made by human morality. This state-of-the-art volume covers contemporary philosophical and psychological work on moral psychology, as well as notable historical theories and figures in the field of moral psychology, such as Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, and the Buddha. The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology's fifty chapters, authored by leading figures in the field, cover foundational topics, such as character, virtue, emotion, moral responsibility, the neuroscience of morality, weakness of will, and the nature of moral judgments and reasons. The volume also canvases emerging work in applied moral psychology, including adaptive preferences, animals, mental illness, poverty, marriage, race, bias, and victim blaming. Collectively, the essays form the definitive survey of contemporary moral psychology.

Ready Reckoner for Valuers, 1e
Ready Reckoner for Valuers, 1e

Author: Harish Chander Dhamija

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-09-20

Total Pages: 1250

ISBN-13: 9354351239

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About the Book Ready Reckoner for Valuers is strived to equip the readers with meaning of valuation, purpose of valuation and selection of appropriate valuation approaches and methods. This book also explains various formulas to be applied in valuations such as Ratio Analysis, Computation of Present Value, Discount Rate, Computation of Beta, Computation of Terminal Value, Computation of IRR and Computation of Option Valuation, etc. It covers the valuation of Equity shares, Preference shares, Convertible instruments, ESOP, Sweat Equity, Trade Mark, Brand, Customer relationship along with Specimen of Valuation Reports, Specimen Engagement Letters and Specimen of Management Representation Letter. The book has a dedicated chapter on Start-ups' Valuation which has been curated looking at the budding entrepreneurial talent in the recent times. A separate chapter discussing the potential impact of Environment, Governance and Social (EGC) on valuation has also been made part of this book. Extracts of relevant provisions of the statutes, Guidance Note on Share Based Payments 2020 issued by ICAI, FIMMDA guidelines, Beta by Professor Damodaran etc forms part of a comprehensive List of Annexures appearing at the end of this book.

Beyond Magenta
Beyond Magenta

Author: Susan Kuklin

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0763656119

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Shares insights into the teen transgender experience, tracing six individual's emotional and physical journey as it was shaped by family dynamics, living situations, and the transition each teen made during the personal journey.

Handbook of Attitudes, Volume 2: Applications
Handbook of Attitudes, Volume 2: Applications

Author: Dolores Albarracin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 1351712349

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Attitudes are evaluations of people, places, things, and ideas. They help us to navigate through a complex world. They provide guidance for decisions about which products to buy, how to travel to work, or where to go on vacation. They color our perceptions of others. Carefully crafted interventions can change attitudes and behavior. Yet attitudes, beliefs, and behavior are often formed and changed in casual social exchanges. The mere perception that other people—say, rich people— favor something may be sufficient to make another person favor it. People’s own actions also influence their attitudes, such that they adjust to be more supportive of the actions. People’s belief systems even change to align with and support their preferences, which at its extreme is a form of denial for which people lack awareness. These two volumes of The Handbook of Attitudes provide authoritative, critical surveys of theory and research about attitudes, beliefs, persuasion, and behavior from key authors in these areas. This second volume covers applications to measurement, behavior prediction, and interventions in the areas of cancer, HIV, substance use, diet, and exercise, as well as in politics, intergroup relations, aggression, migrations, advertising, accounting, education, and the environment.

Education, Professionalism and the Quest for Accountability
Education, Professionalism and the Quest for Accountability

Author: Jane Green

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-05-20

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1136837213

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Today, workers based in institutions designed to serve the public – teachers, nurses, social workers, community officers, librarians, civil servants, etc – are expected to reorganize their thoughts and practice in accordance with a 'performance' management model of accountability which encourages a rigid bureaucracy, one which translates regulation and monitoring procedures into inflexible and obligatory compliance. This book shows how and why this performance model may be expected, paradoxically, to make practices less accountable – and, in the case of education, less educative.

Articles in English as a Second Language
Articles in English as a Second Language

Author: Justyna Leśniewska

Publisher: Wydawnictwo UJ

Published: 2019-06-02

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 8323370362

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The aim of this study is twofold: firstly, to provide an overview of research findings on the acquisition and use of articles in English as a second language; secondly, to investigate this issue from a phraseological perspective. The book also presents an examination of various linguistic accounts of the English article system with respect to their application to English language teaching. In view of the growing body of theoretical and empirical studies indicating that language use is to a considerable degree phraseologically motivated, this book argues for a connection between formulaicity and correct article use. This possibility is explored in two studies presented in the final chapter, which suggest that correctness in the use of articles depends on the frequency of the phrases in which they appear. These findings support the view that frequency-driven conventionality in language may play a role in the acquisition and use of articles in L2 English. “This is a very important contribution to the discussion of the L2 acquisition of articles, with particular regard to the L2 acquisition of English. Such a discussion is required in view of the confusing variety of opinions expressed on this matter, and the unsatisfactory nature of the pedagogical advice on offer to teachers of English as an L2. Dr. Leśniewska’s study reviews the relevant literature interestingly and fully, and it proposes an approach to article acquisition in L2 English which is long overdue.” Prof. David Singleton, Fellow Emeritus, Trinity College