Consumer Culture, Identity and Well-Being (European Monographs in Social Psychology)
by Helga Dittmar
Advertising, materialism and consumption are central aspects of contemporary Western culture. We are bombarded with idealised images of the perfect body, desirable consumer goods, and affluent lifestyles, yet psychology is only just beginning to take account of the profound influence these consumer culture ideals have on individuals' sense of identity and worth. Consumer Culture, Identity, and Well-Being documents the negative psychological impact consumer culture can have on how individuals vie...
There has always been interest in understanding what constitutes the good life and the basis for creating it. Much has been written about health and wellbeing at multiple scales, from the physical and psychological through to the societal and environmental. Wellbeing has been studied from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, economics, social science, ecology, and political science. However, the interconnections between these scales and perspectives have received far less attention, even th...
The brain is a cognitive organ, and regions of the brain that traverse brainstem and cortical sites orchestrate the expression of bodily sensibility: intelligent action. They can appear perfunctory or intimate, calculating a sum or selecting a mate. Schulkin presents neuroscientific research demonstrating that thought is not on one side and bodily sensibility on the other; from a biological point of view, they are integrated. Schulkin further argues that this integration has important implica...
Online Course Pack:Social Psychology/Social Psychology 5/e Student Access Cards (MyPyschKit)
by Michael Hogg and Graham Vaughan
Social Psychology, 5/e The fifth edition of Social Psychology continues to offer a comprehensive coverage from a European perspective, and has been thoroughly updated to include recent research, issues of topical interest and a selection of new Literature, Film and TV sections. This is the ideal textbook for those studying social psychology and includes a range of features to aid independent study such as theory and concept boxes, research highlights and real world applications. Social Psycholo...
HOGG:SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY & INTRO THEORY PERSONALITY PIE
by Michael Hogg, Graham Vaughan, B.R. H. Hergenhahn, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, and Matthew H. Olson
American Intolerance
by Robert E. Bartholomew and Anja Reumschuessel
This historical review of the US treatment of immigrants and minority groups documents the suspicion and persecution that often met newcomers and those perceived to be different. Contrary to popular belief, the poor and huddled masses were never welcome in America. Though the engraving on the base of the Statue of Liberty makes that claim, history reveals a far less-welcoming message. This comprehensive survey of cultural and racial exclusion in the United States examines the legacy of hostilit...
Looseleaf Personality Psychology with Connect Access Card
by Randy J Larsen and David M. Buss
Towards Fairer University Assessment: Recognizing the Concerns of Students
by Nerilee Ra Flint and Bruce Johnson
Diese Arbeit versteht sich als Beitrag zu einer humanen Heilpadagogik. Da das Normalisierungsprinzip eine grosstmogliche Lernforderung Geistigbehinderter bedingt, sucht die Autorin geeignete methodische Mittel dazu und entdeckte das Spiel als Grundlage einer oft uberraschenden Lernforderung. Die Autorin verbindet die Kennzeichnung und den Einsatz bestimmter Spielarten mit deren Wirkungen auf abgegrenzte Bereiche des Lernens. Ausserdem nimmt sie eine Klassifikation der Spielarten vor, entsprechen...
The Arts of Transitional Justice (Springer Series in Transitional Justice, #6)
The Art of Transitional Justice examines the relationship between transitional justice and the practices of art associated with it. Art, which includes theater, literature, photography, and film, has been integral to the understanding of the issues faced in situations of transitional justice as well as other issues arising out of conflict and mass atrocity. The chapters in this volume take up this understanding and its demands of transitional justice in situations in several countries: Afghani...
Experience Psychology Loose Leaf with Connect Access Card
by Laura a King
Exploring Social Psychology succinctly explores social psychological science and applies it to contemporary issues and everyday life. Based on the bestselling text, Social Psychology by David Myers and Jean Twenge, the book presents 31 short modules--each readable in a single sitting--that introduce students to such scientific explorations as love and hate, conformity and independence, prejudice and helping, and persuasion and self-determination. The Connect course for this offering includes Sma...
'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a rookie detective, a visionary police chief, and a te...
Wake Up . . . Live the Life You Love (Wake Up... Live the Life You Love)
In The Roots of Radicalization: Disrupted Attachment Systems and Displacement, Victor Counted examines the expressions of attachment-related radicalization. Counted argues that radicalization is rooted in experiences of disrupted attachment in religion, places, or with people who are perceived as sources of security.
If a gorilla walked out into the middle of a basketball pitch, you'd notice it. Wouldn't you? If a serious violent crime took place just next to you, you'd remember it, right? The Invisible Gorilla is a fascinating look at the unbelievable, yet routine tricks that your brain plays on you. In an award-winning and groundbreaking study, psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons asked volunteers to watch a 60-second film of a group of students playing basketball and told them to...
The Science of Intimate Relationships
by Garth J. O. Fletcher, Jeffry A. Simpson, Lorne Campbell, and Nickola Overall
The Science of Intimate Relationships represents the first interdisciplinary approach to the latest scientific findings relating to human sexual relationships. Offers an unusual degree of integration across topics, which include intimate relationships in terms of both mind and body; bonding from infancy to adulthood; selecting mates; love; communication and interaction; sex; passion; relationship dissolution; and moreSummarizes the links among human nature, culture, and intimate relationshipsP...