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Determinants of Substance Abuse
Biological , Psychological, and Environmental Factors
Av Mark Galizio, Stephen A. Maisto
Inbunden, 1985
1642 kr
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With the recent increase in the scope of drug and alcohol problems has come an awareness of the need for solutions. In this context, federal support for research on drug problems increased tremendously during the last 10 to 15 years with the establishment of the National Institute on Drug Abuse …
Neuropsychology of Individual Differences
A Developmental Perspective
Av Lawrence C. Hartlage, Cathy F. Telzrow
Inbunden, 1985
1066 kr
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The Neuropsychology of Individual Differences: A Developmental Per spective was designed to sliIVey the complexities and subtleties of neu rologically based differences in human beings. By conceptualizing and presenting subject matter in a developmental sequence, we hoped to emphasize the …
Historical Foundations of Educational Psychology
Av John A. Glover, Royce R. Ronning
Inbunden, 1987
1596 kr
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This volume represents a beginning effort to compile a history of educational psychology The project began, innocuously enough, several years ago when we decided to add mon material about the history of educational psychology to the undergraduate course we were teaching. What seemed like a simple …
Personality Dimensions and Arousal
Av Jan Strelau, Hans J. Eysenck
Inbunden, 1987
1596 kr
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Theoretical Foundations of Behavior Therapy
Av Hans J. Eysenck, Irene Martin
Inbunden, 1987
1596 kr
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In this book we have attempted to confront a number of issues that are intimately related to the theoretical basis of behavior therapy. We believe that behavior therapy is an extremely efficient procedure for the treatment of neurotic disorders; that it is based on certain principles derived from …
Coherence in Atomic Collision Physics
For Hans Kleinpoppen on His Sixtieth Birthday
Av H. Kleinpoppen, H.J. Beyer m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
1642 kr
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During the last two decades the experimental investigation of atomic coherence phenomena has made rapid progress. Detailed studies have been performed of angular correlations, spin polarization effects, angular momen tum transfer, and the alignment parameters which characterize the charge cloud of …
Learning Strategies and Learning Styles
Inbunden, 1988
1596 kr
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A style is any pattern we see in a person's way of accomplishing a particular type of task. The "task" of interest in the present context is education-learning and remembering in school and transferring what is learned to the world outside of school. Teachers are expressing some sort of awareness …
Causes and Cures of Criminality
Av Hans J. Eysenck, Gisli H. Gudjonsson
Inbunden, 1989
1130 kr
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The title that the authors have chosen for this book, The Causes and Cures of Criminality, suggests that it may be just another book specu lating on the sociological evils that need to be put right for "everything in the garden to be lovely." If this is the expectation, the reader could not be …
Handbook of Creativity
Av John A. Glover, Royce R. Ronning m. fl.
Inbunden, 1989
1596 kr
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The motivation underlying our development of a "handbook" of creativity was different from what usually is described by editors of other such volumes. Our sense that a handbook was needed sprang not from a deluge of highly erudite studies calling out for organization, nor did it stem from a belief …
Atoms and Light: Interactions
Av John N. Dodd
Inbunden, 1991
1097 kr
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This book discusses the interaction of light with atoms, concentrating on the semiclassical descriptions of the processes. It begins by discussing the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with a classical charged dipole oscillator. Then, in a pivotal chapter, the …
Explorations in Temperament
International Perspectives on Theory and Measurement
Av Jan Strelau, Alois Angleitner
Inbunden, 1991
1066 kr
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The growing interest in research on temperament during the last decade has been re corded by several authors (e. g. , R. Plomin; J. E. Bates) from such sources of informa tion as the Social Sciences Citation Index or Psychological Abstracts. The editors' inquiry shows that the number of cases in …
Personality, Social Skills, and Psychopathology
An Individual Differences Approach
Av David G. Gilbert, James J. Connolly
Inbunden, 1991
1596 kr
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This book presents an introduction to the study of relationships among per sonality, social skills, and psychopathology. Although research findings dur ing the last decade have made it clear that the relationships among these variables are almost always complex and mUltiply determined, many …
Individual Differences in Cardiovascular Response to Stress
Av J. Rick Turner, Andrew Sherwood m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1691 kr
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Demonstrating that the magnitude and pattern of cardiovascular response to stress varies markedly between individuals, this work discusses the mechanisms by which the cardiovascular system is mobilized during stress, the determinants of individual differences, and the pathophysiological processes …
Schizophrenic Disorders:
Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment
Inbunden, 1992
1130 kr
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No diagnosis of mental disorder is more important or more disputable than that of "schizophrenia." The 1982 case of John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, brought both aspects of this diagnostic dilemma to the forefront of national attention. It became evident to the general public that the …
Dementia
Inbunden, 1993
1691 kr
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Dementia is a state that has implications for several groups. There are, first, those who wish to assess its nature and impact in an objective and scientific fashion, using tools of research to uncover dementia's causes, effects, and parameters. The result has been a rapidly expanding literature in …
Fifty Years of Personality Psychology
Av Kenneth H. Craik, Robert Hogan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
1596 kr
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Assembling original papers by the field's foremost investigators, this history demonstrates the continuity and progress made across five decades of personality psychology research. In addition to providing a historical perspective for the discipline, the work aims to inspire a more coherent agenda …
Cognitive Assessment
A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Inbunden, 1993
1066 kr
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This volume is an outgrowth of an invitational conference held in October 1991 on the main campus of Texas A&M University and sponsored by a grant from the Dean's Office of the College of Education. The expressed purpose of the conference was to allow researchers from too often dispa rate areas of …
Deafness, Deprivation, and IQ
Inbunden, 1994
1066 kr
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Deafness is a "low incidence" disability and, therefore not studied or understood in the same way as other disabilities. Historically, research in deafness has been conducted by a small group of individuals who communicated mainly with each other. That is not to say that we did not sometimes …
International Handbook of Personality and Intelligence
Av Donald H. Saklofske, Moshe Zeidner
Inbunden, 1995
2476 kr
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In this groundbreaking handbook, more than 60 internationally respected authorities explore the interface between intelligence and personality by bringing together a wide range of potential integrative links drawn from theory, research, measurements, and applications.
Behavior Genetic Approaches in Behavioral Medicine
Av J. Rick Turner, L.R. Cardon m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1691 kr
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Leading researchers examine how behavior genetics provides crucial insights into genetic and environmental influences in the development of biobehavioral disorders. These influences are illustrated by using the examples of cardiovascular disease, obesity and eating disorders, alcohol use and abuse, …
Assessment of Intellectual Functioning
Inbunden, 1996
1691 kr
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This fully updated, comprehensive text examines the assessment of intellectual abilities in children and adults. Chapters emphasize the rationale and techniques for measuring intellectual function in educational, clinical, and other organizational settings. The author includes detailed descriptions …
Test Anxiety
The State of the Art
Inbunden, 1998
1596 kr
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Examination stress and test anxiety are pervasive problems in modern society. As the information age continues to evolve, test scores will become even more important than they are today in evaluating applicants for demanding jobs and candidates for admission into highly competitive educational …
Temperament
A Psychological Perspective
Av Jan Strelau
Inbunden, 1998
1691 kr
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Temperament is the first monograph in 40 years to present theories and basic findings in the field of temperament from a broad international and interdisciplinary perspective. The text, based on the author's four decades of personal study and data collection, thoroughly explores the physiological, …
Handbook of Interpersonal Commitment and Relationship Stability
Av Jeffrey M. Adams, Warren H. Jones
Inbunden, 1999
2125 kr
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A fundamental assumption underlying the formation of our most important relationships is that they will persist indefinitely into the future. As an acquaintanceship turns into a friend ship, for example, both members of this newly formed interpersonal bond are likely to expect that their …
Understanding Psychological Assessment
Av William I. Dorfman, Michel Hersen
Inbunden, 2001
2589 kr
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Introductory texts on psychological testing and evaluation historically are not in short supply. Typically, however, such texts have been relatively superficial in their discussion of clinical material and have focused primarily on the theoretical and psychometric properties of indi vidual tests. …
Assessment of Intellectual Functioning
Häftad, 2004
1691 kr
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This fully updated, comprehensive text examines the assessment of intellectual abilities in children and adults. Chapters emphasize the rationale and techniques for measuring intellectual function in educational, clinical, and other organizational settings. The author includes detailed descriptions …
Causes and Cures of Criminality
Av Hans J. Eysenck, Gisli H. Gudjonsson
Häftad, 2011
1066 kr
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The title that the authors have chosen for this book, The Causes and Cures of Criminality, suggests that it may be just another book specu lating on the sociological evils that need to be put right for "everything in the garden to be lovely." If this is the expectation, the reader could not be …
Handbook of Creativity
Av John A. Glover, Royce R. Ronning m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1596 kr
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The motivation underlying our development of a "handbook" of creativity was different from what usually is described by editors of other such volumes. Our sense that a handbook was needed sprang not from a deluge of highly erudite studies calling out for organization, nor did it stem from a belief …
Schizophrenic Disorders:
Sense and Nonsense in Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment
Häftad, 2010
1130 kr
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No diagnosis of mental disorder is more important or more disputable than that of "schizophrenia." The 1982 case of John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan, brought both aspects of this diagnostic dilemma to the forefront of national attention. It became evident to the general public that the …
