Psychology For The Third Millennium

Author : Rom Harre
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446292010
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology for the Third Millennium written by Rom Harre and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the 21st Century opened, the discipline of psychology seemed to be separating into two radically distinct domains. Qualitative and Cultural Psychology focused on the discursive means for the management of meaning in a world of norms, while Neuropsychology and Neuroscience focused on the investigation of brain processes. These two domains can be reconciled in a hybrid science that brings them together into a synthesis more powerful than anything psychologists have achieved before. For the first time, there is the possibility of a general psychology in which the biological and the cultural aspects of human life coalesce into a unitas multiplex, unity in diversity. This textbook ambitiously aims to and succeeds in providing this unity. Fathali M. Moghaddam and Rom Harré have designed a textbook brought together with additional voices that speak to the similarities and differences of these two seemingly distinctive domains. This bridge-building will encourage a new generation of undergraduate students studying psychology to more fully appreciate the real potential for the study of human behaviour, and as such it will represent a more provocative alternative to standard general psychology textbooks. It also support teaching in a host of courses, namely 2nd and 3rd courses on the conceptual and philosophical nature of psychology, social psychology, critical psychology and cognitive science. Selectively, it will also represent a very interesting and different choice for foundation level students too.

Author : Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061843148
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolving Self written by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed sequel to the international bestseller Flow: an intelligent, inspiring guide to unlocking the evolutionary history of our present consciousness, and “becoming at one with the power that is the universe.” “A book of singular importance and timeliness, one with momentous implications for the future.”— Howard Gardner In Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s bestselling Flow, he introduced readers to a radical new theory of happiness. Now in The Evolving Self—his breakthrough sequel—he demonstrates how we can understand and overcome our evolutionary shortcomings. Premised on the idea that only through a reckoning with our evolutionary past can we build a stable, meaningful future, The Evolving Self covers the challenges associated with our cognitive evolutionary history (“As far as controlling the mind is concerned, we are like a novice driver behind the wheel of a racing car”); the distortions of reality we experience due to genes, culture, and our sense of self; and the central importance of “flow” from an evolutionary perspective as we look toward the future. Erudite, perceptive, and insightful—and more important now than ever, as our consciousnesses are increasingly mediated by electronic devices—The Evolving Self is a timely resource for anyone looking to improve our world for ourselves and for generations to come.

Author : Rom Harre
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446258246
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology for the Third Millennium written by Rom Harre and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the 21st Century opened, the discipline of psychology seemed to be separating into two radically distinct domains. Qualitative and Cultural Psychology focused on the discursive means for the management of meaning in a world of norms, while Neuropsychology and Neuroscience focused on the investigation of brain processes. These two domains can be reconciled in a hybrid science that brings them together into a synthesis more powerful than anything psychologists have achieved before. For the first time, there is the possibility of a general psychology in which the biological and the cultural aspects of human life coalesce into a unitas multiplex, unity in diversity. This textbook ambitiously aims to and succeeds in providing this unity. Fathali M. Moghaddam and Rom Harré have designed a textbook brought together with additional voices that speak to the similarities and differences of these two seemingly distinctive domains. This bridge-building will encourage a new generation of undergraduate students studying psychology to more fully appreciate the real potential for the study of human behaviour, and as such it will represent a more provocative alternative to standard general psychology textbooks. It also support teaching in a host of courses, namely 2nd and 3rd courses on the conceptual and philosophical nature of psychology, social psychology, critical psychology and cognitive science. Selectively, it will also represent a very interesting and different choice for foundation level students too.

Author : Rom Harre
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 0857022695
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology for the Third Millennium written by Rom Harre and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rom Harré and Fathali M. Moghaddam have designed a textbook and brought together additional voices that speak to the similarities and differences of two seemingly separate domains in psychology. This bridge-building seeks to encourage a new generation of undergraduate students studying psychology to more fully appreciate the real potential for the study of human behavior, and as such it will represent a more provocative alternative to standard general psychology textbooks. It also be used in a host of courses, namely on the conceptual and philosophical nature of psychology, social psychology, critical psychology and cognitive science.

Author : Robert D. Weitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780789007803
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psycho-Economics written by Robert D. Weitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develop new ways to provide ethical, effective mental health services in a world of managed care! Psycho-Economics gives psychologists and mental health care administrators suggestions for handling the changes that have come with the advent of managed care. Using empirical research and practitioner accounts, this informative book assesses the impact of managed care, suggests ways to ameliorate its negative effects, and proposes ideas for the improvement of the managed care system and mental health care in general. Psycho-Economics takes a clear look at the ways in which the managed care system has altered the practice of mental health care. While acknowledging its positive effects on accountability and provision of a broader variety of care options, the chapter authors also note its powerful negative effects, including cutbacks in length of treatment, potential abuses of confidential medical records, and over-prescribing of mood-altering drugs. Yet the book also offers hope for psychologists, social workers, and other counselors. By developing diversified areas for professional practice, collaborating with primary care physicians, and creating corporate education opportunities, psychologists can contribute their expertise to people who might otherwise have never sought them out. Moreover, mental health professionals can embrace new opportunities in treating substance abuse, behavioral health, and such specialized areas as forensic psychology, domestic violence, crisis counseling, and employee screening. These areas and other new developments offer you a chance to build a solid practice devoted to serving society's needs. Psycho-Economics: brings practitioners effective, innovative approaches to clinical practice in relation to managed mental health care fosters awareness of the means by which managed care affects the quality of care that clients receive points out the steps that can be taken to minimize the negative effects that managed care dictates on the quantity and quality of mental health care highlights ethical and legal considerations that should be of concern to providers of mental health services encourages discussion of the future of the managed care system and its impact on providers and clients Psycho-Economics is a survival guide which will help contemporary practitioners like you maintain ethical and effective practices while coping with the administrative expectations of managed care systems.

Author : Ken Carey
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062116576
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Starseed Transmissions written by Ken Carey and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of the Starseed Trilogy: Intuitive knowledge featuring a startling new view of human evolution.

Author : Stewart I. Donaldson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113563632X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evaluating Social Programs and Problems written by Stewart I. Donaldson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-01-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents visions of how to solve social problems in the 21st century and how programs SHOULD be evaluated, not how they will be evaluated.

Author : Robin S. Rosenberg
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1936661357
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo written by Robin S. Rosenberg and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lisbeth Salander, heroine of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, is one of the most compelling, complex characters of our time. Is she an avenging angel? A dangerous outlaw? What makes Salander tick, and why is our response to her—and to Larsson's Millennium trilogy—so strong? In The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 19 psychologists and psychiatrists attempt to do what even expert investigator Mikael Blomkvist could not: understand Lisbeth Salander. • What does Lisbeth's infamous dragon tattoo really say about her? • Why is Lisbeth so drawn to Mikael, and what would they both need to do to make a relationship work? • How do we explain men like Martin Vanger, Nils Bjurman, and Alexander Zalachenko? Is Lisbeth just as sexist and as psychopathic as they are? • What is it about Lisbeth that allows her to survive, even thrive, under extraordinary conditions? • How is Lisbeth like a Goth-punk Rorschach test? And what do we learn about ourselves from what we see in her?

Author : Nobuyoshi Terashima
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113450795X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HyperReality written by Nobuyoshi Terashima and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'HyperReality is a technological capability like nanotechnology, human cloning and artificial intelligence. Like them, it does not as yet exist in the sense of being clearly demonstrable and publicly available. Like them, it is maturing in laboratories where the question "if" has been replaced by the question "when?" and like them, the implications of its appearance as a basic infrastructure technology are profound and merit careful consideration.' - Nobuyoshi Terashima What comes after the Internet? Imagine a world where it is difficult to tell if the person standing next to you is real or a virtual reality, and whether they have human intelligence or artificial intelligence; a world where people can appear to be anything they want to be. HyperReality makes this possible. HyperReality offers a window into the world of the future, an interface between the natural and artificial. Nobuyoshi Terashima led the team that developed the prototype for HyperReality at Japan's ATT laboratories. John Tiffin studied they way HyperReality would create a new communications paradigm. Together with a stellar list of contributors from around the globe who are engaged in researching different aspects of HyperReality, they offer the first account of this extraordinary technology and its implications. This fascinating book explores the defining features of HyperReality: what it is, how it works and how it could become to the information society what mass media was to the industrial society. It describes ongoing research into areas such as the design of virtual worlds and virtual humans, and the role of intelligent agents. It looks at applications and ways in which HyperReality may impact on fields such as translation, medicine, education, entertainment and leisure. What are its implications for lifestyles and work, for women and the elderly: Will we grow to prefer the virtual worlds we create to the physical world we adapt to? HyperReality at the beginning of the third millennium is like steam power at the beginning of the nineteenth century and radio at the start of the twentieth century, an idea that has been shown to work but has yet to be applied. This book is for anyone concerned about the future and the effects of technology on our lives.

Author : Michael L. J. Apuzzo
Publisher : Thieme
ISBN 13 : 9781879284081
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Neurosurgery for the Third Millennium written by Michael L. J. Apuzzo and published by Thieme. This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neurosurgery for the Third Millennium reflects the excitement of emerging technologies and concepts by providing an educated glimpse at the neurosurgical advances expected in the future, including robotics, advanced imaging techniques, genetics, and more. Highlights: Neuromagnetic Imaging Stereotaxy Neurosurgery Visualization Automation and Robotics Molecular Biology and Genetics Molecular Neurosurgery and Functional Restoration Computational Neurobiology Ethical Dilemmas (Distributed by Thieme for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons)