The Mythomanias

Author : Michael S. Myslobodsky
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134793944
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mythomanias written by Michael S. Myslobodsky and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, there has been a renewal of interest in the broad and loosely bounded range of phenomena called deception and self-deception. This volume addresses this interest shared by philosophers, social and clinical psychologists, and more recently, neuroscientists and cognitive scientists. Expert contributors provide timely, reliable, and insightful coverage of the normal range of errors in perception, memory, and behavior. They place these phenomena on a continuum with various syndromes and neuropsychiatric diseases where falsehood in perception, self-perception, cognition, and behaviors are a peculiar sign. Leading authorities examine the various forms of "mythomania," deception, and self-deception ranging from the mundane to the bizarre such as imposture, confabulations, minimization of symptomatology, denial, and anosognosia. Although the many diverse phenomena discussed here share a family resemblance, they are unlikely to have a common neurological machinery. In order to reach an explanation for these phenomena, a reliable pattern of lawful behavior must be delineated. It would then be possible to develop reasonable explanations based upon the underlying neurobiological processes that give rise to deficiencies designated as the mythomanias. The chapters herein begin to provide an outline of such a development. Taken as a whole, the collection is consistent with the emerging gospel indicating that neither the machinery of "nature" nor the forces of "nurture" taken alone are capable of explaining what makes cognition and behaviors aberrant.

Author : Peter Conrad
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500773556
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis written by Peter Conrad and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaves ancient myth into modern celebrity and consumerist culture to expose the absurdity and occasional insanity of twenty-first-century society, economy, and politics Despite a proclaimed respect for scientific reason, humans are still as intrigued by myth as their remote ancestors. Laptops and smartphones are sold under a logo that invokes the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden; skimpily clad classical nymphs cavort in TV reality shows; Narcissus makes a comeback whenever we snap a selfie. Mythical creatures such as handsome vampires abound in best-selling novels. Myth has also invaded the political realm, now that terrorists brandish black flags and recite theological mantras as they martyr themselves. In twenty-seven self-contained entries, Conrad illuminates in his own remarkable way subjects from the British Queen to the Kardashians, via Banksy, vaping, and the inception of the Large Hadron Collider. In Judge Judy, he shows a matronly Roman goddess dispensing justice with a fly swatter. In the metamorphosis of Caitlyn Jenner from Olympic athlete and paterfamilias into idealized female form, he finds parallels to the transformations of the residents of Mount Olympus. Myths used to tell us where we came from. Now, alarmed but also elated by the pace of change in our society, we need them to tell us where we are going.

Author : Juan Moises de la Serna
Publisher : Babelcube Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1507186924
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mythomania, uncovering the compulsive liar. written by Juan Moises de la Serna and published by Babelcube Inc.. This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes we find ourselves with people who tell us something that then turns out to be not true, that may not stop being an anecdote, but when lies are constant, we may be before a mythomaniac, that is, a person who lies almost compulsively, also known as a pathological liar. With this text you will learn what it is, how to differentiate it from other cases that show similar symptoms of lies and how to deal with this problem.

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496500415
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth-O-Mania: Get Lost, Odysseus! written by Kate McMullan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trojan War is over, but now Odysseus has to find his way home to Ithaca . . . and in typical fashion, he's angered Poseidon enough that the sea-god has decided to make his journey miserable (if not impossible).

Author : Joseph E. Uscinski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190844108
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them written by Joseph E. Uscinski and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conspiracy theories are inevitable in complex human societies. And while they have always been with us, their ubiquity in our political discourse is nearly unprecedented. Their salience has increased for a variety of reasons including the increasing access to information among ordinary people, a pervasive sense of powerlessness among those same people, and a widespread distrust of elites. Working in combination, these factors and many other factors are now propelling conspiracy theories into our public sphere on a vast scale. In recent years, scholars have begun to study this genuinely important phenomenon in a concerted way. In Conspiracy Theories and the People Who Believe Them, Joseph E. Uscinski has gathered forty top researchers on the topic to provide both the foundational tools and the evidence to better understand conspiracy theories in the United States and around the world. Each chapter is informed by three core questions: Why do so many people believe in conspiracy theories? What are the effects of such theories when they take hold in the public? What can or should be done about the phenomenon? Combining systematic analysis and cutting-edge empirical research, this volume will help us better understand an extremely important, yet relatively neglected, phenomenon.

Author : Michael S Myslobodsky
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814485411
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fallacy Of Mother's Wisdom, The: A Critical Perspective On Health Psychology written by Michael S Myslobodsky and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2004-10-25 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health psychology is an offer of help, an effort to understand how biological, behavioral, and social factors influence health and illness. As one of the fast-growing sub-specialties, it has now outstripped other divisions of psychology in terms of excitement in the public eye. And yet a new occupation was built on somewhat unrealistic, idealized assumptions. The title of this book was therefore chosen to emphasize the fact that an extensive critique of those assumptions is essential. This book proposes arbitrary boundaries for a discourse on health psychology. The array of subjects is based on two major themes: the foundation of health psychology and the range of disorders where psychological knowledge might benefit the sick; and the question of whether or not health psychology has a systematic and pragmatic structure so as to qualify as a profession.

Author : Alfred R. Mele
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195145399
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Rationality written by Alfred R. Mele and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rationality has long been a central topic in philosophy, crossing standard divisions and categories. 'The Oxford Handbook of Rationality' is a reference to the current state of play in this vital and interdisciplinary area of study.

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434246787
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth-O-Mania: Have a Hot Time, Hades! written by Kate McMullan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think you know the real story behind the Greek myths? Think again. Most people only know what Zeus wants them to. But the truth is, Zeus is a total myth-o-maniac. Hades, King of the Underworld, is here to set the record straight on how he ended up as Ruler of the Underworld and Zeus became King of the Gods.

Author : Steve Dewey
Publisher : Anomalist Books, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1933665025
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Alien Heat written by Steve Dewey and published by Anomalist Books, LLC. This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has probably never been anything like it in UFO history, but the UFO fever that gripped the small British town of Warminster for about a decade is now largely forgotten. It was one of the largest UFO flaps ever to occur. Thousands of witnesses reported seeing the "Warminster Thing." The hilltops around the town attracted a loyal band of followers, all waiting for the magic sighting, the landing, the contact. The authors were themselves among the skywatchers and spent nights on Cradle Hill, the center of the phenomenon, watching and waiting for UFOs, but also watching and listening to the witnesses and ufologists. IN ALIEN HEAT introduces the Warminster phenomenon to a new generation of readers. It contains a short history of the phenomenon, places it in its social and historical context, and examines the possible mechanisms that initiated and sustained this remarkable UFO flap.

Author : Kate McMullan
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1434246779
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth-O-Mania: Phone Home, Persephone! written by Kate McMullan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this modern version of the Greek myth, Persephone asks Hades for a ride to escape her overprotective mother, sneaks into the Underworld, and refuses to leave.