The Psychology Of Hope

Author : C. R. Snyder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439118779
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Hope written by C. R. Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some people lead positive, hope-filled lives, while others wallow in pessimism? In The Psychology of Hope, a professor of psychology reveals the specific character traits that produce highly hopeful individuals. He offers a test to measure one's level of optimism and gives specific advice on how to become a more hopeful person.

Author : C. R. Snyder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 002929715X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Hope written by C. R. Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some people lead positive, hope-filled lives, while others wallow in pessimism? In The Psychology of Hope, a professor of psychology reveals the specific character traits that produce highly hopeful individuals. He offers a test to measure one's level of optimism and gives specific advice on how to become a more hopeful person.

Author : Claudia Blöser
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786609738
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moral Psychology of Hope written by Claudia Blöser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That we can hope is one of the capacities that define us as human beings. To hope means not just to have beliefs about what will happen, but to imagine the future as potentially fulfilling some of our most important wishes. It is therefore not surprising that hope has received attention by philosophers, psychologists and by religious thinkers throughout the ages. The contributions in this volume, written by leading scholars in the philosophy of hope, gives a systematic overview over the philosophical history of hope, about contemporary debates and about the role of hope in our collective life.

Author : Shane J. Lopez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451666233
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Hope Happen written by Shane J. Lopez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on research to offer strategies for adopting a high-hope attitude and shaping a successful future, and provides real-life examples of people who create hope and have changed the lives of their communities.

Author : Adrienne Martin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400848709
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How We Hope written by Adrienne Martin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-22 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is hope and how does it influence our decisions? In How We Hope, Adrienne Martin presents a novel account of hope, the motivational resources it presupposes, and its function in our practical lives. She contends that hoping for an outcome means treating certain feelings, plans, and imaginings as justified, and that hope thereby involves sophisticated reflective and conceptual capacities. Martin develops this original perspective on hope--what she calls the "incorporation analysis"--in contrast to the two dominant philosophical conceptions of hope: the orthodox definition, where hoping for an outcome is simply desiring it while thinking it possible, and agent-centered views, where hoping for an outcome is setting oneself to pursue it. In exploring how hope influences our decisions, she establishes that it is not always a positive motivational force and can render us complacent. She also examines the relationship between hope and faith, both religious and secular, and identifies a previously unnoted form of hope: normative or interpersonal hope. When we place normative hope in people, we relate to them as responsible agents and aspire for them to overcome challenges arising from situation or character. Demonstrating that hope merits rigorous philosophical investigation, both in its own right and in virtue of what it reveals about the nature of human emotion and motivation, How We Hope offers an original, sustained look at a largely neglected topic in philosophy.

Author : C. Richard Snyder
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 008053306X
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Hope written by C. Richard Snyder and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2000-06-07 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope has previously been a construct more of interest to philosophy and religion than in psychology. New research has shown, however, that hope is closely related to optimism, feelings of control, and motivation toward achieving one's goals. The Handbook of Hope presents a comprehensive overview of the psychological inquiry into hope, including its measurement, its development in children, how its loss is associated with specific clinical disorders, and therapeutic approaches that can help instill hope in those who have lost theirs. A final section discusses hope in occupational applications: how the use of hope can make one a better coach, teacher, or parent. Defines hope as a construct and describes development of hope through the lifespan Provides multiple instruments for measuring hope Guides professionals in how to assess hope levels & implement hope as part of therapy Relates hope to all portions of the population Includes case studies, figures, and tables to aid understanding of research findings and concepts; discusses the importance of hope to relationships, achieving goals, and success at work

Author : Gregory A. Kimble
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262263283
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology written by Gregory A. Kimble and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1995-11-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time in the history of psychology when many psychologists are troubled by the splintered condition of the field, Gregory Kimble proposes that the diverse perspectives in psychology share ways of thinking that can bring coherence to the discipline. Drawing on years of extensive research and scholarship (including a deep familiarity with the writings of William James and many psychologists who have succeeded him in a search for unity in psychological theorizing), Kimble presents evidence for this potential unity. He portrays psychology as a natural science with relevance to human life and offers a set of axioms that hold the field together. Psychology is a two-part exploration of the concept of psychology as the science of behavior. The first part describes the traditional commitments of the scientific method and spells out the implications of those commitments for psychology. The second part develops a general theory within a framework that can be called functional behaviorism, which combines the imperative that a science of psychology must be about observable realities with the view that human behavior is the result of evolution. Kimble's proposals are of general significance and have stood the test of time: they were reasonably explicit in the writings of the giants in the history of psychology, and they apply in contexts that range from behavioral neurology to social action. A Bradford Book

Author : Ken Olson
Publisher : Fawcett
ISBN 13 : 9780449230220
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Can You Wait 'til Friday? written by Ken Olson and published by Fawcett. This book was released on 1976-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James R. Averill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461396743
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rules of Hope written by James R. Averill and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hope has been called the "life blood of the soul", an indispensable condition for human existence. Yet evidence in this book suggests that hope is neither a necessary nor a universal part of life. Rather, hope is constituted in accordance with cultural norms, and hence it may vary fundamentally from one society to another. In the first of four studies, Averill, Catlin, and Chon delineate four classes of rules that help constitute hope in Western societies. A second study examines the similarities and differences between hope and other, more prototypic emotions, such as anger and love. The third study uses content analyses of maxims and metaphors to clarify further the Western model of hope. In the fourth study, hope is compared with himang, its closest counterpart in Korea. The results of these studies provide the basis for an analysis of the functions of hope, on both the individual and social levels. But this book is not simply about hope. It is also about emotions in general. Current psychological theories focus on emotions that have distinct physiological components (e.g., fear and anger) and that can be investigated using animal models. As a consequence, our theories have a strong biological orientation. How would our theories change if they were to encompass more cognitively oriented emotions, such as hope? Rules of Hope provides some answers to this question.

Author : Ezra Stotland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Psychology of Hope written by Ezra Stotland and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dynamic and systematic new approach to experimental and clinical psychology. The author uses a wide range of data from a vast number of experimental and clinical studies to demonstrate how the different levels of expectation and goal achievement can be studied objectively. Building from simple to highly complex schemas, he conceptualizes hope and its counterpart, hopelessness, as both necessary and vital to motivation, action and non-action (lethargy) in animal as well as human behaviour.