This book describes the pedagogical foundations of the Roskilde Model of education and educational design. It presents knowledge about how principles of problem-oriented, interdisciplinary and participant-directed project work may serve as a basis for planning and applying educational activities at institutions of higher learning. It discusses the dilemmas, problems, and diverging views that ha…
This anthology examines the practical role of well-being in contemporary society. It discusses developments such as globalization, consumerism and the rapid innovation and use of new and emerging technologies and focuses on the significant impact of these developments on the well-being of people living today. The anthology brings together researchers from various disciplines, including psycholo…
"An overview of the development and importance of ritual in every day life, written by a leading cognitive anthropologist"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
A novel, interdisciplinary exploration of the relative contributions of rigidity and flexibility in the adoption, maintenance, and evolution of technical traditions. Techniques can either be used in rigid, stereotypical ways or in flexibly adaptive ways, or in some combination of the two. The Evolution of Techniques , edited by Mathieu Charbonneau, addresses the impacts of both flexibility and …
"Scholars from migration and stigma research introduce the concept of "migration stigma" to deepen understanding and inform future action"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A general overview of the systems neuroscience approach written by a leading figure in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Psychological insights into weird beliefs and experiences"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum -- and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart. It's well known that the political divide in the US -- particularly between Democrats and Republicans -- has grown to alarming levels in recent decades. Affective polarization -- emotional polarization, or the hostility between…
"A scientific analysis of agency in the real world-which animal types have it and which don't-written by the top researcher in the field"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A theorization of habit that emphasizes its excessive, unsettling, and disturbing material and temporal qualities rather than its mediating and stabilizing functions"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.