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Social cognition :making sense of people
-- Neal Roese, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585077827
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- 1 online resource (xi, 602 pages) :illustrations.
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Sketches of thought
"A Bradford book."Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Berkeley, 1991.Much of the cognitive lies beyond articulate, discursive thought, beyond the reach of current computational notions. In Sketches of Thought, Vinod Goel argues that the cognitive computational conception of the world requires our thought processes to be precise, rigid, discrete, and unambiguous…
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- 9780262273985
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- 1 online resource (xv, 279 pages) :illustrations
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The workplace within :psychodynamics of organizational life
In this revealing study, Larry Hirschhorn examines the rituals, or social defenses, organizations develop to cope with change. Using extended ease studies from offices, factories, and social services, he describes why these often irrational practices that fragment and injure individuals within the workplace exist, how they operate, and how they can be reshaped to enhance people's work experienc…
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- 0262275449
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Without miracles :universal selection theory and the second Darwinian revolut…
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262316040
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Why so slow? :the advancement of women
Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Accordi…
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- 9780262285391
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages) :illustrations
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Where biology meets psychology :philosophical essays
"A Bradford Book."A great deal of interest and excitement surround the interface between the philosophy of biology and the philosophy of psychology, yet the area is neither well defined nor well represented in mainstream philosophical publications. This book is perhaps the first to open a dialogue between the two disciplines. Its aim is to broaden the traditional subject matter of the philosoph…
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- 1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) :illustrations
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Violence in Schools
This forward-looking monograph distills the current knowledge base on lethal school shootings for school professionals invested in improving school safety. Divided between correlates, interventions, and prevention, it begins with the Virginia Tech massacre as exemplifying the kinds of personal, environmental and social dynamics that commonly result in lethal violence on campus. Bullying as a ca…
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- 978-3-319-13912-8
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Violence and Mental Health Its Manifold Faces
Violence is one of the most important challenges, not only for public health systems, but also for public mental health. Violence can have immediate as well as long-term and even transgenerational effects on the mental health of its victims. This book provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging assessment of the mental health legacy left by violence. It addresses the issues as they affect states,…
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- 978-94-017-8999-8
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Empirical Research in Statistics Education
This ICME-13 Topical Survey provides a review of recent research into statistics education, with a focus on empirical research published in established educational journals and on the proceedings of important conferences on statistics education. It identifies and addresses six key research topics, namely: teachers’ knowledge; teachers’ role in statistics education; teacher preparation; stud…
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- 978-3-319-38968-4
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- VII, 37
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A Historical Sociology of Childhood
What constitutes a 'normal' child? Throughout the nineteenth century public health and paediatrics played a leading role in the image and conception of children. By the twentieth century psychology had moved to the forefront, transforming our thinking and understanding. André Turmel investigates these transformations both from the perspective of the scientific observation of children (public h…
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