Search Results: Psychology from Books of the World

New York: Harper Business, July 2015. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Fine book in a Fine jacket. Spine ends slightly bumped, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 273 pages.
The power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible. Achievement can be learned. It's a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you'll be able to meet life's challenges and fulfill your goals.

Los Angeles: California State University, 1986. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Not from a library. xvi + 343 pages.
Anthology of seven essays addressing socio-cultural variables impeding successful performance in language arts by immigrant minority students in the U.S. public education system. A challenge in balancing the ideals of maintaining cultural and linguistic diversity versus proficiency in English language skills. Authors are: Carlos Cortes (Professor of History, UC Riverside); Stanley Sue (Professor of Psychology, UCLA); Amado Padilla (Professor of Psychology, UCLA); John Ogbu (Professor of Anthropolgy, UC Berkeley); Maria Matute-Bianchi (Assist Professor, UC Santa Cruz); Shirley Heath (Professor, School of Education, Stanford Univ); Stephen Diaz (Researcher, UC San Diego); Luis Moll (Researcher, Lab of Human Cognition, UC San Diego); Hugh Mehan (Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego); Specer Kagan (Professor, UC Riverside); and, Mary McGroaty (Researcher, CLEAR, UCLA).

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2005. DVD. Twenty-four 30-minute lectures on four Fine DVDs in a Fine original case along with an As New 120-page paperback Course Guidebook. No shrink-wrap, otherwise As New. Not from a library. From the estate of Amato Giaccia, MD. Suitable for gifting. An interdisciplinary approach to this fascinating subject. In 24 lectures, you will investigate how the human brain is sculpted by evolution, constrained or freed by genes, shaped by early experience, modulated by hormones, and otherwise influenced to produce a wide range of behaviors, some of them abnormal. You will see that little can be explained by thinking about any one of these factors alone because some combination of influences is almost always at work. Contents: Lecture 1 Biology and Behavior—An Introduction ; Lecture 2 The Basic Cells of the Nervous System ; Lecture 3 How Two Neurons Communicate ; Lecture 4 Learning and Synaptic Plasticity ; Lecture 5 The Dynamics of Interacting Neurons ; Lecture 6… Read More

Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, November 1968. Trade Paperback. Prior owner's name to first page, otherwise unmarked. Not from a library. xxiii+309 pages. Illustrated. 24 cm.
Monographic compilation of introductory lectures on decision making analysis under uncertainty - covers analysis of basic problems, uncertain payoffs and biased measurements, use of judgmental probability, samples and statistical analysis, risk sharing and group decisions, etc., and some further perspectives.

New York: Times Books, April 2003. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / second printing per number line. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight, ends lightly bumped. Slight edgewear to jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xvii + 267 pages.

New York: Pantheon, October 1979. Trade Paperback. First American Edition (stated). Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light reading wear to edges and corners. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 174 pagesEverything you need to know about neurosis, libido, ego, and id - but somehow it slipped your mind. This book is a perfect introduction to the life and thought of the man whose discovery of psychoanalysis revolutionized our attitudes towards mental illness, religion, sex, and culture. This documentary cartoon book plunges us into the world of late-nineteenth-century Vienna in which Freud grew up. We explore his early background in science, his work as a therapist, his encounter with cocaine, and his theories on the unconscious, dreams, the Oedipus Complex, and sexuality. Meet his family, his friends and enemies, and his patients, The Rat Man, Anna O., Little Hans. The zany art and probing text do an extraordinary job of simplifying Freud without… Read More

Mountain View, California: CPP, 1998. Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 32 pages. Help employees understand their workplace preferences and reduce stress and conflict.

Mountain View, California: CPP, 2004. Paperback. Spanish. Fine. Unmarked. Slight reading wear. Not from a library. 52 pages.
Helps individuals understand how their MBTI results relate to their contributions on a team. It features descriptions of the preferences and their effects at work, along with an exploration of six core issues: communication, team culture, leadership, change, problem solving/conflict resolution, and stress. TEXT IS IN SPANISH.

Mountain View, California: CPP, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Prior user's name to front cover. Interior unmarked. Not from a library. 43 pages.

Mountain View, California: CPP, 1998. Paperback. As New. Pristine inside and out. Not from a library. 40 pages. Help clients integrate type concepts into their lives with this popular guide.

Mountain View, California: CPP, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Interior unmarked. Prior user name to front cover. Not from a library. 32 pages. Help employees understand their workplace preferences and reduce stress and conflict.

Mountain View, California: CPP, 2004. Paperback. Spanish. Fine. Unmarked. Slight reading wear. Not from a library. 43 pages. Help clients integrate type concepts into their lives with this popular guide. TEXT IS IN SPANISH.

Fairfax, Virginia: Otto Kroeger Associates, 2005. Paperback. Fine. Unmarked. Slight reading wear. Not from a library. 38 pages.
This workbook is designed to support any Type introduction, with rich content and space for notes for each of the dichotomies. The book offers a detailed procedure for validating Type and a profile of each of the 16 Types. Designed to support both trainers and end-users directly, it includes many applications and activities, and a detailed procedure to analyze Type tables. Also included is a learning worksheet and high-level action plan to summarize training and plot next steps.

New York: Harper Perennial, October 2003. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition / full numberline. Near Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to rear cover. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xii + 147 pages. At the heart of Origami Bridges is the delicate relationship of trust between analyst and patient, a relationship that grows out of the emotional give-and-take of the psychoanalytic process. In this collection, Diane Ackerman, with astonishing candor, lays bare her desires, anger, jealousy, fears, and anxiety, as she probes not only her present emotional landscape but also her past. And what gradually rises to the surface is an understanding of how the poet uses verse to purge her demons, express her delight, or confess secret longing, and through this process come to a better understanding of the self.

New York: Viking Penguin, 2003. Hardcover. First American Edition / full number line. As New book in an As New jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 352 pages. A finely written fantasy for anyone who ever wondered what a certain age would look like from beyond the looking-glass and who will find it ripe with promise that the best days are yet to come.

Chantilly, Virginia: Teaching Company, 2007. DVDs. New. In plastic wrap. Thirty-six 30-minute lectures on six new DVDs in a new case along with a new 190-page paperback illustrated Course Guidebook. Understanding the Brain, a 36-lecture course by award-winning Professor Jeanette Norden of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, takes you inside this astonishingly complex organ and shows you how it works, from the gross level of its organization to the molecular level of how cells in the brain communicate. With its combination of neurology, biology, and psychology, this course will help you understand how we perceive the world through our senses, how we move, how we learn and remember, and how emotions affect our thoughts and actions. Contents: Lecture 1: Historical Underpinnings of Neuroscience; Lecture 2 Central Nervous System - Gross Organization; Lecture 3 Central Nervous System - Internal Organization; Lecture 4 Central Nervous System - Subdivisions; Lecture 5 Cortex - Lobes and Areas; Lecture… Read More

New York: Basic Books, April 1988. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Prior owner's name to first page, otherwise As New. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not damaged. xiii + 256 pages.
The authors of this provocative book pursue the disturbing question "Why are so many women reluctant to speak up for what they think?" in candid interviews with 135 women, rich and poor, young and old, well-educated and unschooled.