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Speak Your Truth
By Fearne Cotton. 2021
'Fearne Cotton is a tireless seeker of the truth, and a wonderful communicator of sanity, hope, and (most refreshingly of…
all) reality. This is, simply put, a beautiful book.' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and Big MagicThis book demonstrates how analytical thinking and intuition canbe systematically connected and trained It is illustrated by figures…
andphotographs and includes creative and stimulating exercises We are living in a world of increasing complexity in whichperceiving reality accurately is increasingly important and difficult Society s need to address global grand challenges requires that thescientific community initiates inter-disciplinary research programmes Theseare often far removed from current programmes which are usually based onintra-disciplinary science Improving our understanding of complex problems andcommunicating this understanding to a large group of people from differentbackgrounds represents an important educational challenge Connecting Analytical Thinking and Intuition stimulates studentsand scientists to improve their skills in thinking communicating and learningmore about being humans A guide to connecting analytical thinking and intuitionis presented using the dream group method developed by Montague Ullman inwhich a group of 6-8 people systematically and carefully helps the dreamer toappreciate dreams The importance of good memory which can be trained throughrecalling the dreams is also discussed in relation toscience and literatureThis book addresses what teachers and school leaders from a dozen countries see as the social and emotional strengths, interests…
and needs of adolescents in their schools and communities; how they innovate their programs and practices to respond to their students’ lives. The book also describes how educators themselves benefit from social and emotional supports to be responsive. Rather than assume that there are universal themes in adolescents’ lives, the book is intended to illuminate the local, contextual, and powerful insights of educators daily working with students. In many intentional respects, each serves as an action research study with an effort to better the process and outcomes of their students’ growth and learning as well as to enrich the classroom. The chapters are organized by themes, ranging from challenges adolescents face in that particular locale to curriculum work that is project-based, transdisciplinary, and tied to the communities where the adolescents live. ‘The voices of adolescents, particularly with regard to their social and emotional development have been neglected in the literature. Thus, we know very little about their feelings and personal experiences as they progress through their schooling. A book such as this will be beneficial in terms of providing a contribution to this field, thereby increasing our understanding of the issues faced by adolescents across countries and cultures.’ Peggy L. Anderson, Ph.D., Metropolitan State University of Denver ‘The outstanding strength of this book is quite precisely its international scope: here is an anthology that lives up to the claims made by its title. Anyone interested in either adolescent development or Social and Emotional Learning in real world as opposed to abstract settings will appreciate the breadth of experience described.’ Mokhtar El Maouhal, Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Langues et la CommunicationGreat Myths of Personality (Great Myths of Psychology)
By M. Brent Donnellan, Richard E. Lucas. 2020
Great Myths of Personality teaches critical thinking skills and key concepts of personality psychology through the discussion of popular myths…
and misconceptions. Provides a thorough look at contemporary myths and misconceptions, such as: Does birth order affect personality? Are personality tests an accurate way to measure personality? Do romantic partners need similar personalities for relationship success? Introduces concepts of personality psychology in an accessible and engaging manner Focuses on current debates and controversies in the field with references to the latest research and scientific literatureThe Development Of Children And Adolescents: An Applied Perspective
By John F. Travers, Penny Hauser-Cram, J. Kevin Nugent, Kathleen Thies. 2014
This book provides an integrated view of child development. Presenting the most pertinent research for each developmental stage and linking…
this to practical applications in the areas of Parenting, Policy, and Practice, this balanced approach emphasizes the relationship between research and theory and applications. The rich media program, including WileyPLUS with Real Development promotes active learning and allows for increased understanding and comprehension of the course content. Through the combination of text and media, students are engaged in meaningful learning that deepens and enriches their understanding of developmental concepts.Essentials of Understanding Psychology (9th Edition)
By Robert S. Feldman. 2011
The ninth edition contains a significant number of new and updated features and content, reflecting advances in the field. In…
particular, chapters on sensation and perception, states of consciousness, and thinking, language, and intelligence have been heavily revised. Some 1,000 new citations have been added to the text, most referring to articles and books published since 2008.Airsoft III: Operações de Combate e CQB (Airsoft #3)
By Ares Van Jaag. 2021
O Airsoft é um jogo de estratégia e simulação. É um nível recreativo e competitivo, desporte ou simplesmente recreação. Para…
praticá-lo, os jogadores de Airsoft usam réplicas de armas reais que lançam bolinhas feitas de materiais biodegradáveis e compostáveis, baseadas em amido de cereais ou amido não alimentício, a menos de 3 joules de potência. A sua prática não tem conexão política, religiosa, discriminatória ou ilegal. Muitas vezes, e por causa da terminologia militar usada, os jogadores pedem conceitos simples sobre táticas e movimentos, que possam ser usados nas partidas de Airsoft. O propósito deste manual é o de estabelecer uma terminologia comum e mostrar como funciona o núcleo de uma unidade militar, baseando-se num trabalho em equipe. Quais são os movimentos básicos que maximizam o êxito e minimizam as baixas?Adaptive Intelligence: Surviving and Thriving in Times of Uncertainty
By Robert J. Sternberg. 2021
Adaptive Intelligence is a dramatic reappraisal and reframing of the concept of human intelligence. In a sweeping analysis, Robert J.…
Sternberg argues that we are using a fatally-flawed, outdated conception of intelligence; one which may promote technological advancement, but which has also accelerated climate change, pollution, the use of weaponry, and inequality. Instead of focusing on the narrow academic skills measured by standardized tests, societies should teach and assess adaptive intelligence, defined as the use of collective talent in service of the common good. This book describes why the outdated notion of intelligence persists, what adaptive intelligence is, and how it could lead humankind on a more positive path.Club Drugs and Novel Psychoactive Substances: The Clinician's Handbook
By Owen Bowden-Jones, Dima Abdulrahim. 2020
Over the last decade many hundreds of new psychoactive drugs have emerged onto illicit markets. This flood of new drugs…
has led to clinicians being unsure of the rapidly emerging changing evidence base and uncertain of the best approaches to assessment and clinical management. This book provides a concise, accessible summary of these emerging drugs. By categorizing the hundreds of new drugs by their predominant psychoactive effect - sedative, stimulant and hallucinogenic - the book helps clinicians to manage a drug they are unfamiliar with by using their experience of other drugs with similar psychoactive properties. Written for clinicians from across the frontline, from A&E staff to drug treatment professionals, the authors draw on numerous clinical examples from their own clinical experiences to illustrate aspects of assessment and management. Club drugs and novel psychoactive substances will continue to challenge clinicians and this handbook provides readers with an invaluable introduction to this complex area.Family-Based Intervention for Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Core Competencies Approach
By Cecilia A. Essau, Jennifer L. Allen, David J. Hawes. 2021
The most effective treatments for child and adolescent psychopathology are often family-based, emphasising the active involvement of family members beyond…
the referred individual. This book details the clinical skills, knowledge, and attitudes that form the core competencies for the delivery of evidence-based family interventions for a range of mental health problems. Offering practical case studies to illustrate treatment principles, and discussing barriers to treatment and problem-solving in relation to common difficulties. Covers topics such as anxiety, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, sleep, and eating disorders. Therapist competencies are thoroughly examined, from the role they play in severe/complex cases and in achieving successful outcomes to commonly misunderstood aspects of family-based interventions and how they can be enhanced. Clinical approaches to working with diverse families, and those of children affected by parental psychopathology, child maltreatment and family violence are also explored. Essential reading for psychologists, psychiatrists, paediatricians, mental health nurses, counsellors and social workers.Child Welfare, Protection, and Justice (Elements in Child Development)
By Murli Desai. 2021
This Element first reviews the limitations of the concepts of problems in childhood. It proposes a universal, comprehensive, and longitudinal…
conceptual framework of problems in childhood, their differential context, and their cyclical effects. Based on the linkages identified in the children's problems, they are divided into three levels, primary, secondary, and tertiary. The Element then reviews the concepts and the limitations of the prevalent service delivery approaches of child welfare, protection, and justice, because of which these services have not helped to break the cycle of problems in childhood. The Element identifies the rights-based comprehensive, preventive, and systemic approach for child welfare, at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels, in order to break this cycle of problems. Finally, the Element goes into details of the tertiary prevention level integrated service delivery for children facing socio-legal problems.Beyond the Creative Species: Making Machines That Make Art and Music
By Oliver Bown. 2015
A multidisciplinary introduction to the field of computational creativity, analyzing the impact of advanced generative technologies on art and music.As…
algorithms get smarter, what role will computers play in the creation of music, art, and other cultural artifacts? Will they be able to create such things from the ground up, and will such creations be meaningful? In Beyond the Creative Species, Oliver Bown offers a multidisciplinary examination of computational creativity, analyzing the impact of advanced generative technologies on art and music. Drawing on a wide range of disciplines, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, design, social theory, the psychology of creativity, and creative practice research, Bown argues that to understand computational creativity, we must not only consider what computationally creative algorithms actually do, but also examine creative artistic activity itself.KG: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between
By Kevin Garnett. 2021
A unique, unfiltered memoir from the NBA champion and fifteen-time all-star ahead of his induction into the Hall of Fame.Kevin…
Garnett was one of the most dominant players the game of basketball has ever seen. He was also one of its most outspoken. Over the course of his illustrious twenty-one-year NBA career, he elevated trash talk to an art form and never shied away from sharing his thoughts on controversial subjects. In KG A to Z, published ahead of Garnett&’s induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame, he looks back on his life and career with the same raw candor. Garnett describes the adversity he faced growing up in South Carolina before ultimately relocating to Chicago, where he became one of the top prospects in the nation. He details his headline-making decision to skip college and become the first player in two decades to enter the draft directly from high school, starting a trend that would be followed by future superstars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. He shares stories of playing with and against Bryant, James, Michael Jordan, and other NBA greats, and he chronicles his professional ups and downs, including winning a championship with the Boston Celtics. He also speaks his mind on a range of topics beyond basketball, such as fame, family, racism, spirituality, and music. Garnett&’s draft decision wasn&’t the only way he&’d forever change the game. His ability to play on the perimeter as a big man foreshadowed the winning strategy now universally adopted by the league. He applies this same innovative spirit here, organizing the contents alphabetically as an encyclopedia. If you thought Kevin Garnett was exciting, inspiring, and unfiltered on the court, just wait until you read what he has to say in these pages.Own the Arena: Getting Ahead, Making a Difference, and Succeeding as the Only One
By Katrina M Adams. 2021
From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association—the first black woman and youngest person ever to…
hold the position—comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S. Open, the largest and most lucrative sports event in the world—lessons that can be applied across business and to any life challenge.One of professional tennis’s Grand Slam Tournaments, the U.S. Open has been described as a fourteen-day Superbowl. This single tennis championship, held annually in New York City, attracts top professionals from around the globe, generates more money than any other sporting event—or any other sport over an entire season—and attracts more than 700,000 attendees and millions of television viewers. In Own the Arena, Katrina Adams offers a privileged, singular inside look at this sensational global event, while elaborating on what makes tennis the only sport of a lifetime. She opens with the women’s 2018 championship match between Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams that ended in boos. This was Adams’s last year as president and the whole world was watching. How would she respond? How should the press be handled? What needs to be said to Osaka? Serena? What does this break from decorum mean for the Open and the sport?As Adams shares a wealth of stories from her career and personal life, as well as insights from top tennis professionals, she provides invaluable information on meeting life’s tests both on the tennis court and off. Own the Arena offers fresh perspectives on having presence, being remembered, directing a conversation, and moving boldly in spaces where “you are the only one.” It also covers good sportsmanship—treating others with respect and by being inclusive and open to diverse perspectives. Tennis is said to be 90 percent mental; this book shows how to take the elements of mental fortitude and use them to achieve greatness. By embracing and expressing one’s inner grace and humanity, Adams shows, you can own the arena.Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio®: A Statistics Companion
By Howard T. Tokunaga. 2022
Are you a researcher or instructor who has been wanting to learn R and RStudio®, but you don′t know where…
to begin? Do you want to be able to perform all the same functions you use in IBM® SPSS® in R? Is your license to IBM® SPSS® expiring, or are you looking to provide your students guidance to a freely-available statistical software program? Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio®: A Statistics Companion is a concise and easy-to-read guide for users who want to know learn how to perform statistical calculations in R. Brief chapters start with a step-by-step introduction to R and RStudio, offering basic installation information and a summary of the differences. Subsequent chapters walk through differences between SPSS and R, in terms of data files, concepts, and structure. Detailed examples provide walk-throughs for different types of data conversions and transformations and their equivalent in R. Helpful and comprehensive appendices provide tables of each statistical transformation in R with its equivalent in SPSS and show what, if any, differences in assumptions factor to into each function. Statistical tests from t-tests to ANOVA through three-factor ANOVA and multiple regression and chi-square are covered in detail, showing each step in the process for both programs. By focusing just on R and eschewing detailed conversations about statistics, this brief guide gives adept SPSS® users just the information they need to transition their data analyses from SPSS to R.Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio®: A Statistics Companion
By Howard T. Tokunaga. 2022
Are you a researcher or instructor who has been wanting to learn R and RStudio®, but you don′t know where…
to begin? Do you want to be able to perform all the same functions you use in IBM® SPSS® in R? Is your license to IBM® SPSS® expiring, or are you looking to provide your students guidance to a freely-available statistical software program? Moving from IBM® SPSS® to R and RStudio®: A Statistics Companion is a concise and easy-to-read guide for users who want to know learn how to perform statistical calculations in R. Brief chapters start with a step-by-step introduction to R and RStudio, offering basic installation information and a summary of the differences. Subsequent chapters walk through differences between SPSS and R, in terms of data files, concepts, and structure. Detailed examples provide walk-throughs for different types of data conversions and transformations and their equivalent in R. Helpful and comprehensive appendices provide tables of each statistical transformation in R with its equivalent in SPSS and show what, if any, differences in assumptions factor to into each function. Statistical tests from t-tests to ANOVA through three-factor ANOVA and multiple regression and chi-square are covered in detail, showing each step in the process for both programs. By focusing just on R and eschewing detailed conversations about statistics, this brief guide gives adept SPSS® users just the information they need to transition their data analyses from SPSS to R.Humble Inquiry, Second Edition: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling
By Edgar H. Schein, Peter A. Schein. 2021
This worldwide bestseller offers simple guidance for building the kind of open and trusting relatonships vital for tackling global systemic…
challenges and developing adaptive, innovative organizations—over 200,000 copies sold and translated into seventeen languages!We live, say Edgar and Peter Schein, in a culture of "tell." All too often we tell others what we think they need to know or should do. But whether we are leading or following, what matters most is we get to the truth. We have to develop a commitment to sharing vital facts and identifying faulty assumptions—it can mean the difference between success and failure. This is why we need Humble Inquiry more than ever. The Scheins define Humble Inquiry as "the gentle art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building relationships based on curiosity and interest in the other person." It was inspired by Edgar's twenty years of work in high-hazard industries and the health-care system, where honest communication can literally mean the difference between life and death.In this new edition the authors look at how Humble Inquiry differs from other kinds of inquiry, offer examples of it in action, and show how to overcome the barriers that keep us telling when we should be asking. This edition offers a deepening and broadening of this concept, seeing it as not just a way of posing questions but an entire attitude that includes better listening, better responding to what others are trying to tell us, and better revealing of ourselves. Packed with case examples and a full chapter of exercises and simulations, this is a major contribution to how we see human conversational dynamics and relationships, presented in a compact, personal, and eminently practical way.Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field
By Andrew C. Billings, Michael L. Butterworth. 2022
Communication and Sport: Surveying the Field provides students with an understanding of sports media, rhetoric, culture, and organizations through an…
examination of a wide range of topics. Authors Andrew C. Billings and Michael L. Butterworth address everything from youth to amateur to professional sports through varied lenses, including mythology, community, and identity. A comprehensive focus on communication scholarship gives attention to the ways that sports produce, maintain, or resist cultural attitudes about race, gender, sexuality, class, and politics. The Fourth Edition includes new interviews with prominent figures in the field and new discussions on current events like the Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic.Bitter Shade: The Ecological Challenge of Human Consciousness (Yale Agrarian Studies Series)
By Michael R. Dove. 2021
A seminal anthropological work on the paradoxical relationship between human consciousness and the environment This book asks an age-old…
question about the relationship between human consciousness and the environment: How do we think about our own thoughts and actions? How can we transcend the exigencies of daily life? How can we achieve sufficient distance from our own everyday realities to think and act more sustainably? To address these questions, Michael R. Dove draws on the results of decades of research in South and Southeast Asia on how local cultures have circumvented the &“curse of consciousness&”—the paradox that we cannot completely comprehend the ecosystem of which we are part. He distills from his ethnographic, ecological, and historical research three principles: perspectivism (seeing oneself from outside oneself), metamorphosis (becoming something that one is not), and mimesis (copying something that one is not), which help a society to transcend the hubris and myopia of everyday existence and achieve greater insight into its ecosystem.The Lost Art of Listening, Third Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships (Guilford Family Therapy Ser.)
By Michael P. Nichols, Martha B. Straus. 1995
"That isn't what I meant!" Truly listening and being heard is far from simple, even between people who care about…
each other. This perennial bestseller--now revised and updated for the digital age--analyzes how any conversation can go off the rails and provides essential skills for building mutual understanding. Thoughtful, witty, and empathic, the book is filled with vivid stories of couples, coworkers, friends, and family working through tough emotions and navigating differences of all kinds. Learn ways you can: *Hear what people mean, not just what they say. *Share a difference of opinion without sounding dismissive. *Encourage uncommunicative people to open up. *Make sure both sides get heard in heated discussions. *Get through to someone who never seems to listen. *Ask for support without getting unwanted advice. *Reduce miscommunication in texts and online. From renowned therapist Michael P. Nichols and new coauthor Martha B. Straus, the third edition reflects the huge impact of technology and social media on relationships, and gives advice for talking to loved ones across social and political divides