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From breaking the law to breaking a promise, how do people lie and how can they be caught? In this…
revised edition, Paul Ekman, a renowned expert in emotions research and nonverbal communication, adds a new chapter to present his latest research on his groundbreaking inquiry into lying and the methods for uncovering lies. Ekman has figured out the most important behavioral clues to deceit; he has developed a one-hour self-instructional program that trains people to observe and understand "micro expressions"; and he has done research that identifies the facial expressions that show whether someone is likely to become violent. ?Telling Lies?describes how lies vary in form and how they can differ from other types of misinformation that can reveal untruths. It discusses how a person's body language, voice, and facial expressions can give away a lie but still fool professional lie hunters--even judges, police officers, drug enforcement agents, and Secret Service agents.Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
By Harriet Lerner. 2012
Following a unique format perfect for today's world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us just over…
100 rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems ("He won't talk"/"She doesn't want sex") as well as modern ones (your partner's relationship to technology. ) You'll also learn how to: Calm things down and warm them up Talk straight and fight fair Listen well as a spiritual practice Connect with a distant partner Survive the unique challenges of children, stepchildren and difficult- laws Follow a 12-step program to overcome defensiveness Know how and when to draw the line Take back your marriage when things fall apart Marriage Rules is a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your couple relationship with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction. If one person in a couple follows ten rules of his or her choice, it will generate a major, positive change. All that's required is a genuine wish for a better relationship and a willingness to practice. .The Emotional Life of Your Brain
By Richard J. Davidson. 2012
What is your emotional fingerprint? Why are some people so quick to recover from setbacks? Why are some so attuned…
to others that they seem psychic? Why are some people always up and others always down? In his thirty-year quest to answer these questions, pioneering neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson discovered that each of us has an Emotional Style, composed of Resilience, Outlook, Social Intuition, Self-Awareness, Sensitivity to Context, and Attention. Where we fall on these six continuums determines our own “emotional fingerprint. ” Sharing Dr. Davidson’s fascinating case histories and experiments, The Emotional Life of Your Brain offers a new model for treating conditions like autism and depression as it empowers us all to better understand ourselves—and live more meaningful lives. .The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Calling
By James Hillman. 1996
Plato and the Greeks called it "daimon," the Romans "genius," the Christians "guardian angel." Today we use the terms heart,…
spirit, and soul. To James Hillman, the acknowledged intellectual source for Thomas Moore's bestselling sensation Care of the Soul, it is the central and guiding force of his utterly compelling "acorn theory"--in which each life is formed by a unique image, an image that is the essence of that life and calls it to a destiny, just as the mighty oak's destiny is written in the tiny acorn.In this new look at age-old themes, Hillman provides a radical, frequently amusing, and highly accessible path to realization through an extensive array of examples. He urges his readers to discover the "blueprints" particular to their own individual lives, certain that there is more to life than can be explained by genetics or environment. As he says, "We need a fresh way of looking at the importance of our lives."What The Soul's Code offers is an inspirational, positive approach to life--a way of seeing, and a way of recovering what has been lost of our intrinsic selves.Experiments With People: Revelations From Social Psychology, 2nd Edition
By Aiden P. Gregg, Kurt P. Frey. 2018
This book showcases 28 intriguing social psychological experiments that have significantly advanced our understanding of human social thinking and behavior. Each chapter focuses on…
the details and implications of a single study, while citing related research and real-life examples along the way. All the chapters are fully self-contained, allowing them to be read in any order without loss of coherence. This 2nd Edition contains a number of new studies and, together with its lively, conversational tone, it makes an ideal text for courses in social psychology, introductory psychology, or research design.Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity
By Theodore Porter. 2018
The untold story of how hereditary data in mental hospitals gave rise to the science of human heredityIn the early…
1800s, a century before there was any concept of the gene, physicians in insane asylums began to record causes of madness in their admission books. Almost from the beginning, they pointed to heredity as the most important of these causes. As doctors and state officials steadily lost faith in the capacity of asylum care to stem the terrible increase of insanity, they began emphasizing the need to curb the reproduction of the insane. They became obsessed with identifying weak or tainted families and anticipating the outcomes of their marriages. Genetics in the Madhouse is the untold story of how the collection and sorting of hereditary data in mental hospitals, schools for "feebleminded" children, and prisons gave rise to a new science of human heredity.In this compelling book, Theodore Porter draws on untapped archival evidence from across Europe and North America to bring to light the hidden history behind modern genetics. He looks at the institutional use of pedigree charts, censuses of mental illness, medical-social surveys, and other data techniques--innovative quantitative practices that were worked out in the madhouse long before the manipulation of DNA became possible in the lab. Porter argues that asylum doctors developed many of the ideologies and methods of what would come to be known as eugenics, and deepens our appreciation of the moral issues at stake in data work conducted on the border of subjectivity and science.A bold rethinking of asylum work, Genetics in the Madhouse shows how heredity was a human science as well as a medical and biological one.Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his…
own son-in the throes of a manic episode-broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law. This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the "revolving doors" between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jail-an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. Earley takes us directly into that experience-and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way.Vision Through the Atmosphere
By W.E.K. Middleton. 1952
In recent years, the problem of seeing through the atmosphere has been given intensive and costly consideration in several quarters,…
but particularly in the Untied States and Great Britain. A problem which once concerned mainly the meteorologists has become of great importance in military tactics as well as in peacetime transportation. The present volume is the only full account in English of the physical, physiological, and psychological factors which lie at the basis of the calculation of the range of vision through the atmosphere. There is an extended chapter on instruments and one on the author's own theory of the colours of distant objects. The figures are from many sources althrough many of them have been drawn specially for this book. The bibliography contains 420 entries nearly all of which are directly referred to in the text.Si salieras a vivir...
By Patricia Ramírez. 2018
«Si salieras a vivir... ¿Qué harías para tener un día pleno?» Al compartir esta pregunta en las redes sociales, @patri_psicologa…
obtuvo respuestas sencillas, que no cuestan dinero y que son fáciles de llevar a cabo: pasear por la orilla del mar, ir andando a trabajar, tomar un café sin prisas, jugar al fútbol con la ilusión de un niño, plantar hierbabuena... La vida no es perfecta, pero tu actitud sí puede serlo. Superarte, cambiar o plantearte metas es algo que deber elegir tú. E, independientemente del momento en el que te encuentres y de las circunstancias por las que atravieses, siempre tienes la libertad de elegir cómo enfrentarte a cada situación. Porque la actitud no lo es todo, pero sí es el motor para alcanzar tus deseos. Y en el mundo hay actitud para todos, y en grandes cantidades. Sal a luchar por la ración que te toca. Tenemos la suerte, además, de poder entrenar la actitud, es decir, de afinar en aquello que nos falte para ser más felices, eficaces, hábiles y estar más serenos. A través de doce hábitos saludables -la organización y planificación, el control de la ansiedad, la alimentación, saber decir «no», dedicar tiempo a uno mismo, la amabilidad, el autocontrol y la fuerza de voluntad, el ejercicio físico, el amor, la comunicación, una mente activa y la autoestima-, este libro entabla un diálogo muy rico entre autor y lector, con numerosos esquemas, ejercicios y post-its que lo ilustran, para que puedas entrenar tus pensamientos, emociones y comportamientos y llegar al puerto que elijas. Si salieras a vivir... es una herramienta que debes poner en práctica hoy mismo y preguntarte: «Si saliera a vivir... ¿Qué haría para tener un día pleno?». Porque un día puede ser algo más que un día. Un día puede ser, en gran medida, lo que tú decidas. Y este te ayudará.My Lobotomy
By Howard Dully, Charles Fleming. 2007
At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody and messy,…
rambunctious with his brothers, contrary just to prove a point, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital—or ice pick—lobotomy. Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasn’t until he was in his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But even as he began to live the “normal” life he had been denied, Howard struggled with one question: Why? “October 8, 1960. I gather that Mrs. Dully is perpetually talking, admonishing, correcting, and getting worked up into a spasm, whereas her husband is impatient, explosive, rather brutal, won’t let the boy speak for himself, and calls him numbskull, dimwit, and other uncomplimentary names.” There were only three people who would know the truth: Freeman, the man who performed the procedure; Lou, his cold and demanding stepmother who brought Howard to the doctor’s attention; and his father, Rodney. Of the three, only Rodney, the man who hadn’t intervened on his son’s behalf, was still living. Time was running out. Stable and happy for the first time in decades, Howard began to search for answers. “December 3, 1960. Mr. and Mrs. Dully have apparently decided to have Howard operated on. I suggested [they] not tell Howard anything about it.” Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freeman’s sons about his father’s controversial life’s work, and confronted Rodney about his complicity. And, in the archive where the doctor’s files are stored, he finally came face to face with the truth. Revealing what happened to a child no one—not his father, not the medical community, not the state—was willing to protect, My Lobotomy exposes a shameful chapter in the history of the treatment of mental illness. Yet, ultimately, this is a powerful and moving chronicle of the life of one man. Without reticence, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption.Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You
By Patricia Evans. 2003
Learn how to 'break the spell' of control with Patricia Evans' new bestseller. Already hailed by Oprah Winfrey, Controlling People…
deals with issues big and small - revealing the thought processes of those who seek to control in order to provide a 'spell-breaking' mind-set for those who suffer this insidious manipulation. Invaluable insight and advice for those who seek support.The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart (Artist's Way)
By Julia Cameron. 1996
In the Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart, Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way, draws from…
her remarkable teaching experience to help readers reach out into ever-broadening creative horizons. As in The Artist's Way, she combines eloquent essays with playful and imaginative experiential exercises to make The Vein of Gold an extraordinary book of learning-through-doing. Inspiring essays on the creative process and more than one hundred engaging and energizing tasks involve the reader in "inner play," leading to authentic growth, renewal, and healing.The Everything Dating Book (Second Edition)
By Alison Blackman Dunham. 2005
Celebrated life and career expert Alison Blackman Dunham (aka "Advice Sister Alison") gives you the "must-have" basics of modern, adult…
dating, along with tons of tips and tactics that make dating exciting, safe, and successful! With Alison's advice you will:Set your sights-Define your goals, and chart a personalized course for your most successful dating journey, ever!Make your time count-Discover where all the "good ones" go and find the perfect person for you! Gain confidence-Work what you've got, from making first contact to making a date. Ace the date-Prepare to have fun, make sure you're the one they want to see again and again, and stay out of harm's way-from doorbell to goodnight kiss. Deal with dating downers-Empower yourself to deal with emotional pitfalls and finesse social challenges. With innovative advice on everything from that key first date, to Internet dating, to keeping the fires burning, The Everything Dating Book, 2nd Edition is your one-stop handbook for finding-and keeping-the love you want!An unprecedented history of a personality test devised in the 1940s by a mother and daughter, both homemakers, that has…
achieved cult-like status and is used in today's most distinguished boardrooms, classrooms, and beyond.The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It has been harnessed by Fortune 100 companies, universities, hospitals, churches, and the military. Its language--of extraversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling--has inspired online dating platforms and BuzzFeed quizzes alike. And yet despite the test's widespread adoption, experts in the field of psychometric testing, a $500 million industry, struggle to account for its success--no less to validate its results. How did the Myers-Briggs test insinuate itself into our jobs, our relationships, our Internet, our lives? First conceived in the 1920s by the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, a pair of aspiring novelists and devoted homemakers, the Myers-Briggs was designed to bring the gospel of Carl Jung to the masses. But it would take on a life of its own, reaching from the smoke-filled boardrooms of mid-century New York to Berkeley, California, where it was honed against some of the twentieth century's greatest creative minds. It would travel across the world to London, Zurich, Cape Town, Melbourne, and Tokyo; to elementary schools, nunneries, wellness retreats, and the closed-door corporate training sessions of today. Drawing from original reporting and never-before-published documents, The Personality Brokers examines nothing less than the definition of the self--our attempts to grasp, categorize, and quantify our personalities. Surprising and absorbing, the book, like the test at its heart, considers the timeless question: What makes you you?Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation
By Neville Stanton. 2019
This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary…
infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. Further, it covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to next-generation transportation systems, model-based design methods, simulation and training techniques, and many more. A special emphasis is placed on smart technologies and automation in transport, and on the user-centered, ergonomic and sustainable design of transport systems. The book, which is based on the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, held in Orlando, Florida, USA on July 21–25, 2018, mainly addresses the needs of transportation system designers, industrial designers, human–computer interaction researchers, civil and control engineers, as well as vehicle system engineers. Moreover, it represents a timely source of information for transportation policy-makers and social scientists whose work involves traffic safety, management, and sustainability issues in transport.Wittgenstein’s Philosophy in Psychology
By Gavin Brent Sullivan. 2017
This book highlights the importance of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writings on psychology and psychological phenomena for the historical development of contemporary…
psychology. It presents an insightful assessment of the philosopher’s work, particularly his later writings, which draws on key interpretations that have informed our understanding of metapsychological and psychological issues.Wittgenstein’s Philosophy in Psychology engages with both critics and followers of the philosopher’s work to demonstrate its enduring relevance to psychology today. Sullivan presents a novel examination of Wittgenstein’s later writings by providing historical detail about the uptake, understanding and use of Wittgenstein’s remarks and method in psychology and related areas of social science, examining persistent sources of conceptual confusion and showing how to apply his insights in investigations of collectives, social life, emotions, subjectivity, and development. In doing so, he reveals the value for psychologists in adopting a philosophical method of conceptual investigation to work through and become more reflexive about prominent theories, methods, therapies and practices in their respective, multiple fields and thereby create a resource for future theoretical, empirical and applied psychologists. This work will be of particular relevance to students and academics engaged in the history of psychology and to practitioners interested in understanding the continued importance of Wittgenstein’s work within the practices of psychology.Reciprocity in Human Societies: From Ancient Times to the Modern Welfare State
By Antti Kujala, Mirkka Danielsbacka. 2019
Presenting new insights into reciprocity this book combines Marcel Mauss s well-known gift theory with Barrington Moore…
s idea of mutual obligations linking rulers and the ruled Teasing out the interrelatedness of these approaches Reciprocity in Human Societies suggests that evolutionary psychology reveals a human tendency for reciprocity and collaboration not only in a mutually cooperative way but also through increasing retributive moral emotions The book discusses various historical societies and the different models of the current welfare state Nordic social democratic conservative and liberal and the repercussions of the neoliberal policies of tax havens tax cuts and austerity with a cross-disciplinary approach that bridges evolutionary psychology sociology and social anthropology with historyThe Palgrave Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Entrepreneurship
By Romeo Turcan, Norman Fraser. 2018
Departing from the traditional approach of surveying current and future trends and developments this unique Handbook brings phenomena …
theories and concepts from multiple disciplines together to advance entrepreneurship With original contributions from authors who are experts in their fields the collection offers state-of-the-art insights into generating new areas for research new theories and concepts and new questions for policy debates all aimed at advancing entrepreneurship Divided into four sections and covering perspectives such as neuroscience theology organisational behavior and education The Palgrave Handbook of Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Entrepreneurship is a rich source of information for researchers educators entrepreneurs leaders and managersTherapy as Discourse: Practice and Research (The Language of Mental Health)
By Tom Strong, Olga Smoliak. 2018
This book addresses the premise that therapy can be understood practiced and researched as a discursive activity …
Using varied forms of discourse analysis it examines the cultural institutional and face-to-face communications that shape and occur within therapies that are discursively understood and practiced By first providing an overview of commonalities across discursive therapies and research approaches the authors discursively examine general aspects of therapy Topics explored include subjectivity psychological terms institutional influences therapeutic relationships therapists ways of talking and questioning discursive ethics and assessment of therapeutic processes and outcomes This book offers a macro-analysis of the conversational practices of a discursively informed approach to therapy as well as a micro-analysis of the ways in which language shapes and is used in a discursively informed approach to therapy This book will interest practitioners seeking to better understand therapy as a discursive process and discourse analysts wanting to understand therapy as discursive therapists might practice itWage and Hour Law: Guide to Methods and Analysis
By Chester Hanvey. 2018
This practical guide offers management psychology and related professionals comprehensive background in and robust methods for…
evaluating frequently litigated wage and hour issues Wage and hour compliance is impacted by numerous sources including federal laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act state and local laws guidance from government enforcement agencies and court decisions This book provides a clear and understandable overview of the legal context along with methods for data collection and analysis to measure and evaluate compliance pertaining to commonly litigated disputes such as independent contract classification FLSA exemptions pay equity and off-the-clock work This framework for understanding and responding to such cases is suitable to both those new to the field and expert consultants while also acting as a springboard for further research in this increasingly relevant legal area Included in the coverage Trends in wage and hour litigation Applicable data collection methods for evaluating wage and hour compliance Assessing employment status Strategies to measure and prevent off the clock work Factors that impact meal and rest break compliance Stages of a class-action lawsuit Statistical sampling and analyses Understanding and analyzing pay equity Wage and Hour Law Guide to Methods and Analysis fills knowledge needs for an audience that includes management and industrial organizational psychology graduate students interested in legal issues as well as testifying experts external consultants HR practitioners management professionals and labor economists