Human Development


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Designed for students from a wide range of backgrounds, this text takes a chronological and interdisciplinary approach to human development. With its focus on context and culture, the 8/E illustrates that the status of human development is inextricably embedded in a study of complex and changing cultures.




Psychology


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A standard introductory textbook focusing on the scientific roots of the field while emphasizing its practical value and relevance to society. The first edition was published in 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Self-Esteem


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Self-esteem is essential for psychological survival. It is an emotional sine qua non - without some measure of self-worth, life can be enormously painful, with many basic needs going unmet. One of the main factors differentiating humans from other animals is the awareness of self: the ability to form an identity and then attach a value to it. In other words, you have the capacity to define who you are and then decide if you like that identity or not. The problem of self-esteem is this human capacity for judgment. It's one thing to dislike certain colors, noises, shapes, or sensations. But when you reject parts of yourself, you greatly damage the psychological structures that literally keep you alive. Judging and rejecting yourself causes enormous pain. And in the same way that you would favor and protect a physical wound, you find yourself avoiding anything that might aggravate the pain of self-rejection in any way. You take fewer social, academic, or career risks. You make it more difficult for yourself to meet people, interview for a job, or push hard for something where you might not succeed. You limit your ability to open yourself with others, express your sexuality, be the center of attention, hear criticism, ask for help, or solve problems....This book is about stopping the judgments. It's about healing the old wounds of hurt and self-rejection. How you perceive and feel about yourself can change. And when those perceptions and feelings change, the ripple effect will touch every part of your life with a gradually expanding sense of freedom. ---- Self-Esteem.




Psicología de la personalidad


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En este texto se ofrece una visión equilibrada y actualizada que puede responder hoy, a la luz de la investigación científica, a la cuestión acerca de qué es eso que denominamos personalidad. A este respecto, nuestra propuesta es la siguiente: la personalidad engloba todas aquellas características, atributos y procesos psicosociobiológicos, cuya interrelación e integración posibilita identificar a cada persona como individuo único y diferente de los demás. El lector va a encontrar, en el tratamiento de los contenidos abordados en cada capítulo, abundante y actualizada referencia al sustrato de investigación científica en el que se apoyan los argumentos teóricos sobre los que se está debatiendo en cada caso.





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Who am I?


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El Arte de Enamorar


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El libro nos sugiere una nueva perspectiva en los roles del enamoramiento. Tradicionalmente, ha sido el hombre quien ha llevado la iniciativa y la mujer quien ha respondido a ese cortejo. Sin embargo, actualmente se est cuestionando esta dinmica y nos dirigimos hacia modelos de pareja ms igualitarios. Nos explica las rahan llevado a esta situacin y alternativas para afrontarlas.La primera parte describe las diversas aptitudes del hombre para atraer a una mujer y profundiza en la interaccin entre los dos sexos. Se plantean las diversas situaciones de la soledad, la dinmica del enamoramiento, la necesidad de tener a alguien a nuestro lado. Despus se analiza el salto que se produce del enamoramiento al amor.En la segunda parte hallamos las claves para iniciar una relacin, cmo seducir a nuestra posible pareja, qu rituales y maneras hemos de seguir para llevar a buen puerto nuestra empresa, las dificultades que nosotros mismos nos creamos cuando pretendemos enamorar a otra persona, las diversas variantes del enamoramiento y sus consecuencias, los varios tipos de parejas (desde la estable a la mera alianza por intereses), las dificultades y amenazas que pueden destruir el amor.Finalmente hay una peque?a reflexin sobre cmo puede ser el amor en el futuro.El libro cuenta con prcticos esquemas y un glosario fiere




Ten Days to Self-Esteem


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Do you wake up dreading the day? Do you feel ciscouraged with what you've accomplished in life? Do you want greater self-esteem, productivity, and joy in daily living? If so, you will benefit from this revolutionary way of brightening your moods without drugs or lengthy therapy. All you need is your own common sense and the easy-to-follow methods revealed in this book by one of the country's foremost authorities on mood and personal relationship problems. In Ten Days to Self-esteem, Dr. David Burns presents innovative, clear, and compassionate methods that will help you identify the causes of your mood slumps and develop a more positive outlook on life. You will learn that You feel the way you think: Negative feelings like guilt, anger, and depression do not result from the bad things that happen to you, but from the way you think about these events. This simple but revolutionary idea can change your life! You can change the way you feel: You will discover why you get depressed and learn how to brighten your outlook when you're in a slump. You can enjoy greater happiness, productivity, and intimacy—without drugs or lengthy therapy. Can a self-help book do all this? Studies show that two thirds of depressed readers of Dr. Burns's classic bestseller, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy,experienced dramatic felief in just four weeks without psychotherapy or antidepressant medications. Three-year follow-up studies revealed that readers did not relapse but continued to enjoy their positive outlook. Ten Days to Self-esteem offers a powerful new tool that provides hope and healing in ten easy steps. The methods are based on common sense and are not difficult to apply. Research shows that they really work! Feeling good feels wonderful. You owe it to yourself to feel good!




Las Emociones, La Salud y La Mujer de Hoy (Emotions, Health and Today's Woman)


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Written for Hispanic women interested in emotional fitness, this practical selfhelp guide to psychological health provides more than 400 tips from female therapists, counselors, and psychologists on herbal teas, meditations, nutritional supplements, and much more. Original.




Remaking Citizenship


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Standing at the intersection of immigration and welfare reform, immigrant Latin American women are the target of special scrutiny in the United States. Both the state and the media often present them as scheming "welfare queens" or long-suffering, silent victims of globalization and machismo. This book argues for a reformulation of our definitions of citizenship and politics, one inspired by women who are usually perceived as excluded from both. Weaving the stories of Mexican and Central American women with history and analysis of the anti-immigrant upsurge in 1990s California, this compelling book examines the impact of reform legislation on individual women's lives and their engagement in grassroots political organizing. Their accounts of personal and political transformation offer a new vision of politics rooted in concerns as disparate as domestic violence, childrearing, women's self-esteem, and immigrant and workers' rights.