Author : Samuel Himmelfarb
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Discusses some of the important discoveries in astronomy and the circumstances that prompted them.
Author : Gregory R. Maio
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,79 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 141292975X
Written by two world-leading academics in the field of attitudes research, is a brand new textbook that gets to the very heart of this fascinating and far-reaching field. Greg Maio and Geoffrey Haddock describe how scientific methods have been used to better understand attitudes and how they change. With the aid of a few helpful metaphors, the text provides readers with a grasp of the fundamental concepts for understanding attitudes and an appreciation of the scientific challenges that lay ahead.
Author : United States Military Academy. Office of Military Psychology and Leadership
Publisher :
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 33,80 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Command of troops
ISBN :
Author : Leslie Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1134786131
Critical Readings on Piaget is a follow-up to Piaget: Critical Assessments a collection of eighty-three papers dealing with the critique of Piaget's work in psychology, education and philosophy during the period 1950-90. This new collection tracks developments in the most recent published work during the period 1990-95, with an integral guide and editorial commentary by Leslie Smith. Starting with Piaget's epistemology, a major intellectual resource in departmental psychology and eduction, Leslie Smith sets out the main elements of Piaget's position in relation to twenty one papers, dealing with equilibration and equilibrium, education and social development, reasoning development, number development and modal knowledge. A conclusion examines the psychological and educational assessment of Piaget's epistemology. This collection of distinctive studies during the last five years provides high-profile and engaging examples from current research in this area. It will provide a useful and compact text for undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers.
Author : Gregory R. Maio
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2018-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1526454149
This third edition explores the scientific methods that are used to better understand attitudes and how they change, updated to reflect the flurry of research activity in this dynamic subject over the past few years. Providing the fundamental concepts for understanding attitudes, with a balanced consideration of all approaches, the book pulls together many diverse threads from research across the world. Key features: Research highlights illustrate interesting and important case studies and their findings Recap ′What we have learned′ and ′What do you think?′ questions at the end of chapters get students thinking Key terms and a glossary help students get up to speed with terminology Even more international in scope – with research drawn from many countries and a stronger European perspective New research in areas such as hypocrisy, persuasion, matching and evaluative conditioning has been considered and included, showing the flourishing nature of this subject area Online resources including multiple choice questions, journal articles and flashcards for students, and PowerPoint slides and essay questions for lecturers to use for teaching ideas, available at study.sagepub.com/psychofattitudes3e
Author : H.E. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1461564409
Drawing on sources from a wide range of disciplines, this first volume of a two volume tutorial on systems theory focuses on non-linear dynamical techniques for analysis of feedback processes, information flow, decision making, control theory, and modeling of human behavioral systems.
Author : S.B. Kakkar
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Educational psychology
ISBN : 9788171563579
This Book Of Readings Provides A Pan¬Oramic View Of Modern-Day Research In Educational Psychology For The Ad¬Vanced Student Planning To Specialize In Psychology And Research. The Arti¬Cles Emphasize Current And Varied Developments In The Field And Clearly Show The Intimate Relationship Of Theory And Fact. The Purpose Is To Help The Reader Assimilate The Experi¬Mental And Research-Oriented Deve¬Lopments. Theoretical Concepts Are Presented Through Empirical Data From Which They Have Emerged, Thus Conveying How Systematic Ideas Evol¬Ved From Data And Data From Ideas.There Are Eleven Divisions In The Book. In Each Division There Are Five To Ten Articles That Lie In A Specific Field, Each Article Describing The Study Of A Particular Topic In The Format Of A Formal Research Paper, Giving A Complete Account Of Design, Analysis, Interpretation, Results Etc. In Most Cases The Material Has Been Given In Its Entirety Including Diagrams And Tables; This Is To Help Students Realize The Significance And The Implications Of What They Have Read.Thus This Collection Forms A Very Important Reference Book For Post¬Graduate Students, Their Teachers, Psy¬Chologists, Sociologists, And All Those Concerned With Educational Psycho¬Logy In General, And Psychological And Educational Problems In Particular.
Author : Elliot Aronson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2003-08-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780716759669
Organized to illustrate the major themes of Elliot Aronson's The Social Animal, this collection of classic and contemporary readings explores the most important ideas, issues, and debates in social psychology today.
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Medicine
ISBN :
First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Mental health
ISBN :
