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41. The Two of Me

    The Rational Outer Me and the Emotional Inner Me

    By John Birtchnell

    How much of what we do is directed by conscious, deliberate decisions and how much originates in unconscious, automatic directives? This is the question explored in The Two of Me via an engaging combination of phenomenological subjective investigation and objective considerations of mental...

    Published November 19th 2003 by Psychology Press
42. New and Current Directions in Justice Theorizing and Research

    A Special Issue of personality and Social Psychology Review

    Edited by Linda J. Skitka, Faye Crosby

    This special issue fans the flames of interest in social psychological justice theory and research, and showcases the new social psychological developments relating to justice and fairness. It addresses identity; "negative justice"--what happens after wrongs have occurred; contingent models that...

    Published October 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
43. The Psychological Foundations of Culture

    Edited by Mark Schaller, Christian S. Crandall

    How is it that cultures come into existence at all? How do cultures develop particular customs and characteristics rather than others? How do cultures persist and change over time? Most previous attempts to address these questions have been descriptive and historical. The purpose of this book is to...

    Published July 31st 2003 by Psychology Press
44. Essential Personality

    By Donald Pennington

    Series: Essential Psychology

    'Essential Personality' provides a clear, accessible and systematic introduction to the major theoretical approaches for the understanding of human personality. This introductory book assumes no prior knowledge of this core area in psychology and is written for students studying personality for...

    Published January 30th 2003 by Routledge
45. Personality and Psychological Disorders

    By Gordon Claridge, Caroline Davis

    In recent years, the assumption that there is a significant connection between normal psychological and biological differences and the development of psychological disorders has grown and research in this area has developed rapidly.This textbook, written by internationally known psychologists with...

    Published December 26th 2002 by Routledge
46. The Dynamic Perspective in Personality and Social Psychology

    A Special Issue of personality and Social Psychology Review

    Edited by Robin R. Vallacher, Stephen John Read, Andrzej Nowak

    Recent years have witnessed the ascendance of a new way to conceptualize and investigate the nature of dynamism at different levels of psychological reality. Areas of inquiry as diverse as cognitive neuroscience, developmental psychology, organizational behavior, and political sociology are being...

    Published October 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
47. Self and Identity

    Personal, Social, and Symbolic

    Edited by Yoshihisa Kashima, Margaret Foddy, Michael Platow

    This edited volume outlines the latest meta-theoretical and theoretical contexts of self-research. Self and Identity examines theoretical accounts of human experience within the contemporary socio-cultural milieu and attempts to answer the question of what it means to be human. It provides a clear...

    Published March 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
48. Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture

    A Social Psychological Synthesis

    By James E. Cote, Charles G. Levine

    The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization...

    Published March 31st 2002 by Psychology Press
49. Race and Intelligence

    Separating Science From Myth

    Edited by Jefferson M. Fish

    In recent years, reported racial disparities in IQ scores have been the subject of raging debates in the behavioral and social sciences and education. What can be made of these test results in the context of current scientific knowledge about human evolution and cognition? Unfortunately, discussion...

    Published July 31st 2001 by Routledge
50. Counseling and Psychotherapy With Religious Persons

    A Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy Approach

    By Stevan L. Nielsen, W. Brad Johnson, Albert Ellis

    Practitioners are increasingly aware that religious persons present unique problems and challenges in therapy. Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is among the most widely practiced, highly structured and active directive approaches to treating emotional and behavioral problems. Introduced by...

    Published April 30th 2001 by Routledge