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Harcum maintains that the proper assumptions about human nature are established by their relative utility in solving existing human problems. In order to facilitate solutions to familiar problems of daily living, the author advocates a definition of the science of psychology that includes the concepts of human freedom and intrinsic dignity.

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This work provides an overview of the extensive research on the role of time in human behaviour and assesses its role in the study and treatment of dementia. Included is a history of time and time measurement, and a survey of psychological literature using time as a variable across the lifespan.

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This authoritative research guide volume uses a problem-solving approach to presenting print and electronic resources. Ranging from background sources to current research, it features a wide range of sources including encyclopedias, handbooks, databases, careers, tests, dissertations, bibliographies, book reviews, diagnostic systems, and museums.

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This text is written to help organizations and their members manage stress. The theme is, if there is a stress problem, identify it, fix it, but never ignore it. Treatment interventions from stress experts are discussed with case studies of how a negative situation can turn into a positive one.

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Li briefly outlines three generations of intelligence research over the past 100 years with attention to the origins and limitations of early investigations and the resulting confusion and disagreement in modern reinterpretations of the findings.

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This collection of new and previously published essays reflects the major research and thought of one of today's preeminent philosophers of mind.

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A Theory of the Microdynamics of Occurrent Thought presents what is, perhaps, the first comprehensive theory of the microdynamics of occurrent thought to be presented in the psychological, cognitive, and philosophical literatures.

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Shows the ways in which humour can be recovered for religion. This book argues that religion is diminished when it fails to understand and embrace its own historical connection. Its chapters deal with topics ranging from humour as an expression of intimacy to humour as the maintenance of the soul.

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This is a book that you have to read.A Whole New Mind is a groundbreaking look at how we should live our lives in a world turned upside down by rising affluence, the outsourcing of good jobs abroad, and the computerization of our lives; a world fast shifting from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age.Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists.

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Through history, interviews, anecdotes, and popular culture, this book examines pregnancy from all angles, covering changing expectations for pregnancy; new definitions of when fatherhood begins; the implications of new, earlier connections to the fetus; and the political, economic, and social consequences to the public.

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Now in paperback, the author of the phenomenal The Road Less Traveled presents his long-awaited major new work of nonfiction for individuals, partners in marriage, family members, and participants in the workplace--offering revolutionary change to create a genuinely civil society.

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What is special about the face, and what happens when neurological conditions make expression or comprehension of the face unavailable

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Through twelve essays, this book synthesizes the psychoanalytic literature on human goodness: happiness, motivation, kindness, forgiveness, etc.

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This volume addresses the psychological impact of interethnic contact and acculturation in Latin American settings, focusing on the effects of acculturation on self-esteem among adolescents.

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Was human nature designed by natural selection in the Pleistocene epoch A provocative, yet balanced, appraisal of evolutionary psychology and its major claims.

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Integrating diverse scientific data, this book relates the biological versus psychosocial aspects of adolescence. Relevant data from scientific literature has been pulled together into a systematic presentation of the biological and psychosocial issues of contemporary adolescence.

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This book offers a health-oriented, integrative approach to adolescent group therapy. Adolescent Group Therapy will be of interest to students and to teachers and professionals in psychology, counseling, vocational rehabilitation, social work, nursing, education, and child and adolescent psychiatry.

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Substance abuse, gambling, sexual promiscuity, violence, mental health problems, suicide: all are risky and dangerous consequences of adolescent instability.