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Two dozen brief essays by the foremost experts in the field are presented in this volume. Truly diverse viewpoints are represented: cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, psychometrics, artifical intelligence, cross-cultural psychology, educational psychology, and differential psychology.

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Brief outline of the history and theory of psychoanalysis, linking it with other branches of knowledge concerning human and animal life.

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Toward a computational explanation of thought: an argument that underlying mind is a complex but compact program that corresponds to the underlying complex structure of the world.

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Colette Soler examines Lacan's thought on the controversial question of sexual difference. What Lacan Said About Women also explores the mother's place in the unconscious, depression, and why depressives feel unloved. And she examines the cultural implications of the texts from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Sorting out the scientific facts from the unsupported hype about emotional intelligence.

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Although often depicted as aggressive and unpredictable in movies, people with schizophrenia are actually far more likely to be the victims of violence than perpetrators of it. This book sheds light on the realities of this often misunderstood mental illness.

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The trauma of losing a sibling when we are in our adult years is one of the most unrecognized areas of psychology. This book explores the unique connections we have with brothers and sisters and describes the trauma of losing a sibling as an adult. It includes interviews with psychologists and counsellors who specialize in bereavement issues.

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Revealing the shocking and detailed accounts of how adult women stalk, sexually assault, and even rape adult men, this book portrays an eye-opening reality: women can act as aggressive predators and victimize men.

Crimes of a sexual nature perpetrated by adult females against males constitute a serious problem in our society.

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Where Children Live is a natural extension of the Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology Series. The message of this volume is that effective delivery of child and family services, a comprehensive theoretical model, is needed so that efficient delivery can take place, as well as an evaluation of the quality of those services.

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Where Children Live is a natural extension of the Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology Series. The message of this volume is that effective delivery of child and family services, a comprehensive theoretical model, is needed so that efficient delivery can take place, as well as an evaluation of the quality of those services.

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Talking about the explanations we give and how we give them, this book looks at the way the reasons we offer every day are dictated by, and help constitute, social relationships. It explores the manner in which people claim, establish, negotiate, repair, rework, or terminate relations with others through the reasons they give.

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For new explorers into the creativity literature, it will provide helpful grounding in the work of a major figure in the field and foundation for new questions and directions.

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Why do testicles hang the way they do Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm What does it feel like to want to kill yourself Does 'free will' really exist And why is the penis shaped like that anyway This title deals with these questions.

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Exploring various sexual phenomena, this book exposes fundamental defects in sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, tracing them to their misguided emphasis on "why" questions at the expense of "how" questions.

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Mental health professionals are beginning to focus on the identification of factors which can promote healthy adjustment in children. This volume attempts to define these factors of resilience providing the groundwork for developing and implementing preventive programmes for children "at risk".

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A series of candid personal interviews with nearly 100 donors gives an in-depth look at the world of elite philanthropy. Harvard sociologist Francie Ostrower focuses on the New York City area to explore the motivations of single donors and the significance of elite group philanthropy. This book won the 1996 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize and was co-recipient of the 1996 ARNOVA Award.

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Psychoanalytic treatment utilised the patient's capacity to love and desire as a means to an end. The stuff of romance became the stuff of cure. This book discusses about techniques in psychoanalysis.

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This insightful and moving book looks at how people of various ages view the process of aging and the social and emotional perspectives it evokes.

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At the turn of the twentieth century, William James was America's most widely read philosopher. This title details James' contributions to experimental psychopathology, psychical research, and the psychology of religion.