This book presents the elaboration model for the multivariate analysis of observational quantitative data using two complimentary strategies: an exclusionary strategy annd an inclusive strategy. The primary emphasis is on the translation of theory into a logical analytic strategy and the interpretation of results. Using real data, not contrived examples, the text provides a step-by-step guide t…
In Social Cognition: From Brains to Culture 2nd Edition,Fiske and Taylor carefully integrate the many new threads of social cognition research that have emerged in the intervening years since the previous edition, including developments within social neuroscience, custural psychology and some areas of applied psychology and continue to tell a powerful and comprevensive story about what social c…
This book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment and natural resource management, especially where gender is understood as a political, negotiated and contested element of social relationships. It of…
A core text for counselor skill development, Becoming a Skilled Counselor prepares students with the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to be effective helpers. Authors Richard D. Parsons and Naijian Zhang explain the essentials of the counseling relationship, the dynamic and intenational nature of the helping process, the knowledge and skills necessary to facilitate change, and the the…
In this revised new edition, Bayne and Jinks expertly combine the professional and academic aspects of applied psychology. The contributing authors, all experts in their field, provide authoritative and engaging overviews of their areas of expertise and an important range or perspectives. The book is organised into three parts. The first part is a general context for applied psychology inclu…
Critical thinking is taught at all universities, often put forward by lecturers as the key skill that can most dramatically improve a student's understanding of a course and transform their writing. It pervades research methods teaching, critical psychology, and a range of other core curriculum elements, in exactly the same way that critical thinking pervades any discipline, and indeed, life ge…
Buku ini merupakan kumpulan esai dari para penulis yang menyangkal teori evolusi. Alih-alih menyangkal menggunakan narasi "keilmiahan" seperti yang diklaim oleh para penulis, sangkalan yang ada hanya menggunakan kutipan dari penelitian dan catatan dari orang lain, yang berarti narasi dari buku ini berasal dari penelitian sekunder. Di awal dan akhir buku, para penulis menekankan bahwa keesaan Al…