Search Results: Psychology from 100 POCKETS

Davis, CA: CRCS Publications, 1978. 1st Edition First Thus. Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Pacia Ryneal (Mandala Illustrations). Text/New & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong w/faint creasing to upper front corner & trace discoloration & surface wear. Scholarly exposition Buddhist philosophy on astrology & Karma (Sanskrit term for "deed, work, action, act & intention"). Author, Missouri-born Stephen Arroyo (1946 -) works have been translated into some 20 languages, including Chinese, Turkish & Russian. This volume elucidates how these ancient concepts mirror contemporary appeal for care of fellow man & corrections for man-made influence on climate change on our very Earth, home to other animal beings & plant life besides human. 49 pgs in 12 lucid chapters on man and planet Earth.

New Haven, CT: Yale Univ Press, 1955. First Edition, 21st Printing of 1968 . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF; showing trace discoloration. Consideration of the need for a psychology of "becoming" --- one of growth and development by looking within ourselves. Based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Human Sciences Pr, 1987. 1st Paperback Ed, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Paperback. BRAND NEW Copy. Orange soft cover/NF w/trace wear. Practical primer for successful therapy for children. Excellent guide for professionals in related fields of social work and mental health. 11 chapters: 1, General Consideration; 2, Therapy Room & Materials; 3, Initial Evaluation; 4, First Contact; 5, Establishing & Maintaining a Relationship With the Child; 6, Confidentiality; 7, Parents; 8, School; 9, Potential Problems; 10, Evaluation; and, 11, Termination. Together with Dr. William Frankenbur, author Dr. Dodds developed the Denver Developmental Screening Test. Fine copy.

New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1970. First Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/NEW. 1970, First Edition. 6th Printing. Softcover/NF w/green spot to lower front corner by spine & lower text edge. First of 2 volumes in the John Wiley Behavior Pathology Series. Review of depression & mania by Joseph Mendels of Univ of Pennsylvania. Salient symptoms being sadness, pessimism & self-dislike along w/short on energy, motivation & ability to concentrate. Historical perspective w/case studies. 124 pgs, 11 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Clinical Features; 3, Classification of Depression: Major Syndromes; 4, Classification of Depression: Development & Application; 5, Psychological Theories; 6, Social & Cultural Studies; 7, Biochemical Studies; 8, Psychophysiology; 9, Genetics; 10, Psychological Texting & Rating Scales; and 11, Treatment of Depression, followed by 3 appendices.

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Book Co, 1976. First Paperback Edition, First Printing . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to leading edges. A concise and non-technical book on creative thinking and the problem-solving process. Professor Adams, at the point of publication, was Director of the Stanford School of Engineering's Design Division. The book's aim is to consider how the mind seems to work in a conceptual situation with some hints on how to make it work better. Contents in 8 chapters: Chapter 1, Introduction; 2, Perceptual Blocks; 3, Cultural & Environmental Blocks; 4, Emotional Blocks; 5, Intellectual & Expressive Blocks; 6, Conscious Blockbusting; 7, Alternative Thinking Languages; and, 8, Unconscious Blockbusting. Text contains many exercises in the form of entertaining puzzles, games, riddles, and optical illusions that the mind can become so limber as to sidestep mental blocks. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Barnes & Noble, 1997. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/None as Issued. Ian Parsons (Photography); Ivan Hissey & Grace Crivellaro (Illustrators). Text/NEW & Bright. 1997, First Edition, 1st Printing. Illustrated boards/Fine. DJ/None. CAVEAT: "Stock Photos" often shown with slipcase which our copy does not have. An excursion into the universe of dreams, remembered on not, where we all spend a good half of our lives with the mind still active. 128 pgs, illustrated in color, in 3 parts: I, Sleeping & Dreaming Explained; II, Aids to Restful Sleep & Peaceful Dreaming; and III, The Key to Your Dreamworld, followed by Index.

Topsfield, MA: Salem House Publishers, 1991. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. Dust jacket under mylar. A guide to interapersonal behavior and how we communicate through verbal language, body language, mode of dress, and other behavior patterns. Contributions from some 27 experts augmented by photographs.

New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1977. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Blue linen boards w/gilt spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG w/creasings, closed tears & chips to edge. Textbook. An examination of human agression from a social perspective. The 6 chapters are: 1, Agression: Definitions & Perspectives; 2, Agression: Methods for Systematic Study; 3, Social Determinants of Agression; 4, Environmental & Situational Determinants of Agression; 5, Individual Determinants of Agression: Personality, Attitudes, & Genes; and, 6, The Prevention & Control of Human Aggression. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Random House, 2005. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/Fine. BRAND NEW Copy. A guide book for knowing oneself with Identity Mapping exercises towards the goal of discovering the right line of work, marrying smarter, and even choosing the most hospitable locale to put down roots. A practical approach to understand the self and with that finding "happiness", by which Larry Ackerman defines as being "at peace with yourself ... among others in the world.

Cambridge, MA: Winthrop Publishers, 1978. First Edition, First Printing . Soft Cover/Stapled. New/None as Issued. INSTRUCTOR'S GUIDE. Brand new copy. Written to accompy PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY. Contents in 7 sectors: 1, Overview; 2, Issues in Teaching Applications of Psychology; 3, Classroom Procedures for Involving Students; 4, Coordinating Classroom Procedures with the Text; 5, Sources for Additional Lecture Information; 6, Films; and, 7, Exam Items.

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc, 2000. Volume 74, No 1, Feb 2000 . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace wear to corner tips of softcover. Bi-monthly publication; commentaries, case reports, and research studies dealing w/evaluation & application methods of personality assessment. Lead article for this Feb 2000 issue: Collaborative, Individualized Assessment by Contance T. Fisher of Duquesne University.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pelican Books/Viking Press, 1976. First Paperback Ed, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & showing trace discoloration. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to corner tips. To the degree that all too many of the wrong choices one makes is caused by erroneous self-perception, this is a volume of questionaires designed to "know" oneself. The aim is to help readers to know themselves, and in a more objective light, to see themselves as others see them. 8 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Extraversion --- Introversion; 3, Emotional Instability --- Adjustment; 4, Toughmindedness --- Tendermindedness; 5, Sense of Humor; 6, Sex & the Average Woman (or Man); 7, Social & Political Attitudes; and 8, Now You Know Yourself ...

New York, NY: Fawcett Columbine/Ballentine, 1990. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New w/one folded corner. Illustrated soft cover/Fine. Treatise, discourse, and reflections on the art of loving. If we are best described, in the words of Luciano de Crescendo, as angels with but one wing, then flight to the heavens is only possible through embracing another --- this Leo Buscaglia demonstrates well. Fine copy.

Emeryville, CA: Bullish Press, 1994. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Guide to successful networking through being both more efficient and effective at the same time.

New York, NY: Mentor/American Library, 1972. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Vintage 1972, First Edition, 2nd Printing. Softcover/VG; strong w/edge rubs & faint surface wear. Outline of cognitive development in children, instead of just "mini adults" from Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget's (1896 - 1980), by Ruth M. Beard(1894 - 19690. 158 pgs, convenient Glossary precedes 6 chapters: 1, The Development of Intelligence; 2, The Sensori-Motor Period; 3, The Pre-Conceptual Sub-Stage; 4, The Intuitive Sub-Stage; 5, The Sub-Period of Concrete Operations; and 6, The Period of Formal Operations.

New York, NY: John Wiley, 1966. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB/Univ Department. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated black linen boards/VG. DJ/None. Loan pocket to rear cover verso removed. Compilation of essays examining discernable sensory patterns and the allied cognitive processes of perception and concept formation. The 22 studies are grouped into 5 parts: Part I, Conceptual Framework: The Psychology & Philosophy of Perception & Discovery; II, Empirical Background, Summaries, Reviews, & Integrations of Experimental Findings; III, Theoretical Developments; IV, Experimental Results from Neurophysiology & Psychology That Are Pertinent to Model Building; and, V, Computer Simulations of Complex Models.

Chicago, IL: Aldine Publishing, 1971. First Edition, 7th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear. First published 1971; this is the 7th Printing of 1976. Examination of the social organization of primates. Text in 6 chapters: 1, "Culture" & the Conceptual Frame of Biology; 2, An Introduction to Primate Societies; 3, Adaptive Functions of Primate Societies; 4, Ways of Adapting; 5, How Flexible Is the Trait?; and, 6, Man & Primates Compared.

Baltimore, MD: Peguin, 1959. First Edition, First Thus . Paperback. Near Fine/None as Issued. Pelican A453; 1959 printing. Text/BRAND NEW, showing faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/NF w/trace wear to corner tips & whisper of a crease to upper front corner. An investigation into human thought processes and associated fields of inquiry. Text in 11 chapters: 1, What Do We Mean by 'Thinking'?; 2, Problem-Solving Behavior in Animals; 3, Probelm-Solving Behavior in Human Beings; 4, Concepts & Their Attainment; 5, Concept Formation un Childrenl 6, Learning Operations; 7, Transfer & Interference; 8, The Dynamics of Thinking: Motivation & Thought; 9, Language & Thought; 10, Creative Thinking; and, 11, What Do We Know About Thinking?

Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ Press, 1990. First Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Gehard Binder (Illustrator). Paperback. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/VG; w/light edge rubs, push to corner tips, faint creasing to lower front corner & upper back, and, slight bend to lower back corner pages from poor shelving. Documentation of trance experiences by Hungarian born anthropologist and expert in linguistic studies Dr. Felicitas Goodman (1914 - 2005) who studied the phenomenon of "speaking in tongues" and the effects of body posture as well as sounds on trances.

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1983. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. First published in 1969, this is a 1983 reprint. Text/Near New w/trace margin discoloration. Illustrated cover/VG w/edge rubs, faint surface creasings, and soiling to lower back. Social history. A scholarly study of Victorian sexual behavior that lay behind the farcade of genteel behavior. Relevant background study for all students of the Victorian era, so rich in artists and writers.. Strong copy