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Robert B. Cialdini
This book is an examination of the psychology of compliance. Written in a narrative style the author combines research and his own experienc... (Description from external book data)
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Nicholas Carr
'Boldly reactionary... What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine' Sunday Times 'Chilling' The Economist In this ground-bre... (Description from external book data)
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Michael Argyle
This fascinating book examines such diverse and compelling subjects as: money and power, gender differences, morality and tax, the very rich... (Description from external book data)
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Richard Wiseman
A psychologist and best-selling author gives us a myth-busting response to the self-help movement, with tips and tricks to improve your life... (Description from external book data)
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Jordan B. Peterson
Why have people from different cultures and eras formulated myths and stories with similar structures? What does this similarity tell us abo... (Description from external book data)
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Peter A. Levine
A straightforward and drug-free approach to dealing with trauma and behavioral disorders, this book presents simple "first aid" tools to hel... (Description from external book data)
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Thomas Gilovich
Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. When can we trust what we believe ”that "te... (Description from external book data)
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Susan T Fiske
Electronic Inspection Copy available to instructors here 'Since its very first edition, Social Cognition has been the undisputed bible of th... (Description from external book data)
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William R. Miller
This is the authoritative, bestselling guide that professionals and students turn to for a complete introduction to motivational interviewin... (Description from external book data)
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William R. Miller
This bestselling work for professionals and students is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful appro... (Description from external book data)
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William R. Miller
This bestselling work has introduced hundreds of thousands of professionals and students to motivational interviewing (MI), a proven approac... (Description from external book data)
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Sebastian Junger
From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn ... (Description from external book data)
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David De Cremer
This book is one of the first to provide an overview of recent developments in social psychological theory as it applies to organizational i... (Description from external book data)
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Edward M. Hallowell
Explores the many forms of anxiety, their underlying causes, the impact of both destructive and productive worry, and techniques designed to... (Description from external book data)
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Susan T. Fiske
Social Beings: Core Motives in Social Psychology, 3rd Edition provides psychologists with a cutting-edge approach on evolutionary and cross-... (Description from external book data)
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Ken Wilber
A leader in transpersonal psychology presents the first truly integrative model of spiritual consciousness and Western developmental psychol... (Description from external book data)
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John G. Benjafield
A History of Psychology explores the fascinating story of psychology as a discipline while also discussing how thinkers and eras are linked ... (Description from external book data)
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Sander L. Gilman
A Jew in a violently anti-Semitic world, Sigmund Freud was forced to cope with racism even in the "serious" medical literature of the fin de... (Description from external book data)
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Mark Regnerus
Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that ... (Description from external book data)
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Daniel J. Siegel
Scientists, clinicians, and mindfulness teachers discuss training the mind to bring more health and resiliency to our lives. Here, Daniel J.... (Description from external book data)
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Gerard J. Connors
A widely adopted practitioner resource and course text, this book shows how to apply knowledge about behavior change in general -- and the s... (Description from external book data)
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Kevin Dutton
Kevin Dutton, psychologist at the University of Oxford, makes an uncomfortable argument: many traits associated with psychopaths are conside... (Automatically generated book description)
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Jordan B. Peterson
Jordan B. Peterson, clinical psychologist and professor, has formulated twelve rules for life drawn from a wide range of sources: ancient my... (Automatically generated book description)
This volume presents a variety of perspectives from within and outside moral psychology. Recently there has been an explosion of research in... (Description from external book data)
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David Clark-Carter
Quantitative Psychological Research: A Student's Handbook is a thoroughly revised and updated version of David Clark-Carter's extremely succ... (Description from external book data)
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Tom Gilovich
A critical thinking approach emphasizing science and applications An award-winning author team challenges students to think critically about... (Description from external book data)
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Kevin R. Murphy
Through the use of a few relatively simple procedures and examples from the behavioral and social sciences, the authors show readers with li... (Description from external book data)
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Brett Myors
Statistical Power Analysis explains the key concepts in statistical power analysis and illustrates their application in both tests of tradit... (Description from external book data)
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Richard E. Nisbett
"The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world." -Malcolm G... (Description from external book data)
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Christopher L. Aberson
This practical guide on conducting power analyses using IBM SPSS was written for students and researchers with limited quantitative backgrou... (Description from external book data)
