This major volume of original essays traces the role of emotions in human nature through a discussion of the relationship between consciousness and body. It analyzes the importance of emotion for human agency and explores questions of value at the... Zobraziť viac
This book analyses abduction as an information-processing phenomenon. Zobraziť viac
We all want to be happy. This goal drives everything that we do. Why, then, are so many of us so unhappy? It's not your fault. You have been told a lie: that achieving your own success will make you happy. This is "old happy," society's incorrect... Zobraziť viac
This Handbook provides the requisite theoretical and methodological guidelines for undertaking social research addressing relevant contemporary social issues. Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive book on the emotions considering the full range of theoretical approaches. Zobraziť viac
"The Science of Reading: A Handbook "brings together state-of-the-art reviews of reading research from leading names in the field, to create a highly authoritative, multidisciplinary overview of contemporary knowledge about reading and related skills.... Zobraziť viac
The Oxford Handbook of the Self explores a fascinating diversity of questions about our understanding of self from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, ethics, psychology, neuroscience, psychopathology, narrative, and... Zobraziť viac
When asked to make a decision, people often don't really know what they want; they must construct their preferences on the spot. Too often, this construction is unduly influenced by irrelevant features such as the way the question is asked. The 38... Zobraziť viac
How can we understand the relationship between employer and employee? What determines the give and take of such relationships and what happens when they go wrong? This book is the first to provide a comprehensive and critical overview of what is now... Zobraziť viac
Much has been missed by social researchers in their attempt to understand the human experience as a series of rational, cognitive choices. Human subjectivity in lived experience, both that of the subject and that of the researcher, is the topic of this... Zobraziť viac
This reissue of the modern classic on the study of argumentation features a new Introduction by the author. Zobraziť viac
Why did the third World Trade Center building (WTC7) collapse on September 11th , even though it was not struck by any aircraft... Zobraziť viac
Qualitative Market Research follows through a complete research project from the perspective of both user and practitioner. In this respect, it can be used as both a continuous teaching text and training manual, or individual sections may be consulted... Zobraziť viac
This book offers a critical synthesis of social psychology's contribution to the study of contemporary racism, and proposes a critical reframing of our understanding of prejudice in European society today. Chapters place a special emphasis on the... Zobraziť viac
A profoundly arresting integration of the faculties of the mind - of how we think, speak, and see the world. Written with an informality that belies the originality of its insights and the radical nature of its conclusions this is the author's most... Zobraziť viac
Coming 30 years after publication of Richard Byrne's seminal book The Thinking Ape, Evolving Insight develops a new theory of the evolutionary origins of our human ability to understand the world of objects and other people. In a clear and accessible... Zobraziť viac
This volume presents the latest research from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners on language, literacy and numeracy, cognition, and social and emotional development of deaf learners. Zobraziť viac
Dan Zahavi engages with classical phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and a range of empirical disciplines to explore the nature of selfhood. He argues that the most fundamental level of selfhood is not socially constructed or dependent upon others, but... Zobraziť viac
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN... Zobraziť viac
It took us 4 billion years to evolve to where we are now. No question, anyone reading this has won the evolutionary Hunger Games by the fact you're on all twos and not some fossil. This should make us all the ... Zobraziť viac
