Contents: A theoretical foundation of speed and concentration tests; Effects of clinical case priming on the activation of encapsulated knowledge: differences between medical experts and subexpert; General psychology and William James; Is attention knowledge directed towards relevant information? a developed study; The perceptual magnet effect: a review of empirical findings and theoretical implications; The relationship between cognitive flexibility and affinity seeking strategies; Reputation enhancing goals; Integrating reputation enhancement and goal setting theory as an explanation of...

Contents: Is there a consistent pro-life attitude?; Professional fulfilment and frustration -- nurses' perceptions of their workplace; The attribute-mediation and product meaning approaches to the influences of human values on consumer choices; Trends in suicide mortality, 1955-1989 -- America, Africa, Asia and Oceania; Cognitive processing anomalies in depressive mood disorders; Body image and anxiety in paranoid schizophrenia; A social norms extension of the investment model; A cross-cultural analysis of alcoholism and social alienation in Panama and the US; The Social correlates of...

Contents: Pricing Strategies in Euroland: Risks and Opportunities (Robert C. Rickards, International University, Germany); The Fairy Tale of Introducing a New Economic Management System in Middletown (Sven Rasegard, Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Parliamentary Governance and the European Union (Tapio Raunio, University of Helsinki); Work Values, Open Youth Education and the Creative Career: A Danish Perspective (Peter Plant, Ph.D., Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Copenhagen); Developing Effective Capacity to Implement EU Rules: Application,...

This book presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology research. Each paper has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research results across a broad spectrum. Contents: Adolescent addiction and recovery: a study in extremes; Technological automation and the opinions we hold of ourselves and others; Reasons for retirement, Satisfaction with retirement and sources of enjoyment among retirees: an English-French comparison; The lifestyle perspective: theory, research and practice; Diving and cognitive performance: the selective impairment of control...

Vexing issues concerning internal and external change challenge Europe, it tries hard to regroup, reform and refocus. This series is intended to present an ongoing forum for substantiate discussion of these issues.

Contents: The Election Process in the United States; Campaign Financing in Federal Elections: A Guide to the Law and its Operation; Campaign Financing; Campaign Finance National Public Opinion; Campaign Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money; Congressional and State Reappirtionment and Predistricting: A Legal Analysis; Free and Reduced-Rate Television Time for Political Candidates; Index.