Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Applied Psychology

This book explores health and leisure as a holistic phenomenon with individual and social dimensions. Contributors to this edited volume explore the physical, mental, emotional, sexual and social aspects of health and leisure as well as the influence of moral and religious principles. The connections between the individual and the social structure, social integration, the social division of labor, and the natural environment are also analysed.

The volume studies this relationship from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including sociology, psychology, psychiatry, medical sciences,...

This student-friendly introduction to the field focuses on understanding social and practical problems and developing intervention strategies to address them. Offering a balance of theory, research, and application, the updated Third Edition includes the latest research, as well as new, detailed examples of qualitative research throughout.

Skill Acquisition and Training describes the building blocks of cognitive, motor, and teamwork skills, and the factors to take into account in training them. The basic processes of perception, cognition and action that provide the foundation for understanding skilled performance are discussed in the context of complex task requirements, individual differences, and extreme environmental demands. The role of attention in perceiving, selecting, and becoming aware of information, in learning new information, and in performance is described in the context of specific skills.

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Community-Based Psychological First Aid: A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times presents a practical method for helping those in need in difficult times. No advanced training in psychology is needed to use it.

Injuries from disasters, terrorist events, and civil unrest are not just physical. These events also cause psychological trauma that can do lasting damage. Psychological First Aid (PFA) draws on human resilience and aims to reduce stress systems and help those affected recover. It is not professional psychotherapy, and those...

Art Therapy for Social Justice seeks to open a conversation about the critical intersection of social change and social justice in private and public art therapy spaces. By moving the practice of art therapy beyond standard individualized treatment models, this informative new resource aims to promote scholarship and dialogue that opens boundaries to envision approaches that are culturally sensitive with a focus on antiracist, feminist, and emancipatory movements. In particular, specific programs are highlighted that have effectively used art-based practices to promote change by drawing...

This book on the psychology of white collar criminals discusses various cases of financial crime, while also attempting to delve into the minds of the criminals in question. The literature on this topic is growing as it gains momentum in the scientific field, as a result of the extremely negative impact white collar crime has on its victims. Because there is considerable damage and vulnerability from these crimes, it is important to begin to classify them, and to understand the minds of those that commit these offenses. While the current literature is not extensive, this work provides a...

Skill Acquisition and Training describes the building blocks of cognitive, motor, and teamwork skills, and the factors to take into account in training them. The basic processes of perception, cognition and action that provide the foundation for understanding skilled performance are discussed in the context of complex task requirements, individual differences, and extreme environmental demands. The role of attention in perceiving, selecting, and becoming aware of information, in learning new information, and in performance is described in the context of specific skills.

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Context and Cognition in Consumer Psychology is concerned with the psychological explanation of consumer choice. It pays particular attention to the roles of perception and emotion in accounting for consumers' actions and their interaction with the desires and beliefs in terms of which consumer choice is frequently analyzed.

In this engaging book, Gordon Foxall extends and elaborates his theory of consumer action, based on the philosophical strategy of Intentional Behaviorism. In doing so, he introduces the concept of contingency-representation to explore the ways in which...

Dieses Buch stellt die aktuellen Forschungsergebnisse zum therapeutischen Nutzen von Kaffee und Koffein vor, fragt aber auch, wo die medizinischen und psychologischen Gefahren des uberhohten Genusses liegen: Genieen Sie Ihren Kaffee oder werden Sie ohne ihn morgens nicht wach? Nehmen Sie Medikamente und spuren Wechselwirkungen mit Ihrem Kaffeekonsum? Koffein ist weltweit neben Nikotin die am haufigsten ge- und vielleicht auch missbrauchte psychoaktive Substanz. Sie ist Bestandteil unserer taglichen Ernahrung, ohne dass wir uns dessen bewusst sind.

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Doctors who mentor play a significant role in the development of their junior medical colleagues. This book equips doctors with knowledge and tools for performing the role of mentor to junior medical colleagues in a constructive and productive way.

The approach to the mentor role described in this book will allow you to:

• perform the relational and developmental work of mentoring
• add structure to the mentoring you deliver
• assist junior medical colleagues to develop knowledge, skills, performance, and awareness and practise of values
• apply your...