Kategoria BISAC: Psychology >> Personality

Action research was conceived as a method of collaborative, self-reflective problem-solving in a community context. Yet many believe it has evolved too far away from its original, directly activist roots. As a direct response to calls for a rejuvenation of the social agenda of 'action research', this volume provides an all-inclusive road map to generating and implementing politically active grass-roots research activities. It is a priceless practical guide for the newly minted researcher wanting to make a tangible difference in their profession and in the world. Where some action research...

Konfliktkompetenz bezeichnet Fahigkeiten und die Bereitschaft, mit eigenen Konflikten selbstorganisiert umzugehen. Die Autoren stellen dar, wie Konflikt moglich ist und erortern Gelegenheiten und Grenzen von Konfliktkompetenz. Unter den Aspekten von Strukturzustanden, Handlungsmodalitaten und spezifischen Kontexten wird beobachtet, wie die Akteure Zugang zu ihren Moglichkeiten haben, im Konflikt selbstorganisiert zu denken, entscheiden und handeln.

Dieses Buch wendet sich an alle, die sich auf systemischer Grundlage mit Konflikt und Mediation befassen wollen und gibt Antworten auf...

Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details and statistics, and instead, gives you a lesson in psychology that keeps you engaged - and your synapses firing.

From personality quizzes and the Rorschach Blot Test to B.F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and quizzes you can't get anywhere...

Our lives as human beings are characterized by production and use of social resources, material (e.g., money and physical possessions) as well as immaterial (such as love, knowledge, and power). Distribution and exchange of these resources are central to individuals' physical and mental health and quality of life.

Over the past four decades, Social Resource Theory (SRT) has evolved to build vital links between social psychology and public policy, providing a valuable lens for understanding and addressing social class, inequality, and injustice. The recent conceptual and theoretical...