The Psychology of Blacks: Centering Our Perspectives in the African Consciousness
ISBN: 9780131827738 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseling and Psychotherapy.
This text highlights the limitations of traditional psychological theories and approaches when applied to people of African descent. It provides information on how the African Centered Perspective is defined, as well as how it operates in the context of the African American family with regard to identity development, education, mental health, research, and managing contemporary issues. It links the context of African... For courses in Introduction to Psychology, African American Psychology, African American Studies, Multicultural Counseling and Cross Cultural Counseli...
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Black and White Racial Identity: Theory, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9780275946128 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book examines the major theories of Black and White racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to describe social fomentation have been updated and expanded to explain the role of racial identity in counseling dyads, social relationships, and groups. Measures for assessing racial identity are described. Original research addresses the relationship of racial identity to other personality characteristics such as value orientations, decision-making styles and counseling process variables such as satisfaction, counselor strategies, and client... This book examines the major theories of Black and White racial identity. Moreover, theoretical perspectives that were originally developed to desc... |
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Re-Examining Psychology: Critical Perspectives and African Insights
ISBN: 9780415187923 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Despite psychology's high profile, various aspects of the discipline and the profession are in urgent need of attention. This volume takes a critical look at some of the principles underlying the discipline and offers an insight into alternative psychological perspectives deriving from sub-Saharan Africa. The text is intended to facilitate a greater awareness in psychology of its own identity, and prevent the unqualified adoption of mainstream principles and methodologies by psychologists from sub-Saharan Africa and other majority cultures. One of psychology's greatest limitations relates to...
Despite psychology's high profile, various aspects of the discipline and the profession are in urgent need of attention. This volume takes a critical ...
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Perspectives on Activity Theory
ISBN: 9780521437301 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Activity theory is an interdisciplinary approach to human sciences that originates in the cultural-historical psychology school of thought, intitiated by Vygotsky, Leont'ev and Luria. Activity theory takes the object-oriented, artifact-mediated collective activity system as its unit of analysis, thus bridging the gulf between the individual subject and the societal structure. This volume is the first comprehensive presentation of contemporary work in activity theory, with twenty-six original chapters by authors from ten countries. The first part of the book discusses central theoretical...
Activity theory is an interdisciplinary approach to human sciences that originates in the cultural-historical psychology school of thought, intitiated...
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287,43 zł |
Sociocultural Studies of Mind
ISBN: 9780521470568 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Sociocultural Studies of Mind addresses the question of how mental functioning is related to the cultural, historical, and institutional settings in which it takes place. There are three unifying ideas that run through the volume: 1) one of the basic ways that sociocultural setting shapes mental functioning is through the cultural tools employed, 2) mediation provides a formulation of how this shaping occurs, and 3) in order to specify how cultural tools exist and have their effects, it is essential to focus on human action as a unit of analysis. This landmark volume defines a general...
Sociocultural Studies of Mind addresses the question of how mental functioning is related to the cultural, historical, and institutional settings in w...
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326,94 zł |
Metaphor in Culture: Universality and Variation
ISBN: 9780521844475 / Angielski / Twarda / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) To what extent and in what ways is metaphorical thought relevant to an understanding of culture and society? More specifically: can the cognitive linguistic view of metaphor simultaneously explain both universality and diversity in metaphorical thought? Cognitive linguists have done important work on universal aspects of metaphor, but they have paid much less attention to why metaphors vary both interculturally and intraculturally as extensively as they do. In this book, Zoltan Kovecses proposes a new theory of metaphor variation. First, he identifies the major dimension of metaphor...
To what extent and in what ways is metaphorical thought relevant to an understanding of culture and society? More specifically: can the cognitive ling...
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Elements of Folk Psychology - Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind
ISBN: 9781406700411 / Angielski / Miękka / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY OUTLINES OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND BY WILHELM WUNDT AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY EDWARD LEROY SCHAUB, Ph. D. LONDON GEORGE ALLEN UNWIN LTD. NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY TRANSLATORS PREFACE THE keen interest which the present age is manifesting in problems connected with the interpretation of human experience is no less a result than it is a precondition of the fruitful labours of individual scholars. Prominent among these is the distinguished author of the volume which is herewith rendered accessible to English readers. The impetus...
ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY OUTLINES OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND BY WILHELM WUNDT AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY EDWARD LEROY ...
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Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects
ISBN: 9780521706575 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. Studying processes of cultural transmission may help analyze the continuity or change of cultures, including those that have to cope with migration or the collapse of a political system. An evolutionary perspective is elaborated in the first part of the book; the second takes a cross-cultural perspective by presenting international research on development and intergenerational relations in the...
Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted fro...
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229,92 zł |
Cultural Transmission: Psychological, Developmental, Social, and Methodological Aspects
ISBN: 9780521880435 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted from one generation to the next within families. Studying processes of cultural transmission may help analyze the continuity or change of cultures, including those that have to cope with migration or the collapse of a political system. An evolutionary perspective is elaborated in the first part of the book; the second takes a cross-cultural perspective by presenting international research on development and intergenerational relations in the...
Cultural Transmission covers psychological, developmental, social, and methodological research on how cultural information is socially transmitted fro...
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410,80 zł |
Black and White Racial Identity: Theory, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9780313263521 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity and also describes measures for assessing racial identity. Original research addresses the relationship of racial identity to other personality characteristics.
This book presents the major theories of black and white racial identity and also describes measures for assessing racial identity. Original research ...
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Elements of Folk Psychology - Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind
ISBN: 9781443720595 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY OUTLINES OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND by WILHELM WUNDT. PREFACE: THE keen interest which the present age is manifesting in problems connected with the interpretation of human experience is no less a result than it is a precondition of the fruitful labours of individual scholars. Prominent among these is the distinguished author of the volume which is herewith rendered accessible to English readers. The impetus which Professor Wundt has given to the philosophical and psychological studies of recent years is a matter of common knowledge....
ELEMENTS OF FOLK PSYCHOLOGY OUTLINES OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND by WILHELM WUNDT. PREFACE: THE keen interest which the p...
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Toward Psychologies of Liberation
ISBN: 9780230537682 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Understanding that the psychological well-being of individuals is inextricably linked to the health of their communities, environments, and cultures, the authors propose a radical interdisciplinary reorientation of psychology to create participatory and dialogical spaces for critical understanding and creative restoration.
Understanding that the psychological well-being of individuals is inextricably linked to the health of their communities, environments, and cultures, ...
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Mudpacks and Prozac: Experiencing Ayurvedic, Biomedical and Religious Healing
ISBN: 9781598743982 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) People seeking psychiatric healing choose from an almost dizzying array of therapies--from the medicated mud packs of Ayurveda, to the pharmacopeia of Western biomedicine, to the spiritual pathways of the world's religions. How do we choose, what do the treatments offer, and how do they cure? In Mudpacks and Prozac, Murphy Halliburton investigates the very different ways in which Ayurvedic, Western, and religious (Christian, Muslim, and Hindu) healing systems define psychiatric problems and cures. He describes people's embodied experiences of therapies that range from soothing to frightening,...
People seeking psychiatric healing choose from an almost dizzying array of therapies--from the medicated mud packs of Ayurveda, to the pharmacopeia of...
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Culture, Behavior and Personality: An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Psychosocial Adaptation
ISBN: 9780202011684 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This new edition of Culture, Behavior, and Personality is organized into ve parts. Part I de nes the eld of inquiry, Part II presents a critical review of existing theories and methods, Part III expounds LeVine's unique Darwinian model of culture and personality, Part IV deals with the strategies and methods with which to study individual dispositions within the sociocultural matrix, Part V concludes with two essays on cultural and personality research including new advances and avenues of research that have appeared within the last seven years.
This new edition of Culture, Behavior, and Personality is organized into ve parts. Part I de nes the eld of inquiry, Part II presents a critical revie...
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African American Psychology: From Africa to America
ISBN: 9781506333403 / Angielski / Miękka / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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What Americans Build and Why
ISBN: 9780521516570 / Angielski / Twarda / 301 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping environments. Synthesizing information from both academic journals and the popular press, the book looks at the relationships of size and scale to the way Americans live their lives and how their way of life is fundamentally shaped by the highway system, cheap land, and incentives. This book is timely because although Americans say they crave community, they continue to construct buildings, such as McMansions and big box stores, that make creating...
What Americans Build and Why examines five areas of Americans built environment: houses, healthcare facilities, schools, workplaces, and shopping envi...
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Fundamental Questions in Cross-Cultural Psychology
ISBN: 9780521757515 / Angielski / Miękka / 602 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cross-cultural psychology has come of age as a scientific discipline, but how has it developed? The field has moved from exploratory studies, in which researchers were mainly interested in finding differences in psychological functioning without any clear expectation, to detailed hypothesis tests of theories of cross-cultural differences. This book takes stock of the large number of empirical studies conducted over the last decades to evaluate the current state of the field. Specialists from various domains provide an overview of their area, linking it to the fundamental questions of...
Cross-cultural psychology has come of age as a scientific discipline, but how has it developed? The field has moved from exploratory studies, in which...
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Culturally Adaptive Counseling Skills: Demonstrations of Evidence-Based Practices
ISBN: 9781412987219 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A key supplement for courses on multicultural counseling, this book is a practical volume that will help faculty and students see demonstrations of multicultural counseling in practice. The text covers evidence-based practices for working with five major ethnic groups, while weaving in other factors such as gender, disability, sexuality, and more. Each chapter has two case studies by an invited expert who also provides commentary and lessons drawing upon each case.
A key supplement for courses on multicultural counseling, this book is a practical volume that will help faculty and students see demonstrations of mu...
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Psychologisation in Times of Globalisation
ISBN: 9780415682015 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Today more than ever, our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us is described in psychological terms. Psychologists deeply influence our society, and psychological-discourse has invaded companies, advertising, culture, politics, and even our social and family life. Moreover, psychologisation has become a global process, applied to situations such as torture, reality TV and famine. This book analyses this 'overflow of psychology' in the three main areas of science, culture and politics.
Today more than ever, our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us is described in psychological terms. Psychologists deeply influen...
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702,94 zł |
Cross-Cultural Psychology
ISBN: 9780521762120 / Angielski / Twarda / 652 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole field of cross-cultural psychology. The team of internationally acclaimed authors presents the latest empirical research, theory, methodology and applications from around the world. They discuss all domains of behavior (including development, social behavior, personality, cognition, psycholinguistics, emotion and perception), and present the three main approaches in cross-cultural psychology (cultural, culture-comparative, and indigenous traditions)...
Cross-Cultural Psychology is a leading textbook offering senior undergraduate and graduate students a thorough and balanced overview of the whole fiel...
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548,92 zł |