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Coast Learning Systems - Psychology: The Human Experience (part1of2)
2008-02-21 14:59:00
This telecourse offers insights into key concepts and principles of psychology through a focus on human experience. Interviews with subject matter experts, researchers, and other experts in the field of psychology are used to explain and apply psychological concepts in twenty-six 30-minute programs. Each video is a complete lesson, and utilizes original videography of biological processes, as well as historical and contemporary research. Stories of challenge, relationships, investigation, hope, and inspiration are told using original footage of real life case studies. Animated three-dimensional computer graphics of life processes and concepts are also incorporated in each lesson. Awards: Emmy1: Why Study Human Behavior? introduces psychology as a science of behavior and mental processes. It explains how understanding why we think and act as we do enhances our lives. 2: Research Methods in Psychology provides an overview of observational and descriptive research by illustrating...
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
2008-02-12 19:36:00
The Stanford Prison Experiment English | XviD | 544x384 | 25fps | MP3 | 128kbps | 300MBTV documentary story of the 1971 psychological test designed to examine the corrupting nature of power. On-screen participation by Professor Philip Zimbardo.

Scientific American - The Child's Mind
2008-02-10 18:06:00
exclusive online issue | no. 27
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Abnormal Psychology With Infotrac: An Integrative Approach /With DSM-IV
2008-01-09 18:38:00
David Barlow, Mark DurandCDimage (IMG+CUE+CCD+SUB) | 570 Mb | English |Wadsworth Thomson Learning | ISBN 053450731X | 2000“Balancing biological, psychological, social and cultural approaches, David Barlow and V. Mark Durand's ground-breaking integrative approach is the most modern, scientifically valid method for studying abnormal psychology. In this Fourth Edition of their proven «Abnormal Psychology », Barlow and Durand successfully blend sophisticated research (including new prevention coverage) and an accessible writing style with the most widely recognized method of discussing psychopathology. Going beyond simply describing different schools of thought on psychological disorders, the authors explore the interactions of the various forces that contribute to psychopathology. A conversational writing style, consistent pedagogical elements, integrated case studies (95 percent from authors' own files), video clips of clients (on the free accompanying Abnormal Psychology Live CD...

The Essence of Multivariate Thinking: Basic Themes and Methods
2007-10-19 17:47:00
Lisa L. Harlow,Lawrence Erlbaum Ass.|ISBN 0805837299|2005|264 Pages| MB| The Essence of Multivariate Thinking is intended to make multivariate statistics more accessible to a wide audience. To encourage a more thorough understanding of multivariate methods, author Lisa Harlow suggests basic themes that run through most statistical methodology. The most pervasive theme is multiplicity. The author argues that the use of multivariate methods encourages multiple ways of investigating phenomena. She explains that widening our lens to identify multiple theories, constructs, measures, samples, methods, and time points provide greater reliability and validity in our research. Dr. Harlow then shows how these themes are applied to several multivariate methods, with the hope that this will ease understanding in the basic concepts of multivariate thinking. Formulas are kept at a minimum.The first three chapters review the core themes that run through multivariate methods. Seven different multi...
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The Critique of Psychology: From Kant to Postcolonial Theory
2007-10-19 17:39:00
Thomas Teo,Springer | ISBN 0387253556| 2005|PDF| 239 Pages| 2.61 MB| Closely paralleling the history of psychology is the history of its critics, their theories, and their contributions. The Critique of Psychology is the first book to trace this alternate history, from a unique perspective that complements the many existing empirical, theoretical, and social histories of the field. Thomas Teo cogently synthesizes major historical and theoretical narratives to describe two centuries of challenges to—and the reactions of—the mainstream. Some of these critiques of content, methodology, relevance, and philosophical worldview have actually influenced and become integrated into the canon; others pose moral questions still under debate. All are accessibly presented so that readers may judge their value for themselves:- Kant’s critique of rational and empirical psychology at the end of the 18th century- The natural-scientific critique of philosophical psychology in the 19th century- T...
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Qualitative Research in Psychology: Expanding Perspectives in Methodology a
2007-10-19 17:31:00
P. Camic, J. E. Rhodes, L. YardleyAPA | ISBN 1557989796| 2003|PDF|315 Pages| 19.5 MB| Qualitative Research in Psychology brings together a diverse group of scholars who share valuable qualitative research techniques and rich case examples. Qualitative methodologies and the different paradigms which guide them can be seen as both an alternative and complementary approach to quantification and positivism in social, personality, developmental, health, clinical, counseling, community and school psychology. Qualitative methodology seen as an alternative approach seeks to answer questions that cannot be answered through quantification, random sampling, probability testing and other measures, which seek to control the environment of the participant. Viewed as a complementary approach to research, qualitative methodology can be utilized alongside quantitative methods, bringing a new depth and richness to data analysis. The wide variety of innovative techniques and theoretical perspectives o...
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Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross-Cultural Assessment
2007-10-19 17:23:00
R. Hambleton, P. Merenda, Ch. SpielbergerLawrence Erlbaum Ass.|ISBN 0805830251|2005|PDF|392 pages |21.93 MB|Adapting Educational and Psychological Tests for Cross -Cultural Assessment critically examines and advances new methods and practices for adapting tests for cross-cultural assessment and research. The International Test Commission (ITC) guidelines for test adaptation and conceptual and methodological issues in test adaptation are described in detail, and questions of ethics and concern for validity of test scores in cross-cultural contexts are carefully examined. Advances in test translation and adaptation methodology, including statistical identification of flawed test items, establishing equivalence of different language versions of a test, and methodologies for comparing tests in multiple languages, are reviewed and evaluated. The book also focuses on adapting ability, achievement, and personality tests for cross-cultural assessment in educational, industrial, and clinical ...

Flowgraph Models for Multistate Time-to-Event Data
2007-10-19 17:15:00
Aparna V. Huzurbazar,Wiley-Interscience | ISBN 0471265144| 2004|PDF| 270 Pages| 4,4 MB|A unique introduction to the innovative methodology of statistical flowgraphs. This book offers a practical, application-based approach to flowgraph models for time-to-event data. It clearly shows how this innovative new methodology can be used to analyze data from semi-Markov processes without prior knowledge of stochastic processes––opening the door to interesting applications in survival analysis and reliability as well as stochastic processes. Unlike other books on multistate time-to-event data, this work emphasizes reliability and not just biostatistics, illustrating each method with medical and engineering examples. It demonstrates how flowgraphs bring together applied probability techniques and combine them with data analysis and statistical methods to answer questions of practical interest. Bayesian methods of data analysis are emphasized. Coverage includes:* Clear instructions on...
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How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence(Bradford B
2007-10-19 16:51:00
Rolf Pfeifer, Josh C. BongardThe MIT Press| ISBN 0262162393|PDF| 394 Pages | 4 MB|How could the body influence our thinking when it seems obvious that the brain controls the body? In How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard demonstrate that thought is not independent of the body but is tightly constrained, and at the same time enabled, by it. They argue that the kinds of thoughts we are capable of have their foundation in our embodiment--in our morphology and the material properties of our bodies. This crucial notion of embodiment underlies fundamental changes in the field of artificial intelligence over the past two decades, and Pfeifer and Bongard use the basic methodology of artificial intelligence--"understanding by building"--to describe their insights. If we understand how to design and build intelligent systems, they reason, we will better understand intelligence in general. In accessible, nontechnical language, and using many examples, they introdu...
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From Molecule to Metaphor: A Neural Theory of Language
2007-10-19 16:43:00
Jerome A. Feldman,The MIT Press | ISBN 0262062534| 2006|PDF| 379 Pages| 1 MB|In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a function of the brain, as vision and motor control are studied. This theory, he writes, is a "bridging theory" that works from extensive knowledge at two ends of a causal chain to explicate the links between. Although the cognitive sciences are revealing much about how our brains produce language and thought, we do not yet know exactly how words are understood or have any methodology for finding out.Feldman develops his theory in computer simulations--formal models that suggest ways that language and thought may be realized in the brain. Combining key findings and theories from biology, computer science, linguistics, and psychology, Feldman synthesizes a theory by exhibiting programs that demonstrate the requir...
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The Concise Dictionary of Psychology, 3rd edition
2007-10-19 16:18:00
David Statt,Routledge Publishing| ISBN 0415179408| 1998|PDF|149 Pages|5.23 MB|With more than 1,300 entries, this edition of The Concise Dictionary of Psychology is comprehensive, clear, concise and user-friendly. With extensive cross-referencing to related entries, it includes many additional entries as well as entries from peripheral fields, such as Bibinski reflex, Doppler effect, Little Albert and Murphy's Law. Updated to take account of recent developments in psychology, it is a lean and efficient source of information, written in a straightforward and readable manner.
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Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts, 2nd edition
2007-10-19 15:02:00
David Carson, Ray Bull,John Wiley & Sons| ISBN 0471498742| 2003|PDF| 688 Pages| 2,38 MB|The second edition of this popular international handbook highlights the developing relationship between psychology and the law. Consisting of all-new material and drawing on the work of practitioners and academics from the UK, Europe, North America and elsewhere, this volume looks not only at the more traditional elements of psychology and the law - the provision of psychological assessments about individuals to the courts - but also many of the recent developments, such as the interaction between psychologists and other professionals, decision-making by judges and juries, and the shaping of social policy and political debate. Contemporary and authoritative in its scope, the second edition of The Handbook of Psychology in Legal Contexts will again prove to be a valuable resource for scholars and students, as well as being a vital tool for all professionals working in the field. Well known ed...
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Organizational Psychology: A Scientist Practitioner Approach
2007-10-19 14:43:00
Steve M. Jex,John Wiley & Sons |ISBN 0471374202 | PDF| 540 Pages| 1.9 MB|A comprehensive treatment of the science and practice of organizational psychology.Following a scientist-practitioner model, Organizational Psychology explores the practical implications of the current research in the field, expertly integrating multicultural and international issues. Beginning with a foundation of research methodology, author Steve Jex examines the behavior of individuals in organizational settings. Drawing on his experiences as a consultant and educator, he uses actual cases to illustrate workplace issues, offering balanced coverage of such key topics as occupational stress, motivation, and corporate culture. Also presented is unique information on research methods and the use of statistics in understanding organizations. With an emphasis on applying theory and research in practice, Jex explores the mechanisms that organizations use to influence employees’ behavior, addressing the major...
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Encyclopedia of School Psychology
2007-10-15 19:55:00
Steven W. Lee,Sage Publications| 2005|PDF|683 Pages| ISBN 0761930809|3,2 MB|This encyclopedia comes at a time when the topics it addresses--among them Bullying and victimization, Cooperative learning, Learning styles, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and Reading interventions and strategies-- are at the forefront of American educational thought. Arranged A-Z, it contains more than 250 articles by 175 of the more influential school psychology scholars at all levels, from elementary school through university. A "Readers Guide" organizes the entries into categories such as "Demographic Variables," "Family and Parenting," "Multicultural Issues," and "Technology." The volume is extensively indexed, and the index is accurate, with well-placed cross-referencing. Each entry includes a list of cross-references to other entries along with references and other readings related to the topic.The entries include some of the latest research on learning, motivation, and educational assessment. Som...
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