Category: Psychology

New Methods for the Analysis of Change (Decade of Behavior)

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn : May 2001

Seller ID: 83743

ISBN-13: 9781557987549

An exploration of the analysis of change by distinguished authorities on the subject. Subjects covered include methods for estimating and evaluating models of growth and change over time at the level of the individual, issues of measurement, methods for separating intraindividual growth from aspects of phenomena, methods for dealing with missing data. This work should interest a variety of disciplines from psychology, sociology, education and economics.
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Sacred Stories: A Celebration of the Power of Story to Transform and Heal

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Harper San Francisco : November 1993

Seller ID: 82725

ISBN-13: 9780062508522

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

This anthology brings together the storytelling wisdom of a wide range of authors - Robert Bly, Mary Catherine Bateson, Sam Keen and Maya Angelou along with a host of spiritual, Jungian and political luminaries including Matthew Fox and Charlene Spretnak. Here is a renaissance in storytelling that reflects the many cultural changes and concerns of contemporary life.
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

By: Ackerman, Diane

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Scribner : October 2005

Seller ID: 92781

ISBN-13: 9780743246743

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days--and does for the human min...
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Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

By: Amen, Daniel G.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Three River Press : December 1999

Seller ID: 68395

ISBN-13: 9780812929980

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORKIn this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--"brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life: To Quell Anxiety and Panic: , Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoilTo Fight Depression: , Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic nega...
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Your Ten-to Fourteen-Year-Old

By: Ames, Louise Bates

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Delta : March 1989

Seller ID: 69104

ISBN-13: 9780385296991

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Highly Sensitive Child: Helping Our Children Thrive When The World Overwhelms Them

By: Aron Ph.D., Elaine N.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Harmony : October 2002

Seller ID: 81921

ISBN-13: 9780767908726

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The bestselling author and psychologist whose books have topped 240,000 copies in print now addresses the trait of "high sensitivity" in children-and offers a breakthrough parenting guidebook for highly sensitive children and their caregivers.With the publication of The Highly Sensitive Person, Elaine Aron became the first person to identify the inborn trait of "high sensitivity" and to show how it affects the lives of those who possess it. Up to 20 percent of the population is born highly sensitive, and now in The Highly Sensitive Child, Aron shifts her focus to highly sensitive children, wh...
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Using Metaphhors in Psychotherapy

By: Barker,

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Bruner Meisel U : May 1987

Seller ID: 54617

ISBN-13: 9780876304105

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences (with InfoTrac)

By: Bjorklund, David F.

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing : January 2005

Seller ID: 89104

ISBN-13: 9780534622459

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A comprehensive book supported by extensive research studies and data, Bjorklund's text presents the broadest coverage of topics in cognitive development. Unlike other books, Bjorklund shows readers how developmental function can help explain individual differences in cognition by covering both the typical pattern of change in thinking observed over time and the individual differences in children's thinking in infancy and childhood. A major theme of this book is the continuous transaction between the child embedded in a social world: although a child is born prepared to make some sense of the ...
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The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

By: Brooks, David

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks : January 2012

Seller ID: 87374

ISBN-13: 9780812979374

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With unequaled insight and brio, New York Times columnist David Brooks has long explored and explained the way we live. Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica. Drawing on a wealth of current research from numerous disciplines, Brooks takes Harold and Erica from infancy to old age, illustrating a fundamental new understanding of human nature along the way: ...
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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

By: Brown, Brené

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Random House : September 2017

Seller ID: 87641

ISBN-13: 9780812995848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and The Gifts of ImperfectionLook for Bren Brown's new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK "True belonging doesn't require us to change who we are. It requires us to be who we are." Social scientist Bren Brown, PhD, LMSW, has sparked a global conversation about the experiences that bri...
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Find Your Strongest Life: What the Happiest and Most Successful Women Do Differently

By: Buckingham, Marcus

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson : September 2009

Seller ID: 88795

ISBN-13: 9781400202362

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Read Find Your Strongest Life and discover: How to make the most of the role you were born to playHow to get others to understand who you really areThe successful strategies of other women like youCheck out what women are already saying about Find Your Strongest Life.Brooke: When I read the "Ten Myths" that opened the book, I was completely hooked. The statistics are interesting and fresh. I also related to the problem that sets up the book: "Which parts of me should I cut out?" As I read, I could see myself in the Marcus's big-picture analysis and statistics. The early part of the book made ...
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The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias

By: Chugh, Dolly

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Harper Business : September 2018

Seller ID: 58636

ISBN-13: 9780062692146

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

"Finally: an engaging, evidence-based book about how to battle biases, champion diversity and inclusion, and advocate for those who lack power and privilege. Dolly Chugh makes a convincing case that being an ally isn't about being a good person--it's about constantly striving to be a better person." --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take, Originals, and Option B with Sheryl SandbergForeword by Laszlo Bock, the bestselling author of Work Rules and former Senior Vice President of People Operations at GoogleAn inspiring guide from Dolly Chugh, an award-winning social ps...
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Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality

By: Church, Dawson

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Hay House Inc. : August 2019

Seller ID: 87702

ISBN-13: 9781401955250

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Best Health Book of 2018 - American Book Fest. Best Science Books of 2018 - Bookbub. Every creation begins as a thought, from a symphony to a marriage to an ice cream cone to a rocket launch. When we have an intention, a complex chain of events begins in our brains. Thoughts travel as electrical impulses along neural pathways. When neurons fire together they wire together, creating electromagnetic fields. These fields are invisible energy, yet they influence the molecules of matter around us the way a magnet organizes iron filings. In Mind to Matter, award-winning researcher Dawson Church expl...
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As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as A Girl

By: Colapinto, John

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Harper : February 2000

Seller ID: 55641

ISBN-13: 9780060192112

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In 1967, after a baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment. On the advice of a renowned expert in gender identity and sexual reassignment at Johns Hopkins Hospital, the boy was surgically altered to live as a girl. This landmark case, initially reported to be a complete success, seemed all the more remarkable since the child had been born an identical twin: his uninjured brother, raised as a boy, provided to the experiment the perfect matched control.The so-called twins case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine and the social sciences;...
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Cringeworthy: A Theory of Awkwardness

By: Dahl, Melissa

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Publisher: Portfolio : February 2018

Seller ID: 87678

ISBN-13: 9780735211636

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

New York magazine's Science of Us editor explains the compelling psychology of awkwardness, and asks: what if the moments that make us feel most awkward are actually valuable? Have you ever said goodbye to someone, only to discover that you're both walking in the same direction? Or had your next thought fly out of your brain in the middle of a presentation? Or accidentally liked an old photo on someone's Instagram or Facebook, thus revealing yourself to be a creepy social media stalker? Melissa Dahl, editor of New York magazine's Science of Us website, has. After a lifetime of cringing, she be...
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Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond

By: Denworth, Lydia

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : January 2021

Seller ID: 72671

ISBN-13: 9780393541502

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In this revelatory investigation, science journalist Lydia Denworth takes us in search of friendship's biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations. An "expert guide" (Kathryn Bowers, New York Times Book Review), Denworth weaves past and present, field biology and neuroscience, to show how our bodies and minds are designed for friendship across life stages, the processes by which healthy social bonds are developed and maintained, and how friendship is changing in the age of social media. Now including a Q&A between the author and her close friend to guide reflection and conversation...
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Deviced!: Balancing Life and Technology in a Digital World

By: Dodgen-Magee, Doreen

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : October 2018

Seller ID: 68340

ISBN-13: 9781538115848

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

With current statistics suggesting that the average American over the age of 14 engages with screens upwards of 10 hours a day, the topic of our growing dependence upon technology applies to nearly everyone. While the effects differ at each point of development, real changes to the brain, relationships, and personal lives are well documented. Deviced explores these alterations and offers a realistic look at how we can better use technology and break away from the bad habits we've formed. Using personal stories, cutting edge research, and anecdotes from youth, parents, and professionals, Dodge...
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The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

By: Doidge, Norman

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Penguin Life : December 2007

Seller ID: 95506

ISBN-13: 9780143113102

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"Fascinating. Doidge's book is a remarkable and hopeful portrait of the endless adaptability of the human brain."--Oliver Sacks, MD, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat What is neuroplasticity? Is it possible to change your brain? Norman Doidge's inspiring guide to the new brain science explains all of this and moreAn astonishing new science called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the human brain is immutable, and proving that it is, in fact, possible to change your brain. Psychoanalyst, Norman Doidge, M.D., traveled the country to meet both the brilli...
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In a Different Key: The Story of Autism

By: Donvan, John,Zucker, Caren

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Crown : January 2017

Seller ID: 83326

ISBN-13: 9780307985705

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction An extraordinary narrative history of autism: the riveting story of parents fighting for their children 's civil rights; of doctors struggling to define autism; of ingenuity, self-advocacy, and profound social change. Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family's odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Unfol...
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The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon

By: Elkind, David

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Da Capo Press : January 1981

Seller ID: 96393

ISBN-13: 9780201039672

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Shape of the Eye: Down Syndrome, Family, and the Stories We Inherit (MEDICAL HUMANITIES SERIES)

By: Estreich, George

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Southern Methodist University : January 2011

Seller ID: 28877

ISBN-13: 9780870745676

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

In this wise and moving memoir, George Estreichtells the story of his family as his younger daughteris diagnosed with Down syndrome and they are thrust into an unfamiliar world. Estreich writes with a poet's eye and gift of language, weaving this personal journeyinto the larger history of his family, exploring the deep and often hidden connections between the past and the present. Engaging and unsentimental, "The Shape of the Eye" taught me a great deal. It is a story I found myself thinking about long after I'd finished the final pages. Kim Edwards, author of "The Memory Keeper s Daughter" W...
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Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner

By: Fast, Julie A.,Preston Psy D ABPP, John D.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: New Harbinger Publications : February 2004

Seller ID: 69285

ISBN-13: 9781572243422

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder is a first of its kind book written specifically for the partner of a person with bipolar disorder. If you have a loved one with bipolar, you know how disruptive and straining this disorder can be to your relationship. You may experience feelings of fear, loss, and anxiety as well as a constant uncertainly about your loved one s ever-changing moods. This book is designed to help you overcome the unique challenges of loving someone with bipolar disorder. With the supportive and helpful information, strategies, and real-life examples contained here, you ll h...
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Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love

By: Fisher, Helen

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Holt Paperbacks : January 2005

Seller ID: 66698

ISBN-13: 9780805077964

Binding: Trade Paperback

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If you want flashes and particular experiences of romantic love, read novels. If you want to understand this central quality of human nature to its roots, read Why We Love. --Edward O. Wilson In Why We Love, renowned anthropologist Helen Fisher offers a new map of the phenomenon of love--from its origins in the brain to the thrilling havoc it creates in our bodies and behavior. Working with a team of scientists to scan the brains of people who had just fallen madly in love, Fisher proved what psychologists had until recently only suspected: when you fall in love, specific areas of the brain ...
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Boys: What It Means to Become a Man

By: Giese, Rachel

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Seal Press : December 2018

Seller ID: 82613

ISBN-13: 9781580058766

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A vital and sweeping examination of today's "boy crisis," demonstrating the ways in which we raise boys into a culture of toxic masculinity and offering solutions that can liberate us all Whether they're being urged to "man up" or warned that "boys don't cry," young men are subjected to damaging messages about manliness: they must muzzle their emotions and never show weakness, dominate girls and compete with one another. Boys: What It Means to Become a Man examines how these toxic rules can hinder boys' emotional and social development. If girls can expand the borders of femaleness, could boy...
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David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

By: Gladwell, Malcolm

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Publisher: Back Bay Books : April 2015

Seller ID: 92928

ISBN-13: 9780316204378

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives.Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwellchallenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new ...
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures

By: Gladwell, Malcolm

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Publisher: Back Bay Books : December 2010

Seller ID: 95474

ISBN-13: 9780316076203

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Malcolm Gladwell focuses on minor geniuses and idiosyncratic behavior to illuminate the ways all of us organize experience in this delightful (Bloomberg News) collection of writings from The New Yorker. What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair dye tell us about the history of the 20th century? In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves: The ...
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A Life Lost: Jackson Is Haunted by a Secret from His Past

By: Glass, Cathy

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Publisher: HarperElement : May 2021

Seller ID: 82006

ISBN-13: 9780008436612

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care.

Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson to talk about what has happened to his family, but he just won't engage. His actions continue to test and worry everyone.

Then, in a dramatic turn of events, the true reason for Jackson's behaviour comes to light ...

Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family

By: Glass, Cathy

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Harper Element : August 2008

Seller ID: 82004

ISBN-13: 9780007280971

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The bestselling author of 'Damaged' tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her.
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Neglected: Scared, hungry and alone, Jamey craves affection

By: Glass, Cathy

Price: $5.00

Publisher: HarperElement : March 2022

Seller ID: 82007

ISBN-13: 9780008507503

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience

By: Graziano, Michael S A

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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : September 2019

Seller ID: 87373

ISBN-13: 9780393652611

Binding: Hardcover

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Focusing attention can help an animal find food or flee a predator. It also may have led to consciousness. Tracing evolution over millions of years, Michael S. A. Graziano uses examples from the natural world to show how neurons first allowed animals to develop simple forms of attention: taking in messages from the environment, prioritizing them, and responding as necessary.Then some animals evolved covert attention--a roving mental focus that can take in information apart from where the senses are pointed, like hearing sirens at a distance or recalling a memory.Graziano proposes that in order...
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Category: Psychology