This investigation of the epidemic of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and its most widely prescribed treatment, the pscyhostimulant Ritalin, sounds a warning: parents might be failing their children by treating symptoms and not causes with an ultimately unsatisfactory solution. Drawing on findings from developmental, psychobiological and social scientific research, the author seeks to solve the problem of ADD by "solving" its history. He attributes the disturbing prevalence of inattention and hyperactivity in children to the societal consequences of a culture that has altered our perceptual expectations, our experience of time and our abilty to defer gratification. Our rush to more and faster stimulation leaves chilren vulnerable to "sensory addiction". This book exposes the shortsightedness of biological explanations of ADD and offers some practical guidelines for charting a more hopeful future in environments that deliberately "make time for time", cultivate a less hurried existence and promote a saner, safer community for children.

It seeks to brings out certain ideas that link together the great diversity of topics that are called "motivational"-or if not all of them, at least adjacent ones, so that readers can move from topic to topic without ever finding themselves on wholly unfamiliar ground. These include such concepts as hierarchical organization (a principle that applies from mating in the stickleback through human schema structure), negative feedback, interaction of external and internal influences on action, and the interplay of excitatory and inhibitory influences.

This study explores creativity in introspection, art and empathy. The author describes the enigma of empathy in everyday clinical psychiatric practice, examining the sensory parameters of personal world views and the paradox of the self.

This resource compliments the Psychology of Learning and Behavior textbook. The Test-item File is presented in a printed format which is included in the Instructor's Manual.