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Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General
The book highlights important new research approaches of clinical
relevance, written by prominent researchers in the field of OCD and
related disorders. A broad range of topics is covered, beginning
with a description of the phenotypic features of the OCD followed
by chapters on developmental aspects, animal models, genetic and
biological models including neuro-inflammation, functional
neuroimaging correlates and information-processing accounts.
Finally, existing and novel treatment approaches are covered
including clinical and pharmacogenetic treatment models. In this
way the volume brings together the key disciplines involved in the
neurobiological understanding of OCD to provide an update of the
field and outlook to the future. Together, the volume chapters
provide focused and critical reviews that span a broad range of
topics suitable for both students and established investigators and
clinicians interested in the present state of OCD research.
In this book, Cecilea Mun introduces an innovative meta-framework
for conducting interdisciplinary research in the science of
emotion, broadly construed, as well as a framework for a particular
kind of theory of emotion. She provides new solutions and arguments
in support of an embodied cognitive approach to resolving a wide
range of problems, including those concerning skepticism, the place
of ordinary intuitions for the science of emotion, intentionality,
the rationality of emotions, naturalizing knowledge, and the debate
between philosophical cognitive and noncognitive theories of
emotion. Her solutions include a revolutionary, unifying,
interdisciplinary taxonomy of theories of emotion, which allows one
to understand the discourse in the science of emotion as a debate
between four fundamental types of theories: realism,
instrumentalism, eliminativism, and eliminative-realism. Her
original proposal for a conception of intentionality that makes
sense of our ordinary intuitions is also combined with her
comprehensive account of rationality to articulate a groundbreaking
understanding of the structure of human rationality. All of the
contributions made herein, together, provide the foundations for a
profound understanding of emotions, including as a kind of embodied
language.
This edited volume highlights how individuals, communities and
nations are addressing a history of protracted violence in the
transition to peace. This path is not linear or straightforward.
The volume integrates research from peace processes and practices
spanning over 20 countries. Four thematic areas unite these
contributions: formal transitional justice mechanisms, social
movements and collective action, community-driven processes, and
future-oriented initiatives focused on children and youth. Across
these chapters, the volume offers critical insight, new methods,
conceptual models, and valuable cross-cultural research. The
chapters in this volume balance locally-situated realties of peace,
as well as cross-cutting similarities across contexts. This book
will be of particular interest to those working for peace on the
frontlines, as well as global policymakers aiming to learn from
other cases. Academics in the fields of psychology, sociology,
education, peace studies, communication, community development,
youth studies, and behavioral economics may be particularly
interested in this volume.
Trust is an elusive concept, meaning different things to different
people, and so needs to be clearly defined. By focusing on
relations within and between firms, Bart Nooteboom undertakes to
produce a clearer definition of trust and its role in the economy.
Trust deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles
of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument
for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a
precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to
analyse what trust is based on, what its limits are, how it grows
and how it can also break down. The role of intermediaries is also
discussed. Bart Nooteboom argues that trust goes beyond calculative
self-interest and that blind, unconditional trust is unwise. He
then examines the paradox of how trust can be non-calculative and
yet, not blind. The book also reveals ways to measure and model
trust, its antecedents and its consequences.
Is your toddler going through the "whacky one's," "terrible two's,"
"troublesome three's," or "fudgesicle four's/five's?" Or could
their behavior be something more? ADHD is a genetic condition that
usually has an onset prior to the age of 4. It presents with
hyperactivity, impulsivity, inattentiveness, irritability, and
aggression. Due to the fact that all toddlers show some "ADHD
behavior," it's challenging to discern if behvior falls "within
normal limits" or if it is "clinically significant." Learn the
distinction. Toddlers & ADHD shares the latest research on the
diagnosis and the treatment of 1-5 year olds with this condition.
The goal is to reduce the child's ineffective symptoms, which will
subsequently lessen the stress level of the entire family unit.
Therefore, you will learn parenting strategies specifically for a
toddler with ADHD, and you will also find out how to seek help for
your child, the right \questions to ask, and what to expect from
Early Intervention services, preschool and kindergarten based
services, and therapeutic/psychiatric services.
This book examines persistent gender inequality in higher
education, and asks what is preventing change from occurring. The
editors and contributors argue that organizational resistance to
gender equality is the key explanation; reflected in the
endorsement of discourses such as excellence, choice, distorted
intersectionality, revitalized biological essentialism and gender
neutrality. These discourses implicitly and explicitly depict the
status quo as appropriate, reasonable and fair: ultimately impeding
efforts and attempts to promote gender equality. Drawing on
research from around the world, this book explores the limits and
possibilities of challenging these harmful discourses, focusing on
the state and universities themselves as levers for change. It
stresses the importance of institutional transformation, the vital
contribution of feminist activists and the importance of women's
deceptively 'small victories' in the academy.
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