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Books > Social sciences > Psychology
The brain is an absolute marvel-the seat of our consciousness, the
pinnacle (so far) of evolutionary progress, and the engine of human
experience. But it's also messy, fallible, and about 50,000 years
out of date. We cling to superstitions, remember faces but not
names, miss things sitting right in front of us, and lie awake at
night while our brains endlessly replay our greatest fears. Idiot
Brain is for anyone who has ever wondered why their brain appears
to be sabotaging their life-and what on earth it is really up to. A
Library Journal Science Bestseller and a Finalist for the Goodreads
Choice Award in Science & Technology.
Hello Happy! is an interactive self-care activity book for children
aged 7+ to colour and doodle their way to happiness, calm and
confidence. The encouraging and simple activities and exercises
tackle anxiety, sadness and stress; children will enjoy using their
creativity to combat negative feelings, work out why they feel
worried and how to put stress back in its place through writing,
colouring, doodling and drawing. Featuring the charming and quirky
illustrations of Katie Abey, a UK-based illustrator. Her quirky
pictures will keep the reader entertained and focused as they work
through the book, or simply dip into the pages for ten minutes of
calm colouring. Part of Mindful Kids, a thoughtful new range of
activity books for children from Studio Press. Includes an
introduction and notes for grown-ups by consultant Dr Sharie
Coombes, Child & Family Psychotherapist. Dr Sharie Coombes is a
former primary teacher, headteacher and local authority adviser who
retrained as a child and family psychodynamic psychotherapist,
neuropsychotherapist, solution-focused therapist, and specialist
paediatric hypnotherapist. Alongside a busy private therapy
practice in Brighton, she has worked part-time as a child,
adolescent and family psychotherapist at the NHS Tavistock Clinic
in London with adopted and fostered children, young people and
families. She now works with the psychosocial team in the British
Red Cross Refugee Support and International Family Tracing team.
Sharie has 2 adult children.
Wise Use of Null Hypothesis Tests is a user-friendly handbook meant
for practitioners. Rather than overwhelming the reader with endless
mathematical operations that are rarely performed by hand, the
author emphasizes concepts and reasoning. In Wise Use of Null
Hypothesis Tests, the author explains what is accomplished by
testing null hypotheses-and what is not. The author explains the
misconceptions that concern null hypothesis testing. He explains
why confidence intervals show the results of null hypothesis tests.
Most importantly, the author explains the Big Secret. Many-some say
all-null hypotheses must be false. But authorities tell us we
should test false null hypotheses anyway to determine the direction
of a difference that we know must be there (a topic unrelated to
so-called one-tailed tests). In Wise Use of Null Hypothesis Tests,
the author explains how to control how often we get the direction
wrong (it is not half of alpha) and commit a Type III (or Type S)
error.
Environmental psychology, which studies the ways in which people
perceive and respond to the physical environment, is an established
area of study. Conservation psychology has a much more recent
history, prompted by the desire to focus psychological research on
the need to protect the natural environment. What is conservation
psychology, and what is its relationship to environmental
psychology? The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Conservation
Psychology includes basic research on environmental perceptions,
attitudes, and values; research on specific environments, such as
therapeutic settings, schools, and prisons; environmental impacts
on human well-being; and ways to promote a more sustainable
relationship between people and the natural environment. By
presenting an extensive review of current research, the handbook
serves as a thorough guide to the state of knowledge about a wide
range of topics at the intersection of psychology and the physical
environment. Beyond this, it provides a better understanding of the
relationship between environmental and conservation psychology, and
some sense of the directions in which these interdependent areas of
study are heading. Research on the human-environment relationship
is increasingly relevant to understanding and addressing the
environmental challenges society is facing. This handbook should
serve as a resource for professionals both within and outside of
psychology who are trying to comprehend the human implications of
environments, and to design programs, policies, and environments
that are cognizant of human psychology.
This forward-thinking Handbook explores cutting-edge research on
how employees within firms should be managed in order to increase
their wellbeing and performance. Expert contributors explore an
emerging stream of research in human resource management (HRM)
which suggests that attention should be paid to how line managers
implement HR practices and how employees perceive, understand and
attribute these HR practices. Chapters consider the implications of
employees' and leaders' HR attributions and their performance, HRM
system strength, change, talent management and the role of line
managers in the HRM process. Providing an overview of the current
knowledge in the HR process research, the Handbook also discusses
future avenues and directions for the field. Demonstrating the
dynamics of how HR practices impact organisational and individual
outcomes, this Handbook will be critical reading for scholars and
students of human resource management, organisational behaviour and
research methods in business and management. It will also be
beneficial for HR professionals seeking to understand how they can
increase the effectiveness of their HR management.
When clients are stuck in the cognitive experience of their story,
an explanation of polyvagal theory helps to bring their attention
to the autonomic experience-to bring the importance of the biology
of their experience back into awareness. Yet polyvagal theory can
be challenging and intimidating to explain. This flip chart offers
therapists an easy, standardised way to support clients in
understanding the role of the autonomic nervous system in their
lives. Using a flip chart makes psycho-education an interactive
experience. Therapists can feel confident in teaching their clients
polyvagal theory by following the chart. With a flip chart visible
during sessions, the therapist can: remind clients of the ways the
autonomic nervous system has been shaped and is active in their
daily living experience, display a page corresponding to the
present moment, thus anchoring that experience in the theory and
keep a page of the hierarchy visible when working with a client's
habitual response pattern.
Contemporary Issues in Evaluating Treatment in Neurodevelopmental
Disorders, Volume 62 in the International Review of Research in
Developmental Disabilities series, highlights new advances in the
field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on
topics such as Considerations for measuring individual outcomes
across contexts in Down syndrome: Implications for research and
clinical trials, Remotely Monitoring Development and Treatment
Outcomes in Families affected by IDD, Psychometric perspectives on
developmental outcome and endpoint selection in treatment trials
for genetic conditions associated with neurodevelopmental disorder,
Evaluating Outcomes within Culturally Diverse Contexts for Children
and Youth with Developmental Disabilities, and much more. Other
chapters in this release cover Measurement of Social Skills
Treatment Outcome in Autism: Moving Beyond Informant Report and
Considering Diversity, Cognitive Outcome Measures for tracking
Alzheimer's Disease in Down syndrome, A Scoping Review of
Psychosocial Interventions for Neurogenetic Conditions across the
Lifespan, Clinical Trials and Outcome Measures: Lessons Learned
from Chromosome 15 disorders, and more.
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