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International Encyclopedia of Transportation (Hardcover): Roger Vickerman International Encyclopedia of Transportation (Hardcover)
Roger Vickerman
R84,266 Discovery Miles 842 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In an increasingly globalised world, despite reductions in costs and time, transportation has become even more important as a facilitator of economic and human interaction; this is reflected in technical advances in transportation systems, increasing interest in how transportation interacts with society and the need to provide novel approaches to understanding its impacts. This has become particularly acute with the impact that Covid-19 has had on transportation across the world, at local, national and international levels. Encyclopedia of Transportation, Seven Volume Set - containing almost 600 articles - brings a cross-cutting and integrated approach to all aspects of transportation from a variety of interdisciplinary fields including engineering, operations research, economics, geography and sociology in order to understand the changes taking place. Emphasising the interaction between these different aspects of research, it offers new solutions to modern-day problems related to transportation. Each of its nine sections is based around familiar themes, but brings together the views of experts from different disciplinary perspectives. Each section is edited by a subject expert who has commissioned articles from a range of authors representing different disciplines, different parts of the world and different social perspectives. The nine sections are structured around the following themes: Transport Modes; Freight Transport and Logistics; Transport Safety and Security; Transport Economics; Traffic Management; Transport Modelling and Data Management; Transport Policy and Planning; Transport Psychology; Sustainability and Health Issues in Transportation. Some articles provide a technical introduction to a topic whilst others provide a bridge between topics or a more future-oriented view of new research areas or challenges. The end result is a reference work that offers researchers and practitioners new approaches, new ways of thinking and novel solutions to problems. All-encompassing and expertly authored, this outstanding reference work will be essential reading for all students and researchers interested in transportation and its global impact in what is a very uncertain world.

Practical Feelings - Emotions as Resources in a Dynamic Social World (Hardcover): Marci D. Cottingham Practical Feelings - Emotions as Resources in a Dynamic Social World (Hardcover)
Marci D. Cottingham
R2,586 Discovery Miles 25 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tracing emotions across work, leisure, social media, and politics, Practical Feelings counters old myths and shows how emotions are practical resources for tackling individual and collective challenges. We do not usually think of our emotions as practical - often they are nuisances to overcome, momentary mysteries to solve, or fleeting sensations to savor before getting back to the business of living. But emotions interlace the practical elements of daily life. In Practical Feelings, Marci D. Cottingham develops a theory of emotion as practical resources. By integrating the sociology of emotion with practice theory, Cottingham covers diverse areas of social life to show the range of an emotion practice approach and trace how emotions are put to use in divergent domains. Spanning work, leisure, digital interactions, and the political sphere, Cottingham portrays nurses, sports fans, social media users, and political actors in more complex, holistic ways. Practical Feelings provides the conceptual tools needed to examine emotions as effort, energy, and embodied resources that calibrate us to the social world.

Music and the Aging Brain (Paperback): Lola Cuddy, Sylvie Belleville, Aline Moussard Music and the Aging Brain (Paperback)
Lola Cuddy, Sylvie Belleville, Aline Moussard
R3,226 Discovery Miles 32 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Music and the Aging Brain describes brain functioning in aging and addresses the power of music to protect the brain from loss of function and how to cope with the ravages of brain diseases that accompany aging. By studying the power of music in aging through the lens of neuroscience, behavioral, and clinical science, the book explains brain organization and function. Written for those researching the brain and aging, the book provides solid examples of research fundamentals, including rigorous standards for sample selection, control groups, description of intervention activities, measures of health outcomes, statistical methods, and logically stated conclusions.

The Magenesis Experience - The Alchemist's Key and Formula for Unlocking, Living and Loving Your Life TODAY (Hardcover):... The Magenesis Experience - The Alchemist's Key and Formula for Unlocking, Living and Loving Your Life TODAY (Hardcover)
Michael Keyzbe Darger
R659 Discovery Miles 6 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Experiments and Modeling in Cognitive Science - MATLAB, SPSS, Excel and E-Prime (Hardcover): Fabien Mathy, Mustapha Chekaf Experiments and Modeling in Cognitive Science - MATLAB, SPSS, Excel and E-Prime (Hardcover)
Fabien Mathy, Mustapha Chekaf
R3,929 R3,660 Discovery Miles 36 600 Save R269 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Software Simulation and Modeling in Psychology: MATLAB, SPSS, Excel and E-Prime describes all the stages of psychology experimentation, from the manipulation of factors, to statistical analysis, data modeling, and automated stimuli creation. The book shows how software can help automate various stages of the experiment for which operations may quickly become repetitive. For example, it shows how to compile data files (instead of opening files one by one to copy and paste), generate stimuli (instead of drawing one by one in a drawing software), and transform and recode tables of data. This type of modeling in psychology helps determine if a model fits the data, and also demonstrates that the algorithmic is not only useful, but essential for modeling data.

Current Topics in Language, Volume 68 (Hardcover): Kara D. Federmeier, Duane Watson Current Topics in Language, Volume 68 (Hardcover)
Kara D. Federmeier, Duane Watson
R3,309 Discovery Miles 33 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Language, Volume 68, the latest release in the Psychology of Learning and Motivation, features empirical and theoretical contributions in cognitive and experimental psychology, ranging from classical and instrumental conditioning, to complex learning and problem-solving. Each chapter thoughtfully integrates the writings of leading contributors, with this volume presenting the latest on Perceptual Learning for Native and Non-Native Speech, Common representations of serial order in language and memory, Neurocomputational Emergentism as a framework for language development, Syntactic adaptation, Neural indices of structured sentence representation: state-of-the-art, A review of familial sinistrality and language, Monitoring and control in language production, and more.

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 55 (Hardcover): Robert M. Hodapp, Deborah J. Fidler International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 55 (Hardcover)
Robert M. Hodapp, Deborah J. Fidler
R4,785 Discovery Miles 47 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 55, provides a scholarly look at research on the causes, effects, classification systems and syndromes of developmental disabilities. Chapters in this new release include topics such as, Sensory Dysfunction Across Developmental Disabilities, The Role of natural communication partners in early communicate interventions for children with IDD, Adult employment in ID, The Future of Interventions to Foster Early Motor Development in Children with IDD, Developmental Perspectives of Problem Behaviors in DD. Contributors in this ongoing series come from wide-ranging perspectives, including genetics, psychology, education, and other health and behavioral sciences.

Service Delivery Systems for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families Across the... Service Delivery Systems for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Families Across the Lifespan, Volume 54 (Hardcover)
Meghan M. Burke
R4,792 Discovery Miles 47 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Volume 54 shares the latest research on the interactions between families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and service delivery systems. Chapters discuss Strengthening service access for children of color with autism spectrum disorders, Assessing the service impact of early intervention on young children with IDD and their families, Family-professional partnership with refugee families whose children have disabilities, Post high school transition for individuals with Down syndrome, Supporting families and school professionals to be engaged partners in the transition to adulthood for young adults with disabilities, amongst other timely topics.

Cerebral Lateralization and Cognition: Evolutionary and Developmental Investigations of Behavioral Biases, Volume 238... Cerebral Lateralization and Cognition: Evolutionary and Developmental Investigations of Behavioral Biases, Volume 238 (Hardcover)
Gillian Forrester, Kristelle Hudry, Annukka Lindell, William D. Hopkins
R6,598 Discovery Miles 65 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Cerebral Lateralization and Cognition: Evolutionary and Developmental Investigations of Motor Biases, Volume 238, the latest release in the Progress in Brain Research series, discusses interdisciplinary research on the influence of cerebral lateralization on cognition within an evolutionary framework. Chapters of note in this release include Evolutionary Perspectives: Visual/Motor Biases and Cognition, Manual laterality and cognition through evolution: An archeological perspective, Laterality in insects, Motor asymmetries in fish, amphibians and reptiles, Visual biases and social cognition in animals, Mother and offspring lateralized social interaction across animal species, Manual bias, personality and cognition in common marmosets and other primates, and more.

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 57 (Hardcover): James M. Olson Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 57 (Hardcover)
James M. Olson
R2,953 Discovery Miles 29 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 57, the latest release in this highly cited series in the field, contains contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest that represent the best and brightest in new research, theory and practice in social psychology. Topics discussed in this new release include the Consequences of Thought Speed, Attitudes Towards Science, What Makes Moral Disgust Special? An Integrative Functional Review, the Psychological Roots of Inequality: How Hierarchical Processes Produce and Perpetuate the Class Divide, and a section on Contextualized Attitude Change, amongst other timely topics. This serial is part of the Social Sciences package on ScienceDirect, and is available online beginning with Volume 32.

Live Well Between Your Ears - Get Your Head Around The Craziness (Hardcover): Doug Spencer Live Well Between Your Ears - Get Your Head Around The Craziness (Hardcover)
Doug Spencer
R932 Discovery Miles 9 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Generation Divide - Why We Can't Agree And Why We Should (Paperback): Bobby Duffy The Generation Divide - Why We Can't Agree And Why We Should (Paperback)
Bobby Duffy
R325 R290 Discovery Miles 2 900 Save R35 (11%) In Stock

Are we in the middle of a generational war? Are Millennials really entitled 'snowflakes'? Are Baby Boomers stealing their children's futures? Are Generation X the saddest generation? Will Generation Z fix the climate crisis?

Revealing and informative, The Generation Divide provides a bold new framework for understanding the most divisive issues raging today: from culture wars to climate change and mental health to housing.

Including data from all over the globe, and with powerful implications for humanity's future, this big-thinking book will transform how you view the world.

Previously published as Generations.

Early Childhood Professional Development - An African Perspective (Paperback): Early Childhood Professional Development - An African Perspective (Paperback)
R599 R560 Discovery Miles 5 600 Save R39 (7%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

To develop young children’s full potential, quality early childhood education has been found to be one of the greatest resources available. Early Childhood Professional Development: An African Perspective aims to explore ways to encourage the professionalisation of practitioners in the ECD sector to provide opportunities for education improvement and positive change.

The book’s value shifts from merely identifying and describing problems to providing creative real life examples that could lead to action and mobilise existing skills and knowledge in rural and disadvantaged contexts.

Anxiety, Volume 103 (Hardcover): Gerald Litwack Anxiety, Volume 103 (Hardcover)
Gerald Litwack
R4,804 Discovery Miles 48 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Anxiety, the latest volume in the Vitamins and Hormones series first published in 1943, and the longest-running serial published by Academic Press, provides up-to-date information on the roles that hormones and other factors play in anxiety and stress. Each volume focuses on a single molecule or disease that is related to vitamins or hormones, with the topic broadly interpreted to include related substances, such as transmitters, cytokines, growth factors, and others thoroughly reviewed.

Handbook of Culture and Memory (Hardcover): Brady Wagoner Handbook of Culture and Memory (Hardcover)
Brady Wagoner
R3,287 Discovery Miles 32 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the Handbook of Culture and Memory, Brady Wagoner and his team of international contributors explore how memory is deeply entwined with social relationships, stories in film and literature, group history, ritual practices, material artifacts, and a host of other cultural devices. Culture is seen as the medium through which people live and make meaning of their lives. In this book, analyses focus on the mutual constitution of people's memories and the social-cultural worlds to which they belong. The complex relationship between culture and memory is explored in: the concept of memory and its relation to evolution, neurology and history; life course changes in memory from its development in childhood to its decline in old age; and the national and transnational organization of collective memory and identity through narratives propagated in political discourse, the classroom, and the media.

Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives - A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology (Hardcover): Maureen... Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives - A Handbook for Professionals in Applied Psychology (Hardcover)
Maureen J. Hoskyn, Grace Iarocci, Arlene R Young
R1,965 Discovery Miles 19 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Executive Functions in Children's Everyday Lives captures the diversity and complexity of the executive system that underlies children's everyday life experiences. Acquisition of executive functions, such as interpreting communication cues and the perspectives of others, is foundational to and a function of children's early social and communicative competencies. From the soccer field to the classroom, executive functions support children's strategic thinking and control of their environment. Knowing about executive functions and how this system of cognitive resources emerges in young children is important in understanding children's development. Recent research points to the importance of also considering environmental influences on the executive system. This book is unique in its focus on how experiences in children's early lives influence and are influenced by executive functions. Viewing executive functions through this broad lens is critical for professionals who intervene when children's access to executive functions is less than optimal. This book addresses a wide range of topics, including the neurological basis of executive functions in young children, the assessment of children's executive functions, theoretical and historical conceptions of executive functions, the relations between executive functions and theory of mind, multilingualism, early school transitions, and the relationship of executive functions to Autism and ADHD. This volume will be useful to professionals in applied psychology, undergraduate and graduate students, and social science and applied researchers.

Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 5 (Hardcover): Michele J. Gelfand, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong Handbook of Advances in Culture and Psychology, Volume 5 (Hardcover)
Michele J. Gelfand, Chi-yue Chiu, Ying-yi Hong
R4,184 Discovery Miles 41 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With applications throughout the social sciences, culture and psychology is a rapidly growing field that has experienced a surge in publications over the last decade. From this proliferation of books, chapters, and journal articles, exciting developments have emerged in the relationship of culture to cognitive processes, human development, psychopathology, social behavior, organizational behavior, neuroscience, language, marketing, and other topics. In recognition of this exponential growth, Advances in Culture and Psychology is the first annual series to offer state-of-the-art reviews of scholarly research in the growing field of culture and psychology. The Advances in Culture and Psychology series is: * Developing an intellectual home for culture and psychology research programs * Fostering bridges and connections among cultural scholars from across the discipline * Creating a premier outlet for culture and psychology research * Publishing articles that reflect the theoretical, methodological, and epistemological diversity in the study of culture and psychology * Enhancing the collective identity of the culture and psychology field Comprising chapters from internationally renowned culture scholars and representing diversity in the theory and study of culture within psychology, Advances in Culture and Psychology is an ideal resource for research programs and academics throughout the psychology community.

The Science of Perception and Memory - A Pragmatic Guide for the Justice System (Hardcover): Daniel Reisberg The Science of Perception and Memory - A Pragmatic Guide for the Justice System (Hardcover)
Daniel Reisberg
R2,639 Discovery Miles 26 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A robbery victim tries to remember how the crime unfolded and who was present at the scene. A medical patient recalls the doctor saying that the pain in her side wasn't worrisome, and now that the tumor is much larger, she's suing. An investigation of insider trading hinges on someone's memory of exactly what was said at a particular business meeting. In these and countless other examples, our ability to remember our experiences is crucial for the justice system. The problem, though, is that perception and memory are fallible. How often do our eyes or memories deceive us? Is there some way to avoid these errors? Can we specify the circumstances in which perceptual or memory errors are more or less likely to occur?
Professor Daniel Reisberg tackles these questions by drawing on the available science and his personal experience training attorneys. He provides detailed pragmatic advice that will prove helpful to law enforcement, prosecutors, defenders, and anyone else who hopes to maximize the quality of the evidence available to the courts -- whether the evidence is coming from witnesses, victims, or defendants.
This book is carefully rooted in research but written in a way that will make it fully accessible to non-scientists working in the justice system. Early chapters provide an overview of the relevant science and a broad portrait of how perception and memory function. Later chapters offer practical solutions for navigating situations involving eyewitness identifications, remembered conversations, evidence obtained from interviews with children, confession evidence, and the risks of false confession.

Sympathy - A History (Hardcover): Eric Schliesser Sympathy - A History (Hardcover)
Eric Schliesser
R3,996 Discovery Miles 39 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Our modern-day word for sympathy is derived from the classical Greek word for fellow-feeling. Both in the vernacular as well as in the various specialist literatures within philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, economics, and history, "sympathy" and "empathy" are routinely conflated. In practice, they are also used to refer to a large variety of complex, all-too-familiar social phenomena: for example, simultaneous yawning or the giggles. Moreover, sympathy is invoked to address problems associated with social dislocation and political conflict. It is, then, turned into a vehicle toward generating harmony among otherwise isolated individuals and a way for them to fit into a larger whole, be it society and the universe. This volume offers a historical overview of some of the most significant attempts to come to grips with sympathy in Western thought from Plato to experimental economics. The contributors are leading scholars in philosophy, classics, history, economics, comparative literature, and political science. Sympathy is originally developed in Stoic thought. It was also taken up by Plotinus and Galen. There are original contributed chapters on each of these historical moments. Use for the concept was re-discovered in the Renaissance. And the volume has original chapters not just on medical and philosophical Renaissance interest in sympathy, but also on the role of antipathy in Shakespeare and the significance of sympathy in music theory. Inspired by the influence of Spinoza, sympathy plays a central role in the great moral psychologies of, say, Anne Conway, Leibniz, Hume, Adam Smith, and Sophie De Grouchy during the eighteenth century. The volume should offers an introduction to key background concept that is often overlooked in many of the most important philosophies of the early modern period. About a century ago the idea of Einfuhlung (or empathy) was developed in theoretical philosophy, then applied in practical philosophy and the newly emerging scientific disciplines of psychology. Moreover, recent economists have rediscovered sympathy in part experimentally and, in part by careful re-reading of the classics of the field.

Cool It! (Paperback): Mark Potter, Colin Northmore Cool It! (Paperback)
Mark Potter, Colin Northmore
R64 Discovery Miles 640 Ships in 5 - 10 working days

One of the greatest challenges that teachers face when starting out in their careers is learning how to deal with unruly and badly behaved learners so that the rest of the class can get on with the lesson. Teachers often say that they are not paid to discipline learners, they are paid to teach them. However, without discipline there can be little learning.

Managing Burnout in the Workplace - A Guide for Information Professionals (Paperback, New): Nancy McCormack, Catherine Cotter Managing Burnout in the Workplace - A Guide for Information Professionals (Paperback, New)
Nancy McCormack, Catherine Cotter
R1,551 Discovery Miles 15 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Information professionals are under constant stress. Libraries are ushering in sweeping changes that involve the closing of branches and reference desks, wholesale dumping of print, disappearing space, and employment of non-professional staff to fill what have traditionally been the roles of librarians. Increasing workloads, constant interruptions, ceaseless change, continual downsizing, budget cuts, repetitive work, and the pressures of public services have caused burnout in many information professionals.
Managing Burnout in the Workplace concentrates on the problem of burnout, what it is and how it differs from chronic stress, low morale, and depression. The book addresses burnout from psychological, legal, and human resources perspectives. Chapters also cover how burnout is defined, symptom recognition, managing and overcoming burnout, and how to avoid career derailment while coping with burnout.
Focuses on burnout in relation to information professionals and their workExplores how burnout is identified and diagnosed and how it is measured in the workplaceProvides an overview of interdisciplinary research on burnout, incorporating studies from various areas

Handbook of Culture and Creativity - Basic Processes and Applied Innovations (Hardcover): Angela K. -Y Leung, Letty Kwan,... Handbook of Culture and Creativity - Basic Processes and Applied Innovations (Hardcover)
Angela K. -Y Leung, Letty Kwan, Shyhnan Liou
R4,665 Discovery Miles 46 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Handbook of Culture and Creativity is a collaborative effort to provide readers with an in-depth and systematic inquiry into the cultural processes of creativity and innovation, as well as the creative processes of cultural transformation. As the editors acknowledge, creativity emerges from dialogical interaction with cultural imperatives, norms, and artifacts, but culture also evolves and transforms through a generative process fueled by creativity. In order to illuminate nuanced insights on the complex culture-creativity nexus, this volume is organized into four broad sections: reciprocal relationships, socio-cultural contexts, diversifying experiences and creativity, and policy and applied perspectives. Edited by Angela K.-y. Leung, Letty Kwan, and Shyhnan Liou, this cogent volume features cutting-edge evidence and research, and lays the groundwork for pursuing a new science for integrating the study of culture and creativity.

Societal Contexts of Child Development - Pathways of Influence and Implications for Practice and Policy (Hardcover): Elizabeth... Societal Contexts of Child Development - Pathways of Influence and Implications for Practice and Policy (Hardcover)
Elizabeth T Gershoff, Rashmita S. Mistry, Danielle A. Crosby
R2,244 Discovery Miles 22 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the last half century, developmental scientists have become increasingly interested in studying contexts beyond the home environment that contribute to children's growth and development, including physical contexts such as schools and neighborhoods, as well as social contexts such as poverty. During this same period, a number of social trends have significantly impacted children's daily lives, including shifts in gender roles and expectations, the emergence of an early care and education system, and the proliferation of media technology. Societal Contexts of Child Development provides comprehensive literature reviews for six broad contextual influences on children's development that have emerged as key areas of inquiry in contemporary society - gender, child care, culture and ethnicity, poverty, schools and neighborhoods, and media. In the spirit of applied developmental science, this book considers these six contextual domains in a series of two linked chapters written by experts in the interdisciplinary field of developmental science. The first chapter in each section is organized as a review of basic research relevant to a particular context, including a discussion of prominent theoretical and methodological issues. The second chapter in each section then addresses the same context from an applied research perspective, examining and documenting how research has been, can be, or should be used to enhance the everyday lives and developmental outcomes of children and their families through interventions and/or social policies. The book concludes with a chapter specifically dedicated to making connections between research and practice and an epilogue that situates the book's chapters within the field's study of contexts. Societal Contexts of Child Development will appeal to a broad audience of scholars, students, practitioners, and policymakers from the disciplines of psychology, sociology, economics, human development, and public policy.

Primate Neuroethology (Hardcover, 2nd): Michael L Platt, Asif A. Ghazanfar Primate Neuroethology (Hardcover, 2nd)
Michael L Platt, Asif A. Ghazanfar
R9,291 Discovery Miles 92 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why do people find monkeys and apes so compelling to watch? One clear answer is that they seem so similar to us-a window into our own minds and how we have evolved over millennia. As Charles Darwin wrote in his Notebook, "He who understands baboon would do more toward metaphysics than Locke." Darwin recognized that behavior and cognition, and the neural architecture that support them, evolved to solve specific social and ecological problems. Defining these problems for neurobiological study, and conveying neurobiological results to ethologists and psychologists, is fundamental to an evolutionary understanding of brain and behavior. The goal of this book is to do just that. It collects, for the first time in a single book, information on primate behavior and cognition, neurobiology, and the emerging discipline of neuroethology. Here leading scientists in several fields review work ranging from primate foraging behavior to the neurophysiology of motor control, from vocal communication to the functions of the auditory cortex. The resulting synthesis of cognitive, ethological, and neurobiological approaches to primate behavior yields a richer understanding of our primate cousins that also sheds light on the evolutionary development of human behavior and cognition.

One Nation Under Stress - The Trouble with Stress as an Idea (Hardcover, New): Dana Becker One Nation Under Stress - The Trouble with Stress as an Idea (Hardcover, New)
Dana Becker
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Stress. Everyone is talking about it, suffering from it, trying desperately to manage it-now more than ever. From 1970 to 1980, 2,326 academic articles appeared with the word "stress" in the title. In the decade between 2000 and 2010 that number jumped to 21,750. Has life become ten times more stressful, or is it the stress concept itself that has grown exponentially over the past 40 years? In One Nation Under Stress, Dana Becker argues that our national infatuation with the therapeutic culture has created a middle-class moral imperative to manage the tensions of daily life by turning inward, ignoring the social and political realities that underlie those tensions. Becker shows that although stress is often associated with conditions over which people have little control- workplace policies unfavorable to family life, increasing economic inequality, war in the age of terrorism-the stress concept focuses most of our attention on how individuals react to stress. A proliferation of self-help books and dire medical warnings about the negative effects of stress on our physical and emotional health all place the responsibility for alleviating stress-though yoga, deep breathing, better diet, etc.-squarely on the individual. The stress concept has come of age in a period of tectonic social and political shifts. Nevertheless, we persist in the all-American belief that we can meet these changes by re-engineering ourselves rather than tackling the root causes of stress. Examining both research and popular representations of stress in cultural terms, Becker traces the evolution of the social uses of the stress concept as it has been transformed into an all-purpose vehicle for defining, expressing, and containing middle-class anxieties about upheavals in American society.

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