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Gain a clear understanding of the basic principles of learning and
behavior and how you can apply this information to better
understand and improve today's world with Powell/Honey/Symbaluk's
INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR, 6E. This engaging,
student-friendly behavioral approach to psychology uses examples
derived from both animals and humans to vividly illustrate the
relevance of behavioral principles in comprehending and impacting
human behavior. Updated, expanded coverage and a dedicated appendix
address self-control and behavior self-management in detail with
specific tactics you can immediately apply. "Study Tip" guide you
in strategies, from effectively reading texts to using procedures
to increase concentration and reduce procrastination. You also see
how principles apply to managing relationships and raising
children. Numerous innovative and updated review, self-testing,
learning and independent study features further your understanding
of key concepts.
Words in both law and religion can shape power relationships and
are often highly disputed. Shari`a lies within the overlap of these
two spheres and provides a unique subject for the study of meaning
in that liminal space. This book contributes important insights
related to Islamic jurisprudence and secularism in the Turkish
context and regarding the role of language in contested legal and
religious contexts. The study begins by providing a historical
framework for the ideas and terms covered, including concepts of
religion in general, Shari`a in particular, and secularism in the
Turkish state. It goes on to examine empirical research to describe
and analyze contemporary Turkish understandings of religion and
Shari`a. The author's research indicates that there is often a
disconnect between supporting the adoption of Shari`a and
supporting the regulation of everyday behavior through civil codes.
Thus, "Shari`a" seems to have taken on new meanings as groups have
sought either to appropriate or criticize it. It is a
quintessential example of fractured and contextual meaning at the
center of both religious and legal traditions. This book is
essential reading for both academics and those interested in law,
linguistics, history, political science, anthropology, sociology,
religious studies, or Near Eastern studies.
Words in both law and religion can shape power relationships and
are often highly disputed. Shari`a lies within the overlap of these
two spheres and provides a unique subject for the study of meaning
in that liminal space. This book contributes important insights
related to Islamic jurisprudence and secularism in the Turkish
context and regarding the role of language in contested legal and
religious contexts. The study begins by providing a historical
framework for the ideas and terms covered, including concepts of
religion in general, Shari`a in particular, and secularism in the
Turkish state. It goes on to examine empirical research to describe
and analyze contemporary Turkish understandings of religion and
Shari`a. The author's research indicates that there is often a
disconnect between supporting the adoption of Shari`a and
supporting the regulation of everyday behavior through civil codes.
Thus, "Shari`a" seems to have taken on new meanings as groups have
sought either to appropriate or criticize it. It is a
quintessential example of fractured and contextual meaning at the
center of both religious and legal traditions. This book is
essential reading for both academics and those interested in law,
linguistics, history, political science, anthropology, sociology,
religious studies, or Near Eastern studies.
The eagerly awaited third edition of this important resource
provides a listing of over 3,600 scientific and technical handbooks
in the hard sciences with over 650 new to this edition. All entries
have complete bibliographic citations and most offer brief
annotations that describe the content. Serving as both a research
and collection development tool, "Handbooks and Tables in Science
and Technology," was created for users in science and engineering
libraries, special and academic libraries, and public libraries
with large sci-tech collections.
INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING AND BEHAVIOR, 5th Edition provides you
with a clear introduction to the basic principles of behavior
presented in an accessible, engaging manner. Using examples derived
from both animals and humans, the text vividly illustrates the
relevance of behavioral principles to understanding and improving
human behavior. The authors demonstrate the application of
behavioral principles to such relevant issues as improving your
study behavior, reducing procrastination, raising children, and
managing relationships. To help you maximize your learning, the
text is packed with innovative study and review tools to further
your understanding of key concepts.
The relationship between religion, intolerance and conflict has
been the subject of intense discussion, particularly in the wake of
the events of 9-11 and the ongoing threat of terrorism. This book
contains original papers written by some of the world's leading
scholars in anthropology, psychology, philosophy, and theology
exploring the scientific and conceptual dimensions of religion and
human conflict. Authors investigate the following themes: the role
of religion in promoting social cohesion and the conditions under
which it will tend to do so; the role of religion in enabling and
exacerbating conflict between different social groups and the
conditions under which it will tend to do so; and the policy
responses that we may be able to develop to ameliorate violent
conflict and the limits to compromise between different religions.
The book also contains two commentaries that distill, synthesize
and critically evaluate key aspects of the individual chapters and
central themes that run throughout the volume. The volume will be
of great interest to all readers interested in the phenomenon of
religious conflict and to academics across a variety of
disciplines, including religious studies, philosophy, psychology,
theology, cognitive science, anthropology, politics, international
relations, and evolutionary biology.
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The Furry Disco (Paperback)
Stephanie Chan; Illustrated by Russell Powell; Jo Kearley
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R206
Discovery Miles 2 060
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Can we can use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution
to make inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and
elsewhere? In this book, Russell Powell investigates whether we can
use the patterns and processes of convergent evolution to make
inferences about universal laws of life, on Earth and elsewhere.
Weaving together disparate philosophical and empirical threads,
Powell offers the first detailed analysis of the interplay between
contingency and convergence in macroevolution, as it relates to
both complex life in general and cognitively complex life in
particular. If the evolution of mind is not a historical accident,
the product of convergence rather than contingency, then, Powell
asks, is mind likely to be an evolutionarily important feature of
any living world? Stephen Jay Gould argued for the primacy of
contingency in evolution. Gould's "radical contingency thesis"
(RCT) has been challenged, but critics have largely failed to
engage with its core claims and theoretical commitments. Powell
fills this gap. He first examines convergent regularities at both
temporal and phylogenetic depths, finding evidence that both
vindicates and rebuffs Gould's argument for contingency. Powell
follows this partial defense of the RCT with a substantive
critique. Among the evolutionary outcomes that might defy the RCT,
he argues, cognition is particularly important-not only for
human-specific issues of the evolution of intelligence and
consciousness but also for the large-scale ecological organization
of macroscopic living worlds. Turning his attention to complex
cognitive life, Powell considers what patterns of cognitive
convergence tell us about the nature of mind, its evolution, and
its place in the universe. If complex bodies are common in the
universe, might complex minds be common as well?
In The Evolution of Moral Progress, Allen Buchanan and Russell
Powell resurrect the project of explaining moral progress. They
avoid the errors of earlier attempts by drawing on a wide range of
disciplines including moral and political philosophy, evolutionary
biology, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, history, and
sociology. Their focus is on one especially important type of moral
progress: gains in inclusivity. They develop a framework to explain
progress in inclusivity to also illuminate moral regression-the
return to exclusivist and "tribalistic" moral beliefs and
attitudes. Buchanan and Powell argue those tribalistic moral
responses are not hard-wired by evolution in human nature. Rather,
human beings have an evolved "adaptively plastic" capacity for both
inclusion and exclusion, depending on environmental conditions.
Moral progress in the dimension of inclusivity is possible, but
only to the extent that human beings can create environments
conducive to extending moral standing to all human beings and even
to some animals. Buchanan and Powell take biological evolution
seriously, but with a critical eye, while simultaneously
recognizing the crucial role of culture in creating environments in
which moral progress can occur. The book avoids both biological and
cultural determinism. Unlike earlier theories of moral progress,
their theory provides a naturalistic account that is grounded in
the best empirical work, and unlike earlier theories it does not
present moral progress as inevitable or as occurring in definite
stages; but rather it recognizes the highly contingent and fragile
character of moral improvement.
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