Issues and Ethics in the Helping Professions, 8 edition

By Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider Corey, Patrick Callanan,
B,,oks C,,le | 2010 | ISBN: 0495812412

587 pages | PDF | 4,5 MB

Up-to-date and comprehensive, this practical best-selling text (now available with an online personalized study plan) helps students learn how to deal with and apply ethical standards. Authors Corey, Corey and Callanan provide readers with the basis for discovering their own guidelines within the broad limits of professional codes of ethics and divergent theoretical positions.

They raise what they consider to be central issues, present a range of diverse views on these issues, discuss their position, and present many opportunities for readers to refine their own thinking and actively develop their own position.

The authors explore such questions as: What role do the therapist's personal values play in the counseling relationship? What ethical responsibilities and rights do clients and therapists have? And, what considerations are involved in adapting counseling practice to diverse client populations?

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Violence Expressed: An Anthropological Approach

By Maria Six-Hohenbalken, Nerina Weiss
Ashg.te | 2011 | ISBN: 0754678849

268 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB

"Violence Expressed" explores the diverse expressions and manifestations through which the meaning of violent experiences and events is (re)produced. As language alone does not always suffice for the description of violence, this book focuses not only on the verbal and discursive expressions of violence, but also on the performative acts, material culture and the spaces that constitute these expressions.

Such an approach provides a method of more comprehensively registering and understanding the manifestations and long-lasting effects of violence, whilst exploring violence both as an extreme subjective experience, and the 'ultimate truth', thus overcoming a common epistemological antagonism in researching violence.

Offering a variety of analytical approaches and methodological perspectives, "Violence Expressed" presents the latest empirical studies, ranging from the 'everyday' violence experienced by children, stories of rape, social memory and the discrepancy between private and public narratives, to rumours and silences or the iconography of violence. A compelling contribution to ongoing discussions on anthropological writing, this book will be of interest to anthropologists and social scientists working on violence, gender, collective representations and memory.

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Study Skills for Psychology Students

By Jennifer Latto, Richard Latto
Publisher: Open University Press

Number Of Pages: 194
Date: 2008-11-01
ISBN-10 : 0335229093

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This practical handbook is an essential companion for psychology students. From day one of your degree, it will make all the difference.

. . Based on the authors' extensive knowledge of psychology, it includes:

Key approaches in psychology .
The best ways to study.
How to use IT effectively.
Producing excellent assignments and exams.
Helpful advice on statistical methods.
Tackling projects and dissertations.
An introduction to careers in psychology
. . It contains exercises, tips, advice from students, and a glossary of commonly used terms in psychology.
. . An accompanying website www.openup.co.uk/psychologysuccess has more information on psychology-related careers with up-to-date web links..

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International Handbook on Giftedness

By Larisa Shavinina
Publisher: Springer Pages: 1542

Date: 2009-09 ISBN-10 : 1402061617

This Handbook is the most comprehensive account available on what giftedness is, how it is measured, how it develops, and how it affects individuals and societies. It analyzes, integrates, and presents research on giftedness that has not been considered elsewhere, discusses the latest advances in the fast-developing areas of practice, and introduces fresh ideas, which will galvanize the study of giftedness for the future.

"This definitive handbook will be a necessary reference for all in the gifted field." Robert Sternberg

"This is an ambitious book." Laurence Coleman

"This new Handbook provides a valuable complement to the existing literature." Nancy Robinson

"If giftedness and talent could be plotted on a large map, the International Handbook on Giftedness would show up as a vibrant collection of expeditions spreading out in all directions, passing through settled terrain and then reaching out into unexplored valleys and mountain ranges. It stretches the boundaries of our understanding." Don Ambrose

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The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology | PDF

By David M. Buss
Publisher: Wiley Pages: 1028

Date: 2005-07-28 ISBN-10 :  0471264032

Description:
The foundations of practice and the most recent discoveries in theintriguing newfield of evolutionary psychology, Why is the mind designed the way it is? How does input from the environment interact with the mind to produce behavior? By taking aim at such questions, the science of evolutionary psychology has emerged as a vibrant new discipline producing groundbreaking insights.

In The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology, leading contributors discuss the foundations of the field as well as recent discoveries currently shaping this burgeoning area of psychology.

Guided by an editorial board made up of such luminaries as Leda Cosmides, John Tooby, Don Symons, Steve Pinker, Martin Daly, Margo Wilson, and Helena Cronin, the text's chapters delve into a comprehensive range of topics, covering the full range of the discipline:

Foundations of evolutionary psychology
Survival
Mating
Parenting and kinship
Group living
Interfaces with traditional disciplines of evolutionary psychology
And interfaces across disciplines.
In addition to an in-depth survey of the theory and practice of evolutionary psychology, the text also features an enlightening discussion of this discipline in the context of the law, medicine, and culture. An Afterword by Richard Dawkins provides some final thoughts from the renowned writer and exponent of evolutionary theory. Designed to set the standard for handbooks in the field, The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an indispensable reference tool for every evolutionary psychologist and student.

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Handbook of Counseling Psychology

By Steven D. Brown, Robert W. Lent
Publisher: Wiley Number Of Pages: 639

Publication Date: 2008-03-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470096225
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470096222
Binding: Hardcover

Description:

This new edition of the best known and only comprehensive reference covering counseling in clinical and educational settings is completely updated and revised, with chapters by leading figures in counseling psychology.

The Fourth Edition contains new chapters covering the most current information and important emerging professional trends including:

APA ethical standards
Managed care and prescription privileges
The growing use of technology in research, assessment, and counseling
The international growth of counseling psychology
Social justice issues
Positive psychology
Multicultural psychology
Counseling/supervision process and outcome
Vocational psychology
Prevention and development

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Handbook of Integrative Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, and Behavioral Medicine: Perspectives, Practices, and Research

By Roland A. Carlstedt PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

Pages: 912, Date: 2009-12-14
ISBN-10 : 0826110940

Description:
"This is the long-awaited text on interdisciplinary treatment and assessment of, among other clinical topics, brain-derived behavioral, cognitive, and neurological disorders ."

--Niels Birbaumer, PhD

University of Tubingen, Germany

Member of the German Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina
"Gone is the unidimensional approach of the expert summarizing a topic from a single vantage point. Instead, the content shifts laterally, embracing not only interdisciplinary expertise, but an integrative way of thinking that transcends each discipline .What makes the Handbook so refreshing is that this cross pollination of ideas and approaches is more than novel theorizing. It offers clinicians a new way forward."

--Anthony Feinstein, MD, MPhil, PhD, FRCP

University of Toronto
To maintain the highest standards, allied health care practitioners must keep pace with evolving trends in diagnostics, interventions, and methodologies. This book supports clinicians by disseminating important perspectives, research, and procedures. It provides an integrative roadmap that fosters interdisciplinary cooperation.

Key Features:

Presents reviews of research on a broad selection of clinical disorders
Includes a wide range of established and emerging diagnostic and intervention approaches
Discusses viable evidence-based alternative treatment methods
Critiques certain approaches, paradigms, and practices that may need to be revised
Includes contributions from renowned psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers

Clinicians, researchers, and students will find this book a valuable source for interdisciplinary practice and research. It facilitates a sorely needed move toward integrative practice in an era in which specialization pervades.

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Textbook of Medical Physiology 11th Edition With STUDENT CONSULT

Physiologys classic text continues to uphold its rich traditionpresenting key physiology concepts in a remarkably clear and engaging manner.

Guyton & Halls Textbook of Medical Physiology covers all of the major systems in the human body, while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology.

This very readable, easy-to-follow, and thoroughly updated, 11th Edition features a new full-color layout, short chapters, clinical vignettes, and shaded summary tables that allow for easy comprehension of the material.

The smart way to study!
Elsevier titles with STUDENT CONSULT will help you master difficult concepts and study more efficiently in print and online! Perform rapid searches. Integrate bonus content from other disciplines. Download text to your handheld device. And a lot more. Each STUDENT CONSULT title comes with full text online, a unique image library, case studies, USMLE style questions, and online note-taking to enhance your learning experience.

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Social Psychological Foundations of Clinical Psychology

By James E. Maddux PhD, June Price Tangney PhD
Publisher: The Guilford Press

Pages: 555, Date: 2010-08-03
ISBN-10 : 1606236792, 2.3 MB's | Vector PDF

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Uniquely integrative and authoritative, this volume explores how advances in social psychology can deepen understanding and improve treatment of clinical problems. The role of basic psychological processes in mental health and disorder is examined by leading experts in social, clinical, and counseling psychology.

Chapters present cutting-edge research on self and identity, self-regulation, interpersonal processes, social cognition, and emotion.

The volume identifies specific ways that social psychology concepts, findings, and research methods can inform clinical assessment and diagnosis, as well as the development of effective treatments.

Compelling topics include the social psychology of help seeking, therapeutic change, and the therapist–client relationship.

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Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology (3rd Edition)

By Gene V. Glass, Kenneth D. Hopkins
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Pages: 608, Date: 1995-08-20
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0205142125

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I find this to be a wonderful book for social sciences students who need to have a first look at statistical theory for quantitative experiments. In my opinion, this book well balances the rigor needed (i.e., its not a statistical cookbook, you are given at least an intuitive understanding at all times), but does not 'bother' the reader with advanced math (i.e., Laws of Large Numbers, Central Limit Theorem etc. are taken as facts and explained intuitively).

The book starts with the easy stuff, but gets quite deep, e.g., Multi-Factor ANOVA Designs (one of the few books I know of to cover mixed ANOVA design) or ANCOVA. While not completely new (last revision in 1996), I believe that most of the content is still usable for most of the experiments (under)grad students could ever dream of doing :)

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Play and Learning in the Early Years: From Research to Practice

By Dr Pat Broadhead, Dr Justine Howard, Dr Elizabeth Wood
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

Pages: 208, Publication Date: 2010-03-25
ISBN-10 : 1849200068,

Description:
By helping the reader to develop their understanding of the complex relationships between play and learning, Play and Learning in the Early Years examines current theoretical perspectives on play, alongside examples of recent and innovative play research from a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives.

With contributions from leading play scholars, it brings together theory, research, policy and practice in relation to play and learning in early years settings. The emphasis is on the relationship between play and learning, and play and pedagogy, and the need to understand these dimensions more substantially in order to teach with confidence.

Included are chapters on:
*the influence of play on thinking, problem-solving and creativity
*cooperative play and learning
*play, risk and outdoor learning
*learning to play in cultural context

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At Home: A Short History of Private Life, By Bill Bryson

By Bill Bryson, Publisher: Doubleday
Pages: 544, Date: 2010-05-27

ISBN-10 : 0385619170, RAR-ed PDF 2.1 MB

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From one of the most beloved authors of our time—more than six million copies of his books have been sold in this country alone—a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home.

“Houses aren’t refuges from history
. They are where history ends up.”

Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write a history of the world without leaving home.” The bathroom provides the occasion for a history of hygiene; the bedroom, sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen, nutrition and the spice trade; and so on, as Bryson shows how each has fig­ured in the evolution of private life. Whatever happens in the world, he demonstrates, ends up in our house, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture.

Bill Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly isolated or mundane fact into an occasion for the most diverting exposi­tion imaginable. His wit and sheer prose fluency make At Home one of the most entertaining books ever written about private life.

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Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 3rd Edition

By Michael Quinn Patton, Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Pages: 688, Date: 2001-10, ISBN-10: 0761919716

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"On dissertation proposals on which I have served, Patton is by far the most cited qualitative research text."
Ian Baptiste, Penn State University

The book that has been a resource and training tool for countless applied researchers, evaluators, and graduate students has been completely revised with hundreds of new examples and stories illuminating all aspects of qualitative inquiry. Patton has created the most comprehensive, systematic, and up-to-date review of qualitative methods available.

"I am dazzled by the extent of the material that this book describes and clarifies. Patton has shifted the focus of the text to qualitative inquiry in general, which includes qualitative evaluation. New examples from his own work and that of others serve to clarify and deepen understanding of qualitative research topics and processes.

New discussion of many current issues and debates in qualitative scholarship (autoethnography, ethical issues of informed consent and confidentiality, focus group/group interviews, computer-assisted analysis, the complexity of creating criteria for judging the quality of qualitative research, etc.) will bring readers up-to-date with the variety in perspectives about (and the variety within) qualitative inquiry.

Most of the chapters in the book have been substantially reorganized in ways that augment the reader’s understanding. When anyone asks me about conducting qualitative inquiry, I will say: ‘Get Patton’s book’."

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition

By American Psychological Association
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA), Pages: 272

Date: 2009-07, ISBN-10: 1433805618, File PDF size 9.8 mb

Description:
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process, from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language.

Well-known for its authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system, the Publication Manual also offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, and tone that will result in strong, simple, and elegant scientific communication. The sixth edition offers new and expanded instruction on publication ethics, statistics, journal article reporting standards, electronic reference formats, and the construction of tables and figures.

The sixth edition has been revised and updated to include: new ethics guidance on such topics as determining authorship and terms of collaboration, duplicate publication, plagiarism and self-plagiarism, disguising of participants, validity of instrumentation, and making data available to others for verification; new journal article reporting standards to help readers report empirical research with clarity and precision; simplified APA heading style to make it more conducive to electronic publication; updated guidelines for reducing bias in language to reflect current practices and preferences, including a new section on presenting historical language that is inappropriate by present standards; new guidelines for reporting inferential statistics and a significantly revised table of statistical abbreviations; and, new instruction on using supplemental files containing lengthy data sets and other media.

This book includes significantly expanded content on the electronic presentation of data to help readers understand the purpose of each kind of display and choose the best match for communicating the results of the investigation, with new examples for a variety of data displays, including electro physiological and biological data. It offers consolidated information on all aspects of reference citations, with an expanded discussion of electronic sources emphasizing the role of the digital object identifier (DOI) as a reliable way to locate information. It features expanded discussion of the publication process, including the function and process of peer review.

It contains a discussion of ethical, legal, and policy requirements in publication; and guidelines on working with the publisher while the article is in press. Key to this edition of the Publication Manual is an updated and expanded Web presence. Look up additional supplemental material keyed to this book. This book lets you test your knowledge of APA Style with a free tutorial on style basics. It lets you learn about the changes in the sixth edition with a free tutorial reviewing key revisions.

Sign up for an on-line course to enrich and enhance your understanding of APA Style. Read the APA Style blog and share your comments on writing and referencing. Consult frequently asked questions to sharpen your understanding of APA Style. This title lets you examine additional resources on such topics as ethics, statistics, and writing. It lets you familiarize yourself with submission standards for APA books and journals.

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Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us | Daniel H. Pink

By Daniel H. Pink, Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Pages: 256, Publication Date: 2009-12-29

ISBN-10 : 1594488843

Description:
Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people--at work, at school, at home. It's wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm- shattering book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does--and how that affects every aspect of our lives. 

He demonstrates that while the old-fashioned carrot-and-stick approach worked successfully in the 20th century, it's precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today's challenges. In Drive, he reveals the three elements of true motivation:

*Autonomy- the desire to direct our own lives
*Mastery- the urge to get better and better at something that matters
*Purpose- the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves

Along the way, he takes us to companies that are enlisting new approaches to motivation and introduces us to the scientists and entrepreneurs who are pointing a bold way forward.

Drive is bursting with big ideas-- the rare book that will change how you think and transform how you live.

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GRE eBooks | Psychology Test Practice Book

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This practice book contains
* One actual full-length GRE Psychology Test

* Test-taking strategies

Become familiar with
* Test structure and content
* Test instructions and answering procedures

Compare your practice test results with the performance of those who took the test at a GRE administration.
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Content of the Psychology Test
Most editions of the test consist of about 215 multiplechoice questions. Each question in the test has five options from which the examinee is to select the one option that is the correct or best answer to the question. Some of the stimulus materials, such as a description of an experiment or a graph, may serve as the basis for several questions.

The questions in the Psychology Test are drawn from courses of study most commonly offered at the undergraduate level within the broadly defined field of psychology. Questions may require recalling factual information, analyzing relationships, applying principles, drawing conclusions from data, evaluating a research design, and/or identifying a psychologist who has made a theoretical or research contribution to the field.

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