Perspectives on Personality

Perspectives on Personality
Author: Charles S. Carver
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Personality
ISBN: 9789353067854

"Perspectives on Personality describes a range of viewpoints that are used by personality psychologists today, and helps students understand how these viewpoints can be applied to their own lives. Authors Charles Carver and Michael Scheier dedicate a chapter to each major perspective, presenting an overview on the perspective's orienting assumptions and core themes and concluding with a discussion of problems within that theoretical viewpoint and predictions about its future prospects. The Eighth edition incorporates several important recent developments in the field, including genetics and genomics and the biological underpinnings of impulsiveness"--Back cover

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats

Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats
Author: Nancy E. Willard
Publisher: Research Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2007
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780878225378

Online communications can be extremely cruel and vicious. They can cause great emotional harm and can take place 24/7. Damaging text and images can be widely disseminated and impossible to fully remove. There are increasing reports of youth suicide, violence, and abduction related to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. This essential resource provides school counselors, administrators, and teachers with cutting-edge information on how to prevent and respond to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. It addresses real-life situations that often occur as students embrace the Internet and other digital technologies: Sending offensive or harassing messages Dissing someone or spreading nasty rumors on sites such as MySpace Disclosing someone's intimate personal information Breaking into someone's e-mail account and sending damaging messages under that person's name Excluding someone from an online group Using the Internet to intimidate The book includes detailed guidelines for managing in-school use of the Internet and personal digital devices, including cell phones. Extensive reproducible appendices contain forms for assessment, planning, and intervention, as well as a 9-page student guide and 16-page parent guide. An accompanying CD of all the reproducible forms and student handouts is included with the book.

Fear of Life

Fear of Life
Author: Alexander Lowen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780974373706

An internationally acclaimed psychiatrist and author challenges the fears that prevent men and women from experiencing healthy, joyful and fulfilling relationships. Alexander Lowen, M.D., world famous psychiatrist and creator of Bioenergetic Analysis shows you how to resolve your fears and allow yourself to: surrender to love, let go rather than control, be rather than do, flow rather than push. Bioenergetic Analysis helps you: love in anew way, discover sexuality as authenticity, find the courage to truly be, harmonize the mind and the body, use bioenergetic exercises to heal emotional conflicts.

To Be a Jew

To Be a Jew
Author: Hayim H. Donin
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2019-08-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1541618149

The inimitable, classic guide to the ageless heritage of Judaism, from Rabbi Hayim H. Donin, an incomparable teacher and interpreter of Jewish laws and practice. Embraced over many decades by hundreds of thousands of readers, To Be a Jew offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to traditional Jewish laws and customs as they apply to daily life in the contemporary world. In simple and powerful language, Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin presents the fundamentals of Judaism, including the laws and observances for the Sabbath, the dietary laws, family life, prayer at home and in the synagogue, the major and minor holidays, and the guiding principles and observances of life, such as birth, naming, circumcision, adoption and conversion, Bar-mitzvah, marriage, divorce, death, and mourning. Ideal for reference, reflection, and inspiration, To Be a Jew will by greatly valued by anyone who feels that knowing, understanding, and observing the laws and traditions of Judaism in daily life is the essence of what it means to be a Jew.

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology
Author: Rita Wicks-Nelson
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2015-08-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317351355

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology with DSM-5 Updates, 8/e presents students with a comprehensive, research-based introduction to understanding child and adolescent psychopathology. The authors provide a logically formatted and easy to understand text that covers the central issues and theoretical and methodological foundations of childhood behavior disorders. Rich with illustrations and examples, this text highlights the newest areas of research and clinical work, stressing supported treatments and the prevention of behavior problems of youth.

Hematology of Infancy and Childhood

Hematology of Infancy and Childhood
Author: David G. Nathan
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Company
Total Pages: 904
Release: 1981
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Presenting the New Edition of the classic reference on pediatric hematology and oncology. Comprehensively revised and updated, it continues to integrate lucid reviews of the pathophysiology of disease with detailed clinical guidance on its diagnosis and management. Drs. Nathan and Orkin - joined by two new co-editors and an outstanding team of authors - worked tirelessly to ensure that all the latest scientific advances appear in the 6th Edition.

The School in Question

The School in Question
Author: Torsten Husén
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1979
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Eating Disorders Review

Eating Disorders Review
Author: Stephen Wonderlich
Publisher: Radcliffe Publishing
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2005
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781857756340

This critical summary of current literature on eating disorders aims to keep researchers and health practitioners informed on the clinical implications of new studies. It is the first volume in what's projected as an annual review that will highlight topics related to the major aspects of eating disorders.