How Nature Works

How Nature Works
Author: Per Bak
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1475754264

Self-organized criticality, the spontaneous development of systems to a critical state, is the first general theory of complex systems with a firm mathematical basis. This theory describes how many seemingly desperate aspects of the world, from stock market crashes to mass extinctions, avalanches to solar flares, all share a set of simple, easily described properties. "...a'must read'...Bak writes with such ease and lucidity, and his ideas are so intriguing...essential reading for those interested in complex systems...it will reward a sufficiently skeptical reader." -NATURE "...presents the theory (self-organized criticality) in a form easily absorbed by the non-mathematically inclined reader." -BOSTON BOOK REVIEW "I picture Bak as a kind of scientific musketeer; flamboyant, touchy, full of swagger and ready to join every fray... His book is written with panache. The style is brisk, the content stimulating. I recommend it as a bracing experience." -NEW SCIENTIST

How Confidence Works

How Confidence Works
Author: Ian Robertson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473579759

'Brilliant ... it will change how you think about confidence.' Johann Hari 'Important for everyone but crucial for women.' Mary Robinson 'Interesting and important.' Steven Pinker __________ Why do boys instinctively bullshit more than girls? How do economic recessions shape a generation's confidence? Can we have too much confidence and, if so, what are the consequences? Imagine we could discover something that could make us richer, healthier, longer-living, smarter, kinder, happier, more motivated and more innovative. Ridiculous, you might say... What is this elixir? Confidence. If you have it, it can empower you to reach heights you never thought possible. But if you don't, it can have a devastating effect on your future. Confidence lies at the core of what makes things happen. Exploring the science and neuroscience behind confidence that has emerged over the last decade, clinical psychologist and neuroscientist Professor Ian Robertson tells us how confidence plays out in our minds, our brains and indeed our bodies. He explains where it comes from and how it spreads - with extraordinary economic and political consequences. And why it's not necessarily something you are born with, but something that can be learned.

Works

Works
Author: Jeremy Bentham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1843
Genre: Law
ISBN:

The Origins of Self

The Origins of Self
Author: Martin P. J. Edwardes
Publisher: UCL Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-07-22
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1787356302

The Origins of Self explores the role that selfhood plays in defining human society, and each human individual in that society. It considers the genetic and cultural origins of self, the role that self plays in socialisation and language, and the types of self we generate in our individual journeys to and through adulthood. Edwardes argues that other awareness is a relatively early evolutionary development, present throughout the primate clade and perhaps beyond, but self-awareness is a product of the sharing of social models, something only humans appear to do. The self of which we are aware is not something innate within us, it is a model of our self produced as a response to the models of us offered to us by other people. Edwardes proposes that human construction of selfhood involves seven different types of self. All but one of them are internally generated models, and the only non-model, the actual self, is completely hidden from conscious awareness. We rely on others to tell us about our self, and even to let us know we are a self.

Self-Compassion

Self-Compassion
Author: Dr. Kristin Neff
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2011-04-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0062079174

Kristin Neff, Ph.D., says that it’s time to “stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind.” Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind offers expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects, enabling you to achieve your highest potential and a more contented, fulfilled life. More and more, psychologists are turning away from an emphasis on self-esteem and moving toward self-compassion in the treatment of their patients—and Dr. Neff’s extraordinary book offers exercises and action plans for dealing with every emotionally debilitating struggle, be it parenting, weight loss, or any of the numerous trials of everyday living.

The Willpower Instinct

The Willpower Instinct
Author: Kelly McGonigal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1583335080

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn: • Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep. • Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health. • Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower • Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control. • Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control. • Willpower failures are contagious—you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends­­—but you can also catch self-control from the right role models. In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.

JOHN DEWEY Premium Collection – 40+ Books in One Single Volume: Works on Psychology, Education, Philosophy & Politics

JOHN DEWEY Premium Collection – 40+ Books in One Single Volume: Works on Psychology, Education, Philosophy & Politics
Author: John Dewey
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 2301
Release: 2016-05-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 8026853784

This carefully crafted ebook: "JOHN DEWEY Premium Collection – 40+ Books in One Single Volume: Works on Psychology, Education, Philosophy & Politics" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The collection contains: Books on Education Democracy and Education Child and the Curriculum School and Society Schools Of To-morrow The Schools of Utopia Moral Principles in Education Interest and Effort in Education Health and Sex in Higher Education My Pedagogic Creed Books on Philosophy German Philosophy and Politics Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding Studies in Logical Theory Interpretation of Savage Mind Ethics The Problem of Values Soul and Body Logical Conditions of a Scientific Treatment of Morality Evolutionary Method As Applied To Morality Influence of Darwin on Philosophy Nature and Its Good: A conversation Intelligence and Morals Experimental Theory of Knowledge Intellectualist Criterion for Truth A Short Catechism Concerning Truth Beliefs and Existences Experience and Objective Idealism The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism "Consciousness" and Experience Significance of the Problem of Knowledge Essays in Experimental Logic Reconstruction in Philosophy Does Reality Possess Practical Character? Books on Psychology Psychology and Social Practice Psychological Doctrine and Philosophical Teaching Psychology as Philosophic Method New Psychology How We Think Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology Psychology of Effort Creative Intelligence Ego as Cause Terms 'Conscious' and 'Consciousness' On Some Current Conceptions of the term 'Self' Psychological Standpoint Theory of Emotion Psychology of Infant Language Knowledge and Speech Reaction Human Nature and Conduct Books on Politics China, Japan and the U.S.A Letters Criticisms ... John Dewey (1859-1952) is one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology.

Identity

Identity
Author: Steph Lawler
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2008
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0745635768

Lawler examines debates surrounding identity, and shows how identity is part of the fabric of society, and integral to social relations. The book includes all the core topics covered by courses in this field and uses rich and varied contemporary empirical examples to illustrate the discussion.