Category: Personality

By Valerian J. Derlaga, John H. Berg

ISBN-10: 1489935231

ISBN-13: 9781489935236

ISBN-10: 1489935258

ISBN-13: 9781489935250

Decisions approximately self-disclosure-whether to bare one's techniques, consider­ ings, or prior stories to a different individual, or the extent of intimacy of such disclosure-are a part of the standard lifetime of such a lot folks. the character of the choices individual makes can have an influence on his or her existence. they'll ensure the categories of relationships the individual has with others; how others understand her or him; and the measure of self­ wisdom and wisdom that the individual possesses. The research of self-disclosure has experts from many disciplines, together with character and social psychologists, medical and counseling psychologists, and communications researchers. Our e-book brings jointly the paintings of specialists from those a variety of disciplines with the wish that wisdom approximately paintings being performed on self-disclosure in similar disciplines can be elevated. a robust emphasis in all of the chapters is concept improvement and the mixing of principles approximately self-disclosure. The book's chapters discover 3 significant components, together with the interrelationship of self-disclosure and character in addition to the function of self-disclosure within the improvement, upkeep, and deterioration of non-public relationships, and the con­ tribution of self-disclosure to psychotherapy, marital remedy, and counseling.

By Mr. Yoshiya Kato (auth.), Prof. Dr. Jean Brihaye, Prof. Dr. Luc Calliauw, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Loew, Prof. Dr. Raymond van den Bergh (eds.)

ISBN-10: 3709190053

ISBN-13: 9783709190050

ISBN-10: 370919007X

ISBN-13: 9783709190074

The human character is inextricably certain up with, between different issues, the functionality of the valuable fearful approach. illnesses and malfunctions of the mind, head accidents and neurosurgical operations can all lead to completely altered behaviour styles. This interrelation among mind and behavior is such a lot truly confirmed in circumstances concerning useful neurosurgery and serious stressful lesions. although this interrelation represents a regular problem to the neurosurgeon, it's a query which gets much less recognition than it merits in neurosurgical conferences. Given the scope and complexity of this subject, it's not attainable to hide each element of it the following: therefore, dialogue is restricted to the effect on character of accidents, language, epilepsy and psychosurgery. in spite of the fact that, sooner than contemplating the scientific points, it was once deemed essential to attempt to arrive at a definition of "personality". this question used to be mentioned via a couple of philosophers representing quite a few views. Their range of viewpoints and conceptions significantly enriched the discussions.

By Paul Verhaeghe

ISBN-10: 1922247375

ISBN-13: 9781922247377

By Victor Karandashev

ISBN-10: 3319426818

ISBN-13: 9783319426815

ISBN-10: 3319426834

ISBN-13: 9783319426839

This quantity offers a conceptual, historic, anthropological, and sociological evaluate of ways tradition impacts our adventure and expression of romantic love. what's romantic love and the way is it varied from and just like different kinds of affection? How is romantic love relating to intercourse and marriage in human background and throughout modern cultures? What cultural components mediate allure in love? those are the various questions the amount explores via its interdisciplinary but targeted lens.

a lot of the present study facts means that love is a common emotion skilled by means of a majority of individuals, in quite a few historic eras, and in all of the world’s cultures. but, love monitors in several methods simply because tradition has an effect on people’s conceptions of affection and the methods they consider, imagine, and behave in romantic relationships. This quantity summarizes classical wisdom on love and tradition whereas while focusing sharply on contemporary stories and state of the art study that has complex the field.
Divided into 3 elements, the amount starts off via defining and interpreting the concept that of romantic love and interdisciplinary method of its learn in cultural context. half II lines the starting place and evolution of romantic love either in numerous areas during the international and numerous time classes all through historical past. half III offers the progressive growth of romantic love rules and practices within the overdue 20^th and early 21^st centuries in a number of elements of the area, focusing fairly at the improvement of romantic love as a cultural excellent of the fashionable cultures. eventually, the ebook concludes via summarizing the most important achievements during this box of analysis and predicts destiny improvement. A well timed and considerate addition to the literature, Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts can provide thought-provoking insights to researchers in courting scholarship, sociology, anthropology, and cultural experiences, and all these drawn to the common human notion of love.

Overall i locate Dr. Victor Karandashev is a wonderful and wonderful pupil who has a company clutch of either the basic rules of cross-cultural learn and of anthropology. In our more and more attached global Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts updates and provides to the descriptions and motives of similarities and transformations in romantic love throughout generations and cultures. Romantic love encompasses the existence span, instead of being a phenomenon principally restricted to younger years. the subject of this venture issues the inner most of our sentiments and pervades lifestyles from beginning to demise. This ebook contributes to higher wisdom of this phenomenon throughout generations.

Félix Neto

(Professor of Psychology)

Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação

Universidade do Porto, Portugal

By David H. Cropley

ISBN-10: 0128002255

ISBN-13: 9780128002254

Creativity in Engineering: Novel recommendations to complicated difficulties specializes in creativity study, together with what we all know approximately people who find themselves artistic, what items are artistic, the easiest procedures for fostering creativity, and the methods the easiest environments for creativity could be utilized to the engineering realm.

The booklet presents sensible suggestion for fostering creativity within the inception of latest items, product layout, and in producing novel, potent, and functional options to technological problems.

The textual content defines what creativity is, and isn't, in utilized settings, additionally discussing the position it performs sooner or later of technological advancement.
Discusses the 4P's of Creativity: individual, Product, method, and position offers strategies and instruments that would aid clients foster creativity in engineering environmentsIdentifies how creativity ends up in leading edge new strategies to problemsApplies creativity examine and information to the engineering house

By Harry van den Berg, Margaret Wetherell, Hanneke Houtkoop-Steenstra

ISBN-10: 0511165951

ISBN-13: 9780511165955

ISBN-10: 0521821185

ISBN-13: 9780521821186

By means of asking the world over revered students from a variety of traditions in discourse reports to answer a similar interview fabric, this e-book finds key ameliorations in technique and theoretical viewpoint. using interviews to discover attitudes in the direction of race let individuals to elevate delicate matters in regards to the improvement and interpretation of interviews on arguable issues.

By Ivo Geikie Cobb

ISBN-10: 1483166686

ISBN-13: 9781483166681

The Glands of future: A learn of the character, moment version offers info pertinent to the elemental features of character. This publication offers an knowing of the organs of inner secretion.

Organized into elements encompassing 8 chapters, this version starts off with an outline of the anatomy and services of the ductless glands. this article then examines the motion of the glands in deciding upon the physically construct and offers an account of ways the inner secretions impact the character. different chapters reflect on the relation among the interior secretions and the individual. This booklet discusses to boot the features of character, the way it is shaped, of what it is composed, and the way a variety of sorts of character are decided. the ultimate bankruptcy offers with heredity and explains how a ways it may well have an effect on the glandular trend of an individual.

This publication is a important source for psychologists, anatomists, physiologists, scientists, and examine staff.

By Habib Tiliouine, Richard J. Estes

ISBN-10: 3319247727

ISBN-13: 9783319247724

ISBN-10: 3319247743

ISBN-13: 9783319247748

This guide addresses the old heritage of the Islamic global and reports its uncomplicated earlier highbrow achievements. It stories social growth of those areas and sub-regions compared to different elements of the area. It makes use of huge facts units and good verified statistically weighted Indexes that allows you to investigate the character and speed of the a number of features of social swap in member states of the association of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The instruction manual greatly discusses the most demanding situations confronting the Islamic countries within the social, monetary, political, and ideological fields.
Though it truly is recognizable that social switch within the Islamic global is usually optimistic, it continues to be hugely variable in velocity and there's room to hurry it as much as the advantage of thousands of disadvantaged Muslim humans. for that reason, the ebook experiences the several propositions and courses of motion, corresponding to the United international locations’ Millennium improvement crusade and the OIC’s Ten-Year Programme of motion to provide an built-in and entire schedule of motion to aid increase the placement within the Islamic World.

By Nancy A Piotrowski

ISBN-10: 1587653176

ISBN-13: 9781587653179

By Diane Bretherton, Siew Fang Law

ISBN-10: 331918394X

ISBN-13: 9783319183947

ISBN-10: 3319183958

ISBN-13: 9783319183954

This quantity appears at learn tools in the course of the lens of peace reports and peace values. except reviewing demonstrated tools from peace psychology, it offers a few cutting edge rules for carrying out learn within the sector of peace psychology. lots of those tools are drawn from the sphere, from actions utilized by lively peace practitioners. A serious part of this quantity is its middle argument that peace examine could be performed by means of peaceable skill, and will version peaceable tactics.

Organized thematically, the quantity starts with a evaluate of the validated most sensible practices in peace psychology examine technique, together with equipment for qualitative study, for quantitative learn, and participative motion networks. In doing so, it additionally issues to a few of the restrictions of operating for peace in the culture of a unmarried self-discipline and to the necessity to extend psychology method, to methodologies. as a result, the second one half the amount proceeds to discover the world of leading edge, particularly unorthodox learn equipment, resembling participatory and workshop equipment, the artistic arts, and activities for study reasons. using new advances in details expertise to behavior peaceable study also are mentioned. The concluding chapters synthesize key concerns from the former chapters, and hyperlinks peace psychology with principles and implementation of study designs and practices. ultimately, it discusses the character of educational wisdom, and extra particularly, educational wisdom in peace psychology, and the place that matches into the project to construct a extra peaceable global.

Overall this ebook goals to supply peace psychologists with an array of chances and most sensible practices for drawing close their study. Many researchers locate the adventure of doing examine a a little bit lonely, if no longer separating, event. Methodologies in Peace Psychology: Peace study via peaceable Means goals to relieve this sense as the

use of those extra leading edge equipment ends up in a more in-depth engagement with the group and a way more social event of study. This quantity is an invaluable device for either new and skilled researchers since it presents leads for idealistic younger researchers who wish their paintings to make a distinction, as well as encouraging extra mirrored image and research for skilled peace psychologists.