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"Jen has dumped Andy, and he's handling the breakup in exactly the way all his friends and family might have expected: very, very badly. Crashing at his mother's house and obsessively photographing his hairline, Andy embraces the rites and rituals of every breakup-the ill-advised decision to move onto a houseboat, the forced merriment of a lads' night out, the accidental late-night text to the ex-all resulting in a never-ending shame spiral. Even...
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What could be more fascinating than the workings of the human mind? This stunningly illustrated survey in Sterling's Milestones series chronicles the history of psychology through 250 landmark events, theories, publications, experiments, and discoveries. Beginning with ancient philosophies of well-being, it touches on such controversial topics as phrenology, sexual taboos, electroshock therapy, multiple personality disorder, and the nature of evil....
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2024
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Parenting is about to get easier—and a whole lot more effective....
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they're falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel...
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they're falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel...
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Too Tired to Keep Running Too Scared To Stop: Change your Beliefs, Change your Life is a profound exploration of personal transformation and the power of shifting one's beliefs to ignite lasting change. Drawing from a wealth of psychological insights and real-life anecdotes, this book guides readers on a transformative journey toward self-awareness and personal growth. It offers practical strategies to break free from the paralyzing cycle of fear...
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"Sex, after hunger, may be the most powerful motivating force in our lives. It drives us to seek intimate contact with others and to form relationships that may be fleeting or lifelong, blissful or troubled. Yet many mysteries surround sex and sexuality: Why don't we reproduce by virgin birth? Why does so much of our sexual behavior have nothing to do with reproduction? Why isn't everyone heterosexual? How does the brain create sexual arousal? How...
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"What is at work in the mind of a five-year-old explaining the game of tag to a new friend? What is going on in the head of a thirty-five-year-old parent showing a first-grader how to button a coat? And what exactly is happening in the brain of a sixty-five-year-old professor discussing statistics with a room full of graduate students? While research about the nature and science of learning abounds, shockingly few insights into how and why humans...
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Gustave Le Bon: Psychologie der Massen Neu editiert, in aktualisierter Rechtschreibung, voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und verlinkten Fußnoten Mit einem aktuellen Vorwort Gustave Le Bons Buch Psychologie der Massen ist mehr als eine brillante Analyse von Massenphänomenen - es ist eine Warnung davor. Für Le Bon ist die Masse im höchsten Maße manipulierbar, in ihr zeigt sich das Instinktive, Triebartige und Unbewusste, und sie neigt...
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"Fromm's developing thought merits the critical attention of all concerned with the human condition and its future." -The Washington Post
The essays in this fascinating volume examine present-day psychological and cultural problems with the keen insight and humanistic sympathies characteristic of Erich Fromm's work.
The Dogma of Christ provides some of the sharpest critical insights into how the contemporary world of human destructiveness and...
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Do You: Harbor guilt or grudges from past relationships? Feel plagued by thoughts of regret? Think "Oh, no, not again!" when personal problems arise? Wonder why life hasn't turned out the way you wanted? Feel anxious or depressed about your future? Seem to be less happy as time goes by?
If you answered yes to even one of these questions, this book can help you make peace with your past -- here and now.
The past lives on in everything we think, feel,...
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In her first book in over 10 years, Pia Mellody-author of the groundbreaking bestsellers Facing Codependence and Facing Love Addiction-shares her profound wisdom on what it takes to sustain true intimacy and trusting love in our most vital relationships.
Drawing on more than 20 years' experience as a counsellor at the renowned Meadows Treatment Centre in Arizona, Mellody now shares what she has learned about why intimate relationships falter-and...
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Las personas que sufren de anhedonia (que significa literalmente 'sin placer') pierden el interés por realizar actividades que antes les gustaban o les divertían, como practicar un deporte, leer un libro, ver una película, salir con amigos o tener relaciones sexuales. Nada les produce placer ni satisfacción. Se sienten vacíos, apáticos y desganados. Tienen dificultades para expresar y experimentar emociones, tanto positivas como negativas. A...
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An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of others' misfortunes.
You might feel schadenfreude when...
the boss calls himself "Head of Pubic Services" on an important letter. A cool guy swings back on his chair, and it tips over. A Celebrity Vegan is caught in the cheese aisle. an aggressive driver cuts you off - and then gets pulled over. Your co-worker...
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"Every parent is capable of raising happy, healthy, and emotionally grounded children. Despite this, too many of us struggle along the journey. From the fast-changing realities of social media to the fear that permeates our culture, to the generational expectations that are unconsciously placed on children, the pressures on parents and children have reached a critical moment. We feel it and our children feel it. But there is a solution. With over...
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Uncovers the roots and consequences of and offers solutions to the widespread alienation and disconnection that beset modern society
Since the beginning of the 21st century, people have become increasingly disconnected from themselves, each other, and the world around them. A "crisis of connection" stemming from growing alienation, social isolation, and fragmentation characterizes modern society. The signs of this crisis of connection are everywhere,...
15) Psychology Worlds Issue 6: Year in Psychology a Student's Guide to Placement Years, Working in AC
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Over 54,000 words of psychological knowledge, theory and practice by bestselling writer Connor Whiteley in one great collection. If you want great, fascinating information covering a wide range of psychological topics you NEED to buy this issue!BUY NOW!Issue 6 contains two brilliant full-length psychology books:Year In Psychology: A Student's Guide To Placement Years, Working In Academia and MoreBiological PsychologyAND contains 5 enthralling blog...
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"There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers." -Erich Fromm Are we primarily determined by nature or nurture? What are the best ways that people can live productively? In Man for Himself, renowned social philosopher Erich Fromm posits: With the gifts of self-consciousness and imagination, any individual can give his or her own unique answer. This answer is rooted in our human nature, and should...
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In this highly original work, one of the world's most distinguished child psychiatrists together with a philosopher at the forefront of ape and child language research present a startling hypothesis-that the development of our higher-level symbolic thinking, language, and social skills cannot be explained by genes and natural selection, but depend on cultural practices learned anew by each generation over millions of years, dating back to primate...
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It has been a long time since that day in July of 2001 when a friend and I and I were having a conversation about making a difference when I jokingly said "I should write a book!" and my friend replied "Why don't you?" Suffice it to say that this book would not be here today had it not been for the invaluable support and encouragement I received from the only 2 people who believed in me, and believed I could write a book that may, just may create...
20) How We Are
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We live in small worlds.
How We Are is an astonishing debut and the first part of the monumental How to Live trilogy, a profound and ambitious work that gets to the heart of what it means to be human: how we are, how we break, and how we mend.
In Book One, How We Are, we explore the power of habit and the difficulty of change. As Vincent Deary shows us, we live most of our lives automatically, in small worlds of comfortable routine-what he calls...
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