Behavioral Sciences Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Young People and the Care Experience

    Research, Policy and Practice

    By Julie Shaw, Nick Frost

    Series: Adolescence and Society

    The care system looks after the most vulnerable young people in society – those who are, for a variety of reasons, unable to live with their parents. Young People and the Care Experience examines what can be done to support young people to remain at home, and if this is not possible, how they can...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
12. The Thinking Child

    Laying the foundations of understanding and competence

    By Pamela May

    Series: Foundations of Child Development

    What characteristics do children need to become motivated to learn? How do children’s experiences and relationships affect their cognitive development? How do you provide learning experiences that meet the developmental needs of every child in your care? The Thinking Child thoughtfully discusses...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
13. Discovering Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata

    By Alan C. Acock

    Discovering Structural Equation Modeling Using Stata is devoted to Stata’s sem command and all it can do. You’ll learn about its capabilities in the context of confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, structural equation modeling, longitudinal models, and multiple-group analysis. The book...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Stata Press
14. Networks in Society

    Links and Language

    Edited by Robert Stocker, Terry Bossomaier

    This book covers technical fundamentals, complexity and social networks, and communication and language. It raises readers’ interest in social networks, the importance of language in the emergence and maintenance of networks, the integral patterns of interconnectivity, and the means to measure and...

    Published March 30th 2013 by Pan Stanford Publishing
15. Rhetorical Investigations

    G. B. Vico and C. G. Jung

    By Leslie Gardner

    Rhetorical analysis of texts exposes plausible ‘truths’ and presumptions implied by the writer’s presentation. In this volume, Leslie Gardner analyses the master psychologist Jung, who claimed to be expert at uncovering personal, psychological truths. In his theoretical writings, his rhetoric...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
16. Consumer Behavior Analysis

    (A) Rational Approach to Consumer Choice

    Edited by Donald A. Hantula, Victoria K. Wells

    Consumption is the primary economic activity in our post-industrial society. We are consumers, not producers. Consumer behavior analysis is leading heterodox marketing scholarship and innovative applied behavioral work, with much to offer both constituencies. This volume shows how consumer behavior...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Routledge
17. Understanding Cognitive Development

    Approaches from Mind and Brain

    Edited by Barbara Landau

    Series: Special Issues of Cognitive Neuropsychology

    The papers in this volume examine the state of the art in key areas of developmental cognitive neuroscience, focusing on theoretically driven research on cognition and its development. The past decade has seen an increasing number of empirical papers on the relationship between brain and cognitive...

    Published March 27th 2013 by Psychology Press
18. Love and Loss in Life and in Treatment

    By Linda B. Sherby

    Series: Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series

    Have you ever wondered what a therapist really thinks? Have you ever wondered if a therapist truly cares about her patients? Have you tried to imagine the unimaginable, the loss of the person most dear to you? Is it true that `tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all? `...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
19. Diseases and Disorders in Contemporary Fiction

    The Syndrome Syndrome

    Edited by James Peacock, Tim Lustig

    Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature

    The essays in this collection address the current preoccupation with neurological conditions and disorders in contemporary literature by British and American writers. The book places these fictional treatments within a broader cultural and historical context, exploring such topics as the two...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge
20. The Case of Miss R. (Psychology Revivals)

    The Interpretation of a Life Story

    By Alfred Adler

    Series: Psychology Revivals

    Originally published in 1929 the individual psychological interpretation of this autobiography was first presented by Alfred Adler to a group of psychiatrists and pedagogues in Vienna. The story of the development of a neurosis is told in this book. A young girl relates the fascinating story of her...

    Published March 26th 2013 by Routledge