Resultados de búsqueda: Psychology/Psychiatry from 100 POCKETS

New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1992. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Text/Marginalia & folded corner to pg 103, else Bright, Clean, AS NEW. Psychology of learning. Bibliography of books and essays from scholarly journals, popular magazines, personal journals, tapes & films pertaining to accomplishments in late mid-life and the later years. Reference and resource to admirable, continuing accomplishments. 149 pgs.

Nijkerk: Callenbach, 1966. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text,New & Bright, w/light bends to upper corners. Dutch language text. 1966 Printing. Brown softcover/NF w/trace edge wear & soil spot to back; light bends to corner tips. PO name to fEP. Title often translated as "Things: Four Metabletische Musings". Psychiatrist, psychologist & cultural critic Jan Hendrik van den Berg (1914 - 2012 ) was known for his 'theory of change' (Metabletica) applied to the study of history.

New York, NY: Macmillan, 1968. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Brown linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Anthology of original articles in applied psycholinguistics. 8 chapters in 4 parts: Part I, Introduction; II, Normal Language Processes; III, Language Pathology; and IV, Overview. Fine copy less dust jacket.

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1988. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/faint creasings & small closed tear to upper edges. Treatese on memory. Exercises to improve/regain/maintain includes general improvement methods as well as special solutions to specific problems such remembering names & faces, numbers & lists, and absentmindedness. Included memory tests allow assessment of strengths & weaknesses. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Hyperion Press, 1998. First Edition, 5th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW. LAID-IN: Author's obituary, San Francisco Chronicle. In the Introduction, the author quotes William James, "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude." Towards this end, stress consultant Richard Carson (1961 - 2006) offers the two rules of harmony stated in the title: #1) Don't sweat the small stuff, and #2) It's all small stuff. With gentle persuasion, mutiple commonsense ideas, examples, and suggestions, Carlson guides the reader, firmly but surely, towards becoming a more peaceful and loving person. Among the 100 essays are : Allow Yourself to be Bored; Imagine the People in Your Life as Tiny Infants and as One-Hundred-Year-Old Adults; Praise and Blame Are All the Same; Just for Fun, Agree with Criticism Directed Toward You (Then Watch It Go Away); Mind Your Own Business; and, Choose Being Kind over… Leer más

New York, NY: Macmillan, 1973. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/As New. Dark blue linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Psychoanalytic studies of dream telepathy. Extensive historical survey of dream studies followed by detailed account of experimental methods developed by the authors at the Dream Laboratory of the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Text, w/photos, in 3 parts: Part I, Spontaneous Telepathic Dreaming; II, Experimental Studies; and, III, Theoretical Implications. Appendices are: A, What the Experts Say; B, Erwin's Noctural Tour of the French Quarter; and, C, Maimonides ESP Dream Studies. Text augmented w/photos.

New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel, 1980. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW. Orange linen boards/Fine. DJ/VG w/nips, chips, closed tears to edges, and small loss to lower back corner. In this volume, authors of the New York Longitudinal Study of the 1960s stress the dynamic nature of psychological development, and the variables of heredity and environment, biology and culture, continuity and change, emotion and thought. Clinical studies, therefore, need to be alert to advances in 1) biological sciences of genetics, biochemistry, neurophysiology and ethology (animal behavior); and, 2) child development research in the social sciences to be viable. Fine copy.

New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, 2000. First Edition, 7th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/Fine w/a whisper of wear to upper back corner. For those with emotional bonds with their pets, wonder not if animals have psychic abilities we have long lost? English author Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (1942 - ), trained biologist and researcher in parapsychology explores animal behaviors that defy present-day scientific explaination. 352 pgs, 16 chapters in 7 parts. Part I, Human-Animal Bonds; II, Animals That Know When Their People Are Coming Home; III, Animal Empathy; IV, Intentions, Calls, & Telepathy; V, The Sense of Direction; VI, Animal Premonitions: and VII, Conclusions, followed by 3 appendices.

Garden City, NY: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1957. First Anchor Books Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; sound w/light surface wear, faint creasing to upper front corner, and trace humidity staining to lower front edge. Behavioral sciences. Lucid, basic introduction to psychoanalysis for students and laymen, tracing the vicissitudes of Freud's thinking and influences. Text in 8 very readable chapters.

Boston, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2007. Serial No 288, Volume 72, No 3 . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/a whisper of corner tip wear to softcover. 160-page monograph. Explorations in learning abilities and disabilities in education and child development in early schools influenced by the children's genetic and environmental origins. Studies report results for English (including reading, writing, and speaking), mathematics, and science as well as general cognitive ability in a large and representative sample of U.K. twins studied at 7, 9, and 10 years of age. 7 chapters: I, Introduction; II, Methods; III, Nature & Nurture; IV, The Abnormal is Normal; V, Genetic Stability, Environmental Change; VI, Generalist Genes, Specialist Environments; and VII, Conclusions & Implications, followed by apendices. Commentary: 1, Beyond Nature=Nurture (Richard A. Weinberg); and 2, Dynamic Development & Dynamic Education (Jennifer M. Thomson & Kurt W. Fisher).

New York, NY: Random House, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Beige linen boards/NF. DJ/None. Numeral "H" stamped to fEP. An intelligent review of the basic tenets of the complex subject of guidance, or, counseling/therapy. 8 chapters: 1, What is Guidance; 2, The Who of Guidance; 3, Aims of Guidance; 4, How Guidance is Given; 5, Theoretical Bases; 6, Scheduling & Facilities; 7, How Is It Organized & Administered?; and, 8, Future Prospects & Problems.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. Third Printing . Brown Boards. Fine/Good. 10 1/4" Tall. The editors have taken an eclectic orientation to the theory and practice of geriatric psychiatry. This book brings together a number of contributors who are considered to be highly respected physicians. They are primarily psychiatrists, biomedical and behavioral scientists. The contributors were selected because the editors believe that, in addition to their special area of clinical and scientific competence, they are particularly aware of the skills and knowledge that are needed by many health professionals charged with the care of the elderly." The major parts are: The Biological and Psychological Basis of Gerriatric (!) Psychiatry; The Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders of Late Life; and Future Directions. Three parts, 24 papers, 542 pages, with tables, figures, half-tones, and Index; plus Contributors, Preface, and Contents; References at the end of each paper. DJ has 2 small… Leer más

New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Collectible - Fine/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW. Beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/None. Author signed. Collection of stories told from a child's perspective. Designed to facilitate adult understanding of children,

San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco/HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Cathleen Rountree (Author-Photographer). BRAND NEW COPY w/closed tear to upper back corner of dustjacket. A dialogue on marriage --- why some endure and others do not. A distillation of intimate, revealing interviews with 16 couples who share their secrets for long-term committments.

New York, NY: Continuum Publishing, 1990. New Expanded Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Blue softcover/NF w/light edge & surface wear from faulty shelving. Light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction) to text blocks. Psychologist and university professor Reuben Fine (1914 - 1993) was also an American Chess Grandmaster of international acclaim. Here, in his capacity as a scholar, is a synthetic view of the historical development of psychoanalyis from Freud onwards --- pointedly avoiding entrappment in partisan preoccupation with differing "schools". First published 1979; this is the Expanded Edition of 1990. 772 pgs in 21 chapters.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition, 3rd Printing of 1992 . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Jill Krementz (Author-Photographer). BRAND NEW COPY. Reference & resource. Reflections, pleasure and mis-givings of 19 boys and girls, from age 8 - 16 from every social background, confide their feelings about being adopted --- that unique status of being taken into a family as a child of one's own but less biological connections. Deeply sensitive book. Interviewed children had complete support to speak their minds from their adoptive parents, and not the least, both adoptive parents and the adopted children, reviewed the finished chapters before publication. Self-portraits at a certain moment in time, painted with hues of the moment, excellent reference and resource for families in same situations absent Jill Krementz's empathy, adoptive parents bent on striving to be otherwise, and most important, young adoptees less open and verbal --- if nothing else, an opening of channels of… Leer más

New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Bi-color boards/NF w/trace push to lower edge. DJ/VG w/closed tears to edges, and creasings to inner flaps. PO label to fEP. Analyis of the institution of marriage in our changing society. Writen with women in mind, work draws on interviews with happily married women and still single men. An inquiry into how of women with fulfilling careers can manage to marry a man as a partner, rather than a patriarch. 191 pgs in 33 chapters, 5 parts: I, Being Ready; II, Finding Him; III, Getting to Know Him; IV, Loving Eachother; and V, Marrying Him.

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1983. First Edition, 4th Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW copy. Excellent primer on how to put your best foot forward on job interviews. On scrutiny, the book is composed of much common sense. Herein lies its value. Often, after application forms, resumes, and direct recommendations have opened the doors to possible jobs, just as one faces the final hurdle of the interview, sensibilities evaporate. This book help keep one grounded and make one as attractive, if not more, than the resume that opened the first door.

New York, NY: Alfred a Knopf, 1994. First Edition, 7th Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, 7th Printing of March, 1994. Text/BRAND NEW. Embossed black boards w/gilt spine lettering. DJ/NF w/short closed tear to lower back edge and trace lifting of laminate. To be a living being in this world of ours is to know mortality. Yet death remains an elusive and abstract concept for most. Physician Dr. Nuland offers portraits of the dying experience he has not only witnessed, but was a participant to varying degrees. A sobering and intensly human topic that helps us better understand ourselves. To know how and why we die, is also to reflect on how and why we live.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973. First Printing . Orange Boards. Very Good/Good. 9 3/16" Tall. The subject headings of this book are: The Research Tradition; Humanistic Psychology; Psychology and Moral Development; Psychology of Art; Hypnosis; Attitudes, Opinions, and Motives: Recent Social Psychology; Extrasensory Percception; Schizophrenia; and Psychotherapy. 213 pages, with Introduction, Conclusion, Notes, and Index; plus ix pages, Preface, Acknowledgments, and Contents. DJ shows fading, and cuts at rear; boards are sound, but have indentations at rear; text is clean and strong.