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  • A History of “Relevance” in Psychology

    by Wahbie Long ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    This book represents the first attempt to historicise and theorise appeals for ‘relevance’ in psychology. It argues that the persistence of questions about the ‘relevance’ of psychology derives from the discipline’s terminal inability to define its subject matter, its reliance on a socially disinterested science to underwrite its knowledge claims, and its consequent failure to address itself to ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Introducing Psychology

    A Graphic Guide

    by Nigel Benson ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    What is psychology? When did it begin? Where did it come from? How does psychology compare with related subjects such as psychiatry and psychotherapy? To what extent is it scientific?Introducing Psychology answers all these questions and more, explaining what the subject has been in the past and what it is now. The main "schools" of thought and the sections within psychology are described, ... Read more

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  • The Crowd

    by Gustave Le Bon ...
    Published in 1895, it anticipated the instrumental use of crowds and the era of great dictatorships with extraordinary foresight. It influenced Freud, Theodore Roosevelt, Mussolini and De Gaulle. It paved the way for the emergence of a new discipline, social psychology, becoming a fundamental text in the sociology of communication. Crowds are a destructive force, lacking an overall vision, ... Read more

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  • Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (Annotated)

    by Sigmund Freud ...
    Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud was born to Galician Jewish parents in the Moravian town of Freiberg, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1881 at the University of Vienna. Upon completing his habilitation in ... Read more

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  • Freud, the Reluctant Philosopher

    by Alfred I. Tauber ...
    Freud began university intending to study both medicine and philosophy. But he was ambivalent about philosophy, regarding it as metaphysical, too limited to the conscious mind, and ignorant of empirical knowledge. Yet his private correspondence and his writings on culture and history reveal that he never forsook his original philosophical ambitions. Indeed, while Freud remained firmly committed to ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Psychology's Grand Theorists

    How Personal Experiences Shaped Professional Ideas

    by Amy P. Demorest ...
    Psychology's Grand Theorists argues that the three schools in psychology that have been dominant historically--the psychodynamic, behavioral, and phenomenological--have resulted in large part from the personal experiences of their originators. Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner, and Carl Rogers each believed that he had discovered the truth about human nature, yet their truths are entirely different. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Person in Narrative Therapy

    A Post-structural, Foucauldian Account

    by M. Guilfoyle ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that narrative practice does not have a coherent formulation of personhood in the way one finds in other fields, such as psychoanalysis and cognitive-behavioural therapy. It examines the post-structural principles that underpin narrative practice, which make available powerful conceptual tools for theorizing the person. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Psychology of the Movements of Handwriting

    by J. Crepieux-Jamin ...
    Series series Psychology Revivals
    Originally published in 1926, this title is a summary in English of the works of the great French graphologist Jules Crépieux-Jamin. He was recognised at the time in France as the first authority on the subject of graphology, but was less well-known in England and America. This title brought his work to the English speaking world and he went on to be known as one of the most important exponents of ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Why We Do the Things We Do

    Psychology in a Nutshell

    by Joel Levy ...
    Can you really tell a criminal by the bumps on his head? What does a memory look like? Can a machine think? Why are some people shy? Is it better not to feel so much?These are some of the many questions that have troubled the minds of some of the greatest thinkers in human civilization and are discussed in this comprehensive yet accessible introduction to psychology.The complex workings of the ... Read more

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  • Critical Discursive Psychology

    by I. Parker ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book introduces key issues and historical contexts in critical discursive research in psychology. It sets out methodological steps for critical readings of texts, arguments that can be made for qualitative research in academic settings, and arguments that could be made against it by critical psychologists. ... Read more

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  • Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology

    Edited by Gregory A. Kimble, Michael Wertheimer, Charlotte White ...
    Series series Portraits of Pioneers in Psychology Series
    This book presents a series of informal biographies about major figures in the history of psychology. A unique combination of expertise and human appeal, the volume places the contributions of each pioneer in a new and fascinating perspective. For instance, several of the authors use the novel approach of having the pioneers return to the present day to reflect back on their work as it relates to ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Freud, V. 2

    Appraisals and Reappraisals

    Edited by Paul E. Stepansky ...
    Volume 2 of the Freud: Appraisals and Reappraisals series bears out the promise of the acclaimed premier volume, a volume whose essays "breathe new life into the study of Freud," embodying research that "appears to be impeccable in every case" (International Review of Psychoanalysis).It begins with Peter Homan's detailed reeexamination of the period 1906-1914 in Freud's life. Looking to Freud's ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD