Zelfregulatie is datgene wat mensen tot mens maakt. Het betreft hun vermogen hun psychisch functioneren - in het bijzonder hun zelf - te kunnen beïnvloeden. Daardoor kunnen zij, samen met anderen, steeds complexere en verder weg liggende doelen bereiken. Zelfregulatie impliceert beïnvloeding van cognitieve, emotionele en motivationele processen en de regulatie van het gedrag.

Zelfregulatie ontwikkelt zich in fasen. Tot ver in de volwassenheid verwerven mensen op dit vlak nieuwe competenties...

Richly illustrated in attractive full-colour and contains pedagogical features such as essay questions, summary and key points, and further reading suggestions is supported by a fully updated companion website, featuring student resources including lecture recordings, multiple choice questions and useful web links, as well as PowerPoint slides for lecturers. The only dedicated textbook on social neuroscience providing a much needed resource for lecturers and students. Suitable for both underg...

Written three years before his death, The Undiscovered Self combines acuity with concision in masterly fashion and is Jung at his very best. Offering clear and crisp insights into some of his major theories, such as the duality of human nature, the unconscious, human instinct and spirituality, Jung warns against the threats of totalitarianism and political and social propaganda to the free-thinking individual. As timely now as when it was first written, Jung's vision is a salutary reminder of...

Personality psychology is a field devoted to the study of all that it means to be human, and with Personality Psychology 8e, Larsen and Buss capture the excitement of the discipline. This text is unique in two significant ways. First, rather than arranging their text around the traditional grand theories of personality, Larsen and Buss instead used a framework of six domains of knowledge about personality functioning: the dispositional domain, the biological domain, the intrapsychic domain, t...

Innovative engagement. Enduring retention. The most effective way to explore psychological science.

Exploring Psychology offers creative ways to help students retain psychology’s key principles, and do better in all their classes, not just psychology. The authors combine market-leading currency, fresh teaching ideas, fascinating applications, effective new study tools and technologies, with a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice. The result is a text which not only supports stud...

Provides an introduction to the field of psychology, from its origins to the present, and shows the contribution of psychology to understanding human behaviour and experience. This book introduces students to the five core conceptual frameworks (or approaches) to psychology: biological; behaviourist; cognitive; psychodynamic; and humanistic.

Kathleen Berger's acclaimed introduction to childhood and adolescence development weaves together classic and cutting-edge research, contemporary topics (especially neuroscience and culture), and relatable real stories and personal experiences.

Contemporary and compelling: connecting developmental psychology to students own lives

Kathleen Berger's signature narrative voice, wide-ranging cultural perspective, and focus on universal themes captivates students from the outset. Including exceptionally fast moving areas such as brain development and psychopathology (incorporating DSM-5 updates) this edition remains relevant. This engaging title helps students to grasp the important theoretical and scientific work driving the field of dev...

Life Span Motor Development, Seventh Edition With HKPropel Access, is a leading text for helping students examine and understand how interactions of the developing and maturing individual, the environment, and the task being performed bring about changes in a person's movements. This model of constraints approach, combined with an unprecedented collection of video clips marking motor development milestones, facilitates an unmatched learning experience for the study of motor development across...

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