The executive director of the Design Program at Stanford and the co-founder of Electronic Arts outline strategies for enabling a thriving life by incorporating "design thinking" habits that promote fulfillment and meaning by emulating the examples of the engineers of today's most popular technologies.

Introductory psychology with an evolutionary perspective.

Peter Gray’s evolutionary perspective and emphasis on critical thinking have made his comprehensive yet accessible introduction to psychology a widely respected classroom favourite. The eighth edition continues this tradition with co-author David Bjorklund who engages and stimulates students to investigate the big ideas in psychological science.

The most widely used text in its course area, James W. Kalat's BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY has appealed to thousands of students before you. Why? Kalat's main goal is to make Biological Psychology understandable to Psychology students, not just to Biology majors and pre meds--and he delivers.

Another goal is to convey the excitement of the search for biological explanations of behavior. Kalat believes that Biological Psychology is "the most interesting topic in the world," and this text convinces m...

- Benadert psychologische theorieën vanuit de beroepspraktijk van de sociaal werker;

- helpt studenten bij het herkennen en toepassen van theorieën in praktijksituaties;

- bevat uitgebreide introducerende casussen en afsluitende verwerkingsopdrachten.

Praktische psychologie voor sociaal werk is een uniek psychologieboek, omdat het de beroepsopdracht en kerntaken van sociaal werk als uitgangspunt neemt. Van daaruit wordt steeds de vraag gesteld: welke psychologische kennis heeft de sociaal w...

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is een succesvolle behandeling voor de verwerking van emotioneel belastende herinneringen aan traumatiserende of stresserende ervaringen. Dit is het eerste Nederlandstalige boek dat zich exclusief richt op de behandeling van kinderen en jongeren met EMDR. Dit volledig vernieuwde handboek beschrijft de toepassing van EMDR bij kinderen en jongeren. Ook is er aandacht voor de toepassing bij specifieke psychopathologie, specifieke doelgroepen e...

Over a century ago, psychologists who were fascinated with religion began to study and write about it. People with a background in psychology often lack a solid understanding of the religious traditions they wish to study, and theologians may not be up to date on the latest developments in psychology.

Real-world examples, fascinating applications, and clear explanations, help students to understand the basics of learning and memory research.

With real-world examples, fascinating applications, and clear explanations, this breakthrough text helps uninitiated students understand the basic ideas and human impact of groundbreaking learning and memory research. The text features a unified approach to behavioral studies and the biological mechanisms common to all species with integrated coverage ...

Now in a fully rewritten fourth edition, this is the authoritative presentation of motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating change. It has been updated and streamlined to be even more user-friendly as a practitioner guide and course text. MI originators William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick elucidate the four tasks of MI--engaging, focusing, evoking, and planning--and vividly demonstrate what they look like in action. A wealth of vignettes and interview examples ...

Psychological Management of Individual Performance is a unique combination of contributions from an academic and a practitioner for each topic. Leading international authors come together in this integrative and comprehensive handbook, to combine academic research findings and to provide detailed practice-relevant information, on subjects such as performance concepts, work design, cognitive ability and personality as predictors of performance, performance appraisal and potential analysis, goa...