Название: The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being
Автор: Daniel M. Haybron
Издательство: Oxford University Press, USA
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 369
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

This extremely interesting and in places downright fascinating book is worth every penny you spend to acquire it. Sure, it's a hardback, but get it anyway: you'll probably want to re-read it. Haybron's title mentions unhappiness, but this is not a catalogue of the myriad ways in which we are, or can be, unhappy -- though he thinks we're less happy than we could be. He writes exceptionally well, and he thinks clearly. Indeed it's hard to imagine that this book hasn't been the product of decades of reflection on the weighty matter of human well-being and contentedness, for he seems very wise. He's a philosopher but there are many examples in it, and a number of "practical" asides, and a goodly number of references to, and quotations from, works of literature. Above all, he is someone who has absorbed work done in other disciplines, principally psychology.

Название: Info-Psychology: A Revision of Exo-Psychology
Автор: Timothy Leary
Издательство: Falcon Pr
Год: 1988
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 158
Размер: 13 MB
Язык: English

so fascinated myself, as an aspiring mystic, I created a website around a system of initiation designed to trigger 8th circuit activation. the mind becomes an objective, quantum, indiscriminately loving processing unit, capable of accessing cosmic memories at will, & traveling into the past or future - in the sense of knowing. Not in the sense of Ability to Affect.

the 6th circuit, metaprogramming: merely acknowledging you can program your own emotions, I think, is extremely important. Meditation + objective: indiscriminate love.

my profile contains the link to the website, which definitely recommends reading this book.

although it is a bit more complex than RAWilson's presentation - a tad too intellectual. I think Wilson transcended the establishment because LSD triggered too much love for them to keep him, I don't think he completely killed his ego.

Название: Lincoln Sports and Exercise Science Degree Pack: BIOS Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Psychology
Автор: Dave Shaw, Trish Gorely, Rod Corban
Издательство: Taylor & Francis
Год: 2005
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 455
Размер: 6 MB
Язык: English

Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Psychology provides concise coverage of sport and exercise psychology at the undergraduate level, and also covers the crucial basic psychology that underpins the subject. It has four main themes: theoretical approaches and research methods sport psychology at both the individual and group level of analysis exercise psychology practical applications including performance enhancement and ethics. Suitable for students in sport and exercise science, sport psychology, sport studies and sports management, it will be useful for coaches and athletes who wish to gain an up-to-date understanding of the key concepts, theories and research in this area.

Название: The Developmental Psychology of Music
Автор: David J. Hargreaves
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 1986
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 270
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

I used this book to help me write my senior thesis (rooted in music education). This is a good book for the basics of music and psychology, but is not very advanced. A good starting point.

Название: Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology
Автор: Jon Roeckelein
Издательство: Greenwood Press
Год: 1998
Формат: djvu
Страниц: 580
Размер: 4 MB
Язык: English

Fully cross-referenced and source-referenced, this dictionary contains over 1200 entries consisting of terms concerning laws, theories, hypotheses, doctrines, principles, and effects in early and contemporary psychological literature. Each entry consists of the definition/description of the term with commentary, followed by a number of cross-referenced, related terms, and by chronologically-ordered source references to indicate the evolution of the term. An appendix provides supplementary material on many laws and theories not included in the dictionary itself and will be helpful to students and scholars concerned with specialty areas in psychology.

Название: Investment Euphoria & Money Madness: The Inner Workings of the Psychology of Investing--for Financial Advisors and Their Clients
Автор: Harry Gunn
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2000
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 273
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

This book offers a good although basic introduction to the dynamics of psychology and the way it effects the financial and economic aspects of our lives. Its primary focus is investments and what drives the markets to perform. The information is helpful and interesting, but I found Martin Pring's Investment Psychology Explained to be more comprehensive and informative. However, for a serious psychology driven investor, this book would be a welcome addition.

Название: Handbook of Psychology, Forensic Phsycology
Автор: Donald K. Freedheim, Irving B. Weiner
Издательство: Wiley
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 626
Размер: 3 MB
Язык: English

* Includes established theories and cutting-edge developments. * Presents the work of an international group of experts. * Presents the nature, origin, implications, an future course of major unresolved issues in the area.

Название: Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases
Автор: David P. Houghton
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2008
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 296
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup—beliefs, values, and so on—of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. This text provides a concise, readable, and conceptually-organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. Using this situationism-dispositionism framework—which roughly parallels the concerns of social and cognitive psychology—this book focuses on such key explanatory mechanisms as behaviorism, obedience, personality, groupthink, cognition, affect, emotion, and neuroscience to explore topics ranging from voting behavior and racism to terrorism and international relations. Houghton's clear and engaging examples directly challenge students to place themselves in both real and hypothetical situations which involve intense moral and political dilemmas. This highly readable text will provide students with the conceptual foundation they need to make sense of the rapidly changing and increasingly important field of political psychology.

Название: The matter of the mind: philosophical essays on psychology, neuroscience, and reduction
Автор: Maurice Schouten, Huib Looren de Jong
Издательство: Blackwell Pub
Год: 2007
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 341
Размер: 2 MB
Язык: English

The Matter of the Mind addresses and illuminates the relationship between psychology and neuroscience by focusing on the topic of reduction. Written by leading philosophers in the field Discusses recent theorizing in the mind-brain sciences and reviews and weighs the evidence in favour of reductionism against the backdrop of recent important advances within psychology and the neurosciences Collects the latest work on central topics where neuroscience is now making inroads in traditional psychological terrain, such as adaptive behaviour, reward systems, consciousness, and social cognition.

Название: Visible Thought - The New Psychology of Body Language
Автор: Geoffrey Beattie
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2004
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 217
Размер: 1 MB
Язык: English

In this book Geoffrey Beattie ranges across the history of communication from Cicero to Chomsky to demonstrate that by adding to or even contradicting what we say, gestures literally make our true thoughts visible. A unique blend of popular examples and scientific research presented in language that everybody can understand, Visible Thought is an accessible and groundbreaking text that will appeal to those interested in social psychology and anyone who wants to delve beneath the surface of human interaction.