Social, group or collective psychology Books

Reclaim Your Identity & Conquer the Mountain of Family Labels With This Empowering GuideBeing cast as the family scapegoat is a burdensome journey filled with misunderstandings, misplaced blame, and a distorted self-image. The questions linger: "Why...

Do You Have the Life You Want?Each person is entitled to have "the good life." Most don't experience this because of getting caught up in reacting, continually recycling old patterns that keep you stuck and emotionally frozen. By practicing the simple...

Perfect for students, anyone interested in psychology and psychology for beginners.What is psychology?What areas of human behaviour does psychology cover?What approaches are there to human behaviour?If the answer is yes to any of those questions and...

¿Estás cansado de que te mientan y te engañen?¿Sientes que te están manipulado en tu casa o en tu trabajo?¿Quieres persuadir a los demás para que hagan lo que tú quieras?Si respondiste que si a una de estas preguntas, sigue leyendo... Existe una...

This innovative text sheds light on how people work -- why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. The author presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive...

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic Monograph category) 2013! Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in children's social understanding between toddlerhood and the early school years...

Smart Mastermind is a captivating instructional guide on how to navigate ways of working in this technological age. While smart and remote working are not new concepts, they are now defining the very way we think about working or approaching more complex...

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is a philosophical work first published in 1755. In his Discourse, Rousseau exposes his conception of a human state of nature, broadly believed to be a hypothetical thought exercise, and of human perfectibility, an...

Making new friends doesn't have to be a chore. Learn how to do it quickly, efficiently, and effectively.Networking events? Big group dinners? Karaoke parties? Please, no.Get past boring small talk and deeply connect with others.Make Friends Easily - it's...

Develop your own personal gravity with concrete skills to stand out, be noticed, and captivate people.If you (1) walk into a room and feel invisible, or (2) want to ensure you make a powerful personal impact - NEWSFLASH: you need better advice...

Learn to ask the intelligent questions, draw insight, and analyze situations.Independent thinking is critical thinking. And critical thinking is the key to a life examined.Better decision-making, smarter reasoning, and greater mental clarity.The...

Pflegen Sie tiefe Beziehungen, wo immer Sie sind. Verhindern Sie jegliche Konflikte, Missverständnisse und Einsamkeit.In einer gesunden Beziehung ist es wichtig, dass unsere Gefühle gehört, verstanden und bestätigt werden. Leider ist dies eher die...

How to read between the lines and eliminate conflict while improving every single relationship. Communication is not just chit-chat, and it is not just the words coming out of people's mouths. It's like an onion with layers and layers of nuance, and the...

The present volume deals with the experience of ambivalence in family relations - a well-known phenomenon that has inspired more and more research and theorizing in the last years but that is however sometimes difficult to capture.Bringing together...

Interpersonal Acceptance and Rejection: Social, Emotional, and Educational Contexts draws on research to offer a global perspective on issues of fundamental importance to family functioning, childhood development, and adult intimate relationships, as...

Bridging the first forays into human psychology with our modern perception of the discipline, Alexander Bain's writings are profoundly importantly texts in appreciating how we've come to understand the vast complexity of the human mind. First published...

Todays leader is being challenged more than ever. Do it because I said so is not effective, and the importance of treating employees as our customers is key to success.Effective leaders need to encourage their workers to share their thinking, even to be...

Thoughts are very real things. They can be compared to the elements that create the weather we experience. From clear and sunny to overcast and dreary, your thought-machine mind creates your reality.Whether or not you are consciously aware of it, you...

A fresh and rigorous interpretation of William James's ethical theory, showing how experimenting with life's opportunities can transform one's self and life.

From the Preface to the Revised Edition: Since its publication in 2007, Transcendental Phenomenological Psychology has been sold on every continent (except Antarctica), and is in the collections of research libraries in North America, Europe, and Asia...

Psychiatrist by profession, Walter Prytulak views the world's social upheavals (global poverty, religious extremisms, and preemptive wars) in the light of mental disorders in psychiatry. He takes the proverbial statement of a "healthy mind in a healthy...

Your first thought will be "This is my life!" From her birth on, you will walk along with the writer and laugh, cry and live out her life with her. You will find yourself surviving fire, flood, abuse, divorce, and more. Through each experience, this...

This fascinating volume contains a comprehensive treatise on human emotion, with chapters on love, submission, dominance, consciousness, and more. Written in simple, accessible language and full of interesting explorations of theorems and original...

This vintage book contains Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt's 1916 work, Elements of Folk Psychology - Outline of a Psychological History of the Development of Mankind". Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (1832-1920) was a German physiologist, physician, philosopher, and...

This book is a satire about living in Hawaii. It covers topics ranging from growing up in Hawaii, our insecurities, relationships, racism, inter-racial relations, homophobia, and politics in a humorous manner.

This book covers the works and life of Harry Stack Sullivan (1892-1949), who has been described as 'the most original figure in American psychiatry'.

Written in 1905, this book by Charles Platt explores the relationship between material conditions and social behavior. Drawing on the works of philosophers and psychologists of his time, Platt argues that social phenomena are ultimately shaped by...

This classic work of social psychology explores the phenomenon of mass hysteria and irrational behavior in history. Written by Charles Mackay in the 19th century, this book examines cases of delusions, panics, and crazes throughout history, such as the...

Dans ce livre, L'auteur Gustave le Bon explore les effets mentaux et psychologiques de la guerre sur les populations. Il examine comment la guerre transforme la mentalité des gens et influence leur comportement et leur attitude. L'auteur utilise des...

Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, and anthropology, Harold Neil Blackwell explores the dynamics of empathy and communication within sociometric groups.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the...

Donald Anderson Laird delves into the psychological roots of human misanthropy in this insightful book. He explores the evolutionary and cultural factors that may contribute to our dislike of other people, and offers strategies for overcoming these...

Have you ever wondered why other people are not just like you?Why they don’t understand where you’re coming from (even though you have been so very clear about things)? Why we can’t all just get along?Relationships of all...

The Art of Speaking and StorytellingDo you have something to say but you are not sure how to say it?Are you looking for a way to create a memorable experience for your audience?Do you need the secret to creating and sharing stories that move people?Then...

This volume examines the analysis that was designed to map the development of the television family and assess its current state and, at the same time, to provide insight into the tangled relationships between fictional and real family life. In order to...

The reasons why people do not always act in accord with their attitudes has been the focus of much social psychological research, as have the factors that account for why people change their attitudes and are persuaded by such influences as the media...

Combinando la ciencia y la historia con sus propias experiencias, Rose trae a la vida la historia sin narrar de cómo llegamos a aceptar la idea científicamente equivocada de que se pueden usar los promedios para entender a las personas, y ofrece una...

12 Deliciously naughty stories and overviews that will change your perspective of life. Reads like fiction, but its self help.Sometimes it takes looking at others to begin seeing yourself.Hate having drama in your life but can't seem to turn away from...

It should come as no surprise that the biggest day-to-day challenges seasoned executives invariably face involve interpersonal relationships. Why? Because regardless of how sophisticated our technologies and systems become, complex goals and tasks are...

Ever wonder why a beautiful, intelligent young woman is still single? Or why some women always pick the wrong men? Or thought of why some women find the man of their dreams at an early age, and other smart and sexy women are still single? Have you ever...

"What good fortune to have all of Kaye's thoughtful, insightful and provocative articles in one volume! No one describes the conflictual patterns in family enterprise better and no one better addresses how family advisors can intervene to build trust...

¿Amas a alguien con trastorno límite de la personalidad y estás luchando por mantener una relación saludable? Este libro está diseñado para ayudarte a nutrir y proteger tu relación a través de...

During the past 30 years, there have been a steadily increasing number of scientific and popular publications dealing with lying and deception. Questions about the extent to which public officials are deceptive are standard fare in current magazines and...

Paraphrasing Descartes, we may say that one method is to take the reader into your conf idence by explaining to him how you arrived at your discovery; the other is to bully him into accepting a conclusion by parading a series...