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The Development of Emotional Intelligence

A Case Study

• By Nadja Reissland.

Published January 2012

How do children learn about the expression and meaning of emotions – both happy and sad? This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialised into their family environment from birth to 2…
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Happiness and Well-being

• Edited by Felicia A. Huppert, and P. Alex Linley.

Published March 2011

Questions about the meaning, purpose, and pursuit of happiness and well-being have been addressed by thinkers since ancient times but over the past decade or so there has been a tremendous upsurge of scholarly interest in the subject. This renewed interest has come from a variety of academic…
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Applied Positive Psychology

Improving Everyday Life, Health, Schools, Work, and Society

• Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura.

Published February 2011

Positive Psychology has experienced extraordinary growth over the past decade. Emerging research in this area is suggesting new strategies for improving everyday life, healthcare, education systems, organizations and work life, and societies across the globe. This book will be of interest to all…
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Handbook of Police Psychology

• Edited by Jack Kitaeff.

Published February 2011

The Handbook of Police Psychology represents the contributions of over thirty police psychologists, all experts in their field, on the core subject matters of police psychology. Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement.…
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The New Psychology of Leadership

Identity, Influence and Power

• By S. Alexander Haslam, Stephen D. Reicher and Michael J. Platow.

Published September 2010

Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award 2011! Shortlisted for the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) Management Book of the Year Award 2011–2012! According to John Adair, the most important word in the leader's vocabulary is "we" and the least important word is "I". But…
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The Psychology of Advertising

• By Bob M. Fennis, and Wolfgang Stroebe.

Published May 2010

Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charity (even to causes we have not heard of before), voting for political candidates (even of questionable reputation), and changing our health-related…
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An Introduction to Theories of Personality

7th Edition

• By Robert B. Ewen.

Published October 2009

This 7th Edition helps students unravel the mysteries of human behavior through its highly readable introduction to the ideas of the most significant personality theorists. Engaging biographical sketches begin each chapter, and unique capsule summaries help students review key concepts. …
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Predicting and Changing Behavior

The Reasoned Action Approach

• By Martin Fishbein, and Icek Ajzen.

Published July 2009

This book describes the reasoned action approach, an integrative framework for the prediction and change of human social behavior. It provides an up-to-date review of relevant research, discusses critical issues related to the reasoned action framework, and provides methodological and conceptual…
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Journeys in Social Psychology

Looking Back to Inspire the Future

• Edited by Robert Levine, Aroldo Rodrigues and Lynnette Zelezny.

Published January 2008

This volume consists of personal narrative accounts of the career journeys of some of the world's most eminent social psychologists. Each contributing psychologist is an esteemed scholar, an excellent writer, and has a story to tell. Together, the contributions cover a time…
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Sport Psychology

Performance Enhancement, Performance Inhibition, Individuals, and Teams

• By Nicholas T. Gallucci.

Published December 2007

Sport Psychology is a senior undergraduate textbook that provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance. After the introductory chapters, there are three main sections to the text: Performance Enhancement covers…
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