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It's a common belief that the stories we encounter through mass media--whether in video games, action movies, or political comedy skits on Saturday Night Live--are just entertaining fantasies that have no tangible impact on our everyday lives, attitudes, and choices....
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Oxford University Press
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2009-09-03
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It's a common belief that the stories we encounter through mass media--whether in video games, action movies, or political comedy skits on Saturday Night Live--are just entertaining fantasies that have no tangible impact on our everyday lives, attitudes, and choices....
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Oxford University Press
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2009-09-03
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Published by Blackwell in association with the British Psychological Society, Health Psychology in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the UK professional Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology. An essential text for professional training in health...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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The Blackwell Series in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine
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This book contains eleven chapters describing some of the most recent methodological operations research developments in transportation. It is structured around the main transportation modes, and each chapter is written by a group of well-recognized researchers. Because...
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North Holland
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2006-12-08
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Just as our transport systems become more and more important to our economic and social well-being, so they become more and more crowded and more at risk from congestion, disruption, and collapse. Technology and engineering can provide part of the solution, but the...
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Elsevier Science
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2005-06-09
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Research indicates that people discount their own opinions and experiences in favor of those of "experts" as espoused in the media. The framing of news coverage thus has a profound impact on public opinion, and political decision making as a response to public outcry....
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Academic Press
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2005-05-31
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This volume gives an overview of the trends in Traffic and Transport Psychology. It reflects the considerable development of the most important factors for driving a road vehicle, and the variety of international research approaches.
The first part contains basic...
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Elsevier Science
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2004-09-08
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A Short Introduction to Clinical Psychology gives an accessible overview of the field for psychology students and anyone considering training as a clinical psychologist.
Setting out the theoretical and practical dimensions of clinical psychology, the authors examine...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2004-04-15
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Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior. Environment provides both constraints and opportunities to individuals, such that external conditions may have...
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Academic Press
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1999-04-13
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This textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of environmental psychology.
The authors start with a review of the history of environmental psychology, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature. They trace its roots in...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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1995-06-22
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Industrial/Organizational psychologists are a rather diverse group of people with a common interest in applying psychology to work settings. This is the conclusion reached by George Alliger in the opening chapter of this volume, setting the tone for the rest of the...
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North Holland
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1992-03-13
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This book is a collection of contemporary applications of psychological insights into practical human factors issues. The topics are arranged largely according to an information processing/energetic approach to human behavior. Consideration is also given to...
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North Holland
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1987-10-01
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Is there a `right way' to study coordination? What experimental paradigms are appropriate? Are there laws and principles that the biological system uses to coordinate movement? Do all biological systems - human and otherwise - share these same principles?Is coordination...
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North Holland
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1976-01-01
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The “H” in the H factor stands for “Honesty-Humility,” one of the six basic dimensions of the human personality. People who have high levels of H are sincere and modest; people who have low levels are deceitful and pretentious. It isn’t intuitively obvious that traits...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2013-05-21
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