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How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character


Paul Tough



Q&A with Paul Tough *Starred...
Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to Overcome Pessimism and Achieve a More Positive Outlook

Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to Overcome Pessimism and Achieve a More Positive Outlook


Elaine Fox



Michael J. Fox“Every day I send my kids out the door to school with this admonition, ‘yo...
Paradigms, Thought and Language

Paradigms, Thought and Language


Ivana Marková



Paradigms, Thought and Language...
Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences

Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences


Robert R. Pagano



"Yes, I have used Pagano's text in its different editions for many years primarily because the writi...
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative

Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative


Ken Robinson



'...inspiring, witty and engaging book.' (Tes.co.uk, April 2011). '...straightforward, amusing and u...
Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior

Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior


Carl Hart, Charles Ksir, Oakley Ray



Dr. Carl Hart is an Associate Professor in both the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Colu...
Handbook of Organization Studies

Handbook of Organization Studies


Cynthia Hardy, Stewart R. Clegg, Walter R. Nord



`The Handbook of Organization Studies is a timely and much needed addition to the field of study. Th...
The Private Life of the Brain

The Private Life of the Brain


Susan Greenfield



What's going on in there? One of the great scientific and philosophical mysteries is how a few poun...
Auditory Cognition and Human Performance: Research and Applications

Auditory Cognition and Human Performance: Research and Applications


Carryl L. Baldwin



The book examines the relationship between auditory cognition and human performance, highlighting the nature of situations in whic...
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief

Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief


Jordan B. Peterson



"...a brilliant enlargement of our understanding of human motivation...a beautiful work." -- Sheldo...
Happiness: The Science behind Your Smile

Happiness: The Science behind Your Smile


Daniel Nettle



What is happiness—is it an unpredictable emotion like joy? A rational construct like personal ...
Behavioral and Social Science: 50 Years of Discovery

Behavioral and Social Science: 50 Years of Discovery




In 1933, President Herbert Hoover commissioned the "Ogburn Report," a comprehensive study of social ...
Reflective Equilibrium: Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)

Reflective Equilibrium: Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)


Theo Van Willigenburg, Wibren Van Der Burg



Reflective Equilibrium: Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger (Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy)...
Brain, Vision, Memory: Tales in the History of Neuroscience

Brain, Vision, Memory: Tales in the History of Neuroscience


Charles G. Gross



Mortimer Mishkin , Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental ...
Assessment of Childhood Disorders, 4th Edition

Assessment of Childhood Disorders, 4th Edition


Eric J. Mash, Russell A. Barkley Abpp Abcn



"In the truly remarkable introductory chapter, the book describes a uniquely comprehensive and well-...
My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies

My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies


Nancy Friday



This book caused quite a ruckus when it was released 25 years ago because it directly quotes the sex...
Addiction (Psychological Disorders)

Addiction (Psychological Disorders)


Vatsal Thakkar



Addiction (Psychological Disorders)...
Memory and Brain Dynamics: Oscillations Integrating Attention, Perception, Learning, and Memory

Memory and Brain Dynamics: Oscillations Integrating Attention, Perception, Learning, and Memory


Erol Basar



Memory itself is inseparable from all other brain functions and involves distributed dynamic neural processes. A wealth of publica...
Metacognition in Young Children

Metacognition in Young Children


Shirley Larkin



University of Exeter, UK ...
Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Macsci)

Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Macsci)


Jonathan Balcombe



Who knew that chickens and humans find the same faces beautiful? Or that fish choose reliable partne...
Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization

Comparative Vertebrate Lateralization


Lesley J. Rogers, Richard Andrew



"This excellent book celebrates Richard J. Andrew's important contributions to the study of laterali...
Handbook of Competence and Motivation

Handbook of Competence and Motivation


Andrew J. Elliot, Carol S. Dweck



"This magnificent review and analysis of every aspect of achievement motivation brings together the ...
Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach

Explaining Culture: A Naturalistic Approach


Dan Sperber



"Dan Sperber is to be thanked for continuing to contribute to dialogue between the cognitive and soc...
How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom

How to Assess Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Your Classroom


Susan M. Brookhart



Educators know it's important to get students to engage in "higher-order thinking." But what does higher-order thinking actually l...