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  1. The Development of Emotional Intelligence

    A Case Study

    By Nadja Reissland

    Series: Concepts in Developmental Psychology

    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...

    Published January 26th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Judging Passions

    Moral Emotions in Persons and Groups

    By Roger Giner-Sorolla

    Series: European Monographs in Social Psychology

    Psychological research shows that our emotions and feelings often guide the moral decisions we make about our own lives and the social groups to which we belong. But should we be concerned that our important moral judgments can be swayed by "hot" passions, such as anger, disgust, guilt, shame and...

    Published January 19th 2012 by Psychology Press

  3. Language, Identity, and Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American Youth

    The Other Asian

    By Angela Reyes

    This book—an ethnographic and discourse analytic study of an after-school video-making project for 1.5- and second-generation Southeast Asian American teenagers—explores the relationships among stereotype, identity, and ethnicity that emerge in this informal educational setting. ...

    Published January 12th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Business Psychology and Organizational Behaviour, 5th edition

    5th Edition

    By Eugene McKenna

    Now in full colour, the fifth edition of this best-selling textbook introduces all of the major theories, research findings, principles and concepts in business psychology and organizational behaviour, whilst emphasising their real-life application using relevant examples. The book, which is...

    Published January 3rd 2012 by Psychology Press

  5. Face Perception

    By Vicki Bruce, Andy Young

    Human faces are unique biological structures that convey a complex variety of important social messages. Even strangers can tell things from our faces – our feelings, our locus of attention, something of what we are saying, our age, sex and ethnic group, whether they find us attractive. In...

    Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press

  6. When Things Go Wrong

    Foreign Policy Decision Making under Adverse Feedback

    Edited by Charles F. Hermann

    Series: Foreign Policy Analysis

    What happens when a government begins a major foreign policy commitment and then later receives new information that it is failing? The question of how to deal with adverse feedback to high-stakes foreign policy speaks to a number of important, current scenarios in international relations. Indeed,...

    Published December 18th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Politics in Organizations

    Theory and Research Considerations

    Edited by Gerald R. Ferris, Darren C. Treadway

    Series: SIOP Organizational Frontiers Series

    This edited volume in the SIOP Frontiers series is one of the first to look at the psychological factors behind politics and power in organizations. Noted contributors from schools of management, psychology, sociology and political science look at the theory, research, methodology and...

    Published December 16th 2011 by Routledge Academic

  8. Climate Management Issues

    Economics, Sociology, and Politics

    By Julie K. Gines

    Despite all the controversy and hype that climate change has generated, there now exists an overwhelming body of scientific evidence that the problem is real and that its effects are already being felt on a global scale. Part of what makes this a volatile and controversial issue is that it is not...

    Published December 13th 2011 by CRC Press

  9. Social Metacognition

    Edited by Pablo Briñol, Kenneth DeMarree

    Series: Frontiers of Social Psychology

    Metacognition refers to thinking about our own thinking. It has assumed a prominent role in social judgment because our thoughts about our thoughts can magnify, attenuate, or even reverse the impact of primary cognition. Metacognitive thoughts can also produce changes in thought, feeling, and...

    Published December 11th 2011 by Psychology Press

  10. Aids

    A Communication Perspective

    Edited by Timothy Edgar, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Vicki S. Freimuth

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Prevention through appropriate behavior is the best weapon available to fight further spread of HIV infection. However, individuals take necessary actions to prevent diseases such as AIDS only when they are properly informed and they feel motivated to respond to the information they possess. In...

    Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge

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