Psychologie

Grit, the combination of passion and perseverance, has more of an influence on success than cognitive ability, and parents want nothing more than to raise happy, successful children. Raising Children …

The author explores the question of the nature of emotion by critically examining three theoretical approaches – the somatic or peripheralist, the cerebrocentric, and the cognitive. In finding the so …

Why do we believe in the views of a political party or leader? How can we better understand vaccine hesitancy or denial of climate change science? What drives extremist or conspiracist beliefs? This …

There has been an abundance of research carried out relating to the use of positive psychology, but a focus on staff working in care settings has been lacking. Positive Psychology for Healthcare Prof …

Positive education has grown and evolved, first as a discipline and then a perspective. Since its first wave of development as an application of positive psychology within education, where the focus …

This book provides novel insights and knowledge for both psychology students as well as professionals seeking to integrate technology into their clinical or educational practices. The authors emphasi …

This comprehensive volume aims to further research and theory development in visual marketing. By bringing together leading researchers in the field, it strives to contribute to the establishment of …

As reform in all sectors of education continues, it is becoming increasingly important that we develop a rich understanding of what ‚intelligence‘ is, and how it can be improved. Reflecting current v …

This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical evaluation of research into “flashbulb“ memories. The opening chapters explore the “encoding“ view of flashbulb memory formation and crit …

First published in 1978. In 1963, John Flavell posed one of the truly basic questions underlying the study of children’s thinking; his question was simply “What develops?” This volume holds the paper …