Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions

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Science, Mind, and Creativity: The Bari Symposium

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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A scientist is always led by intellectual curiosity; obviously he has collected information about the subjects of the field of interest in a systematic way (this attitude was moved by a peculiar interest that lets him investigate on all aspects of the problem, also dwelling upon aspects apparently marginal or non-traditional (this habit was not…
Firearms and Suicide: Is Prevention Possible?

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Editor’s Picks, Psychology
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There are many issues in the role of firearms and personal violence (suicide and homicide). Do strict gun control laws have a preventive impact on the use of firearms for personal violence? Does the prevalence of firearm ownership impact the use of firearms for personal violence? Do people perceive the different methods for suicide differently?…
Between Success and Failure: Assessment of Aspirations and Risk (CD Included)

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In this book, Roland Paulauskas presents the analysis of motivational and behavioral economic theories of the level of aspirations and risk taking behavior. The author proposes a dynamic/multiple reference point decision making model that distinguishes three qualitative phases of the choosing process in the level of aspirations situations. Contrary to some of the behavioral economic…
Deception and Deceptive Communication: Motivations, Recognition Techniques and Behavioral Control

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Communication Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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We live in an era when individuals, organizations and even communities constantly lie and deceive others; in turn, these groups of people are lied to and deceived. Because of the pervasiveness of lying and deceptive behavior, individuals and groups frequently complain of being routinely cheated or duped. “Leaked documents detailing deception tactics, WikiLeaks and revelations…
Psychology of Loneliness: New Research

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In this compilation, the authors begin by discussing veterans’ loneliness post-war, delineating this experience’s developmental course and the underlying relational deficits at its infrastructure throughout that course. The authors also compare the characteristics of this loneliness to those of other types of loneliness, highlighting the necessity of understanding the veteran’s experience as a specific form…
Anger and Anxiety: Predictors, Coping Strategies, and Health Effects

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, General Psychology
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This book intends to increase general knowledge about two of the most studied and prevalent emotions in everyday life: anger and anxiety. Despite being a major aim of many research studies and theoretical perspectives, there are still many controversies and issues that remain unsolved. Therefore, this book includes a collection of chapters that provide a…
Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Children through Games and Play: Making Social Emotional Learning Fun

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Social Psychology
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This ground-breaking textbook focuses on the use of play techniques and games to facilitate the positive behavioral, social, and emotional development of children with and without special needs. The chapters in this book center on the use of games and play to facilitate emotional expression, develop friendships and encourage appropriate behaviors in community contexts, such…
Studies in the Evolutionary Psychology of Feeling

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Social Sciences
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This work, originally published in 1895, does not profess to be a treatise on the subject of feeling, but merely a series of studies, and rather tentative ones at that. It was the author’s intent to deduce from the standpoint of biologic evolution the origin and development of feeling, and then to consider how far…
Temperaments: Individual Differences, Social and Environmental Influences and Impact on Quality of Life

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Sociology
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In 1987, Cloninger proposed a bio-social model of personality based on four temperamental dimensions exhibited early in life and related to specific neurotransmission systems, such as dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine. The temperamental dimensions include: search of novelty (NS), harm avoidance (HA), reward dependence (RD) and persistence (P). Three other character dimensions, founded on an information…
Understanding Impulsive Behavior: Assessment, Influences and Gender Differences

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Personality and Individual Differences
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In this compilation, the authors begin by describing the main impulsive behavior assessment instruments in animals and humans. The following databases were searched from 2005 to 2017: MEDLINE, PsycINFO and BVS/Bireme. The search retrieved four questionnaires and eight tasks for humans, as well as six tasks for animals. This discussion, together with the analysis of…
The New Science of Curiosity

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Educational Psychology
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Curiosity is the foundation of childhood development and continues on into adulthood; it is the cornerstone of scientific discovery, art and play. In the past, the study of curiosity has been mainly restricted to the field of psychology. Recently, a new science of curiosity has emerged that is multidisciplinary, applicative, and transformative. In this book,…
The Psychology of Rivalry

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, General Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The Psychology of Rivalry is an edited volume made up of chapters by leading researchers and theorists in the fields of psychology, human development, family studies, evolutionary psychology, behavioral neuroscience and genetics. It is written for all levels of students and scientists within these and related fields who are interested in exploring relationships beyond those…

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions

Firearms and Suicide: Is Prevention Possible?

Anger and Anxiety: Predictors, Coping Strategies, and Health Effects

Temperaments: Individual Differences, Social and Environmental Influences and Impact on Quality of Life

Understanding Impulsive Behavior: Assessment, Influences and Gender Differences

The New Science of Curiosity

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