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Quick ViewThis book analyzes human behaviour from an individual and organizational perspective. Based on cutting-edge research, each chapter is focused on modeling human behaviour in different fields and takes into account uncertain environments by applying innovative quantitative and qualitative approaches. The book deals with the decision-making process of not only individuals behaving as economic agents who…
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Quick ViewTemporal Love: Temporality and Romantic Relationships deals with personal, social and cultural time perceptions and their impact on love and romantic relationships. By focusing on time orientation and its representation in romantic relationships, this book reveals the latent links between temporality and love. Given that the Western conception of time is based on the ability…
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Quick ViewThis book explores the role of culture in explaining suicidal behavior. Explanations based on the genes and physiology of individuals, and theories based on psychological variables have difficulty explaining the suicide rate of societies, as well as the occurrence of suicide in individuals. This book illustrates the strong role of culture in determining the suicide…
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Quick ViewSelf-concept is broadly defined as a person’s perceptions of himself or herself. Self-concept is one of the most extensively researched constructs in educational psychology. This book provides new research, perceptions, cultural influences and gender differences of self-concept. Chapter One discusses a process called fusion which states that various constructs may be perceived to be more…
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Quick ViewEmpathy has been identified as a necessary capability to facilitate effective interpersonal interaction in social settings. As a sophisticated set of skills that are integrated into communication (Arnold, 2005), empathy represents one of the fundamental forms of human expression facilitating the development of social behaviour. This book provides new research on the psychology of empathy.…
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Quick ViewSelf–esteem is very important in modern and contemporary Western psychology. This concept has had a profound influence on personality, social psychology, and cross–cultural studies. Self-esteem is an important construct that underlies and often helps to explain human thoughts, feelings, and behavior. This book discusses the perspectives and influences of self-esteem, and provides a review on…
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Quick ViewPhilanthropy is a general term used to describe actions taken by individuals and organizations to benefit social units and universal causes. In practical terms, philanthropy is a type of social movement for the sake of human needs and generally refers to individual contributions or those of larger organizations aiming to serve the public good. This…
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Quick ViewProsocial behaviour is a form of behaviour that is voluntarily carried out in order to provide benefits for others. In this book, Chapter One includes a theoretical review, highlighting different studies investigating some aspects present in prosocial behavior. Chapter Two analyzes prosocial behavior from a social psychology point of view, examines the theoretical contributions of…
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This is a new book that will address the ways in which the theory andd of empowerment can be established and sustained in a variety of community settings and for a variety of target groups, and that may operate at different levels, from individual to societal. In this book, the authors aim to explore and…
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Quick ViewIn the first Chapter, Günter Faber examines the way in which academic self-perceptions significantly affect the educational performance of learners. Faber presents a study on the relations of students’ self-perceptions with their subjective explanations of grammar success and failure. In the second chapter, María Fernanda Molina, PhD, Vanina Schmidt, PhD, and María Julia Raimundi, PhD…
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Quick ViewIn the first chapter, the authors analyze questionnaire data that revealed how romantic love, gender, family, and religion influence attitudes toward children. Chapter Two focuses on the uses of Tinder, romantic choice decision making in Tinder and the impact of the app in facilitating a different way of dating. Chapter Three investigated the interaction between…
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Quick ViewThe Theory of Planned Behavior: New Research is an edited and scholarly work of nineteen researchers from seven countries of the world, originating from Southeast Asian countries to Pakistan, Australia and Italy. The work is compiled into nine chapters that illustrate the 2016 trends in using TPB. This edited version is a practical guide both…
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Quick ViewSelf-Determination Theory (SDT) is one of the most widely studied perspectives of human motivation. It has garnered the attention of prominent scholars and applied practitioners around the globe from a variety of disciplines such as business, healthcare, education, and sports. This book provides new research in the study of SDT. Chapter One provides a self-determination…
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Quick ViewA 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…
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Quick ViewThere 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?…
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Quick ViewIn 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…
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Quick ViewWe 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…
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Quick ViewIn 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…
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Quick ViewThis 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…
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Quick ViewThis 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…
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Quick ViewThis 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…
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Quick ViewIn 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…
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Quick ViewIn 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…
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Quick ViewCuriosity 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,…
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