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Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems (Personality and Clinical Psychology)

Exner's Comprehensive System has attracted so much attention in recent years that many clinicians and personality researchers are unaware that alternative Rorschach scoring systems exist. This is unfortunate, because some of these systems have tremendous clinical value. Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems provides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points to promising new paths towards the continued growth and refinement of Rorschach interpretation.The editors set the stage with an extended introduction to historical controversies and cutting-edge empirical methods for Rorschach validation. Each chapter presents a different Rorschach scoring system. A brief history is followed by detailed information on scoring and interpretation, a comprehensive summary of evidence bearing on construct validity, and discussion of clinical applications, empirical limitations, and future directions. A user-friendly scoring "manual" for each system offers readers practical guidance.The systems tap a broad array of content areas including ego defenses, thought disorder, mental representations of self and others, implicit motives, personality traits, and potential for psychotherapy.All psychologists seriously engaged in the work of personality assessment will find in this book welcome additions to their professional toolkits.

Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems (Personality and Clinical Psychology)

Exner's Comprehensive System has attracted so much attention in recent years that many clinicians and personality researchers are unaware that alternative Rorschach scoring systems exist. This is unfortunate, because some of these systems have tremendous clinical value. Scoring the Rorschach: Seven Validated Systems provides detailed reviews of the best-validated alternative approaches, and points to promising new paths towards the continued growth and refinement of Rorschach interpretation.The editors set the stage with an extended introduction to historical controversies and cutting-edge empirical methods for Rorschach validation. Each chapter presents a different Rorschach scoring system. A brief history is followed by detailed information on scoring and interpretation, a comprehensive summary of evidence bearing on construct validity, and discussion of clinical applications, empirical limitations, and future directions. A user-friendly scoring "manual" for each system offers readers practical guidance.The systems tap a broad array of content areas including ego defenses, thought disorder, mental representations of self and others, implicit motives, personality traits, and potential for psychotherapy.All psychologists seriously engaged in the work of personality assessment will find in this book welcome additions to their professional toolkits.

The Neuropsychology of Emotion (Series in Affective Science)

This volume represents a comprehensive overview of the neuropsychology of emotion and the neural mechanisms underlying emotional processing. It draws on recent studies utilizing behavioral paradigms with normal subjects, the brain lesion approach, clinical evaluations of patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders, and neuroimaging techniques. The book opens with an introduction summarizing each chapter and pointing to directions for future research. The first section is on history, the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of emotion, and techniques that have been widely used to examine emotional processing- neuropsychological assessment and neuroimaging. Theoretical perspectives on emotion are offered next, including psychological, social-cognitive, neurobiological, and neuropsychological models. A set of chapters on the neural substrates of emotion deals with a spectrum of emotional conditions: elation and mania, sadness and depression, anxiety and stress, anger and impulsivity, and apathy and flat affect. The book concludes with clinical implications, including a description of emotional deficits in neurological and psychiatric disorders (e.g., stroke, head injury, depression, and schizophrenia). Highlighted in this section is an overview of rehabilitative treatments and brain interventions for emotional processing deficits. This authoritative volume will be an important resource and text for neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, speech-language pathologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, rehabilitation specialists, and their students and trainees.

COVID-19 and India’s Northeast: Psychological and Social Imprints

This book explores the experiences of managing the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast India across different areas of life and work. It offers insights into the challenges and adaptability of communities and stakeholders by including the experiences of psychologists, students, administrators, the police and children among others. The book provides an account of the turmoil—psychological, social and economic – which people endured through stories of migration, loss of livelihood, discrimination and abuse while also highlighting the outpouring of collaboration and support which was found in communities across the Northeast. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of psychology, sociology, public health and administration, development studies, law and governance and South Asia studies.

COVID-19 and India’s Northeast: Psychological and Social Imprints

This book explores the experiences of managing the COVID-19 pandemic in Northeast India across different areas of life and work. It offers insights into the challenges and adaptability of communities and stakeholders by including the experiences of psychologists, students, administrators, the police and children among others. The book provides an account of the turmoil—psychological, social and economic – which people endured through stories of migration, loss of livelihood, discrimination and abuse while also highlighting the outpouring of collaboration and support which was found in communities across the Northeast. This volume will be of interest to scholars and researchers of psychology, sociology, public health and administration, development studies, law and governance and South Asia studies.

The New Klein-Lacan Dialogues

This book provides a timely exploration and comparison of key concepts in the theories of Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, two thinkers and clinicians whose influence over the development of psychoanalysis in the wake of Freud has been profound and far-reaching. Whilst the centrality of the unconscious is a strong conviction shared by both Klein and Lacan, there are also many differences between the two schools of thought and the clinical work that is produced in each. The purpose of this collection is to take seriously these similarities and differences. Deeply relevant to both theoretical reflection and clinical work, the New Klein-Lacan Dialogues should make interesting reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, scholars and all those who wish to know more about these two leading figures in the field of psychoanalysis.The collection centres around key concepts such as: 'symbolic function', the 'ego', the 'object', the 'body', 'trauma', 'autism', 'affect' and 'history and archives'.

The New Klein-Lacan Dialogues

This book provides a timely exploration and comparison of key concepts in the theories of Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, two thinkers and clinicians whose influence over the development of psychoanalysis in the wake of Freud has been profound and far-reaching. Whilst the centrality of the unconscious is a strong conviction shared by both Klein and Lacan, there are also many differences between the two schools of thought and the clinical work that is produced in each. The purpose of this collection is to take seriously these similarities and differences. Deeply relevant to both theoretical reflection and clinical work, the New Klein-Lacan Dialogues should make interesting reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, mental health professionals, scholars and all those who wish to know more about these two leading figures in the field of psychoanalysis.The collection centres around key concepts such as: 'symbolic function', the 'ego', the 'object', the 'body', 'trauma', 'autism', 'affect' and 'history and archives'.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders (Memory Studies: Global Constellations)

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work, in which surface a series of phenomena difficult to remember: the pleasure derived from witnessing scenes of violence, identification with the German perpetrators of violence, the powerful fear of revenge at the hands of Jewish victims, and the adoption of the position of genocide victims. Moving away from the focus of previous psychoanalytic studies of memory on questions of mourning, melancholy, repressed memory, and loss, this volume considers the transformation of the collective identity of those who remained in the space of past Holocaust events: bystanders, who partook in the events and benefited from the extermination of the Jews. A critique of ‘perverse memory’ that hampers attempts to work through what is remembered, this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences working in the fields of Holocaust studies, memory studies, psychoanalytic studies, and cultural studies.

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust: A Psychoanalytic Understanding of Polish Bystanders (Memory Studies: Global Constellations)

Perverse Memory and the Holocaust presents a new theoretical approach to the study of Polish memory bystanders of the Holocaust. Drawing on psychoanalytic theory, it examines representations of the Holocaust in order to explore the perverse mechanisms of memory at work, in which surface a series of phenomena difficult to remember: the pleasure derived from witnessing scenes of violence, identification with the German perpetrators of violence, the powerful fear of revenge at the hands of Jewish victims, and the adoption of the position of genocide victims. Moving away from the focus of previous psychoanalytic studies of memory on questions of mourning, melancholy, repressed memory, and loss, this volume considers the transformation of the collective identity of those who remained in the space of past Holocaust events: bystanders, who partook in the events and benefited from the extermination of the Jews. A critique of ‘perverse memory’ that hampers attempts to work through what is remembered, this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences working in the fields of Holocaust studies, memory studies, psychoanalytic studies, and cultural studies.

Cultuur en psychodiagnostiek: Professioneel werken met psychodiagnostische instrumenten

Tal van psychodiagnostische instrumenten zijn niet gevalideerd voor etnisch-culturele minderheidsgroepen in Nederland. In dit boek, bedoeld voor de interculturele hulpverleningspraktijk van de GGZ, worden de problemen in de interculturele psychodiagnostiek geschetst. Er worden methoden aangereikt hoe op een professionele manier deze problemen het hoofd te bieden. Aan de hand van casuïstiek geven ervaren interculturele hulpverleners inzicht in hoe psychologische instrumenten kunnen worden toegepast op een cultuur sensitieve manier. De regulatieve cyclus wordt gebruikt als een methodisch handvat voor een zorgvuldig, systematisch en reflexief handelen in dit psychodiagnostische proces.

The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner

The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner is designed to help all developing sport and exercise practitioners navigate the world of applied work. This book explores conceptual issues surrounding applied practice such as the identity and role of the applied practitioner, professional ethics and how to be part of a multi-disciplinary team. Using a cross disciplinary approach, it brings together the challenges and experiences of sport and exercise practitioners. This book links theoretical ideas with actual practice and compares issues across disciplines and domains. Each chapter includes case studies of contemporary issues from practitioners working in different environments and with diverse populations. Important topics such as insurance, data protection, ethic and soft skills are also discussed. The Applied Sport and Exercise Practitioner is key reading for graduate students and practitioners interested in improving their practice and careers.

Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists

A systematic, innovative introduction to the field of network analysis, Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists provides a comprehensive overview of and guide to both the theoretical foundations of network psychometrics as well as modelling techniques developed from this perspective. Written by pioneers in the field, this textbook showcases cutting-edge methods in an easily accessible format, accompanied by problem sets and code. After working through this book, readers will be able to understand the theoretical foundations behind network modelling, infer network topology, and estimate network parameters from different sources of data. This book features an introduction on the statistical programming language R that guides readers on how to analyse network structures and their stability using R. While Network Psychometrics with R is written in the context of social and behavioral science, the methods introduced in this book are widely applicable to data sets from related fields of study. Additionally, while the text is written in a non-technical manner, technical content is highlighted in textboxes for the interested reader. Network Psychometrics with R is ideal for instructors and students of undergraduate and graduate level courses and workshops in the field of network psychometrics as well as established researchers looking to master new methods.

Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists

A systematic, innovative introduction to the field of network analysis, Network Psychometrics with R: A Guide for Behavioral and Social Scientists provides a comprehensive overview of and guide to both the theoretical foundations of network psychometrics as well as modelling techniques developed from this perspective. Written by pioneers in the field, this textbook showcases cutting-edge methods in an easily accessible format, accompanied by problem sets and code. After working through this book, readers will be able to understand the theoretical foundations behind network modelling, infer network topology, and estimate network parameters from different sources of data. This book features an introduction on the statistical programming language R that guides readers on how to analyse network structures and their stability using R. While Network Psychometrics with R is written in the context of social and behavioral science, the methods introduced in this book are widely applicable to data sets from related fields of study. Additionally, while the text is written in a non-technical manner, technical content is highlighted in textboxes for the interested reader. Network Psychometrics with R is ideal for instructors and students of undergraduate and graduate level courses and workshops in the field of network psychometrics as well as established researchers looking to master new methods.

Fundamentals of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology)

An exciting introduction to the scientific interface between biological studies of the brain and behavioural studies of human development. The authors trace the field from its roots in developmental psychology and neuroscience, and highlight some of the most persuasive research findings before anticipating future directions the field may take. They begin with a brief orientation of the brain, along with genetics and epigenetics, and then summarise brain development and plasticity. Later chapters detail the neurodevelopmental basis of a wide variety of human competencies, including perception, language comprehension, socioemotional development, memory systems, literacy and numeracy, and self-regulation. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in developmental cognition or neuroscience, this textbook covers the prenatal period through to infancy, childhood, and adolescence. It is pedagogically rich, featuring interviews with leading researchers, learning objectives, review questions, further-reading recommendations, and numerous colour figures. Instructor teaching is supported by lecture slides and a test bank.

Die Iterationen: Ein Beitrag zur Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

A Joyfully Serious Man: The Life of Robert Bellah

The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed the social sciencesRobert Bellah (1927–2013) was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. Trained as a sociologist, he crossed disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of a greater comprehension of religion as both a cultural phenomenon and a way to fathom the depths of the human condition. A Joyfully Serious Man is the definitive biography of this towering figure in modern intellectual life, and a revelatory portrait of a man who led an adventurous yet turbulent life.Drawing on Bellah's personal papers as well as in-depth interviews with those who knew him, Matteo Bortolini tells the story of an extraordinary scholarly career and an eventful and tempestuous life. He describes Bellah's exile from the United States during the hysteria of the McCarthy years, his crushing personal tragedies, and his experiments with sexuality. Bellah understood religion as a mysterious human institution that brings together the scattered pieces of individual and collective experiences. Bortolini shows how Bellah championed intellectual openness and innovation through his relentless opposition to any notion of secularization as a decline of religion and his ideas about the enduring tensions between individualism and community in American society.Based on nearly two decades of research, A Joyfully Serious Man is a revelatory chronicle of a leading public intellectual who was both a transformative thinker and a restless, passionate seeker.

A Joyfully Serious Man: The Life of Robert Bellah

The brilliant but turbulent life of a public intellectual who transformed the social sciencesRobert Bellah (1927–2013) was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. Trained as a sociologist, he crossed disciplinary boundaries in pursuit of a greater comprehension of religion as both a cultural phenomenon and a way to fathom the depths of the human condition. A Joyfully Serious Man is the definitive biography of this towering figure in modern intellectual life, and a revelatory portrait of a man who led an adventurous yet turbulent life.Drawing on Bellah's personal papers as well as in-depth interviews with those who knew him, Matteo Bortolini tells the story of an extraordinary scholarly career and an eventful and tempestuous life. He describes Bellah's exile from the United States during the hysteria of the McCarthy years, his crushing personal tragedies, and his experiments with sexuality. Bellah understood religion as a mysterious human institution that brings together the scattered pieces of individual and collective experiences. Bortolini shows how Bellah championed intellectual openness and innovation through his relentless opposition to any notion of secularization as a decline of religion and his ideas about the enduring tensions between individualism and community in American society.Based on nearly two decades of research, A Joyfully Serious Man is a revelatory chronicle of a leading public intellectual who was both a transformative thinker and a restless, passionate seeker.

Delusions in Context

This open access book offers an exploration of delusions—unusual beliefs that can significantly disrupt people’s lives. Experts from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including lived experience, clinical psychiatry, philosophy, clinical psychology, and cognitive neuroscience, discuss how delusions emerge, why it is so difficult to give them up, what their effects are, how they are managed, and what we can do to reduce the stigma associated with them. Taken as a whole, the book proposes that there is continuity between delusions and everyday beliefs. It is essential reading for researchers working on delusions and mental health more generally, and will also appeal to anybody who wants to gain a better understanding of what happens when the way we experience and interpret the world is different from that of the people around us.

Irrationality (Key Concepts in Philosophy)

We talk about irrationality when behaviour defies explanation or prediction, when decisions are driven by emotions or instinct rather than by reflection, when reasoning fails to conform to basic principles of logic and probability, and when beliefs lack coherence or empirical support. Depending on the context, agents exhibiting irrational behaviour may be described as foolish, ignorant, unwise or even insane.In this clear and engaging introduction to current debates on irrationality, Lisa Bortolotti presents the many facets of the concept and offers an original account of the importance of judgements of irrationality as value judgements. The book examines the standards against which we measure human behaviour, and reviews the often serious implications of judgements of irrationality for ethics and policy. Bortolotti argues that we should adopt a more critical stance towards accepted standards of rationality in the light of the often surprising outcomes of philosophical inquiry and cognitive science research into decision making. Irrationality is an accessible guide to the concept and will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in the limitations of human cognition and human agency.

Lehrbuch der Statistik: Für Sozialwissenschaftler

Mit diesem Buch wird der Versuch unternommen, eine Reihe von statistischen Verfahren sowie deren Beziehungen untereinander und zu generellen sozialwissenschaftliehen Metho­ denproblemen zu behandeln, die gewöhnlich nicht in einem einzelnen Lehrbuch erörtert werden. Angesichts des weitgesteckten inhaltlichen Rahmens und einer Begrenzung des geplanten Buchumfanges mußten allerdings bezüglich der mathematischen Herleitung der Verfahren einige Abstriche gemacht werden. Mir kam es vor allem darauf an, dem Leser die interne Logik, die rechnerische Durchführung und den Stellenwert der behandelten statistischen Methoden im Rahmen empirischer Forschungen zu verdeutlichen, wobei ich hierbei den Vorwurf gelegentlicher Weitschweifigkeit gern in Kauf nehme. Obgleich es mein Bestreben war, die ftir dieses Buch relevante Literatur möglichst weitgehend zu berück­ sichtigen, bin ich mir sicher, daß der eine oder andere wichtige Beitrag übersehen wurde. Für diesbezügliche Anregungen sowie Hinweise auf Formel-und Rechenfehler, die vermut­ lich trotz mehrfachen Korrekturlesens nicht entdeckt wurden, bin ich dem Leser sehr dankbar. Das Buch ist aus Lehrveranstaltungen hervorgegangen, die ich seit mehreren Jahren im Fach "Psychologische Methodenlehre" am Institut ftir Psychologie der Technischen Uni­ versität Berlin durchführe. Es wendet sich dementsprechend an einen Leserkreis, dem in erster Linie Psychologiestudenten angehören. Da jedoch Verfahren behandelt werden, die generell einsetzbar sind, wenn es um die Auswertung empirischer Daten geht, kann dieses Buch auch dem Studenten der Soziologie, der Pädagogik, der Medizin, der Wirtschaftswis­ senschaften usw. Anregungen vermitteln. Besondere mathematische Vorkenntnisse, die über die übliche schulmathematische Vorbildung hinausgehen, sind zum Verständnis des Textes nicht erforderlich.

Lehrbuch der Statistik: Für Sozialwissenschaftler

Die korrekte Anwendung statistischer Verfahren setzt voraus, daß die Bedeutung der Statistik für empirisch-wissenschaftliches Arbeiten richtig eingeschätzt wird. In unserem Verständnis beschränkt sich Statistik nicht nur auf die Zusammenfassung und Darstellung von Daten (dies ist die Aufgabe der deskriptiven Statistik, die im ersten Kapitel behandelt wird), sondern sie ermöglicht allen empirischen Wissen­ schaften objektive Entscheidungen über die Brauchbarkeit der überprüften Hypothe­ sen. Dieser Teilaspekt der Statistik, der sich mit der Überprüfung von Hypothesen befaßt, wird häufig als analytische Statistik oder Inferenz-(schließende) Statistik bezeichnet. lnferenzstatistische Aussagen sind Wahrscheinlichkeitsaussagen über die Vereinbarkeif der in den Untersuchungsdaten erfaßten Realität mit den aus einer Theorie abgeleiteten Hypothesen. Betrachten wir als Hauptziel des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens die Verdichtung von Einzelinformationen und Beobachtungen zu allgemein gültigen theoretischen Aussagen, leitet hierbei die deskriptive Statistik zu einer übersichtlichen und anschaulichen Informationsaufbereitung an, während die Inferenzstatistik eine Informationsbewertung im Lichte theoretischer Aussagen bzw. -wie es richtiger heißen muß - eine Überprüfung der theoretischen Aussagen angesichts der beobachteten Realität ermöglicht. Für den sinnvollen Einsatz der Statistik ist es deshalb erforderlich, daß ihr eine theoretisch begründete, konkrete Fragestellung vorgeordnet ist. Die Funktion der deskriptiven und der schließenden Statistik im Rahmen der empirischen Sozialwissenschaften sei an einem kleinen Beispiel verdeutlicht. Jemand interessiert sich für das Sprachverhalten von Kindern einer sozialen Schicht. Der deskriptiven Statistik entnehmen wir beispielsweise, wie auf Grund von Strichlisten für verschiedene Sprachmerkmale Häufigkeitsverteilungen erstellt bzw.

Kurzgefaßte Statistik für die klinische Forschung: Ein praktischer Leitfaden für die Analyse kleiner Stichproben (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Diese kurzgefaßte Statistik für die klinische Forschung ist ein echtes "Kochbuch" für die Arbeit mit Daten, die nicht in Maßzahlen erfaßt werden und/oder nicht dem Erfordernis der Normalverteilung genügen: Die Analyse von Symptomen, Laborwerten und Schätzungen von Merkmalsausprägungen, wie sie in den klinischen Forschungsgebieten überwiegen. o Zum Verständnis des Buches sind lediglich die Kenntnisse aus einem statistischen Grundkurs nötig. o Die Methoden werden durch Beispiele mit Realdaten aus allen klinischen Forschungsgebieten anschaulich illustriert. o Auch nicht geschulte Leser können die Methoden leicht nachvollziehen und mit dem Taschenrechner nachrechnen.Handlich, praktisch, preisgünstig: Die schnelle Anleitung für alle, die in empirischen Untersuchungen mit kleinen Stichproben arbeiten.

Lehrbuch der empirischen Forschung: Für Sozialwissenschaftler

Statistik: für Sozialwissenschaftler (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Prüfungsrelevanz und ein optimales didaktisches Konzept zeichnen dieses Standard-Lehrbuch der Statistik aus.Die fünfte Auflage ist komplett überarbeitet und damit jetzt noch studentengerechter.Neu:- Komprimierte Sammlung der wichtigsten Formeln zum schnellen Nachschlagen- Glossar mit den wichtigsten Begriffs-Definitionen kurzgefaßt auf einen Blick- Überarbeitete Lösungen mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Beispielen: durch Mitarbeit von Studenten garantiert verständlich und leicht nachvollziehbar- Neue Gestaltung, noch lesefreundlicher und übersichtlicher Interpretationshilfen, Anleitungen für die Auswertung mit dem PC und Hinweise zur Bestimmung optimaler Stichprobenumfänge garantieren effektives Lernen und Arbeiten.

Statistik: Für Sozialwissenschaftler (Springer-Lehrbuch)

Prüfungsrelevanz und ein durchdachtes didaktisches Konzept zeichnen auch die vierte Auflage des mittlerweile zum Standardwerk gewordenen Lehrbuchs der Statistik aus. Die Neuauflage berücksichtigt neuere Entwicklungen in der Statistik. Auch wurde Wert auf eine Form der Darstellung gelegt, die das Verständnis von Zusammenhängen und Verbindungen in der Statistik fördert. Interpretationshilfen und Hinweise zur Bestimmung optimaler Stichprobenumfänge für die wichtigsten Verfahren, ein strukturierendes Layout, das wichtige Merksätze und Beispiele hervorhebt, und nicht zuletzt Übungsaufgaben, deren Lösungen verständlich und nachvollziehbar gehalten sind - all dies macht den "BORTZ" für Studenten der Sozialwissenschaften wie auch für Anwender zu einem wertvollen und unerläßlichen Lehrbuch.