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The Myth of the Madding Crowd (Social Institutions And Social Change Ser.)
by Clark McPhailCrowd behavior is one of the most colorful but least understood forms of human social behavior. This volume is a major contribution to the field of collective behavior, with implications for social movement analysis.McPhail's critical assessment of the major theories of crowd behavior establishes that, whatever their particular limitations and strengths, all share a general and serious flaw: their explanations were developed without prior examination of the behaviors to be explained. Drawing on a wide range of empirical studies that include his own careful field work, the author offers a new characterization of temporary gatherings. He presents a life cycle of gatherings and a taxonomy of forms of collective behavior within gatherings, as well as combinations of these forms and gatherings into larger events, campaigns and waves. McPhail also develops a new explanation for various ways in which purposive actors construct collective actions.
The Myth of the Shiksa: And Other Essays
by Shira Friedman Bogart Edwin H. FriedmanA renowned family therapist tackles tricky relationship issues in this heartwarming collection from the author of A Failure of Nerve. Generational conflict, faith crises, difficult friendships—Edwin Friedman saw every side of the human condition in his years as a rabbi and counselor, for better or for worse. And his lifelong work with families led him to develop incomparable insight and irresistible wit about what makes us love, laugh, believe, hope, and tick. The Myth of the Shiksa collects Friedman’s most popular, powerful essays about human relationships and the daily struggles each and every one of us face. From a hilarious encounter with a well-known tempter (who is reimagined as a counselor) to an emotional exploration of how secrets can affect family dynamics, to a charming look at how tradition and modernity can clash in mixed marriages, Friedman tackles timeless issues with intelligence and charm, creating stories that are both captivating and educational. No matter your type of family, religion, background, or status, Edwin Friedman’s words can provide guidance, comfort, and joy as you navigate some of life’s toughest questions.
The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist: Private life, professional practice
by Marie AdamsTherapists are often expected to be immune to the kind of problems that they help clients through. This book serves to demonstrate that this is certainly not the case: they are no more resistant to difficult and unexpected personal circumstances than anyone else. In this book Marie Adams looks into the kind of problems that therapists can be afraid to face in their own lives, including divorce, bereavement, illness, depression and anxiety and uses the experience of others to examine the best ways of dealing with them. The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist looks at the lives of forty practitioners to learn how they coped during times of personal strife. CBT, psychoanalytic, integrative and humanistic therapists from an international array of backgrounds were interviewed about how they believed their personal lives affected their work with clients. Over half admitted to suffering from depression since entering the profession and many continued practising while ill or under great stress. Some admitted to using their work as a ‘buffer’ against their personal circumstances in an attempt to avoid focusing on their own pain. Using clinical examples, personal experience, research literature and the voices of the many therapists interviewed, Adams challenges mental health professionals to take a step back and consider their own well-being as a vital first step to promoting insight and change in those they seek to help. Linking therapists’ personal histories to their choice of career, The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist pinpoints some of the key elements that may serve, and sometimes undermine, counsellors working in private practice or mental health settings. The book is ideal for counsellors and psychotherapists as well as social workers and those working within any kind of helping profession.
The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist: Private Life, Professional Practice
by Marie AdamsTherapists are not immune to the range of problems their clients experience, including divorce, bereavement, illness and depression. The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist considers what kinds of difficulties clinicians face, as well as the best ways of dealing with them. Featuring interviews from forty different practitioners – CBT, psychoanalytic, integrative and humanistic therapists from an international array of backgrounds – on how they coped during times of personal strife, the book dispels the myth that therapists are immune to the kind of problems that they help clients through. Using clinical examples, personal experience and research literature, Marie Adams challenges mental health professionals to take a step back and consider their own wellbeing. This new edition is updated throughout and includes a new chapter looking at the impact of COVID-19 on practitioners. Linking therapists’ personal histories to their choice of career, the book highlights some of the key elements that may serve, and sometimes undermine, counsellors working in private practice or mental health settings. The Myth of the Untroubled Therapist is ideal for counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as social workers and those working within any kind of helping profession.
Mythen, Fehlvorstellungen, Fehlkonzepte und Irrtümer in Schule und Unterricht (Psychologie in Bildung und Erziehung: Vom Wissen zum Handeln)
by Gisela Steins Birgit Spinath Stephan Dutke Marcus Roth Maria LimbourgIn der Schule - wie in allen Lebensbereichen unserer Gesellschaft - existieren zahlreiche Mythen, Fehlvorstellungen, Fehlkonzepte und Irrtümer. In diesem Band gehen wir auf die Entstehung von Mythen, ihre Veränderungsmöglichkeiten und ausgewählte spezifische Mythen rund um Lehren und Lernen, aber auch auf Mythen wichtiger Themen des Sozialen im Schulkontext ein. Die Mythen, Fehlvorstellungen, Fehlkonzepte und Irrtümer werden aufbereitet, es wird beschrieben, worin der Mythos besteht, was Empirie und Theorie dazu zu sagen haben und wie die Mythen revidiert werden können. Konsequenzen für Schule und Unterricht werden herausgearbeitet. In diesem Band versammeln sich elf Beiträge, welche auf aktueller psychologischer Forschung beruhen und drei Themenkomplexe aufgreifen. Die ersten drei Beiträge des Bandes vermitteln Wissen zu der Frage, wie man Mythen erkennen kann, woher sie kommen und wie mit ihnen umzugehen ist. Diesem Themenkomplex folgen sieben Beiträge zu Mythen rund um das Lehren und Lernen sowie Themen des Sozialen im Schulkontext. Der den Band abschließende Beitrag richtet den Blick auf die Ausbildung der Lehrkräfte als einem dritten Themenkomplex. Die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema lohnt sich für alle Menschen, die erzieherisch und lehrend tätig sind. Das Thema ist nicht als Kritik an der Praxis am Lehrberuf zu verstehen, sondern als Anregung dafür, auf eigene Vorstellungen aus einer anderen Perspektive zu schauen und sich anregen zu lassen, die ein oder andere Praxis zu verändern.
Mythmaking: Self-Discovery and the Timeless Art of Memoir
by Maureen MurdockBest-selling Heroine&’s Journey author Maureen Murdock invites readers to explore their personal story within the rich tapestry of human experience by examining the craft of memoir alongside fresh writing advice and prompts.Maureen Murdock looks at thematic connections between ancient myths and contemporary memoirs to probe questions like: What is my journey? Where is home? Her background as a Jungian psychotherapist enriches her teaching—urging us to dig deep to identify our own universal archetypes.Writers who feel stuck or unworthy of writing about themselves will find thought-provoking inspiration and validation in this book, while those simply looking to use writing as a tool for self-exploration will examine their patterns and stories to reveal their true inner selves. And all will be left with a deeper understanding of the rich scope of the memoir genre by exploring contemporary favorites—like Terry Tempest Williams&’s Refuge, Joan Didion&’s The Year of Magical Thinking, and David Carr&’s The Night of the Gun—from a mythological perspective.Like myth, memoir reveals a unity to human experience that ultimately we all share similar hopes, dreams, and desires as well as fears, losses, and heartbreaks. Memoir helps writers understand the trajectory of their lives and helps readers better grasp our own place within the human experience.
Mythology of the Soul: A Research into the Unconscious from Schizophrenic Dreams and Drawings (Psychology Revivals)
by H.G. BaynesOriginally published in 1940, this classic study of two schizophrenic case-histories further opened up the seemingly intractable problem of this condition; a task preceded by Jung’s own Psychology of Dementia Praecox. It was Baynes’s grasp of the meaning of the symbol coupled with his wide scholarship that enable him to explore the case-histories in such remarkable and fruitful depth, thus linking pathological psychology through graphic expression and the dream of the myths of mankind and the universal man. This was truly a scientific task. In case 1, the series of dreams, fantasies and active imagination, fully illustrated by the patients’ spontaneous paintings, suggested to him a kind of mythological imagery. Baynes then demonstrates the emergence and development of a hero myth together with its therapeutic effect upon the patient, as an inner personal experience of death and rebirth. Baynes also applied the methods of synthesis to the understanding of modern art and its reflection of the spirit of the times – a realization of the basic split in the socio-religious structure of European Culture. In case 2, the subject was an artist, and out of his own split he seemed to have created a symbolic bridge that would be a therapeutic bridge for himself and a possible model for curing the evil of the times in which we then were living.
Mythomania, uncovering the compulsive liar.
by Juan Moises de la Serna Mario BolanosSometimes we find ourselves with people who tell us something that then turns out to be not true, that may not stop being an anecdote, but when lies are constant, we may be before a mythomaniac, that is, a person who lies almost compulsively, also known as a pathological liar. With this text you will learn what it is, how to differentiate it from other cases that show similar symptoms of lies and how to deal with this problem.
The Mythomanias: The Nature of Deception and Self-deception
by Michael S. MyslobodskyRecently, there has been a renewal of interest in the broad and loosely bounded range of phenomena called deception and self-deception. This volume addresses this interest shared by philosophers, social and clinical psychologists, and more recently, neuroscientists and cognitive scientists. Expert contributors provide timely, reliable, and insightful coverage of the normal range of errors in perception, memory, and behavior. They place these phenomena on a continuum with various syndromes and neuropsychiatric diseases where falsehood in perception, self-perception, cognition, and behaviors are a peculiar sign. Leading authorities examine the various forms of "mythomania," deception, and self-deception ranging from the mundane to the bizarre such as imposture, confabulations, minimization of symptomatology, denial, and anosognosia. Although the many diverse phenomena discussed here share a family resemblance, they are unlikely to have a common neurological machinery. In order to reach an explanation for these phenomena, a reliable pattern of lawful behavior must be delineated. It would then be possible to develop reasonable explanations based upon the underlying neurobiological processes that give rise to deficiencies designated as the mythomanias. The chapters herein begin to provide an outline of such a development. Taken as a whole, the collection is consistent with the emerging gospel indicating that neither the machinery of "nature" nor the forces of "nurture" taken alone are capable of explaining what makes cognition and behaviors aberrant.
Myths about Suicide
by Thomas Joiner<p>Around the world, more than a million people die by suicide each year. Yet many of us know very little about a tragedy that may strike our own loved ones―and much of what we think we know is wrong. This clear and powerful book dismantles myth after myth to bring compassionate and accurate understanding of a massive international killer. <p>Drawing on a fascinating array of clinical cases, media reports, literary works, and scientific studies, Thomas Joiner demolishes both moralistic and psychotherapeutic clichés. He shows that suicide is not easy, cowardly, vengeful, or selfish. It is not a manifestation of "suppressed rage" or a side effect of medication. Threats of suicide, far from being idle, are often followed by serious attempts. People who are prevented once from killing themselves will not necessarily try again. <p>The risk for suicide, Joiner argues, is partly genetic and is influenced by often agonizing mental disorders. Vulnerability to suicide may be anticipated and treated. Most important, suicide can be prevented. <p>An eminent expert whose own father's death by suicide changed his life, Joiner is relentless in his pursuit of the truth about suicide and deeply sympathetic to such tragic waste of life and the pain it causes those left behind.</p>
Myths and Lies about Dads: How They Hurt Us All
by Linda NielsenMyths and Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All is a groundbreaking book that destroys more than 100 of the most damaging beliefs about fathers. Using the most recent research, this pioneering work exposes these baseless beliefs and the toll they take on children’s relationships with their fathers, parents’ relationships with one another, and the physical and mental health of fathers and mothers. Tackling a wide range of topics from custody laws, to children’s toys, to the sexist behavior of counselors, pediatricians, and lawyers, Dr Linda Nielsen describes in vivid detail how these myths are linked to many of our most pressing issues: Creating more gender equity in childcare and housework Reducing child abuse, post-partum depression, and fathers’ suicide rates Expanding mothers’ and fathers’ options at home and at work Reducing children’s academic, behavioral, and emotional problems Lessening the pressures of parenting for both parents Changing sexist policies and practices that hurt parents and children Improving the economic situations for parents and their children The book is not only a wake-up call for parents but also for students and professionals in medicine and family law, social work, child development, education, and in the publishing, advertising, media, and entertainment industries. Above all, the book empowers parents to free themselves from the myths and lies about fathers that bind them.
Myths of Childhood
by Joel ParisChildhood has long been considered the major factor in determining adult life. It sets us on the path toward or away from happiness, shapes our personality, and is a major cause of mental disorders. Or is it?Myths of Childhood strongly challenges these assumptions usually taken for granted in contemporary society and the mental health community. With a healthy dose of scepticism toward clinical impressions and using empirically-based research from areas including behavioral genetics and attachment, Dr. Paris builds a convincing case against the primacy of childhood in the development of adult personality and psychopathology. In its place, he offers an alternative model for development and shows how mental health professionals can apply this model to clinical pracitce.Myths of Childhood represents an important addition to the ongoing debate between mental health professionals regarding nature vs. nurture. For supporters of either side , this book is a valuable resource for further exploration of this controversy.
Myths of Gender: Biological Theories about Women and Men
by Anne Fausto-SterlingBy carefully examining the biological, genetic, evolutionary, and psychological evidence, a noted biologist finds a shocking lack of substance behind ideas about biologically based sex differences. Features a new chapter and afterward on recent biological breakthroughs.
The Myths of Happiness
by Sonja LyubomirskyThe bestselling author of The How of Happiness reveals how to find opportunity in life's thorniest moments Focusing on life's biggest, messiest moments, Sonja Lyubomirsky provides readers with the clear-eyed vision they need to build the healthiest, most satisfying life. Lyubomirsky argues that we have been given false promises--myths that assure us that lifelong happiness will be attained once we hit the culturally confirmed markers of adult success. This black-and-white vision of happiness works to discourage us from recognizing the upside of any negative and limits our potential for personal growth. A corrective course on happiness and a call to regard life's twists and turns with a more open mind, The Myths of Happiness shares practical lessons that prove we are more adaptable than we think we are. It empowers readers to look beyond their first response, sharing scientific evidence that often it is our mindset--not our circumstances--that matters most.
Myths of Mighty Women: Their Application in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (Psychoanalysis and Women Series)
by Arlene Kramer RichardsWomen whose mothers were not called upon to achieve in a man's world have a difficult time seeing themselves as powerful enough to do that. Identifying with mighty women of the past and of the present culture can help them to permit themselves to achieve more than their mothers did. This book provides several such myths from ancient and modern cultures, from both Western and Eastern traditions, each of which is a standard for a particular aspect of female power and all of which can provide that power for women now. Among the aspects of women's power are Super Girl, Warrior Woman, Evil Temptress, Protective Mother and Provider. This book is useful for therapists to read themselves and/or to give to their patients when they suffer from fantasies of the bad mother who does not want to be surpassed or the weak mother who cannot protect, or the therapist who wants to keep the woman patient in a weak and needy position.
Myths Of Motherhood: How Culture Reinvents the Good Mother
by Sherry ThurerThis groundbreaking and irreverent history of motherhood is worth a hundred advice books for any mother who’s ever been made to feel guilty or frazzled by society’s impossible expectations. Analyzing data from the psychoanalyst’s couch to the hidden history of wet nursing, psychologist Shari L. Thurer wends her way from the Stone Age to the age of Hillary Rodham Clinton, painting a vivid, often frightening picture of life for mothers and children in a time when their roles were constructed by men. Along the way, she debunks myth after myth—exposing the not-so-golden ages of Classical Greece and the Italian Renaissance, and revealing the pervasive ideal of Dr. Spock’s selfless, stay-at-home mother as the historical aberration it actually was. A work of impassioned scholarship and astonishing range, The Myths of Motherhood does nothing less than recast our conception of good mothering.
Myths of Termination: What patients can teach psychoanalysts about endings (Psychological Issues)
by Judy Leopold KantrowitzPsychoanalysis can make a huge difference in the lives of patients, their families and others they encounter. Myths have developed, however, about how psychoanalysis should end – what patients experience and what analysts do. These expectations come primarily from accounts by analysts in the analytic literature which are often perpetuated in an oversimplified form in teaching. Patients' perspectives are rarely presented. I her book, Judy Leopold Kantrowitz seeks to address this omission. Exploring the accounts of 82 former analysands, she illustrates the rich diversity of psychoanalytic endings and ways of maintaining analytic benefits after ending; in presenting patients' experiences Kantrowitz provides correctives for some myths about termination. Myths of termination: What patients can teach psychoanalysts about endings is not a book that seeks to refute or support any specific idea about a best way of ending analysis, but rather to show that there are countless ways of having a satisfactory conclusion to the process. Nor is the author espousing any particular analytic theory. Kantrowitz sets out to show that an oversimplified view of psychoanalytic endings not only diminishes an appreciation of the diversity of psychoanalytic outcomes but may also interfere with the creativity of individual psychoanalysts. In this book, former analysands describe and illustrate how their analyses ended. They reflect on the effect of non-mutual endings due to external factors (moving, retirement, illness or death) or psychological factors (wishing to avoid facing some issue); the impact of post-analytic contact; and the ways in which they have held on to their analytic benefits after ending their analyses. Myths of termination confronts and refutes the myths about the termination phase of psychoanalysis that are passed from generation to generation. It is a refreshing and insightful study that will be welcomed by psychoanalysts, psychodynamic therapists, such as clinical psychologists, social workers, and others trained or in training to do clinical work.
Myths of Work: Dispel the Misconceptions and Succeed in the World of Work (Business Myths)
by Ian MacRaeBuying a table tennis table will make your staff happier. Working eight hours a day, five days a week, will result in the most productivity. Paying higher salaries will always result in higher motivation. But will it really?There are a staggering number of myths, stereotypes and out-of-date rules that abound in the workplace. This can make it feel impossible to truly know how to get the most out of your career, your team and your company. In Myths of Work, Ian MacRae take an entertaining and evidence-based look at the most pervasive myths about our working lives, from the serious to the ridiculous, to give you the insight you need to become a better manager in the modern workplace. Fascinating real life case studies from organizations around the world display the myths (and how to overcome them) in practice.Myths of Work combines business thinking with psychology to give you practical insights, a lively writing style and a handy dip-in-and-out structure to form your ultimate guide to becoming a better and enlightened manager.About the Business Myths series...The Business Myths series tackles the falsehoods that pervade the business world. From leadership and management to social media and the workplace, these accessible books overturn out-of-date assumptions, skewer stereotypes and put oft-repeated slogans to the myth-busting test. Both entertaining and rigorously researched, these books will equip you with the insight and no-nonsense wisdom you need to succeed.
Myths of Work: The Stereotypes and Assumptions Holding Your Organization Back
by Ian Macrae Adrian FurnhamBuying a table tennis table will make your staff happier. Working eight hours a day, five days a week, will result in the most productivity. Paying higher salaries will always result in higher motivation. But will it really?There are a staggering number of myths, stereotypes and out-of-date rules that abound in the workplace. This can make it feel impossible to truly know how to get the most out of your career, your team and your organization. In Myths of Work, Ian MacRae and Adrian Furnham take an entertaining and evidence-based look at the most pervasive myths about our working lives, from the serious to the ridiculous, to give you the insight you need to become a better manager in the modern workplace. Fascinating real life case studies from organizations around the world display the myths (and how to overcome them) in practice.Myths of Work takes the most up-to-date academic research in business and psychology and combines it with practical insights, a lively writing style and a handy dip-in-and-out structure to form your ultimate guide to becoming a better enlightened manager.
n-Culturalism in Managing Work and Life: A New Within Individual Multicultural Model (Springer Series in Emerging Cultural Perspectives in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Studies)
by Andre A. PekertiThis book introduces the concept of n-Culturalism – a play on the notation of sub-sample size indicating that multiple and different samples can exist within a body of work/research. It suggests that n-Culturals are a different type of multicultural individual, with different skills and abilities. At the same time, it contends that because n-Culturals represent a different type of multicultural, they also face different challenges that many non-multicultural individuals do not encounter. Lastly, it discusses the idea that being multicultural is manageable and offers opportunities for those who embrace it rather than avoid it.
n-Dimensional Nonlinear Psychophysics: Theory and Case Studies (Psychology Revivals)
by Robert A. GregsonOriginally published in 1992, this work compliments and extends the theory and results of nonlinear psychophysics – an original approach created by the author. It breaks with the traditional mathematics used in the experimental psychology of sensation and draws on what is popularly known as chaos theory and its extension into neural networks. Topical and innovative in its approach, it integrates a diversity of topics previously treated separately into one framework. The properties of the mathematics used are illustrated in the context of substantive problems in psychophysics; thus, it builds strong new bridges between the dynamics of mass action in psychophysical processes and the broader phenomena of sensation. No other treatments of the topic take quite this approach; the use of systems theory, rather than traditional equations of psychophysics dating from the mid-nineteenth century, offers a striking contrast in both theory construction and data analysis.
Nachhaltig leistungsfähig bleiben: Praxis-Tipps für den Business-Marathon
by Claudia KraazDurch das Buch „Nachhaltig leistungsfähig bleiben“ erfahren Sie, wie Sie im Businessalltag stressresistent, resilient und gesund bleiben. Denn das von Stress, Druck und Veränderungen geprägte Geschäftsleben ist kein Sprint, sondern ein Marathon. Daher ist es wichtig, den eigenen Energiespeicher bewusst zu managen. Kompakt und praxisorientiert erfahren Sie im ersten Teil des Buches, welches die Bestandteile nachhaltiger Leistungsfähigkeit sind. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf der Umsetzung von Handlungsempfehlungen. Dazu erhalten Sie zahlreiche Übungen und Praxis-Tipps. Im zweiten Teil werden diese Empfehlungen gespiegelt durch die Einschätzungen von prominenten Führungspersönlichkeiten. Aus den Interviews mit drei CEOs, drei Personalchefs und drei Experten über deren Erfahrungen mit dem Thema erhalten Sie wertvolle Impulse zur Umsetzung. Zielgruppen: Das Buch ist leicht lesbar und richtet sich an alle Berufstätigen und Führungskräfte. Zur Autorin: Claudia Kraaz ist Führungs- und Stress-Coach sowie Resilienz-Trainerin. Zuvor war sie über ein Jahrzehnt in leitenden Positionen in der Unternehmenskommunikation tätig.
Nachhaltige Personalentwicklung und Weiterbildung: Betriebliche Seminare und Trainings entwickeln, Erfolge messen, Transfer sichern
by Simone KauffeldDieser Praxisleitfaden hilft, Maßnahmen der Personal- und Kompetenzentwicklung sowie der beruflichen Weiterbildung bedarfsgerecht, effizient und nachhaltig zu entwickeln und durchzuführen. So sichern Sie den Erfolg von Trainings, Seminaren und Workshops langfristig! – Neben Anleitungen zur Entwicklung und Durchführung von Seminaren (Bedarfsanalyse, konkrete Tipps aus den wichtigsten Lerntheorien und der Personalpsychologie, Trainingsformen) vermittelt dieses Buch Instrumente zur Trainingsevaluation und Transfer-Sicherung auf verschiedenen Ebenen (Teilnehmer, Training, Arbeitsumgebung), außerdem wird die Rolle der Führungskräfte für den Lerntransfer beleuchtet. Es kommt praxisnah auf den Punkt und enthält Checklisten, Fallbeispiele, Tipps zur Software-Unterstützung (Learning-Management-Systeme) sowie Arbeitsmaterialien zum Download. Ein Buch für Trainer, Trainingsentwickler, Seminaranbieter, Weiterbildungseinrichtungen, Personalentwickler und Personalleiter.
Nada que temer: Conquista el miedo y elimina los pensamientos negativos desarrollando hábitos positivos.
by Josh Underwood.¡Recupere el control de sus miedos y ansiedades! El viaje de la vida es emocionante, aterrador, ridículo, confuso y vale la pena, todo a la vez. Pero hay momentos en que todos pasamos por algún tipo de angustia emocional, la tristeza, ansiedad, adicciones, obsesiones con cosas o personas, compulsiones que nos cuestan controlar, autosabotaje, lesiones físicas, enojo y estados de ánimo sombríos, están entre los cientos de cosas por las que pasamos, pensamos y/o sentimos día con día. En "Nada que temer" aprenderás: ✓ ¿Qué es la ansiedad y sus causas? ✓ Signos y síntomas de trastornos de ansiedad. ✓ Comprensión de los síntomas de la ansiedad social. ✓ Llegar a las causas fundamentales de su ansiedad. ✓ Cómo diseñar su propio "espacio seguro". ✓ Desarrollar rutinas para disminuir la ansiedad. ✓ Beneficios de una rutina matutina. ✓ Transformando su ansiedad para una vida mejor. ✓ Aprovechar la ansiedad. ✓ Lucha contra la ansiedad como un verdadero guerrero. ✓ Redescubriéndose después del huracán ansiedad. ✓ Cómo la ansiedad eclipsa la vida cotidiana. ✓ Trauma infantil y sensibilidad a la ansiedad. ✓ Manejar sus emociones de la manera correcta. ✓ Quitarle poder a la ansiedad con empoderamiento personal. ✓ Cómo escribir en un diario de gratitud. ✓ Por qué debería utilizar la visualización. ✓ Pasos de acción, estrategias y técnicas específicas para ayudar a mejorar nuestra autoestima al volver a cablear nuestras vías cerebrales y neuronales. ✓ Autoestima y autovaloración. ✓ La idea de ansiedad social y cómo juega un papel en diferentes entornos sociales. ¡Y mucho más! Es importante aprender formas de afrontar los tiempos difíciles, sin importar el marco de tiempo. Algo de inestabilidad emocional puede
Nadia Revisited: A Longitudinal Study of an Autistic Savant
by Lorna SelfeThis book re-examines the case of Nadia, discovered as a child aged six, who had been drawing with phenomenal skill and visual realism from the age of three, despite having autism and severe learning difficulties. The original research was published in 1977 and caused great international interest. Nadia Revisited updates her story and reconsiders the theories that endeavour to explain her extraordinary talent. As well as summarising the central issues from the original case study and presenting her remarkable drawings, the book explains Nadia’s subsequent development and present situation in light of the recent research on autistic spectrum disorders and representational drawing in children. The book also considers the phenomenon of savant syndrome, the condition in which those with autism or other learning disabilities have areas of unusual talent that contrast dramatically with their general functioning. Lorna Selfe uses this single case study to discuss theories of developmental psychology and considers the possible links between prodigious talent and underlying neurological dysfunction. The book is especially valuable for students and teachers of developmental psychology and neuropsychology, education and special education, as well as art and art education. Parents of autistic children or those with related disorders, learning difficulties or special needs will also be interested in the discussions presented in this book.