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From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever.Why do some people achieve so much more than others?...
Published by Blackwell in association with the British Psychological Society, Health Psychology in Practice provides a comprehensive overview of the UK professional Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology. An essential text for professional training in health...
In Chronic Physical Disorders, the most prominent figures in the field of behavioral medicine argue why a biopsychosocial perspective is crucial to reducing the tremendous personal and societal burden of chronic disease.
Social Psychological Foundations of Health and Illness is a summary of current research in social-health psychology. The chapters, written by distinguished leaders in the field, provide brief surveys of classic developments in each area of study followed by extended...
This book contains eleven chapters describing some of the most recent methodological operations research developments in transportation. It is structured around the main transportation modes, and each chapter is written by a group of well-recognized researchers. Because...
Just as our transport systems become more and more important to our economic and social well-being, so they become more and more crowded and more at risk from congestion, disruption, and collapse. Technology and engineering can provide part of the solution, but the...
Research indicates that people discount their own opinions and experiences in favor of those of "experts" as espoused in the media. The framing of news coverage thus has a profound impact on public opinion, and political decision making as a response to public outcry....
This volume gives an overview of the trends in Traffic and Transport Psychology. It reflects the considerable development of the most important factors for driving a road vehicle, and the variety of international research approaches. The first part contains basic...
A Short Introduction to Clinical Psychology gives an accessible overview of the field for psychology students and anyone considering training as a clinical psychologist. Setting out the theoretical and practical dimensions of clinical psychology, the authors examine...
Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior. Environment provides both constraints and opportunities to individuals, such that external conditions may have...
This textbook provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of environmental psychology. The authors start with a review of the history of environmental psychology, highlighting its interdisciplinary nature. They trace its roots in...
Industrial/Organizational psychologists are a rather diverse group of people with a common interest in applying psychology to work settings. This is the conclusion reached by George Alliger in the opening chapter of this volume, setting the tone for the rest of the...
This book is a collection of contemporary applications of psychological insights into practical human factors issues. The topics are arranged largely according to an information processing/energetic approach to human behavior. Consideration is also given to...
Is there a `right way' to study coordination? What experimental paradigms are appropriate? Are there laws and principles that the biological system uses to coordinate movement? Do all biological systems - human and otherwise - share these same principles?Is coordination...
Im Zentrum der Arbeit stehen Gruppenchats, die im Alltag von Smartphone-Nutzer*innen heutzutage eine große Bedeutung haben, im Verhältnis dazu aber wenig (sozialwissenschaftlich) erforscht wurden. Die Arbeit widmet sich deshalb der Grundlagenforschung und...
Diese essentials vermitteln kurz und prägnant wie es zur Entstehung und Beibehaltung einer kollektiven psychologischen Überzeugung in Deutschland gekommen ist, die sich zu Beginn des russischen Einmarsches in die Ukraine innerhalb von wenigen Tagen entwickelt...
Mit einer nachhaltigen Lebensstilveränderung, die auf ausreichend Bewegung und ausgewogener Ernährung basiert, können viele chronische Krankheiten (Übergewicht, Bluthochdruck, Diabetes, metabolisches Syndrom) gelindert, geheilt oder deren Ausbruch verhindert werden....
Bedeutende Megatrends wie Globalisierung und Fachkräfteengpässe bewirken, dass multinationale Unternehmen mehr Führungs- und Fachkräfte ins Ausland senden oder diese selbst aus Eigenmotivation für mehrere Monate bis Jahre im Ausland arbeiten. Eine Auslandsentsendung...
Die Nutzung IT-basierter Nudges im medizinischen Dienstleistungssektor, in dem die digitale Transformation zusehends mehr Bedeutung erlangt, ist ein noch sehr junges Themenfeld, dem einerseits wesentliche Potenziale zur Steigerung des Patientennutzens und der Eindämmung...
In diesem Buch wird die Wirkung eines bedingungslos angebotenen Geschenks (Geschenkaustausch, Gift-Exchange) sowie einer kleinen vorangegangenen Bitte (Fuß-in-der-Tür-Technik, Foot-in-the-door-technique) auf die Bereitschaft, Freiwilligenarbeit zu leisten, untersucht.Es...
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