Concepts embody our knowledge of the kinds of things there are in the world. Tying our past experiences to our present interactions with the environment, they enable us to recognize and understand new objects and events. Concepts are also relevant to understanding domains such as social situations, personality types, and even artistic styles. Yet like other phenomenologically simple cognitive processes such as walking or understanding speech, concept formation and use are maddeningly complex....

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Pioneers of Psychology tells the stories of the men and women who have shaped our understanding of what it means to be human. The authors illuminate major themes and controversies in psychology's history through carefully crafted stories of real people, their personal journeys, and their intellectual insights. The Fifth Edition includes three new chapters covering historiography, pre-1600 psychological ideas, and clinical psychology.

Thistitle is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has workedclosely with educators around the world to include content which is especiallyrelevant to students outside the United States. For courses in Physiological Psychology and Biopsychology

An up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible overview of behavioralneuroscience

Physiology of Behavior provides a scholarly yet accessibleportrait of the dynamic interaction between biology and behavior. Authors Neil R.Carlson and ...

This book draws on research from around the world and shares good practices to help managers become effective leaders in face to face, virtual and hybrid workplaces. A must read for HR managers who want to develop their skills and educators interested in managerial coaching and successful leadership in the post-COVID hybrid workplace.

This book focuses on arts-based approaches to psychosocial health among children, youth, and their caregivers living in conditions of adversity around the world.

The Dreaming Mind provides an insightful, interdisciplinary approach to the study of dreaming, exploring its nature and examining some of the implications of dream states for theories of consciousness, cognition and the self.