The new masterwork by one of the most influential psychologists and thinkers of our time!

How do otherwise considerate human beings do cruel things and still live in peace with themselves? Drawing on his agentic theory, Dr. Bandura provides a definitive exposition of the psychosocial mechanism by which people selectively disengage their moral self-sanctions from their harmful conduct. They do so by sanctifying their harmful behavior as serving worthy causes; they absolve themselves of blame f...

A guide for students through their dissertation helping them to feel confident at every stage of their independent psychology research projects.

Packed with learning features, this book helps you get your psychology research off the ground, confidently collect and analyse qualitative data, and write up your project or dissertation.

An interdisciplinary introduction to the biological and medical underpinnings of health psychology from the cell to population level. It uses cross-cultural, real-world examples to create a readable and understandable guide to the biopsychosocial determinants of personal and public health for students of psychology.

This fully revised edition of the popular textbook provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to the psychology of language. It contains everything the student needs to know about how we acquire, understand, produce, and store language.

ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) is een aandachtstekortstoornis die ervoor zorgt dat iemand veel moeite heeft om zijn aandacht ergens bij te houden. Iemand met ADD is snel afgeleid, is zeer chaotisch, kan volledig opgaan in zijn eigen gedachten, heeft veel stemmingswisselingen en is uitermate creatief. Maar hoe gebruik je deze eigenschappen in je dagelijkse leven? En wat kun je allemaal verwachten?

Sterre leeft met ADD. Haar echtgenoot en haar zoon hebben de diagnose ADD gekregen. Na een zoek...

Is children's language acquisition based on innate linguistic structures or built from cognitive and communicative skills? This book summarises the major theoretical debates in all of the core domains of child language acquisition research (phonology, word-learning, inflectional morphology, syntax and binding) and includes a complete introduction to the two major contrasting theoretical approaches: generativist and constructivist. For each debate, the predictions of the competing accounts are...

This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral? Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction presents research by philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and add...

-Number one text for depth and comprehensive coverage: detailed analysis of existing knowledge and practice -Comprehensively updated in 7th edition with latest research findings, theoretical developments and applications to practice. -Well structured and easily navigable: topic areas clearly defined and packaged to fit course delivery -Unmatched authority: highly recognized author and five previously successful editions -Links theory to practice to help students learn and apply key skills -Of...

Most people have good days…and not so good days. When they step back and ask what makes the difference, many conclude that it’s that stuff that happens between their ears. So, how do we engineer our mindset? How do we get our mental game right, so that we can perform at our best, consistently?