04080nam 2200577 450 991045607640332120200520144314.01-4106-0155-20-585-21032-2(CKB)111000211291386(EBL)956998(SSID)ssj0000174817(PQKBManifestationID)11156042(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174817(PQKBWorkID)10189892(PQKB)11357721(MiAaPQ)EBC956998(Au-PeEL)EBL956998(CaPaEBR)ebr10858026(CaONFJC)MIL589189(OCoLC)881162520(EXLCZ)9911100021129138619990104d1999 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman differences /Lewis R. AikenMahwah, New Jersey :Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,1999.1 online resource (737 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8058-3091-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-315) and indexes.Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Origins and Developments; INDIVIDUALISM; SCIENTIFIC BEGINNINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING; OTHER DEVELOPMENTS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 2 Measurement and Research Methods; VARIABLES AND MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH METHODS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 3 Biological Foundations; PHYSICAL VARIABLES AND SYSTEMS; HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE GLANDS; EVOLUTION AND GENETICS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 4 Sociocultural Foundations; ATTACHMENT AND PARENTING; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCESEX AND GENDERETHNICITY AND CULTURE; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 5 Physical Appearance, Performance, and Health; MEASURING AND DESCRIBING THE HUMAN BODY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; HEALTH AND ILLNESS; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 6 Theories, Concepts, and Correlates of Cognitive Abilities; THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE; STABILITY AND CHANGE IN COGNITIVE ABILITIES; GENDER AND ETHNICITY; HOME, SCHOOL, AND WORK; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 7 Exceptional and Special Cognitive Abilities; GENERAL AND SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DISABILITIES; INTELLECTUAL GIFTEDNESS AND CREATIVITYSOME OTHER INTELLIGENCESSPECIAL ABILITIES; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 8 Personality Theories, Concepts, and Correlates; THEORIES OF PERSONALITY; VARIABLES, MEASURES, AND METHODOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; PERCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE STYLES; DEMOGRAPHIC CORRELATES; OTHER CORRELATES OF PERSONALITY; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 9 Personality Problems and Disorders; STRESS AND ILLNESS; MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; 10 Differences Across the Life Span; EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND EXPENDITURES; MATES AND FAMILIES; FRIENDSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPSCRIME AND PREJUDICERIME AND PREJUDICE; SUMMARY; SUGGESTED READINGS; Glossary; References; Author Index; Subject IndexThis text reviews the mass of information concerning the ways in which individuals and groups differ from each other. Reviews of research findings and interpretations are provided on: physical appearance, performance and health; cognitive abilities; personality; and development across the life span. Extensive treatment of foundations (historical, measurement, research methods, biological, social, and cultural) is also provided. Both normal and abnormal behaviors are considered. The book provides an interdisciplinary focus, including material from all the behavior and natural sciences, not justIndividual differencesElectronic books.Individual differences.155.22Aiken Lewis R.1931-930707MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456076403321Human differences2093446UNINA02468nam 2200565 a 450 991078266530332120230721004636.01-282-49386-897866124938670-7391-3214-8(CKB)1000000000706233(EBL)467533(OCoLC)301351898(SSID)ssj0000172787(PQKBManifestationID)12039365(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172787(PQKBWorkID)10162358(PQKB)10033737(MiAaPQ)EBC467533(Au-PeEL)EBL467533(CaPaEBR)ebr10353599(CaONFJC)MIL249386(EXLCZ)99100000000070623320080829d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHome/land/security[electronic resource] what we learn about Arab communities from action-adventure films /Karin Gwinn WilkinsLanham, MD Lexington Booksc20091 online resource (112 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-2785-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-99) and index.Home/Land/Security; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: Introduction; Chapter 02: Fearing the "Other" in the Name of Security; Chapter 03: Mapping Land and Fear in Global Space; Chapter 04: Conquering Evil in Defense of Home; Chapter 05: Re-visioning Arab Communities in U.S. Popular Culture; Notes; References; IndexKarin Gwinn Wilkins interviews focus groups composed of a diverse cross-section of Americans and analyzes their interpretations of action-adventure film villains of Middle Eastern descent. Wilkins addresses the neglected empirical link between documented media stereotypes of Arab communities and the lived consequences of these portrayals, both in terms of discriminatory practices and generalizations.Arabs in motion picturesAction and adventure filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismArabs in motion pictures.Action and adventure filmsHistory and criticism.791.43/652927Wilkins Karin Gwinn1962-1561736MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782665303321Home3828736UNINA