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History and systems of psychology / / James F. Brennan
| History and systems of psychology / / James F. Brennan |
| Autore | Brennan James F. |
| Edizione | [Sixth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Disciplina | 150.9 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Psychology - History - 20th century
Psychology - Philosophy |
| ISBN | 1-292-05210-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: Past for Present -- 2. Psychological Foundations in Ancient Greece -- 3. From Rome Through the Middle Ages -- 4. The Reawakening of Intellectual Life -- 5. The Emergence of Modern Science -- 6. Sensationalism and Positivism: The French Traditions -- 7. Mental Passivity: The British Tradition -- 8. Mental Activity: The German Tradition -- 9. Nineteenth-Century Bases of Psychology -- 10. The Founding of Modern Psychology -- 11. American Functionalism -- 12. The Gestalt Movement -- 13. Psychoanalysis -- 14. Behaviorism -- 15. The Third Force Movement -- 16. Contemporary Trends: Neofunctionalism -- Glossary. |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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How english works : a linguistic introduction / / Anne Curzan, Michael Adams
| How english works : a linguistic introduction / / Anne Curzan, Michael Adams |
| Autore | Curzan Anne |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 recurso online (561 p.) |
| Disciplina | 420 |
| Collana | Pearson custom library |
| Soggetto topico | English language - Grammar |
| ISBN | 1-292-03891-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. A Language Like English -- 2. Language and Authority -- 3. English Phonology -- 4. English Morphology -- 5. English Syntax: The Grammar of Words -- 6. English Syntax: Phrases: Clauses, and Sentences -- 7. Semantics -- 8. Spoken Discourse -- 9. Stylistics -- 10. Language Acquisition -- 11. Language Variation -- 12. American Dialects -- 13. History of English: Old to Early Modern English -- 14. History of English: Modern and Future English -- Bibliography -- Brief Timeline of the History of the English Language -- List of Symbols, Linguistic Conventions, and Common Abbreviations -- Index. |
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Curzan Anne
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] | ||
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Human learning / / Jeanne Ormrod
| Human learning / / Jeanne Ormrod |
| Autore | Ormrod Jeanne Ellis |
| Edizione | [Seventh edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (624 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 153.15 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Learning, Psychology of
Behaviorism (Psychology) Lernpsychologie |
| ISBN |
1-292-10439-2
9781292104393 9781292104386 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Human Learning -- Half Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN LEARNING -- CHAPTER 1: LEARNING: DEFINITION, PRINCIPLES, AND THEORIES -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING -- DEFINING LEARNING -- DETERMINING WHEN LEARNING HAS OCCURRED -- TYPES OF LEARNING RESEARCH -- LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES -- How Theories of Learning Have Evolved over Time -- Advantages of Theories -- Potential Drawbacks of Theories -- A Perspective on Theories and Principles -- APPLYING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LEARNING TO INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 2: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND LEARNING -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM -- Neurons -- Synapses -- Glial Cells -- BRAIN STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS -- Methods in Brain Research -- Parts of the Brain -- The Left and Right Hemispheres -- Interconnectedness of Brain Structures -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN -- Prenatal Development -- Development in Infancy and Early Childhood -- Development in Middle Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood -- Factors Influencing Brain Development -- To What Extent Are There Critical or Sensitive Periods in Brain Development? -- To What Extent Is the Brain "Prewired" to Know or Learn Things? -- THE NEUROLOGICAL BASIS OF LEARNING -- EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF BRAIN RESEARCH -- SUMMARY -- PART TWO: BEHAVIORIST VIEWS OF LEARNING -- CHAPTER 3: BEHAVIORISM -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- BASIC ASSUMPTIONS IN BEHAVIORISM -- CLASSICAL CONDITIONING -- Classical Conditioning in Human Learning -- Common Phenomena in Classical Conditioning -- Eliminating Unproductive Classically Conditioned Responses -- OPERANT CONDITIONING -- Important Conditions for Operant Conditioning to Occur -- Contrasting Operant Conditioning with Classical Conditioning.
Forms That Reinforcement Might Take -- Common Phenomena in Operant Conditioning -- Effects of Antecedent Stimuli and Responses in Operant Conditioning -- Avoidance Learning -- PUNISHMENT -- Potentially Effective Forms of Punishment -- Ineffective Forms of Punishment -- COGNITION AND MOTIVATION IN BEHAVIORIST THEORIES -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 4: APPLICATIONS OF BEHAVIORIST PRINCIPLES -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- APPLYING BEHAVIORIST PRINCIPLES TO CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT -- Creating a Productive Classroom Climate -- Concerns about Using Reinforcement and Punishment in Classroom Settings -- Using Reinforcement to Increase Productive Behaviors -- Strategies for Decreasing Undesirable Behaviors -- APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS (ABA) -- Frequently Used ABA Strategies -- Using ABA with Large Groups -- Adding a Cognitive Component to ABA -- IMPLICATIONS OF BEHAVIORISM FOR CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT -- Importance of Making Active Responses -- Identifying Instructional Goals and Objectives -- Programmed Instruction and Computer-Assisted Instruction -- Mastery Learning -- School Assessment Practices -- WHEN BEHAVIORIST APPROACHES ARE MOST USEFUL -- SUMMARY -- PART THREE: SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY -- CHAPTER 5: SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY -- Environmental Factors in Social Cognitive Theory: Revisiting Reinforcement and Punishment -- Cognitive Factors in Social Cognitive Theory -- Reciprocal Causation -- MODELING -- How Modeling Affects Behavior -- Characteristics of Effective Models -- Behaviors That Can Be Learned through Modeling -- Conditions Necessary for Effective Modeling to Occur -- SELF-EFFICACY -- How Self-Efficacy Affects Behavior and Cognition -- Factors in the Development of Self-Efficacy -- SELF-REGULATION -- Elements of Self-Regulation -- Promoting Self-Regulated Behavior. The Cognitive Side of Self-Regulation -- EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY -- SUMMARY -- PART FOUR: COGNITIVE VIEWS OF LEARNING -- CHAPTER 6: COGNITIVISM -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- BASIC ASSUMPTIONS IN COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES -- EDWARD TOLMAN'S PURPOSIVE BEHAVIORISM -- GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY -- VERBAL LEARNING RESEARCH -- CONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES -- Information Processing Theory -- Constructivism -- Contextual Theories -- Integrating Cognitively Oriented Perspectives -- GENERAL EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF COGNITIVIST APPROACHES -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 7: MEMORY AND ITS COMPONENTS -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- A DUAL-STORE MODEL OF MEMORY -- Sensory Register -- Moving Information to Working Memory: The Role of Attention -- Working Memory -- Moving Information to Long-Term Memory: Connecting New Information with Prior Knowledge -- Long-Term Memory -- CHALLENGES TO THE DUAL-STORE MODEL -- Are Working Memory and Long-Term Memory Really Different? -- Is Conscious Thought Necessary for Long-Term Memory Storage? -- ALTERNATIVE VIEWS OF HUMAN MEMORY -- Levels of Processing -- Activation -- REMEMBERING THAT THE MAP IS NOT THE TERRITORY -- GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT MEMORY AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 8: LONG-TERM MEMORY STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL PROCESSES -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- STORAGE AS A CONSTRUCTIVE PROCESS -- Examples of Construction in Action -- LONG-TERM MEMORY STORAGE PROCESSES -- Rehearsal -- Meaningful Learning -- Internal Organization -- Elaboration -- Visual Imagery -- How Procedural Knowledge Is Acquired -- FACTORS AFFECTING LONG-TERM MEMORY STORAGE -- Working Memory -- Prior Knowledge -- Prior Misconceptions -- Expectations -- Verbalization -- Enactment -- Repetition and Review -- LONG-TERM MEMORY RETRIEVAL PROCESSES -- Importance of Context for Retrieval -- Construction in Retrieval. The Power of Suggestion: Effects of Subsequently Presented Information -- Constructing Entirely New "Memories" during Retrieval -- Remembering Prior Recollections -- FORGETTING -- Decay -- Interference and Inhibition -- Repression -- Failure to Retrieve -- Construction Error -- Insufficient Self-Monitoring during Retrieval -- Failure to Store or Consolidate -- PROMOTING EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM MEMORY STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL PROCESSES -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 9: KNOWLEDGE -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- THE VARIOUS KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE -- Declarative and Procedural Knowledge -- Explicit and Implicit Knowledge -- HOW KNOWLEDGE IS ENCODED IN LONG-TERM MEMORY -- Encoding in Terms of Physical Characteristics -- Encoding in Terms of Actions -- Encoding in Terms of Symbols -- Encoding in Terms of Meanings -- Different Forms of Encoding Are Not Mutually Exclusive -- THE ORGANIZATION OF LONG-TERM MEMORY -- Long-Term Memory as a Hierarchy -- Long-Term Memory as a Network -- Parallel Distributed Processing -- CONCEPTS -- Theories of Concept Learning -- Factors Facilitating Concept Learning -- SCHEMAS AND SCRIPTS -- PERSONAL THEORIES -- Personal Theories versus Reality -- Fostering Theory Development -- WORLDVIEWS -- THE CHALLENGE OF CONCEPTUAL CHANGE -- Promoting Conceptual Change -- DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERTISE -- GENERALIZATIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE -- SUMMARY -- PART FIVE: DEVELOPMENTAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES -- CHAPTER 10: COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVES -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- PIAGET'S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Key Ideas in Piaget's Theory -- Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development -- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON PIAGET'S THEORY -- Capabilities of Different Age-Groups -- Effects of Experience and Prior Knowledge -- Effects of Culture -- Views on Piaget's Stages -- NEO-PIAGETIAN THEORIES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Case's Theory. IMPLICATIONS OF PIAGETIAN AND NEO-PIAGETIAN THEORIES -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 11: SOCIOCULTURAL THEORY AND OTHER CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- VYGOTSKY'S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Key Ideas in Vygotsky's Theory -- Comparing Piaget's and Vygotsky's Theories -- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES ON VYGOTSKY'S THEORY -- Social Construction of Meaning -- Scaffolding -- Participation in Adult Activities -- Apprenticeships -- Acquisition of Teaching Skills -- Dynamic Assessment -- ADDING A SOCIOCULTURAL ELEMENT TO INFORMATION PROCESSING THEORY -- Intersubjectivity -- Social Construction of Memories -- Collaborative Use of Cognitive Strategies -- EXPANDING THE CONTEXTUALIST FRAMEWORK -- Embodiment -- Situated and Distributed Learning and Cognition -- Ecological Systems Theory -- GENERAL IMPLICATIONS OF SOCIOCULTURAL AND OTHER CONTEXTUALIST THEORIES -- PEER-INTERACTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES -- Class Discussions -- Reciprocal Teaching -- Cooperative Learning -- Peer Tutoring -- Communities of Learners -- Technology-Based Collaborative Learning -- SUMMARY -- PART SIX: COMPLEX LEARNING AND COGNITION -- CHAPTER 12: LEARNING AND STUDYING EFFECTIVELY -- LEARNING OUTCOMES -- METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS -- SELF-REGULATED LEARNING -- Roots of Self-Regulated Learning -- EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND STUDY STRATEGIES -- Meaningful Learning, Organization, and Elaboration -- Note Taking -- Identifying Important Information -- Summarizing -- Comprehension Monitoring -- Mnemonics -- DEVELOPMENT OF METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS -- EPISTEMIC BELIEFS -- Developmental and Cultural Differences in Epistemic Beliefs -- Effects of Epistemic Beliefs -- THE INTENTIONAL LEARNER -- WHY STUDENTS DON'T ALWAYS USE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES -- PROMOTING EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND STUDY STRATEGIES -- SUMMARY -- CHAPTER 13: TRANSFER, PROBLEM SOLVING, AND CRITICAL THINKING. LEARNING OUTCOMES. |
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Ormrod Jeanne Ellis
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2016] | ||
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Human relations : interpersonal, job-oriented skills / / Andrew DuBrin
| Human relations : interpersonal, job-oriented skills / / Andrew DuBrin |
| Autore | DuBrin Andrew J. |
| Edizione | [Twelfth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (465 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 658.3 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | Organizational behavior |
| ISBN |
1-292-06722-5
9781292067223 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Content -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Framework for Interpersonal Skill Development -- Plan of the Book -- A Model for Improving Interpersonal Skills -- Goal or Desired State of Affairs -- Assessing Reality -- An Action Plan -- Feedback on Actions -- Frequent Practice -- Identification of Developmental Needs -- Universal Needs for Improving Interpersonal Relations -- Developing Interpersonal Skills on the Job -- Informal Learning -- Specific Developmental Experiences -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 1.1: Tyler Likes Tyler -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play: Tyler Wants to Improve His Interpersonal Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 1.2: Betty Lou Sets Some Goals -- References -- Chapter 2 Understanding Individual Differences -- Personality -- Eight Major Personality Factors and Traits -- The Eight Factors and Traits and Job Performance -- Personality Types and Cognitive Styles -- Guidelines for Dealing with Different Personality Types -- Cognitive Ability -- Components of Traditional Intelligence -- Practical Intelligence -- Multiple Intelligences -- Emotional Intelligence -- Guidelines for Relating to People of Different Levels and Types of Intelligence -- Values as a Source of Individual Differences -- Classification of Values -- Generational Differences in Values -- How Values Are Learned -- Clarifying Your Values -- The Mesh between Individual and Job Values -- Guidelines for Using Values to Enhance Interpersonal Relations -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills.
Interpersonal Relations Case 2.1: The Big Stakes Repo Men at International Recovery -- Interpersonal Relations Case 2.2: A Values Clash at the Hearing Center -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play: Dealing with a Difference in Values -- References -- Chapter 3 Building Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence -- The Meaning of Self-Esteem, Its Development and Consequences -- How Self-Esteem Develops -- The Consequences of Self-Esteem -- Enhancing Self-Esteem -- Attain Legitimate Accomplishments -- Be Aware of Personal Strengths -- Rebut the Inner Critic -- Practice Self-Nurturing -- Minimize Settings and Interactions that Detract from Your Feelings of Competence -- Get Help from Others -- Model the Behavior of People with High Self-Esteem -- Create a High Self-Esteem Living Space -- The Importance of Self-Confidence and Self-Efficacy -- Techniques for Developing and Enhancing Your Self-Confidence -- Develop a Solid Knowledge Base -- Use Positive Self-Talk -- Avoid Negative Self-Talk -- Practice Public Speaking -- Use Positive Visual Imagery -- Set High Expectations for Yourself (the Galatea Effect) -- Develop the Explanatory Style of Optimists -- Strive for Peak Performance -- Bounce Back from Setbacks and Embarrassments -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 3.1: High Self-Esteem Brandy -- Interpersonal Relations Case 3.2: Anthony Needs a Boost -- Interpersonal Relations Role-Play: Quincy Attempts to Boost Anthony's Self-Confidence -- References -- Chapter 4 Interpersonal Communication -- Steps in the Communication Process -- Relationship Building and Interpersonal Communication -- Nonverbal Communication in Organizations -- Modes of Transmission of Nonverbal Communication. Guidelines for Improving Nonverbal Communication -- Guidelines for Detecting Lying through Nonverbal Communication -- Guidelines for Overcoming Communication Problems and Barriers -- Communicate Honestly -- Understand the Receiver -- Minimize Defensive Communication -- Repeat Your Message Using Multiple Channels (in Moderation) -- Check Comprehension and Feelings through Verbal and Nonverbal Feedback -- Display a Positive Attitude -- Communicate Persuasively -- Engage in Active Listening -- Prepare for Stressful Conversations -- Engage in Metacommunication -- Recognize Gender Differences in Communication Style -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 4.1: Why Am I Not Getting through to These People? -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play 4.1: Getting through to a Property Specialist -- Interpersonal Relations Case 4.2: Troy, the Aspiring Hotel Manager -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play 4.2: Troy Communicates Persuasively -- References -- Chapter 5 Interpersonal Skills for the Digital World -- Interpersonal Skills for One-on-One Interactions -- Smartphones, Cell Phones, and Text Messaging -- E-Mail Messages and Instant Messaging -- Webcam Job Interviews -- Interpersonal Aspects of Multitasking -- Harassment of Others -- Interpersonal Skills for Social Networking and Small Audiences -- Social Networking by Internet -- Laptop and Smartphone Use during Meetings -- Interpersonal Aspects of Presentation Technology -- Videoconferencing and Telepresence -- Interpersonal Skills Linked to Telecommuting -- Avoiding Damage to Your Online Reputation -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills. Interpersonal Relations Case 5.1: Sonya Takes Chances on Yammer -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play: Bruce Confronts Sonya about Her Yammer Posts -- Interpersonal Relations Case 5.2: Kevin, the Twitter Guy -- References -- Chapter 6 Developing Teamwork Skills -- Face-to-Face versus Virtual Teams -- Face-to-Face (Traditional) Teams -- Virtual Teams -- The Advantages and Disadvantages of Teams and Teamwork -- Advantages of Group Work and Teamwork -- Disadvantages of Group Work and Teamwork -- Team Member Roles -- Guidelines for the Interpersonal Aspects of Team Play -- Communicate Frequently and Assertively -- Trust Team Members -- Display a High Level of Cooperation and Collaboration -- Recognize the Interests and Achievements of Others -- Give and Receive Helpful Criticism -- Share the Glory -- Take Care Not to Rain on Another Person's Parade -- Guidelines for the Task Aspects of Team Play -- Provide Technical Expertise (or Knowledge of the Task) -- Assume Responsibility for Problems -- See the Big Picture -- Believe in Consensus -- Focus on Deadlines -- Help Team Members Do Their Jobs Better -- Be a Good Organizational Citizen -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 6.1: Leah Puts on Her Team Player Face -- Interpersonal Relations Case 6.2: Trevor Speaks Freely -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play: Elizabeth Wants More Cooperation from Trevor -- References -- Chapter 7 Group Problem Solving and Decision Making -- Rational versus Political Decision Making in Groups -- Guidelines for Using General Problem-Solving Groups -- Working through the Group Problem-Solving Steps -- Managing Disagreement about Group Decision Making -- Aiming for Inquiry versus Advocacy in Group Decision Making. Guidelines for Brainstorming -- Guidelines for the Nominal Group Technique -- Using Standup Meetings to Facilitate Problem Solving -- Using E-Mail and Collaborative Software to Facilitate Group Decision Making -- Using E-Mail to Facilitate Meetings -- Using Collaborative Software and Social Platforms to Facilitate Group Problem Solving -- Suggestions for Being an Effective Meeting Participant -- Cultural Factors and Group Decision Making -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 7.1: Pet Groomers on Wheels Get into a Huddle -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play: Group Decision Making at Pet Groomers on Wheels -- Interpersonal Relations Case 7.2: Standing Up at Vogue Travel -- References -- Chapter 8 Cross-Cultural Relations and Diversity -- The Diversity Umbrella -- Understanding Cultural Differences -- Cultural Sensitivity and Political Correctness -- Cultural Intelligence -- Respect for All Workers and Cultures -- Cultural Fluency -- Dimensions of Differences in Cultural Values -- Cultural Bloopers -- Overcoming Cross-Cultural Communication Barriers -- Techniques for Improving Cross-Cultural Relations -- Cultural Training -- Recognize Your Own Cultural and Demographic Biases -- Cultural Intelligence Training -- Language Training -- Diversity Training -- Cross-Cultural and Cross-Gender Mentoring Programs -- Concept Review and Reinforcement -- Key Terms -- Summary -- Questions for Discussion and Review -- The Web Corner -- Developing Your Human Relations Skills -- Interpersonal Relations Case 8.1: What to Do with Shabana? -- Interpersonal Skills Role-Play 8.1: Helping Shabana Develop Better Customer Service -- Interpersonal Relations Case 8.2: Pierre Keeps One Foot in Haiti. Interpersonal Skills Role-Play 8.2: Suzanne Attempts to Help Pierre Adjust to his New Culture. |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Introducing human resource management / / Margaret Foot, Caroline Hook, Andrew Jenkins
| Introducing human resource management / / Margaret Foot, Caroline Hook, Andrew Jenkins |
| Autore | Foot Margaret <1949-> |
| Edizione | [Seventh Edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (520 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables |
| Disciplina | 658.3 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Employee rights
Personnel management |
| ISBN | 1-292-06399-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introducing human resource management -- Introduction -- HRM? What's it all about? -- The main factors that have made HRM what it is today -- The development of the human resource management approach -- The context in which HRM operates -- Current issues in HRM -- Other approaches to HRM -- What are the best places to work? -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 2 High-performance working: employee engagement through involvement and participation -- The unitary and pluralist perspectives -- Partnership, participation and employee involvement -- Partnership -- Employee involvement and participation -- EU rights to information and consultation -- Employee involvement and high-performance working -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 3 The employment relationship -- Rights and obligations of the two parties -- Expectations of the two parties: the psychological contract -- The legal framework -- Flexible working arrangements -- Termination of employment -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 4 Diversity and equality -- Diversity in the workplace -- Equality and diversity -- Discrimination in the workplace -- Discrimination cases -- Equality -- The Equality Act 2010 -- Types of discrimination -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 5 Human resource strategy and planning -- Strategy -- Human resource planning -- Estimating the demand for human resources -- Estimating the internal supply of human resources -- Assessing the external supply of human resources -- Comparing demand and supply forecasts.
Developing and implementing human resource strategies -- Information technology systems and HR -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 6 Recruitment and selection -- Recruitment -- Recruitment policies -- Recruitment procedures -- Documentation to support the recruitment process -- Recruitment methods -- Selection -- Aims and objectives of the selection process -- Selection policies and procedures -- Selection as a strategic activity -- Shortlisting -- Job interviews -- Further selection techniques -- Making the final selection -- Administrative procedures -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- Appendix 1 -- 7 Performance management and performance appraisal -- Definition of performance management -- The main HR tools used in performance management -- Models of performance management -- The role of line managers in performance management -- Ways of setting standards and measuring performance in performance appraisal -- The appraisal interview -- The role of the line managers in performance appraisal -- Design of documentation -- Information technology and performance management -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 8 Learning, training and talent development -- What do we mean by learning and talent development and how does this differ from training? -- How do you learn? -- Recent approaches to learning and development -- Current trends in training, L&TD in organisations -- Why are learning, training and talent development Important for organisations? -- Creating a learning culture -- Designing learning and talent development interventions -- Induction training -- The roles of learning and development specialists and line managers -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news. What next? -- References -- Further study -- 9 Pay and reward systems -- Definitions -- The main influences on payment systems -- Job evaluation schemes -- Different types of payment system -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- What next? -- HR in the news -- References -- Further study -- 10 Health, safety and wellbeing -- Definitions -- Safety -- Legislation -- Other health and safety legislation -- The people and organisations involved in health, safety and wellbeing -- Health and safety arrangements -- Risk assessment -- Wellbeing -- Organisational policy and procedures -- Health promotion -- Absence management -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 11 International human resource management -- Introduction -- The growing importance of global business -- International, multinational, global or transnational? -- Definitions of international human resource management -- Ethnocentric, polycentric, regiocentric or geocentric? -- Cross-cultural working -- Human resource management issues -- International perspectives on learning, training and talent development -- International perspectives on high-performance working systems -- International perspectives on work-life balance -- International perspectives on diversity and equality -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 12 Discipline and grievance -- Discipline: introduction and definitions -- Disciplinary procedures and practices -- Grievance: introduction and definitions -- Grievance procedures and practices -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References -- Further study -- 13 Dismissal, redundancy and outplacement -- Dismissal -- Redundancy -- Outplacement -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- HR in the news -- What next? -- References. Further study -- Answers -- Author index -- Subject index. |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2016] | ||
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Introduction to agricultural economics / / John B Penson, Jr., 3 others
| Introduction to agricultural economics / / John B Penson, Jr., 3 others |
| Autore | Penson John B., Jr. |
| Edizione | [Sixth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (433 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | Agriculture-Economic aspects |
| ISBN | 1-292-07311-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part one Introduction -- 1 What Is Agricultural Economics? -- Scope of Economics -- Scarce Resources -- Making Choices -- Definition of Economics -- Microeconomics versus Macroeconomics -- Positive versus Normative Economics -- Alternative Economic Systems -- Definition of Agricultural Economics -- What Does an Agricultural Economist Do? -- Role at Microeconomic Level -- Role at Macroeconomic Level -- Marginal Analysis -- What Lies Ahead? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- Graphical Analysis -- 2 The U.S. Food and Fiber Industry -- Indices -- What is the Food and Fiber Industry? -- Changing Complexion of Farming -- Physical Structure -- Specialization, Diversification, Organization, and Contracting -- Productivity -- Profitability -- Financial Structure -- Other Sectors in the Food and Fiber Industry -- Farm Input Suppliers -- Food Processors, Wholesalers, and Retailers -- Value-Added Process -- Fiber Manufacturers -- Shippers and Handlers -- Importance of Export Markets -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- Part two Understanding Consumer Behavior -- 3 Theory of Consumer Behavior -- Utility Theory -- Total Utility -- Marginal Utility -- Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility -- Indifference Curves -- Concept of Isoutility -- Marginal Rate of Substitution -- The Budget Constraint -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- Reference -- 4 Consumer Equilibrium and Market Demand -- Conditions for Consumer Equilibrium -- Changes in Equilibrium -- Changes in Product Price -- Changes in Other Demand Determinants -- The Law of Demand -- Market Demand -- Interpretation of Market Demand -- Tastes and Preferences -- Composition of the Population -- Attitudes toward Nutrition and Health -- Food Safety -- Lifestyles.
Technological Forces -- Advertising and Promotion -- Consumer Surplus -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- Reference -- 5 Measurement and Interpretation of Elasticities -- Own-Price Elasticity of Demand -- Income Elasticity of Demand -- Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand -- Other General Properties -- Some Real-World Examples -- Applicability of Demand Elasticities -- Applicability to Policymakers -- Applicability to Farmers -- Applicability to Consumers -- Applicability to Input Manufacturers -- Applicability to Food Processors and Trade Firms -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- Part three Business Behavior and Market Equilibrium -- 6 Introduction to Production and Resource Use -- Conditions for Perfect Competition -- Classification of Inputs -- Land -- Labor -- Capital -- Management -- Important Production Relationships -- The Production Function -- Total Physical Product Curve -- Marginal Physical Product Curve -- Average Physical Product Curve -- Stages of Production -- Assessing Short-Run Business Costs -- Total Costs and the TPP Curve -- Average Costs and the APP Curve -- Marginal Costs and the MPP Curve -- Economics of Short-Run Decisions -- Marginal and Average Revenue -- Level of Output: MC = MR -- Level of Resource Use: MVP = MIC -- What Lies Ahead? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- 7 Economics of Input and Product Substitution -- Concept and Measurement of Isoquants -- Rate of Technical Substitution -- The Iso-Cost Line -- Least-Cost Use of Inputs for a Given Output -- Short-Run Least-Cost Input Use -- Effects of Input Price Changes -- Least-Cost Input Use for a Given Budget -- Long-Run Expansion of Input Use -- Long-Run Average Costs -- The Long-Run Planning Curve -- Economics of Business Expansion -- Capital Variable in the Long Run. Concept and Measurement of the Production Possibilities Frontier -- Production Possibilities Frontier -- Product Substitution -- Concept and Measurement of the Iso-Revenue Line -- Profit-Maximizing Combination of Products -- Choice of Products in the Short Run -- Effects of Change in Product Prices -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- Reference -- 8 Market Equilibrium and Product Price: Perfect Competition -- Derivation of the Market Supply Curve -- Firm Supply Curve -- Market Supply Curve -- Own-Price Elasticity of Supply -- Producer Surplus -- Market Equilibrium Under Perfect Competition -- Market Equilibrium -- Total Economic Surplus -- Applicability to Policy Analysis -- Adjustments to Market Equilibrium -- Market Disequilibrium -- Length of Adjustment Period -- Cobweb Adjustment Cycle -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- 9 Market Equilibrium and Product Price: Imperfect Competition -- Market Structure Characteristics -- Number of Firms and Size Distribution -- Product Differentiation -- Barriers to Entry -- Economic Environment -- Classification of Firms -- Imperfect Competition in Selling -- Monopolistic Competition -- Oligopoly -- Monopoly -- Comparison of Alternative Market Structures -- Welfare Effects of Imperfect Competition -- Imperfect Competition in Buying -- Monopsony -- Oligopsony and Monopsonistic Competition -- Market Structures in Livestock Industry -- Governmental Regulatory Measures -- Legislative Acts -- Ceiling Price -- Lump-Sum Tax -- Minimum Price -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- Part four Government in the Food and Fiber Industry -- 10 Natural Resources, the Environment, and Agriculture -- Agriculture and the Environment -- Water Pollution -- Air Pollution -- Global Climate Change -- Other Environmental Impacts. Economics of the Environment -- Efficient Property Rights -- Efficiency and Externalities in Agriculture -- Environmental Policies -- The Economics of the Resources of Agriculture -- Soil Quality and Quantity -- The Economics of Soil Conservation -- Characteristics of Soil -- Discounting and Present Value Analysis -- The Present Value of Soil Resources -- Practice: The Dust Bowl -- Water as an Economic Asset -- Government Policies for Agriculture, Natural Resources, and the Environment -- Soil Erosion Policies and the Conservation Reserve Program -- Other Federal Incentive Programs for Agricultural Conservation -- Environmental Regulations -- The Endangered Species Act -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- 11 Government Interventionin Agriculture -- Rationale for Government Intervention -- Farm Economic Issues -- Historical Perspective on the Farm Problem -- Forms of Government Intervention -- Consumer Issues -- Adequate and Cheap Food Supply -- Nutrition and Health -- Food Safety -- Food Subsidies -- Historical Support Mechanisms -- Loan Rate Mechanism -- Set-Aside Mechanism -- Target Price Mechanism -- Countercyclical Payments Mechanism -- Conservation Reserve Mechanism -- Commodities Covered by Government Programs -- Phasing Out of Supply Management -- Domestic Demand Expansion Programs -- Importance of Export Demand -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- Part five Macroeconomics of Agriculture -- 12 Product Markets and National Output -- Circular Flow of Payments -- Barter Economy -- Monetary Economy -- Composition and Measurementof Gross Domestic Product -- Consumption, Savings, and Investment -- Determinants of Planned Consumption -- Determinants of Planned Saving -- Determinants of Planned Investment -- Equilibrium National Income and Output -- Aggregate Expenditures. The Keynesian Cross -- Deriving Aggregate Demand Curve -- Aggregate Supply and FullEmployment -- Recessionary and Inflationary Gaps -- What Lies Ahead? -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- 13 Macroeconomic Policy Fundamentals -- Characteristics of Money -- Functions of Money -- Money versus Near Monies -- Backing of Money -- Federal Reserve System -- Organization of the Federal Reserve System -- Functions of the Federal Reserve System -- Monetary Policy Instruments -- Changing the Money Supply -- Creation of Deposits -- Monetary Policy and the Money Supply -- Money Market Equilibrium -- Demand for Money -- Equilibrium Conditions -- Effects of Monetary Policy on the Economy -- Transmission of Policy -- Combating Recessionary Gaps -- Combating Inflationary Gaps -- Microeconomic Perspectives -- The Federal Budget -- Federal Expenditures -- Federal Receipts -- Budget Deficit -- The National Debt -- National Debt and GDP -- Ownership of National Debt -- Burdening Future Generations? -- Fiscal Policy Options -- Automatic Policy Instruments -- Discretionary Policy Instruments -- Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Demand -- Combating Recessionary Gaps -- Combating Inflationary Gaps -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- 14 Consequences of Business Fluctuations -- Fluctuations in Business Activity -- Nature of Business Fluctuations -- Indicators of Economic Activity -- Consequences of Business Fluctuations -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- Short-Run Phillips Curve -- Macroeconomic Policy Options -- Laissez-faire Macroeconomic Policy -- Demand-Oriented Macroeconomic Policy -- Supply-Oriented Macroeconomic Policy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Testing Your Economic Quotient -- References -- 15 Macroeconomic Policy and Agriculture -- A Historical U.S. Perspective -- The Big Five -- Rate of Inflation. 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An introduction to analysis / / William R. Wade
| An introduction to analysis / / William R. Wade |
| Autore | Wade W. R. |
| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (644 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 515 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | Mathematical analysis |
| ISBN | 1-292-05589-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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Wade W. R.
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Introduction to management accounting / / Alnoor Bhimani, 4 others
| Introduction to management accounting / / Alnoor Bhimani, 4 others |
| Autore | Bhimani Alnoor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (723 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 658.1511 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | Managerial accounting |
| ISBN | 0-273-73756-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour of the book -- Guided tour of MyAccountingLab -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Managerial accounting and organisations -- Starbucks -- Accounting and decision making -- Cost-benefit and behavioural considerations -- The management process and accounting -- Planning and control for product life cycles and the value chain -- Accounting's position in the organisation -- Adaptation to change -- Ethical conduct for professional accountants -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 2 Introduction to cost behaviour and cost-volume relationships -- Boeing Company -- Identifying resources, activities, costs and cost drivers -- Variable- and fixed-cost behaviour -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- Additional uses of cost-volume analysis -- Nonprofit application -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 2A: Sales-mix analysis -- Appendix 2B: Impact of income taxes -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 3 Measurement of cost behaviour -- Air Arabia -- Cost drivers and cost behaviour -- Management influence on cost behaviour -- Cost functions -- Methods of measuring cost functions -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 3: Use and interpretation of least-squares regression -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 4 Cost management systems and activity-based costing -- Dell -- Cost management systems -- Cost accounting systems -- Cost terms used for strategic decision making and operational control purposes -- Cost terms used for external reporting purposes -- Traditional and activity-based cost accounting systems -- Activity-based management: a cost management system tool -- Highlights to remember.
Appendix 4: Detailed illustration of traditional and activity-based cost accounting systems -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- HBS case study: Siemens Electric Motor Works -- 5 Relevant information for decision making with a focus on pricing decisions -- Mercadona -- The concept of relevance -- Pricing special sales orders -- Basic principles for pricing decisions -- General influences on pricing in practice -- Cost-plus pricing -- Target costing -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- HBS case study: La Grande Alliance: Restaurant Français -- 6 Relevant information for decision making with a focus on operational decisions -- Maersk Line -- Analysing relevant information: focusing on the future and differential attributes -- Make-or-buy decisions -- Deletion or addition of products, services or departments -- Optimal use of limited resources: product-mix decisions -- Joint product costs: sell or process further decisions -- Keeping or replacing equipment -- Identify irrelevant or misspecified costs -- Conflicts between decision making and performance evaluation -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 7 Introduction to budgets and preparing the master budget -- Ritz-Carlton -- Budgets and the organisation -- Types of budgets -- Preparing the master budget -- Budgets as financial planning models -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 7: Use of spreadsheet models for sensitivity analysis -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 8 Flexible budgets and variance analysis -- McDonald's -- Using budgets and variances to evaluate results. Isolating the causes of variances -- Flexible-budget variances in detail -- Overhead variances -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 9 Management control systems and responsibility accounting -- Diesel -- Management control systems -- Management control systems and organisational goals -- Designing management control systems -- Controllability and measurement of financial performance -- Measurement of nonfinancial performance -- The balanced scorecard -- Management control systems in service, government, and nonprofit organisations -- Future of management control systems -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Cases -- 10 Management control in decentralised organisations -- Nike -- Centralisation versus decentralisation -- Performance metrics and management control -- Measures of profitability -- Economic profit or economic value added (EVA) -- ROI or economic profit? -- A closer look at invested capital -- Transfer pricing -- Keys to successful management control systems -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- HBS case study: Empire Glass Company -- 11 Capital budgeting -- Toyota Motor Corporation -- Capital budgeting for programmes or projects -- Discounted-cash-flow models -- Sensitivity analysis and risk assessment in DCF models -- The NPV comparison of two projects -- Income taxes and capital budgeting -- Confusion about depreciation -- Other models for analysing long-range decisions -- Performance evaluation -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 11: capital budgeting and inflation -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Cases. 12 Cost allocation -- Haier -- A general framework for cost allocation -- Allocation of service department costs -- Allocation of costs to product or service cost objects -- An ABC approach -- Allocation of costs to customer cost objects to determine customer profitability -- Allocation of central corporate support costs -- Allocation of joint costs and by-product costs -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 12: Multistage ABC (MSABC) systems -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Cases -- 13 Accounting for overhead costs -- Dell -- Accounting for factory overhead -- Illustration of overhead application -- Problems of overhead application -- Variable versus absorption costing -- Fixed overhead and absorption costs of product -- Effect of other variances -- Highlights to remember -- Appendix 13: Comparisons of production-volume variance with other variances -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Case study -- 14 Job-order costing and process-costing systems -- Haribo -- Distinction between job-order costing and process costing -- Illustration of job costing -- Activity-based costing/management in a job-costing environment -- Job costing in service and nonprofit organisations -- Process costing basics -- Application of process costing -- Physical units and equivalent units (steps 1 and 2) -- Calculation of product costs (steps 3 to 5) -- Effects of beginning inventories -- Process costing in a JIT system: backflush costing -- Highlights to remember -- Accounting vocabulary -- Fundamental assignment material -- Additional assignment material -- Appendix A: Recommended reading -- Appendix B: Fundamentals of compound interest and the use of present-value tables -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N. O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Index -- Company name index. |
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Introduction to post-tonal theory / / Joseph N. Straus
| Introduction to post-tonal theory / / Joseph N. Straus |
| Autore | Straus Joseph Nathan |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 781.267 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico | Twelve-tone system |
| ISBN | 1-292-05556-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153256803321 |
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Straus Joseph Nathan
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The journey of adulthood / / Barbara R. Bjorklund
| The journey of adulthood / / Barbara R. Bjorklund |
| Autore | Bjorklund Barbara R. |
| Edizione | [Eighth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 155.6 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Adulthood-Psychological aspects
Aging-Psychological aspects Adulthood |
| ISBN | 1-292-06549-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: An Overview of Adult Development -- Basic Concepts in Adult Development -- Sources of Change -- Normative Age-Graded Influences -- Normative History-Graded Influences -- Nonnormative Life Events -- Sources of Stability -- Genetics -- Environment -- Interactionist View -- A Word About "Age -- Setting the Course: Some Guiding Perspectives -- Life-Span Developmental Psychology Approach -- Bioecological Model of Development -- Developmental Research -- Methods -- Measures -- Analyses -- Designs -- A Final Word -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 2: Aging and Physical Changes -- Theories of Primary Aging -- Oxidative Damage -- Genetic Limits -- Caloric Restriction -- A Word on Theories of Primary Aging -- Physical Changes During Adulthood -- Outward Appearance -- The Senses -- Bones and Muscles -- Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems -- Brain and Nervous System -- Immune System -- Hormonal System -- Changes in Physical Behavior -- Athletic Abilities -- Stamina, Dexterity, and Balance -- Sleep -- Sexual Activity -- Individual Differences in Primary Aging -- Genetics -- Lifestyle -- Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Group -- Can We "Turn Back the Clock" of Primary Aging? -- An Overview of the Physical Changes in Adulthood -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 3: Health and Illness -- Mortality Rates and Causes of Death -- Morbidity Rates, Disease, and Disability -- Common Health Conditions -- Disability -- Self-Ratings of Health -- Specific Diseases -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Cancer -- Diabetes -- Alzheimer's Disease -- Living with Age-Related Diseases and Disabilities -- Mental Disorders -- Anxiety Disorders -- Mood Disorders -- Impulse Control Disorders -- Substance Abuse Disorders -- Treatment of Mental Health Disorders -- Nonmedical Solutions.
Assistive Technology -- Assistance Animals -- Individual Differences in Health -- Lifestyle -- Gender -- Socioeconomics, Race, and Ethnicity -- Personality and Behavior Patterns -- Genetics -- Developmental Origins -- The Road to Good Health -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 4: Aging and Cognitive Changes -- Intelligence -- Age Changes in Overall Intelligence -- Components of Intelligence -- Reversing Declines in Intellectual Abilities -- Memory -- Short-Term and Working Memory -- Declarative and Nondeclarative (Procedural) Memory -- Prospective Memory -- Slowing Declines in Memory Abilities -- Memory in Context -- Decision Making and Problem Solving -- Individual Differences in Cognitive Change -- Health -- Genetics -- Demographics and Sociobiographical History -- Schooling -- Intellectual Activity -- Physical Exercise -- Subjective Evaluation of Decline -- Cognitive Assistance -- Medication Adherence -- Social Networking -- E-Readers and Electronic Games -- Safe Driving -- Review of Cognitive Changes over the Adult Years and a Search for Balance -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 5: Transformation of Social Roles -- Social Roles and Transitions -- Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes -- Social Roles in Young Adulthood -- Leaving (and Returning) Home -- Becoming a Spouse or Partner -- Becoming a Parent -- Social Roles in Middle Adulthood -- The Departure of the Children: The Empty Nest -- Gender Roles at Midlife -- Becoming a Grandparent -- Caring for an Aging Parent -- Social Roles in Late Adulthood -- Living Alone -- Becoming a Care Receiver -- Social Roles in Atypical Families -- Lifelong Singles -- The Childless -- Divorced (and Remarried) Adults -- The Effect of Variations in Timing -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 6: The Dynamics of Social Relationships. Theories of Social Relationships -- Attachment Theory -- The Convoy Model -- Socioemotional Selectivity Theory -- Evolutionary Psychology -- Intimate Partnerships -- Establishing an Intimate Relationship -- Successful Marriages -- Cohabitation and Marriage -- Same-Sex Partnerships -- Relationships with Other Family Members -- General Patterns of Family Interaction -- Parent-Child Relationships in Adulthood -- Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships -- Relationships with Brothers and Sisters -- Friendships in Adulthood -- Friendship Networks -- Pets as Friends -- Facebook Friends -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 7: Employment and Retirement -- The Importance of Work in Adulthood -- Super's Theory of Career Development -- Gender Differences in Career Patterns -- Selecting a Career -- Theories of Career Selection -- The Effects of Gender -- Family Influences -- The Role of Genetics -- Age Trends in Work Experience -- Job Performance -- Job Training and Retraining -- Job Satisfaction -- Work and Personal Life -- Work and the Individual -- Work and Marriage -- Work and Parenthood -- Work and Caregiving for Adult Family Members -- Household Labor -- Retirement -- Preparation for Retirement -- Timing of Retirement -- Reasons for Retirement -- Effects of Retirement -- Alternatives to Full Retirement -- A Concluding Note -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 8: Personality: Continuity and Change -- Personality Structures -- Personality Traits and Factors -- Differential Continuity -- Mean-Level Change -- Intra-Individual Variability -- Continuity, Change, and Variability Coexist -- What Do Personality Traits Do? -- Explanations of Continuity and Change -- Genetics -- Environmental Influences -- Evolutionary Psychology Explanations -- Cultural Differences -- Summing Up Personality Structure. Theories of Personality Development -- Psychosocial Development -- Ego Development -- Mature Adaptation -- Gender Crossover -- Positive Well-Being -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 9: Meaning and Spirituality -- Why a Chapter on the Quest for Meaning? -- The Study of Age-Related Changes in Meaning Systems -- Changes in the Quest for Meaning -- Religion, Spirituality, and Health -- Theories of Spiritual Development -- Development of Moral Reasoning -- Development of Faith -- Integrating Meaning and Personality: A Preliminary Theoretical Synthesis -- A Synthesizing Model -- Stages of Mystical Experience -- The Process of Transition -- Commentary and Conclusions -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 10: Stress and Coping with Stress -- Stress, Stressors, and Stress Reactions -- Types of Stress -- Effects of Stress -- Physical Disease -- Mental Health Disorders -- Individual Differences in Stress-Related Disorders -- Stress-Related Growth -- Coping with Stress -- Types of Coping Behaviors -- Social Support -- Personality Traits and Coping -- Resilience -- Reactions to Trauma -- Individual Differences in Resilience -- Resilience in Military Combat and Deployment -- A Final Word on Stress and Resilience -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 11: Preparing for the End of Life -- Achieving an Understanding of Death -- Meanings of Death -- Death Anxiety -- Accepting the Reality of One's Eventual Death -- The Process of Death -- Stages of Reactions to Death -- The Importance of Farewells -- Individual Adaptations to Dying -- Choosing Where to Die -- Choosing When to Die -- After Death Occurs: Rituals and Grieving -- Ritual Mourning: Funerals and Ceremonies -- The Process of Grieving -- Living and Dying: A Final Word -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 12: A Life Well Lived. Themes of Adult Development -- Emerging Adulthood (Ages 18 to 24) -- Young Adulthood (Ages 25 to 39) -- Middle Adulthood (Ages 40 to 64) -- Older Adulthood (Ages 65 to 74) -- Late Adulthood (Age 75 and Older) -- Variations in Successful Development -- Individual Differences in Quality of Life -- Other Measures of Life Success -- A Model of Adult Growth and Development: Trajectories and Pathways -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Suggested Reading -- References -- Glossary -- Credits -- Author Index -- Subject Index. |
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Bjorklund Barbara R.
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