Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (255 p.)
Disciplina	150
Altri autori (Persone)	ColumbusAlexandra M
Collana	Advances in psychology research
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-62100-123-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457691703321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (184 p.)
Disciplina	150
Altri autori (Persone)	ColumbusAlexandra M
Collana	Advances in psychology research
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN	1-62100-166-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 80 -- ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 80 -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 AN ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF TEACHER AND TEACHING SCHEMAS AS COGNITIVELY CONSTRUCTED BY CANDIDATES IN TRAINING -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Methods -- Procedure -- Results -- Problems Associated with Teaching -- Overall Profile of Reported Teaching Challenges -- Individual Profiles of Reported Teaching Challenges -- The Teacher Role -- Pre-Fieldwork versus Post- Fieldwork Responses -- Discussion -- An Ecological Understanding of Perceived Teacher Challenges and the Teacher Role -- The Ecology of Prior Experience -- The Ecology of Experiential Memory -- The Role of Schemas -- The Ecology of Memory Scheme Dynamics -- Seeing is Believing and Believing is Seeing -- Post-Fieldwork Teacher/Teaching Schemes -- The Ecology of Cognitive Conflict -- Developmental and Educational Considerations -- References -- Chapter 2 REFLECTIONS ON THE PAST AND EXPLORATIONS OF THE FUTURE: UNDERSTANDING FOOD CONSUMPTION IN ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Previous Findings -- Current Developments -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 MMPI-2 CORRELATES OF PTSD AMONG GULF WAR COMBAT VETERANS -- Abstract -- Method -- Participants -- Procedure and Instruments -- Results -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4 COGNITIVE ISSUES IN IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY -- Abstract -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Epilepsy and Cognition -- 2.1. Evaluation of Cognition: Basic Definitions -- 2.2. Evidences for Cognitive Impairment in Epilepsy -- 2.2.1. Experimental Studies -- 2.2.2. Neuropsychological Clinical Studies -- 2.2.3. Neuroimaging Studies -- 2.2.4. Neurophysiological Studies -- 2.3. Factors Associated with Cognitive Deterioration in Patients with Epilepsy. 2.4. The Pathophysiologic Mechanisms Underlying Cognitive Impairment in Epilepsy -- a) The Mechanisms of Transient Epileptic Amnesia Associated with Ictal and Subictal Epileptic Activity -- b) The Mechanisms of Cognitive Impairment Associated with Continuous Epileptic Activity during Sleep -- c) The Mechanisms of Progressive Cognitive Deterioration with Epilepsy -- 3. Cognitive States with Antiepileptic Medications -- 3.1. The Differential Effect of AEDs on Cognition -- Phenobarbital (PB) and Benzodiazepine (BZ) -- Phenytoin (PHT) -- Carbamazepine (CBZ) and Oxcarbazepine (OXC) -- Valproate (VPA) -- Topiramate (TPM) -- Zonisamide (ZNS) -- 3.2. The Known and Hypothesized Mechanisms of Cognitive Impairment with AEDs -- 3.3. Mechanisms of the Beneficial Effect of AEDs on Cognition -- 4. The Vulnerability of Immature Brains to the Cognitive Adverse Consequences of Epilepsy and its Medications -- 4.1. The Vulnerability of Immature Brains to Seizures and Its Consequences -- 4.2. The Vulnerability of Immature Brain to the Cognitive Adverse Consequences of AED -- 5. Clinical and Research Implications -- a) The Nature, Timing and Course of Cognitive Progression with Epilepsy Are of Considerable Concern as Follow -- b) Optimized Therapeutic Modalities -- c) Proper Assessment of the Neuropsychological Profile of the Available AEDs -- d) The Need to Design Studies That Address the Developmental Issues in Epilepsy Management -- e) The Need for Clear Definitions of the Clinical Paradigm and Adequate Outcome Measures -- References -- Chapter 5 ATHLETE PERFORMANCE, COPING AND ANXIETY: CLINICAL ISSUES FOR THE CONSULTANT -- Introduction -- Competitive State Anxiety -- Career Development as a Developmental Process -- Components of Performance -- Tri-Model Learning -- Learning Preferences -- Teachability -- Optimal Learning -- Determination -- Concentration. Orientation -- Poise -- Mental Toughness -- Competitive Styles Profile Category Descriptions -- Determination -- Concentration -- Orientation -- Poise -- Mental Toughness -- Adaptation Issues in Rookie Camp -- The Influence of Coaching Style on Performance -- Coping with Loneliness and Isolation in Sport -- Teaching/Coaching -- The Service Area Covered under Performance Enhancement -- Life Enhancement Assessment Program (LEAP) -- Critical Issues Regarding Athletes Emotional Welfare -- Transitioning a Career in Sports -- Transitions in Sport Consulting -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 6 FAMILY STRESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT AMONG WELFARE AND NON WELFARE IMMIGRANTS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Family Stress and Resilience at Immigration -- Welfare Recipients among Immigrants to Israel -- Research Purposes -- Method -- Sample and Procedure -- Tools -- Psychological Adjustment -- Family Inventory of Life Events and changes-FILE -- Level of Symbolic Losses -- Results -- Psychological Adjustment and Family Crises -- The Relationship between Psychological Adjustment -- and Stressful Life Events -- Satisfaction Level -- Feelings -- Discussion -- References -- Index -- Blank Page.
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (289 p.)
Altri autori (Persone)	ColumbusAlexandra
Collana	Advances in Psychology Research
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology Behavioral assessment
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61761-952-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGYRESEARCH, VOLUME 69""; ""ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGYRESEARCH, VOLUME 69""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""WHAT PHILOSOPHERS SAY COMPARED WITH WHATPSYCHOLOGISTS FIND IN DISCERNING VALUES:HOW WISE PEOPLE INTERPRET LIFE*""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""VALUES IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE INFLUENCE OF VALUES ONEMOTIONAL LIFE""; ""The Influence of Number of Values on Life Satisfaction""; ""WISDOM IN PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""The Berlin Wisdom Model""; ""Assessment of Wisdom-Related Performance""; ""Select Findings from the Berlin Wisdom Project""; ""Wisdom, Emotion and Values"" ""The Three-Dimensional Wisdom Model""""Assessment â€? The 3DWS""; ""Select Findings from the 3D Wisdom Model""; ""Wisdom in the Concordia Longitudinal Retirement Study""; ""PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON WHAT PSYCHOLOGISTS FIND""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""COCAINE: ORAL AND PARA-ORAL HEALTH(THE PHILADELPHIA STUDY)""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Objectives""; ""Population Involved""; ""Methodology and Criteria""; ""Processing the Data""; ""Results""; ""Group Distributions""; ""MULTIPLE DRUG USE AND DURATION OF COCAINE DEPENDENCY""; ""General Health Conditions""; ""Vital Signs"" ""Prevalence of Allergies""""Systemic Disorders""; ""Medications Used""; ""Oro-nasal and Para-Oral Manifestations""; ""Oral/Dental Manifestations""; ""DMFR Index Scores""; ""Periodontal and Endodontic Evaluations""; ""Frequency of Dental Care""; ""Discussion""; ""Subjects Distributions""; ""Vital Signs""; ""Systemic Disorders""; ""Medications Used""; ""Oro-nasal and Para-Oral Complications""; ""Temporomandibular and Myofacial Pain""; ""Mucosal Manifestations""; ""Dry Mouth (Xerostomia)""; ""DMFR Index-Scores""; ""Periodontal Manifestations""; ""Endodontic Manifestations"" ""Patient Compliance""""Clinical Markers and Indicators""; ""Systemic Health Indicator""; ""Medications Indicator""; ""Allergies Indicator""; ""Oro-nasal and Para-Oral Health Indicator""; ""Oral Health Indicator""; ""Dental Health Indicator""; ""Periodontal and Endodontic Health Indicators""; ""Conclusion""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERTISE INTEACHERS OF EARLY LITERACY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""National Board Certification""; ""Theories of Expertise""; ""Pedagogical expertise""; ""METHODOLOGY""; ""Data Collection""; ""In-depth Interviews"" ""Structured interview""""Artifact analysis""; ""Data Analysis""; ""RESULTS""; ""The Process of Becoming Exemplary""; ""The Professional Growth and Support Systems of NBCTs""; ""The Instructional Practices for Promoting Early Literacy Used by NBCTs""; ""Classroom environments that promote literacy""; ""Approaches to planning for literacy instruction""; ""Strategies and techniques for promoting literacy""; ""Methods for meeting individual needs""; ""Technology integration""; ""Assessment practices""; ""The Relationship between the Findings and Theories of Expertise"" ""Implications for Teacher Education""
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Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (255 p.)
Disciplina	150
Altri autori (Persone)	ColumbusAlexandra M
Collana	Advances in psychology research
Soggetto topico	Psychology - Research - Methodology
ISBN	1-62100-123-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Intro -- ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 72 -- ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 72 -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTUITION IN THE SCIENTIFIC PROCESS AND THE INTUITIVE "ERROR" OF SCIENCE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. HUMAN KNOWLEDGE AND THE BASIC INTUITIONS OF SCIENCE -- 2. THE HISTORICAL GENESIS12 OF THE CONCEPT OF KNOWLEDGE: EPISTEMOLOGIES OF INTUITION -- The Genesis of Ideas Leading to the Copernican Question of World Views -- The Historical Genesis of the Empirical and Rational Descriptions of the World Before James and Mach -- Other World Views: Dualism, Materialism, Etc -- 3. THE CRITIQUE FROM WILLIAM JAMES AND ERNST MACH ON THE EXISTING WORLD VIEWS -- The Effects of Intuition on Mathematical Thought -- Emotion and the Role of Empiricism -- James and Mach‟s Genetic Questions -- 4. INTUITION AND INTROSPECTIVE CASES OF INTUITION IN SCIENCE -- Problems of Language and Concept Formation -- Intuition in Mathematics -- Methods of Thinking in Science -- Intuition in Physics -- Intuition in Science -- The Genesis of Consciousness -- Adaptive Judgement -- 5. METAPSYCHICS -- Sensations -- Meme -- Gestalt -- An Example: Implications for the Concept of Construction -- The Metapsychical -- 5. GENERAL INTUITION -- 6. CONCLUSIONS -- How to Research Intuition with Intuition Shaping Research or the Erkenntnis-Theoretical Role of Psychology -- Empirical Effects on Science Education -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 EFFORTFUL CONTROL: LINKAGES TO REGULATION DISORDERS AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER -- TEMPERAMENT AND EFFORTFUL CONTROL -- REGULATION DISORDERS -- Potential Etiology of Regulation Disorders -- ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER -- Etiology of ADHD -- TYING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATION -- Behavioral Inhibition -- Evidence for Deficits in Executive Functioning -- Behavioral Disinhibition. Environmental Factors -- ASSESSMENT -- INTERVENTIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 INTELLIGENT SOCIAL TUTORING SYSTEM FOR CHILDREN: APPLICATION OF INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY TO THE ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL PROBLEM SOLVING -- OVERVIEW -- IMPORTANCE OF PEER RELATIONSHIPS -- SOCIAL SKILLS TRAINING WITH CHILDREN -- INTELLIGENT TUTORING SYSTEMS -- INTELLIGENT SOCIAL TUTORING SYSTEM -- Overview -- ISTS Social Learning Environment -- ISTS Training Strategies -- ISTS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT -- Software Engine -- Graphic Design -- Story Narrative -- User Interface -- Avatar Builder -- Training Ground -- Script Management System -- Calibration Scene -- Impulse Control Social Problem Solving Tasks -- Travel Log -- Mini-Game -- Performance Tracking -- INITIAL TEST RESULTS -- Study Design -- Avatar Builder Test Results -- Calibration Scene Results -- Social Problem Solving Tasks Results -- Systemic metric results -- DISCUSSION -- Summary of Results -- Implications for Assessment -- Implications for Treatment -- Future Directions -- CONCLUSION -- AUTHOR‟S NOTE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 CHILDREN AND ADVERTISING: WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT ADVERTISEMENTS, HOW ARE THEY AFFECTED BY ADVERTISEMENTS? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- Sample -- Evaluation and Analysis of the Data -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- General Information on Children -- The Situation of Children‟s Watching Television -- The Average Time Children Spend Everyday for Watching Television -- The Situation of Children's Watching Television Advertise-ments -- Types of Advertisements that Children Watch the Most -- Elements in Advertisements which Children Find Attractive -- The Situation of Children Wanting to Possess the Goods and Services Seen on Advertisements -- Reasons Behind Children‟s Wanting to Possess the Goods or Services Seen on Advertisements. The Situation of Children‟s Unnecessary Consumption Due to Advertisements -- The Situation of Whether Products and Services Carry the Characteristics Stated in Advertisements -- Children‟s Views on Advertisements -- Children‟s Views Concerning the Necessity of Advertisements -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 VERBAL AGITATION IN DEMENTIA: A MANIFESTATION OF A NEED FOR COMFORT? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Variables and measures -- Descriptive characteristics. -- Comorbidity. -- Cognitive functioning and dementia. -- Functional disability. -- Agitation. -- Discomfort. -- Pain. -- Depressive symptoms. -- Sleep disturbances. -- Procedure -- Data analysis -- RESULTS -- Descriptive analyses -- Reliability of measures -- Main analyses -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 I CAN SEE FOR MILES AND MILES: SERENITY AND SELF-REPORTED EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ESP Research -- ESP and Serenity -- METHOD -- Participants -- Materials -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- Serenity -- Categorisation of ESPs -- ESPs by Frequency -- Serenity and ESP -- ESP and Gender -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX -- Chapter 7 "MANAGING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIORS IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING: PROCESS, POLICY, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION" -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- PRECIPITATING EVENTS -- CALL TO ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 HUMAN-CENTRED DESIGNED INTERFACE IN PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES: THE EXAMPLE OF COMPUTERISED MEDICAL REGULATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MEDICAL REGULATION -- COGNITIVE BASES OF DECISION-MAKING -- ERROR-PRODUCTION MECHANISMS -- THE DESIGN OF A MEDICAL REGULATION SYSTEM IN PRACTICE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 SELF-EXPANSION AS AN AID IN SMOKING ABSTINENCE AND CESSATION -- ABSTRACT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. 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Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (258 p.)
Altri autori (Persone)	ColumbusAlexandra
Collana	Advances in Psychology Research
Soggetto topico	Behavioral assessment Psychology - Research - Methodology
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-61761-965-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 67""; ""ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH, VOLUME 67""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""DECREASING HETEROGENEITY IN OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER AND EARLY-ONSET CONDUCT DISORDER: POTENTIAL SUBTYPES, EXTERNAL VALIDATORS, AND DIAGNOSTIC IMPLICATIONS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ISSUES RELATED TO THE CURRENT DSM CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ODD AND CD ""; ""Hierarchical Exclusion Criteria for ODD and CD ""; ""Use of Polythetic Symptom Lists ""; ""Co-Occurring Conditions ""; ""POTENTIAL ODD AND CD SUBTYPES "" ""ODD Subtypes: Emotional vs. Behavioral Symptoms """"CD Subtypes: Childhood- vs. Adolescent-Onset ""; ""CANDIDATE PROCESSES FOR ODD AND CD SUBTYPES ""; ""Temperamental Features and Emotion Regulation ""; ""Callous-Unemotional Traits ""; ""Proactive and Reactive Aggression ""; ""Autonomic Nervous System Activity ""; ""Prefrontal Cortical and Limbic System Functioning ""; ""AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF ODD AND CD SUBTYPES ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AS A TREATMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""USING ABA TO TREAT DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR "" ""Functional Assessment""""Functional Assessment Procedures ""; ""Treating Socially Mediated Disruptions ""; ""Motivating Operations""; ""EXTINCTION ""; ""Differential Reinforcement ""; ""Multiply-Maintained Behavior""; ""Treating Unknown or Automatically Reinforced Disruptions ""; ""ANTECEDENT MANIPULATIONS ""; ""Consequent Interventions""; ""Treatment Packages ""; ""GENERALIZATION ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""DESIGN FOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Design with Intent ""; ""PERSPECTIVES ON DESIGN WITH INTENT "" ""Applicability to Environmentally Sensitive Design """"A â€?BEHAVIOUR CHANGE BAROMETERâ€?: CLASSIFYING BEHAVIOUR CHANGE ""; ""Quadrant 1: Status quo ""; ""Quadrant 2: New User Behaviour with Existing Systems ""; ""Quadrant 3: Existing User Behaviour with New System Behaviour ""; ""Quadrant 4: New User Behaviour with New System Behaviour ""; ""THE DESIGN WITH INTENT METHOD ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""INNOVATIVE BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT OF SELECTIVE MUTISM: A HIERARCHICAL SHAPING PROTOCOL ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""Description of Selective Mutism "" ""Existing Treatments for Selective Mutism """"Hierarchical Shaping Protocol ""; ""Generalization across Settings and Conversational Partners ""; ""Adjunctive Therapeutic Techniques""; ""Clinical Case Example 1- Terrence ""; ""Clinical Case Example 2- Ashley ""; ""Final Conclusions ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""IT TAKES A VILLAGE: REDEFINING EXPANDED KIN AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD AUTISM ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""STANDARD APPROACHES TO TREATMENT ""; ""ROLE OF CHILDâ€?S CONDITION IN THE FAMILY "" ""THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG EMPLOYMENT, FINANCES AND COST OF CARE ""
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