This compendium of examples of psychological concepts and phenomena is designed to make it easier for both novice and experienced teachers of psychology at all levels to bring new and/or particularly illuminating examples to their lectures and other presentations.Psychology instructors know that vivid examples bring concepts to life for students, making psychology both more accessible and interesting. Having a good supply of such examples can be particularly important when, as ofte...

Tim lives in Ashiestiel Green, a village near Edinburgh. He is living in their cottage by himself because Carrie is in Dubrovnic, helping daughter Linsey to run a coffee shop for tourists. But Tim is not alone. He has Jane (his other daughter) and several village neighbours: First Class Freda, Alicia Weatherall, Senga Harris and librarian, Jessie Mackay. He also shares the cottage with his German Shepherd, Kandi. However, Kandi is ten years old. Tim decides to retire her from County Obedie...

Blame Liesel: it was all her idea… • First, she meets Tom in the Golden Dragon hotel in Nonthaburi. • Second, she lets him take her to his room. • Third, she tells Tom to: “Dream of Jenna dressed in royal blue sapphires.” Oh yes… Jenna! She’s a young Thai girl. She’s Tom’s girlfriend – and she works for a Bangkok jeweller – and this makes her an asset to Project Sapphire. But romance is not the reason for the visit. Tom and Liesel are here to work. They have a contract with Veronique’s com...

Quantas vezes você já se sentiu cooptado por um acesso de raiva, paralisado pelo medo ou dominado por uma tristeza inexplicável? Para muitos, as emoções parecem forças da natureza — imprevisíveis e incontroláveis. Mas e se você descobrisse que elas têm uma estrutura lógica que pode ser compreendida e modificada? Nesta obra clássica, Leslie Cameron-Bandler e Michael Lebeau desmistificam o mundo dos sentimentos. Longe de sugerir que você evite o que sente, os autores oferecem um manual práti...

La società italiana e mondiale oggi si trova a dover fronteggiare la sfida proposta dalla “rete” e in generale dal “web 2.0”. Si sta passando, fisicamente e concettualmente, da un modello analogico a uno digitale. I cambiamenti in atto toccano atteggiamenti, pratiche e abitudini consolidate in secoli di storia, perciò suscitano reazioni spesso di segno opposto: rifiuto, ribellione e negazione da un lato; esaltazione, speranza di trasformazioni radicali e purificatrici del sistema didattico...

Assessing a university’s legacy in the age of segregationThis anthology reckons with the University of Virginia’s post-emancipation history of racial exploitation. Its fifteen essays highlight the many forms of marginalization and domination at Virginia’s once all-white flagship university to uncover the patriarchal, nativist, and elitist assumptions that shaped university culture through the late nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. Including community ...

The colorful world-within-a-world of postage stamps illustrates this lyrical account of a young girl's experiences in Paris**.**When she and her family move to the city for a year, one of the first places her father takes her is to the stamp market. Her adventures are magically captured in the dainty images of the postage stamps she collects. Readers of all ages will delight in this uniquely told story of a girl finding her own place in a world far from home.

Unlock the secrets of sustainable Caribbean tourism in***Sun Lust to Sun Plus: Niche Tourism in the Caribbean***, a comprehensive overview of niche tourism development strategies that are restructuring the paradisiacal destinations of the Caribbean. Discover how the small island developing states (SIDS) of the Caribbean are redefining their approach to tourism, moving from traditional mass tourism, the “Sun Lust” of the past, to a more sustainable and diverse model, the “Sun Plus” of the p...

An anthropologist and an anatomist have combined their skills in this book to provide students and research workers with the essentials of anatomy and the means to apply these to investigations into hominid form and function. Using basic principles and relevant bones, conclusions can be reached regarding the probable musculature, stance, brain size, age, weight, and sex of a particular fossil specimen. The sort of deductions which are possible are illustrated by reference back to contempor...

Much has happened since the first appearance of AIDS in 1981: it has been identified, studied, and occasionally denied. The virus has shifted host populations and spread globally. Medicine, the social sciences, and world governments have joined forces to combat and prevent the disease. And South Africa has emerged as ground zero for the pandemic.The editors of HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On present the South African crisis as a template for addressing the myriad issu...

"" The People's Victory is a mirror for each of us to see our own power to fight for justice and create the change we want to see in our world." – Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of CaliforniaIn 1996, a small group of Americans from all walks of life banded together to create one of the most miraculous political victories in modern American history. Opponents attacked the issue of marriage equality as amoral and a direct threat to families. Allies warned ...

This book examines the dilemma of overdependence on tourism in Caribbean countries and territories, and the need for a resilient path to address the industry’s vulnerability in the face of natural disasters. The chapters in the book question how tourism resilience is understood and practiced in Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) and the factors that inform, undermine, or indeed redefine the sustainable resilience agenda for these territories.With its overreliance on to...