Although it is often thought that many concepts used by contemporary cognitive psychologists only recently evolved in the realm of modern (post-behavioral) experimental psychology -- their roots actually go back to the Gestalt psychologists in Germany. This book re-examines the role that Gestalt Psychology played in they years leading up to the "cognitive revolution." Discusses the historical relationships connecting behaviorism, Gestalt Psychology, and the development of cognitive psychology. Outlines the main principles of Gestalt Psychology through an account of the intellectual careers of Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, and Wolfgang Kohler, the three leaders of the movement. Provides a detailed outline of Gestalt views on memory and relates them to contemporary theories on memory. Contrasts Gestalt theories of problem solving to the latter views of Herbert Simon and others on thinking. Concludes with a general discussion of the validity of the Gestalt opinion that a comprehensive psychology of cognition needs to incorporate the concepts of distinctiveness, restructuring, goals, and the self. For anyone interested in cognitive science, human memory, or the history of psychology.

Gestalt Psychology and the Cognitive Revolution

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Murray, David

Psychology & Counseling

PRENTICE/HALL

Anthrax scares. Airplane crashes. The AIDS epidemic. Presidential election polls and voting results. Global warming. All these news stories require scientific savvy, first to report, and then-for the average person-to understand. It Ain't Necessarily So cuts through the confusion and inaccuracies surrounding media reporting of scientific studies, surveys, and statistics. Whether the problem is bad science, media politics, or a simple lack of information or knowledge, this book gives news consumers the tools to penetrate the hype and dig out the facts. "Whether it's a scientific study on day care or health care, hunger in America or the environment, once it gets into the hands of journalists - look out! You may think you're getting the straight story - but it ain't necessarily so, as this aptly named book makes clear. But beware: It Ain't Necessarily So may confirm your worst fears about the media. Which is precisely why it's such an important contribution to our understanding of how things really operate inside the American newsroom." (Bernard Goldberg, author of Bias)

It Ain't Necessarily So: How the Media Remake Our Picture of Reality

Humor & Entertainment

Schwartz, Joel

Lichter, S. Robert

Television

Penguin??Books

How did a father with no criminal history come to be on trial for the brutal murder of his wife? It began with a phone call to Brisbane police on April 20, 2012. Allison, wife of real-estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay, was missing. When investigating officers arrived at the family home, in one of the city’s wealthiest suburbs, a neatly dressed Gerard had been getting the couple’s three daughters ready for school. Scratches on his face were shaving cuts, he told them. Police weren’t so sure and opened one of Australia’s biggest ever missing persons investigations. Ten days after Gerard reported Allison’s disappearance, the body of the former beauty queen was discovered on a creek bank 14 kilometers from home. The Killing of Allison Baden-Clay is written by the investigative journalist who covered the case from the start. It weaves together exclusive interviews and police and court records to explain how a father with no criminal history came to be on trial for a brutal murder. It’s also a story about everyday choices and their consequences.

The Killing of Allison Baden-Clay

Biographies & Memoirs

True Crime

Ebury Australia

... creates a new definition of American Indian literary texts as a self-representational genre. This is an intelligent and insightful application of post-modern critical methods to American Indian texts. The scope of the study is broad and ambitious, and the attempt to define Indian self-representations from colonial times to the present is innovative and instructive." ―Raymond J. DeMallie... very suggestive, provocative, engaging... ―Studies in American Indian Literatures... Murray's book establishes itself as the single best introduction to Native American text-making in particular and the betrayals of the translation in general. An essential acquisition for all college and university libraries, and highly recommended for larger public libraries." ―ChoiceIt is a pleasure to recommend with wholehearted enthusiasm David Murray's Forked Tongues." ―Western American Literature

Forked Tongues: Speech, Writing and Representation in North American Indian Texts

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Indiana University Press

Forked Tongues: Speech, Writing, and Representation in North American Indian Texts

Indiana Univ. Pr

It began with a phone call to Brisbane police on 20 April 2012. Allison, wife of real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay, was missing. When investigating officers arrived at the family home, in one of the city's wealthiest suburbs, a neatly dressed Gerard had been getting the couple's three daughters ready for school. Scratches on his face were shaving cuts, he told them. Police weren't so sure and opened one of Australia's biggest ever missing persons investigations. Ten days after Gerard reported Allison's disappearance, the body of the former beauty queen was discovered on a creek bank 14 kilometres from home. The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay is written by the investigative journalist who covered the case from the start. It weaves together exclusive interviews and police and court records to explain how a father with no criminal history came to be on trial for a brutal murder. It's also a story about everyday choices and their consequences.

The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay (16pt Large Print Edition)

ReadHowYouWant

A unique combination of biblical teaching, scientific research, and personal biography shows those who follow Jesus how to live joyful, purposeful lives.Hopelessness has invaded much of our culture, even reaching deep into the church. But while the world is awash in negativity, Christians have resources to live differently.In The Happy Christian, professor and pastor David Murray blends the best of modern science and psychology with the timeless truths of Scripture to create a solid, credible guide to positivity. The author of the acclaimed Christians Get Depressed Too, Murray exposes modern negativity's insidious roots and presents ten perspective-changing ways to remain optimistic in a world that keeps trying to drag us down. The Happy Christian invites readers to shed negativity and become countercultural missionaries by demonstrating the positive power of the gospel in their lives.

The Happy Christian

Self-Help

Happiness

Harpercollins Christian Pub

Surface Tension and Other Poems

The 145 short poems in this volume deal with certain problems concerning human relationships that seem particularly frequent in the western industrialized world at the present time.The volume starts with a collection of 117 poems entitled SURFACE TENSION. Monologues in which the author relates his inner states of emotion to events in Nature are alternated with shorter and more lyrical poems. In the first 'movement' the sea is used to symbolize conflicts between men and women in a partnership. In the second movement, the earth is used to symbolize conflicts within an individual over how far he or she should allow intellectual concerns to win out over romantic concerns (or vice versa). In the third movement, air and sky are used to symbolize the states of relative peace (interspersed with moments of storm) that can arise in a relationship between two people with similar ideals.In the second collection, entitled MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, the unifying undercurrent is the poet's interest in how his own romantic conflicts influence the style and form of the individual poems associated with those conflicts.

Poetry

iUniverse

A series of short stories about the Tabernacle as seen through the eyes of a young Israelite girl, her family, and her favorite priest. Join Jerusha, Benjamin, Rachel, Abiel, Rouel, and Levi as the Tabernacle and its teaching about God and His grace come to life in “God’s Mobile Home.” MORE DETAILS Most Bible reading plans founder towards the end of Exodus, and collapse after the first few chapters of Leviticus, as the stirring narratives of Genesis and the first half of Exodus give way to chapter after chapter of laws and regulations about the Tabernacle, it's furniture, and its rituals. Preachers also tend to avoid these chapters like the plague because they are so hard to bring to “life” for a contemporary audience. That’s where this book comes in. It attempts to put real-life flesh and bones on the Bible's teaching about the Tabernacle. Rooted in Scripture, it narrates how the words of Exodus and Leviticus translated into action in the ordinary lives of ordinary Israelites. It's a story about the Tabernacle as seen through the eyes of a young Israelite girl, her family, and her favorite priest, a story that teaches a lot of theology, but does so in a way that young people and even children can understand. For those who want to go a bit deeper, there are study questions for each chapter that have been designed to lead readers further into the New Testament’s light on the Tabernacle. May God's Mobile Home bring God into the home of your heart. May He tabernacle with you, full of grace and truth.

God's Mobile Home: Stories of Grace from the Tabernacle

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

HeadHeartHand Media

A unique combination of biblical teaching, scientific research, and personal biography shows those who follow Jesus how to live joyful, purposeful lives.
Hopelessness has invaded much of our culture, even reaching deep into the church. But while the world is awash in negativity, Christians have resources to live differently.
In The Happy Christian, professor and pastor David Murray blends the best of modern science and psychology with the timeless truths of Scripture to create a solid, credible guide to positivity. The author of the acclaimed Christians Get Depressed Too, Murray exposes modern negativity’s insidious roots and presents ten perspective-changing ways to remain optimistic in a world that keeps trying to drag us down. 
The Happy Christian invites readers to shed negativity and become countercultural missionaries by demonstrating the positive power of the gospel in their lives.

The Happy Christian: Ten Ways to Be a Joyful Believer in a Gloomy World

Motivational

Thomas Nelson

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