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Books in Social sciences and humanities

  • Advances in Experimental Social Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • November 5, 1987
    • English
  • Human Factors Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 47
    • October 1, 1987
    • P.A. Hancock
    • English
    This book is a collection of contemporary applications of psychological insights into practical human factors issues. The topics are arranged largely according to an information processing/energetic approach to human behavior. Consideration is also given to human-computer interaction and organizational design.
  • Tutorials in Motor Behavior I

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • October 1, 1987
    • George Stelmach + 1 more
    • English
    The contributors to this book are all distinguished, internationally-know... specialists working in the motor control and learning area. The result is a unique collection of papers that discuss many aspects of this intricate and diverse subject and at the same time manage to provide the reader with a good overview of the major topics.
  • Advances in Child Development and Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • September 2, 1987
    • English
  • Advances in the Study of Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • July 21, 1987
    • English
  • Intelligence: Its Structure, Growth and Action

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35
    • July 1, 1987
    • R.B. Cattell
    • English
    With essentially the same basis as the 1971 Abilities, Their Structure, Growth and Action, this new volume reflects the developments of subsequent years.
  • Psychobiology and Early Development

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 46
    • June 1, 1987
    • H. Rauh + 1 more
    • English
    This volume is the outcome of an international symposium held in Berlin, FRG, which brought together researchers in the field of infant development.The contributors are from Europe and North America, and have as their primary professional interest either pediatrics, biology or psychology. These fields, in spite of common involvement and large overlap, still have to overcome communication problems and differences in scientific approaches. The emphasis of this book is on the efforts of the participants towards reaching a mutual understanding. In spite of disciplinary diversity, the papers in this book complement each other, and set the scene for future multidisciplinary research and exchange in the field of infant development.
  • The Career Psychology of Women

    • 1st Edition
    • May 13, 1987
    • A. L. Betz
    • English
    Summarizing literature from the twenty-year-old field of women's career development, this book brings scholars and professionals up-to-date in their understanding of the factors influencing women's career choices and career adjustment across the life span. It serves as a vital base for theoretical and empirical work in the study of women's career development.
  • The Earth's Core

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 37
    • April 29, 1987
    • John A. Jacobs
    • English
    The Earth's Core, Second Edition is a six-chapter book that begins with the general physical properties of the Earth, with emphasis on the core-mantle boundary. This edition discusses the accretion mechanism, heat sources in the early Earth, time of core formation, thermal regime of the Earth, melting-point depth curves, and thermal consequences of iron-alloy core. Subsequent chapters focus on reversals of the Earth's magnetic field; the energetics and the constitution of the Earth's core; and the cores of the Moon and other planets. The role of the Earth's core is vital to the understanding of many geophysical phenomena. It is the seat of the Earth's magnetic field and is responsible as well to some variations in the length of the day.
  • The Enzymes

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 18
    • March 19, 1987
    • English