Advances in Psychology Research. Volume 95 - Columbus, Alexandra M. (Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2012)
ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 95; ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH. VOLUME 95; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: MENTAL HEALTH COURTS; Chapter 2: THE ROLE OF INTUITIVE STATISTICAL KNOWLEDGEIN CONFIDENCE-ACCURACY CALIBRATION:HOW PEOPLE MAKE CONFIDENCE JUDGMENTSWHEN GUESSING; Chapter 3: DOES EVERY PAIN HAVE ITS OWN PSYCHOLOGY?A REVIEW OF PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPONENTSIN CHRONIC PAIN OF DIFFERENT AETIOLOGIES.
Chapter 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DYNAMICSOF IMBALANCE IN CROSS-CULTURAL STRESSENCOUNTERS: AN EXAMINATION OFCROSS-CULTURAL DISCONFIRMED EXPECTANCYREACTION AND AWARENESSChapter 5: MOTIVATION FOR COGNITION:THE COGNITIVE ORIENTATION APPROACH; Chapter 6: FUNCTIONAL GENETIC VARIATIONS AND THEIRROLE IN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE CONTEXTOF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; Chapter 7: THE DARK AND BRIGHT SIDESOF STEREOTYPE SUPPRESSION; Chapter 8: THE IMPORTANCE OF CHOICE IN EDUCATINGCHILDREN WITH PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTALDISORDERS.
Chapter 9: USING GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSIONTO ASSESS SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MENTALHEALTH IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENTChapter 10: IT'S IN MY GENES: CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONSAND PERCEPTIONS OF CHOICE; Chapter 11: INDIVIDUAL TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF CULTURALINTELLIGENCE SELF-PERCEPTION; Chapter 12: THE IMPACT OF THE GAUTENG CONSUMERADVOCACY MOVEMENT (GCAM) ON EXISTINGMEMBERS -- A BEST PRACTICE MODEL; INDEX.
This continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on criminal offenders and mental health courts; the role of intuitive statistical knowledge in confidence-accuracy calibration; the psychosocial components in chronic pain aetiologies; the psychological and social dynamics of imbalance in cross-cultural stress encounters; the cognitive orientation approach to motivation of cognitive performance; genetic variations in
Includes bibliographical references and index