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Psychology

This guide is intended for students interested in psychology, who are doing research for assignments, projects and other works.

Selected Books

Change Your World: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Difference

Maxwell and Hoskins share their real-world experiences helping to transform millions of lives, communities, and businesses around the world to show people how to be the change the world needs and help others do the same.

Encountering Pain: Hearing, seeing, speaking. / Deborah Padfield, Joanna M. Zakrzewska

Encountering Pain: Hearing, seeing, speaking is an extraordinary experiential gathering of persons encountering pain and persons who want to know how to relieve pain.

Fifty key thinkers in psychology / Alexandra Forsythe.

This fascinating and informative guide is an invaluable resource for those studying, working in, or who simply want to find out more about psychology, suitable for both students and the lay reader alike.

The gift : 12 lessons to save your life / Edith Eger ; with Esmé Schwall Weigand.

In The Gift, Eger expands on her message of healing and provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages us to change the thoughts and behaviors that may be keeping us imprisoned in the past.

Lifestyle gurus : constructing authority and influence online / S. A. Baker and C. Rojek.

The rise of blogs and social media has facilitated an industry of self-appointed 'lifestyle gurus' who have become instrumental in the management of intimacy and social relations. Baker and Rojek trace the rise of lifestyle influencers in the digital age, relating this development to the erosion of trust in the expert-professional power bloc

Persuasive Gaming in Context

Computer games. Psychological aspects

Psychology : the basics / R. Reber.

This compact introduction is the ideal primer for anyone looking for an accessible overview of the basic principles of psychology, the fascinating science of mind and behavior. Psychology: The Basics introduces everyday explanations of behavior, considering them through a psychological lens.

Putting psychology in its place : critical historical perspectives / Graham Richards and Paul Stenner.

This fourth edition of Putting Psychology in its Place builds on the previous three in introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within its historical and social contexts. 

The tokens : 11 lessons to help build the foundation of success and find your path to greatness / Dr. G. S. Reid and J. Levitan.

The Tokens tells the fascinating story of Eric, a skilled craftsman and builder. During the course of his business journey, Eric struggles to take his burgeoning company to the next level. A chance encounter introduces him to Carl, a retired multimillionaire. 

The Wiley international handbook of correctional psychology / edited by D. L. L. Polaschek, A. Day, C. R. Hollin. ebook

The Handbook explores the foundations of correctional psychology and contains information on the history of the profession, the roles of psychology in a correctional setting and examines the implementation and evaluation of various interventions.

Your Happiness Was Hacked / V. Wadhwa and A. Salkever.

Technology: your master, or your friend? Do you feel ruled by your smartphone and enslaved by your e-mail or social-network activities? Digital technology is making us miserable, say bestselling authors and former tech executives Vivek Wadhwa and Alex Salkever. This readable book turns personal observation into a handy action guide to adapting to our new reality of omnipresent technology.

What doesn't kill you : fifteen stories of survival / edited by Elitsa Dermendzhiyska.

In this essay collection, writers share the struggles that have shaped their lives loss, depression, addiction, anxiety, trauma, identity and others. But as they take you on a journey to the darkest recesses of their mind, the authors grapple with challenges that haunt us all.

Psychology Guide

This guide is intended for students interested in psychology, who are doing research for assignments, projects and other works. Panitza Library provides a rich collection of print and online resources in psychology and related subjects.

The information is organized in the following sections: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, Books, eBooks, Articles. You can also find other related resources on the Library website: http://www.aubg.bg/library