Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: michael argyle

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  • SOCIAL INTERACTION
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    This is the first book-length work to reflect the recent trend in social psychology away from artificial laboratory test results. It focuses directly on the detailed, concrete elements of social behavior as they are observed in a real-life setting. Michael Argyle's approach here differs from that more generally taken in two respects. First, he discusses human interaction in te...

    $1,320.00

  • SOCIAL ENCOUNTERS
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Social Encounters is an approach to social psychology that is not what one might expect to find in textbooks on this subject. As a companion to Social Interaction advocated by Michael Argyle and his associates, it has been used by a rapidly growing number of researchers in social psychology, and related aspects of ethology, anthropology, and linguistics. The two key ideas are t...

    $1,420.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOUR, BELIEF AND EXPERIENCE
    BENJAMIN BEIT-HALLAHMI / MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Because society is increasingly secular, it may seem irrelevant to consider the psychology of religion. But the diversity of our multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society in fact makes religion more important to the social sciences than it has ever been before. What are the social consequences of religion? Every day the news is full of events that can be blamed on religion perpet...

    $1,320.00

  • PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS (PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS)
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    First published in 1964, Psychology and Social Problems looks at a changing society and research into problems of the time. Many of the themes in the book, such as delinquency, mental health and racial conflict, are still familiar and current topics of discussion today. Social scientists had carried out extensive research into problems of urgent public concern, yet their findin...

    $1,460.00

  • SOCIAL SKILLS AND MENTAL HEALTH (PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS)
    PETER TROWER / BRIDGET BRYANT / MICHAEL ARGYLE
    In the 10 years or so prior to original publication in 1978 new theories and discoveries in the social sciences had given a scientific basis and new impetus to the development of social skills training as a form of therapy. This book explores the progress made with this idea and gives practical guidance for therapists based on several years’ experience with the technique. The b...

    $1,540.00

  • COOPERATION (PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS)
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Is human nature cooperative? Man is often said to be a social animal – but what does that mean? Michael Argyle believed that one of the most important components – our capacity to cooperate – had been overlooked and indeed that the whole notion of cooperation had not been properly understood. In this book, originally published in 1991, the author showed he was critical of earli...

    $960.00

  • THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Originally published in 1957, this book presented an up-to-date account of psychological research into human social behaviour of the time. There are chapters on interaction between pairs of people, behaviour in small social groups, and human relations in industry. The author avoided the adoption of any particular theoretical position, and concentrated on the established empiric...

    $1,560.00

  • THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION (PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS)
    MICHAEL ARGYLE / BENJAMIN BEIT-HALLAHMI
    Originally published in 1975, this book is a completely rewritten, revised version of Michael Argyle’s standard work, Religious Behaviour, first published in 1958. A great deal of new research had appeared since that date, which threw new light on the nature and origins of religious behaviour, beliefs and experience. Trends in religious activity in Britain and the United States...

    $1,560.00

  • SOCIAL SKILLS AND HEALTH (PSYCHOLOGY REVIVALS)
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    The efficiency of an organization and the well-being of those working within it are often dependent to a large extent on the social skills deployed by certain key personnel. The analysis of these skills and the training of people in their use had reached a stage of considerable sophistication. Originally published in 1981, this volume, edited by the foremost authority in the fi...

    $980.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    What is happiness? Why are some people happier than others? This new edition of The Psychology of Happiness provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research into the nature of happiness. Major research developments have occurred since publication of the first edition in 1987 – here they are brought together for the first time, often with surprising conclusions. Drawi...

    $1,420.00

  • THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY
    MICHAEL ARGYLE / ADRIAN FURNHAM
    This fascinating book examines such diverse and compelling subjects as: money and power, gender differences, morality and tax, the very rich, the poor, lottery and pools winners, how possessions and wealth affect self-image and esteem, why some people become misers and others gamblers, spendthrifts and tycoons, and why some people gain more pleasure from giving away money than ...

    $1,460.00

  • BODILY COMMUNICATION
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Non-verbal communication - the eye movements, facial expressions, tone of voice, postures and gestures that we all use more or less consciously and more or less effectively - can enhance or diminish every form of social interaction. Michael Argyle's second edition of Bodily Communication is an invaluable up-to-date guide for students of the subject. In the last ten years NVC ha...

    $1,040.00

  • THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Is psychology good for our health? What is the effect of class on social behaviour? In this comprehensive and fully up-to-date accoung of the psychology of everyday life, Michael Argyle looks at the most interesting and practically important areas of social psychology. He takes social psychology out of the laboratory into real-life settings and helps us to understand the world...

    $1,560.00

  • PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION
    MICHAEL ARGYLE
    Michael Argyle's new book is an introduction to the psychology of religion from one of the world's most famous experimental psychologists. ...

    $1,100.00