A summary of the applications of cognitive-behavioral approaches to common issues and problems confronted by practitioners in primary care medical settings. It elucidates the roles and functions of the cognitive behavioral clinician in primary care with an emphasis on addressing problems and issues that practitioners face daily with patients.
Showcasing exemplary research programs, this book explores how theories and findings on cognitive development can be used to improve classroom instruction.
Presents research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis, as well as those with specific language impairment, ADHD, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, head injuries, and spina bifida. This book also deals with typical development and the key cognitive skills that underlie successful comprehension.
Presented by an interdisciplinary group of eminent thinkers and writers, this collection of essays offer their thoughts on how embracing creativity - tapping into the ""originality of everyday life"" - can lead to improved physical and mental health, to new ways of thinking, of experiencing the world and ourselves.
Surveys the research on how psychological, social, and physiological factors may interact and contribute to the development of symptoms. This volume is of interest to both psychologists and health care professionals interested. It helps them understand the interaction between mind and body in medically unexplained illness.
Giving an analysis of the mental pitfalls that trip up even elite critical thinkers, the author makes a case that under certain circumstances everyone is vulnerable to accepting erroneous beliefs. He begins by reviewing the hallmarks of critical thinking related to the evaluation of claims, and concludes by focusing on a range of claims.
Examining brain-behavior relationships in atypically developing children, this volume integrates theories and data from multiple disciplines. It presents research on specific clinical problems, including autism, Williams syndrome, learning and language disabilities, ADHD, and issues facing infants of diabetic mothers.
Examines the processes by which people understand their interpersonal experiences. This book provides fresh perspectives on how individuals glean social knowledge from past relationship and apply it in the here and now. It explores the effects of biases and expectancies about significant others on relationship satisfaction and personal well-being.
Examines critical-thinking skills that are useful in a complex society where success - in all facets of life - often requires the ability to evaluate the validity of many conflicting claims. This work illustrates these tendencies with numerous examples that demonstrate how easily we can be fooled into believing something that isn't true.