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Summarising the democratic experience in modern Western civilisation, this text defines the term and looks at its changing meanings over the past two centuries or so. It records criticisms, and is especially concerned with the conditions that are necessary for democracy to exist.

How do children develop an understanding of people as psychological entities - as feeling, thinking beings? These questions are at the heart of contemporary research on children's 'theories of mind'. This book begins by analyzing the nature of commonsense psychology. It is suitable for senior undergraduate/honors courses or graduate level courses.

A scholarly examination of the problem of gender inequity in the information age. It begins with an analysis of how girls develop computer anxiety in the early school years and explores psychological factors to highlight some of the underlying reasons why the current gender inequalities exist.

Proposing a paradigm for Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), this book presents a research agenda for developing and testing that paradigm. It constitutes the attempt to outline a comprehensive model of collaboration that integrates the cognitive/conceptual and social dynamics of groups.

Helps practitioners to understand and approach integrative endocrinology. This text explores the glands involved in the endocrine system, and discusses therapies found to be of benefit in treating the endocrine glands and their related disorders.

Examines current efforts to deal with the increasing globalization of information and knowledge, including DDC, LCC, UDC, multilingual thesauri, web directories, metadata schemes, etc.

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human language and language processing, the relations between cognition and language, and the neural organization for language.

An exploration into the history of gay sexuality in 19th-century Paris, this title draws on a wealth of sources and information to reconstruct the attitudes towards, and activities in, same sex relationships. The text demonstrates how the working class fitted into this social construct rather than focusing solely on the elites in society.

Taking the central importance of language in the development of mathematical understanding as its starting point, this title explores students' experiences of doing mathematics from primary school to university - what they think mathematics is, how it is presented to them, and what they feel about it.

Analyzes and suggests an expansion of Llorens' developmental theory of occupational therapy, applying these concepts in a final schematic model for use by practitioners, occupational scientists, and others involved in occupational tasks, relationships, and activities.

Now in an updated and expanded new edition, The Nutritionist: Food, Nutrition, and Optimal Health, 2nd Edition, provides readers with vital information about how to simply but radically improve their daily lives with the science of nutrition, balance their diets to achieve more energy, and improve health and longevity.

The phrase "optimal human being" is used to refer to the empirically documented features that tend to characterize high-quality human functioning. "Optimal human being" is a profile that is developed within this book by consulting what contemporary theorizing at different levels of analysis might have to say about what causes a optimal functioning.

Presents an examination of psychological testing and usage in the child custody arena. This book addresses test selection issues, and presents instructions for the use of specific tests, including MMPI-2 and Rorschach. It is useful to child custody evaluators, family law attorneys, and judges practicing in the family law arena.

In our youth-oriented, patriarchal society, aging and older women often find themselves either ignored, pitied, or feared. This valuable guide helps women break through the negative stereotypes of old age and find personal fulfillment through the stages of maturity.

Looking at the issue of the arts and school reform, this book explores how the incorporation of the arts into the identity of a school can be key to its resilience. It offers a comprehensive analysis of arts in education initiatives that discusses the political, fiscal, and curricular implications inherent in taking the arts seriously.

This work brings together accounts of educators who have tried to make a difference in the lives of their students through literary education. Each chapter represents the results of extended research on classroom practice.

Teaches effective PTSD group treatment. This title not only describes the theory, method, and rationale for this treatment, but also offers a complete, step-by-step clinician's manual and client workbook to help implement the model and establish effective practice.

Explores how social workers, aides, nurses, administrators, and policy makers can cooperatively work by maintaining appropriate health records in order to keep the elderly living at home. This book discusses ways to organize home health care by use of cooperative strategies in order to assist older individuals in living independent lives at home.

Religion no longer serves a dominant role in the everyday consciousness of modern Western society. This book shows the significance and influence of religion in contemporary views of life by revealing the sacred roots of modern political ideas in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Suitable for the practitioners who want practical and effective guidance for helping abused children, this handbook provides you with insights and ideas regarding: medical findings; clinical assessment; individual, group, and family therapy; testifying in court; the role of medication in treatment; and, more.