Contemporary psychology in Europe : theory, research, and applications : proceedings of the IVth European Congress of Psychology
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Contemporary psychology in Europe : theory, research, and applications : proceedings of the IVth European Congress of Psychology
Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, c1996
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"The papers ... at the IV European Congress of Psychology, which was held in Athens, Greece, at the University of Athens, from July 2 to 7, 1995" -- Prologue
Includes bibliographical references
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Description
Many of the papers and symposia presented at the IVth European Congress of Psychology, held in Athens, July 2-5 1995, are featured in this volume. Almost all aspects of contemporary psychology are considered; theory, research, practice, and teaching. Following on from the aims of the congress, this volume reflects the distintness of European psychology and includes work from psychologists currently teaching, researching and practicing in Europe. A number of Americans also particapated, including Professor Bandura of Stanford and Dr Ray Fowler, CEO of the American Psychological Association. Their contributions to the congress are included in the book.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The Aristotle lecture in psychology: psychology as science - thruthful or useful? Part 2 Presidential addresses: competent to practice in psychology
- ambulatory testing - psychological assessment outside the laboratory
- psychology in high hazard work systems - contributions to safety and reliability
- the future of psychology as a health care profession. Part 3 Theory and research in psychology: perceived risk, comparative optimism and behaviour
- reflections on the scientific status and perspectives of personality psychology
- the assessment of interpersonal dimensions of personality
- the attention deficit disorder might be a reinforcement deficit disorder
- pointing, joint visual attention and referential communication in human infancy
- individual differences in cognitive structures and the effect on business reengineering
- are older subjects necessarily worse in prospectives memory tasks?
- stress, emotions and health in critical life transitions
- quality of the environment and quality of life
- reflections on human agency
- developing creativity in students and in teachers. Part 4 Applied psychology: work and organizational psychology at the crossroads - a European view
- teaching students self-regulated learning - a major success in applied research
- physical disability - integration of WHO and psychological models
- interaction between emotion, cognition and behaviour as a focus for higher education and in student counselling
- the matrix in the milieu - the ghost in the machine
- the work of the group conductor - does it lead to professional burnout or to enrichment?
- the situation of the psychologist in Eastern European countries today
- developing an ethical psychological practice
- a model for effective teaching of inter-gender relations in schools
- cultural diversity in Europe - extrapolations from cross-cultural research for professional psychology
- preventing HIV-1 infection among drug injectors in Europe - the challenge for social and behavioural scientists
- from patriarchy to partnership in psychotherpy.
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