NICKY HAYES

El pensamiento y la conversación en el transcurrir de la vida diaria difieren de la forma en que se piensa y discurre en contextos más formales. Por tanto, se requiere de otro enfoque que tome a las mujeres y los hombres de la cotidianidad como actores principales y competentes, en lugar de sólo aludir a sus deficiencias cognitivas. La obra versa sobre la teoría de las representaciones sociales que nos propone una solución al articular los procesos psicológicos colectivos e individuales. Es la primera obra en castellano que abarca e integra la teoría de las representaciones sociales de Serge Moscovici.

Los psicólogos describen a menudo sus teorías y los resultados de sus investigaciones haciendo uso de un lenguaje muy especializado. Así dan a conocer los diferentes métodos científicos para investigar un amplio espectro de la experiencia humana, desde la actividad cerebral y las emociones, hasta la identidad cultural y la conducta social.Este libro constituye una completa introduccion a la Psicologia que, con un lenguaje claro y carente de tecnicismos, expone las bases de los procesos psicologicos y su influencia en todos los aspectos de nuestra vida cotidiana. Hace referencia a las situaciones normales del dia a dia y explica los diferentes puntos de vista desde los que puede entenderse la experiencia humana. Mediante una lectura interesante y amena sabremos por que somos como somos, que circunstancias nos han llevado a ser asi, y como podemos tratar de eliminar nuestros defectos mas importantes.

Este libro, explora cómo funcionan los equipos, cómo y por qué son tan eficaces y cómo influyen en una organización. Nicky Hayes combina ejemplos prácticas, su experiencia en las organizaciones y los mecanismos psicologicos inherentes a los equipos y a su direccion para describir como podemos mejorar el trabajo en equipo en nuestra organizacion.

Open this book and you will Grasp the essentials Explore the mind Understand behaviour Apply psychological theory

Understand Applied Psychology shows how basic psychological processes are relevant to everyday situations and contexts. From education to occupational psychology, this book provides a comprehensive look at psychology in almost every area of day-to-day living. It covers 18 different areas of applied psychology, explaining how psychologists work in the community as a whole and how psychology is applied to working life and broader aspects of living. The book also includes well-developed but unknown areas such as space psychology and eco-psychology, showing the scope of applied psychology and giving ideas for other areas where it could usefully contribute to our everyday lives.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of applied psychology.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what youve learnt and how to use it.

Instant Psychology pulls together all the pivotal psychological knowledge and thought into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete cheat sheet, which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant. From Freud to Jung, the Rorschach test to the Stanford prison experiment, cognitive bias to the availability heuristic, every key figure, discovery or idea is explained with succinct and lively text and graphics. Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes psychology interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know and more is here.

Learn in a week, remember for a lifetime!In just one week, this accessible book will give you knowledge to last forever. End of chapter summaries and multiple choice questions are all designed to help you test your knowledge and gain confidence. So whether you are a student or you simply want to widen your knowledge, you will find this seven-day course a very memorable introduction.Sunday: Learn how humans grow up in and adapt to a social environmentMonday: Discover what emotions are and what affects our state of mindTuesday: Consider why we are motivated to do what we doWednesday: Discover the Buddhist scriptures and learn how they are interpreted today.Thursday: Engage with evolutionary psychology and the role of genes. Think about what intelligence is and how it comes about.Friday: Discover the factors influencing the psychological development of children, adolescents and adults.Saturday: Explore what psychologists do and how

Most general knowledge about the brain and its workings is very dated, drawing on studies from the first part of the previous century or even earlier. However, the advent of brain scanning which allows the study of the ordinary working brain, rather than just dead ones or people having brain surgery, has resulted in some amazing new developments that contribute immensely to our general social understanding of people and how they work. Written by Dr Nicky Hayes, bestselling author of Understand Psychology, Your Brain and You is a beginners guide to neuropsychology. It takes you through every aspect of how your brain works, from nervous systems and brain structures to neural transmission and neural correlates. You will discover how it all began, how it works, how we see, do things, hear and experience the outside world. Explore memories, relationships, emotions, decision-making, sleep, consciousness and common disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia & dyscalculia. As with all Teach Yourself books, it is clearly structured, packed full of practical examples, and designed to make it easy to learn the essentials you really need to know.ABOUT THE SERIESPeople have been learning with Teach Yourself since 1938. With a vast range of practical how-to guides covering language learning, lifestyle, hobbies, business, psychology, and self-help, theres a Teach Yourselfbook for everything you want to do. Join more than 60 million people who have reached their goals with Teach Yourself, and never stop learning.

The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Psychology is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to psychology. In just 96 pages, the reader will get an overview of all the main functions of the brain, from memory and perception to learning and development. Ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious, Psychology is a quick, no-effort way to break into this fascinating topic.EXPLORE THE MINDSTUDY MOTIVESBECOME MORE PERCEPTIVEIDENTIFY STATES OF MINDAPPLY PYSCHOLOGY TO REAL LIFE

"Descubre qué hace tan especiales a los seres humanos. Esta accesible introducción a la neuropsicología se introduce dentro de tu cabeza para averiguar cómo funciona tu asombroso cerebro y hacerte as

Un libro que no solo cuenta lo que la psicologi´a ha sido, sino que invita a pensar en lo que au´n puede llegar a ser.