Download or read book Morale written by Daniel Ussishkin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguably no nation is as closely associated with the term morale as Great Britain. Yet this concept that seems so innate to the British people was carefully cultivated within many spheres of modern national life. In this first critical history of morale, Daniel Ussishkin asks how is it that modern Britons have come to regard morale as a category of conduct, vital for the success of collective effort in war and peace, and a mark of good, modern, and human managerial practice, appropriate for a democratic age. He narrates the intellectual, cultural, and institutional history of morale in modern imperial Britain: its emergence as a new concept during the long nineteenth century, its changing meanings and significations, and the social and political goals those who discussed, observed, or managed morale sought to achieve. Formalized as a new military disciplinary problem during the long nineteenth century, morale came to permeate nearly every civilian sphere of life during the era of the two world wars as a new way of managing human conduct. This book traces how it gradually emerged from a problem that was regarded as residual at best to one that was seen as the epitome of proper managerial practice, its institutional manifestations and promotion by myriad organizations and the social-democratic state, and its emergence as a potent political concept from Britain's social-democratic moment until the ascendancy of the New Right. Daniel Ussishkin's Morale tells the history of concept central to the management of war, business, and civic society not just in Britain but in modern culture writ large.
Download or read book Psychology in Twentieth Century Thought and Society written by Mitchell G. Ash and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1989-11-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Group Mind written by William McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Group Mind written by William McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychology and Selfhood in the Segregated South written by Anne C. Rose and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the American South at the turn of the twentieth century, the legal segregation of the races and psychological sciences focused on selfhood emerged simultaneously. The two developments presented conflicting views of human nature. American psychiatry and psychology were optimistic about personality growth guided by the new mental sciences. Segregation, in contrast, placed racial traits said to be natural and fixed at the forefront of identity. In a society built on racial differences, raising questions about human potential, as psychology did, was unsettling. As Anne Rose lays out with sophistication and nuance, the introduction of psychological thinking into the Jim Crow South produced neither a clear victory for racial equality nor a single-minded defense of traditional ways. Instead, professionals of both races treated the mind-set of segregation as a hazardous subject. Psychology and Selfhood in the Segregated South examines the tensions stirred by mental science and restrained by southern custom. Rose highlights the role of southern black intellectuals who embraced psychological theories as an instrument of reform; their white counterparts, who proved wary of examining the mind; and northerners eager to change the South by means of science. She argues that although psychology and psychiatry took root as academic disciplines, all these practitioners were reluctant to turn the sciences of the mind to the subject of race relations.
Download or read book The Group Mind A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology written by William McDougall and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology" by William McDougall is a groundbreaking exploration of collective psychology. In this seminal work, McDougall delves into the intricacies of group behavior, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the principles that govern collective thought and action. Through insightful analysis and engaging prose, McDougall examines the dynamics of group interaction, exploring topics such as crowd behavior, social influence, and the formation of group norms. Drawing upon empirical research and theoretical insights, McDougall provides readers with a framework for understanding the complex interplay of individual and collective psychology. He explores how group dynamics shape behavior and decision-making processes, shedding light on phenomena such as conformity, leadership, and social identity. "The Group Mind" challenges readers to reconsider their understanding of human behavior in social contexts, offering fresh perspectives on the dynamics of group psychology. McDougall's scholarly approach and accessible writing style make this book an invaluable resource for psychologists, sociologists, and anyone interested in the complexities of human interaction. With its timeless relevance and thought-provoking insights, "The Group Mind" remains a seminal text in the field of psychology, providing readers with a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of collective behavior and the workings of the human mind.
Download or read book Mood Matters written by John L. Casti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mood Matters" makes the radical assertion that all social events ranging from fashions in music and art to the rise and fall of civilizations are biased by the attitudes a society holds toward the future. When the "social mood" is positive and people look forward to the future, events of an entirely different character tend to occur than when society is pessimistic. The book presents many examples from every walk of life in support of this argument. In addition, methods are given to actually measure the social mood and to project it into the future in order to forecast what’s likely or not over varying periods of time. Casti's writing is a pleasure to read and its contents an eye-opener. "They [the chapters] tell an engrossing story, and the mystery heightens as it goes. . . . it's chatty and knowing." Greg Benford, Physicist and science-fiction writer, author of "Timescape" and "Deep Time" "I am struck by how thought-provoking it all is. I am sure that your book will draw a lot of attention" Tor Norretranders, Science writer, author of "The Generous Man" and "The User Illusion".
Download or read book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind written by Julian Jaynes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry
Download or read book Social Science Research written by Anol Bhattacherjee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.
Download or read book The Psychology of Revolution written by Gustave Le Bon and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When renowned French sociologist GUSTAVE LE BON (1841-1931), who pioneered the field of mass psychology, took a fresh, scientific look at the subject of revolution-and in particular, the French Revolution-he stripped away legend and illusion to find the core reality. In this profound and insightful work, a replica of the 1913 edition, he explores the mob mentality of revolutionaries-religious, scientific, and political-examines the motives of their leaders, and discusses how new forms of democratic belief and practice arise from popular movements. Students of history and the human mind alike will find it a fascinating read. ALSO FROM COSIMO: Le Bon's The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
Download or read book Social Psychology written by Richard Tracy LaPiere and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Introduction to Social Psychology written by William McDougall and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Download or read book Mind in Society written by L. S. Vygotsky and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development in his own words—collected and translated by an outstanding group of scholars. “A landmark book.” —Contemporary Psychology The great Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky has long been recognized as a pioneer in developmental psychology. But his theory of development has never been well understood in the West. Mind in Society corrects much of this misunderstanding. Carefully edited by a group of outstanding Vygotsky scholars, the book presents a unique selection of Vygotsky’s important essays, most of which have previously been unavailable in English. The mind, Vygotsky argues, cannot be understood in isolation from the surrounding society. Humans are the only animals who use tools to alter their own inner world as well as the world around them. Vygotsky characterizes the uniquely human aspects of behavior and offers hypotheses about the way these traits have been formed in the course of human history and the way they develop over an individual's lifetime. From the handkerchief knotted as a simple mnemonic device to the complexities of symbolic language, society provides the individual with technology that can be used to shape the private processes of the mind. In Mind in Society Vygotsky applies this theoretical framework to the development of perception, attention, memory, language, and play, and he examines its implications for education. The result is a remarkably interesting book that makes clear Vygotsky’s continuing influence in the areas of child development, cognitive psychology, education, and modern psychological thought. Chapters include: 1. Tool and Symbol in Child Development 2. The Development of Perception and Attention 3. Mastery of Memory and Thinking 4. Internalization of Higher Psychological Functions 5. Problems of Method 6. Interaction between Learning and Development 7. The Role of Play in Development 8. The Prehistory of Written Language
Download or read book The Group Mind A Sketch of The Principles of Collective Psychology written by McDougall, William and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology by William McDougall: Explore the intricacies of collective psychology and group behavior with William McDougall's seminal work. The book delves into the psychological mechanisms that drive human interactions within groups and explores the influence of social dynamics on individual behavior. "The Group Mind" remains a foundational text in the field of social psychology, providing valuable insights into the complexities of human society. Key Aspects of the Book "The Group Mind: A Sketch of the Principles of Collective Psychology": Social Psychology: McDougall's book introduces readers to the foundational principles of social psychology and group dynamics. Behavioral Analysis: The author examines the ways in which individuals' actions are influenced by group norms, values, and interactions. Collective Behavior: "The Group Mind" offers a comprehensive exploration of how human behavior shifts and evolves in the context of group settings. William McDougall was a British-American psychologist known for his significant contributions to the field of experimental psychology and social psychology. Born in 1871, McDougall's work focused on topics such as instinct, emotion, and group behavior. "The Group Mind" remains a foundational text in social psychology and has influenced subsequent research and theories on collective behavior and the dynamics of group interactions.
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