5 Psychology eBooks

1.Narrative and Meaning: The Foundation of Mind, Creativity, and the Psychoanalytic Dialogue by Joseph D. Lichtenberg and James L. Fosshage
Narrative and Meaning examines the role of both in contemporary psychoanalytic practice, bringing together a distinguished group of contributors from across the intersubjective, relational, and interpersonal schools of psychoanalytic thought.

Featuring essential theory and a wealth of practical clinical material, Narrative and Meaning will appeal greatly to both psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists.

2.Roger Dooley - Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing
Brainfluence explains how to practically apply neuroscience and behavior research to better market to consumers by understanding their decision patterns. This application, called neuromarketing, studies the way the brain responds to various cognitive and sensory marketing stimuli.

This scientific approach to marketing has helped many well-known brands and companies determine how to best market their products to different demographics and consumer groups. Brainfluence offers short, easy-to-digest ideas that can be accessed in any order.

3.Behavior Analysis and Learning: A Biobehavioral Approach, Sixth Edition by Carl D. Cheney and W. David Pierce
The textbook uses Darwinian, neurophysiological, and biological theories and research to inform B. F. Skinner’s philosophy of radical behaviorism.

This book is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in psychology or other behavior-based disciplines, especially behavioral neuroscience.

4.Personality in Nonhuman Animals By Dr. Jennifer Vonk, Dr. Alexander Weiss, Dr. Stan A. Kuczaj
This stimulating and comprehensive collection brings together multiple perspectives on the topic of personality in nonhuman animals—linking historical perspectives, theoretical approaches, methods, and cutting-edge discoveries.

A key focus is the role of genetics and the environment in determining animal behavior and personality, including related traits, such as creativity and boredom.

Taking significant steps in advancing the study of animal personality, Personality in Nonhuman Animals will engage personality psychologists, comparative psychologists, and behavior ecologists as well as conservationists, zookeepers, livestock managers, and all those interested in the brain and behavior of animals.

5.Understanding Research Methods: An Overview of the Essentials, 10 edition by Mildred L. Patten and Michelle Newhart
The book is organized so that each concept is treated independently and can be used in any order without resulting in gaps in knowledge―allowing it to be easily and precisely adapted to any course.

New to this edition:
- New topic section on design decisions in research
- Additional material on production of knowledge and research methods
- Significant development of material on ethical considerations in research
- Fresh and contemporary examples from a wide variety of real, published research
- Topic-specific exercises at the end of each section now include suggestions for further steps researchers can take as they build their research project.