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Women and Psychology introduces students to the myriad challenges facing women today as well as the psychological effects these challenges can perpetuate. The anthology outlines key issues both within the United States and abroad to provide readers with a global overview of select female experiences. The collection provides valuable insight into behaviors and practices that cultivate gender discrimination, pulls back the curtain on topics rarely explored by the general public, and empowers students to stand up for justice for women. The text begins with chapters that explore the history of women at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the identity economics of female genital mutilation. Additional chapters address the psychological costs of terminating a pregnancy; endometriosis; and historical ideas and beliefs surrounding conception, pregnancy, and childbirth. Students read articles on human trafficking, violence against women, and the balance of women and work. The anthology closes with a reading about the importance of feminism in contemporary society. The second edition features new readings on the topics of sex differences and communication, pregnancy and childbirth, the emotional glass ceiling for boys, sexual violence against college women, and engaging men in anti-violence campaigns. Meant to serve as a supplementary text, Women and Psychology is well-suited for any course that explores the intersection of women and psychology.

Principles of Logic and Argumentation: Selected Readings and Legal Examples provides readers with an engaging, eclectic collection of articles that explore key concepts and ideas related to critical reasoning and persuasion, including its application within the legal arena. The anthology is organized into six units. Unit I focuses on critical reasoning with readings that help students confront obstacles to persuasion and better understand best practices for making short arguments. Units II and III discuss the construction of deductive and inductive arguments. In Unit IV, students are introduced to syllogisms and enthymemes. Unit V is devoted to the topic of argumentative essays, and the final unit demonstrates the application of logic and argumentation to the practice of law and various legal decisions, including reform arts, constitutional amendments, and Supreme Court cases and opinions. Each unit features an introductions to the selected readings and post-reading questions to enrich the learning experience. Principles of Logic and Argumentation is an exemplary primary or supplementary textbook for courses and programs in philosophy, communication, persuasion, and legal reasoning.

Otra forma de...Eligir el cambio: Manual del participante is the Spanish translation of Nada J. Yorke's Another Way...Choosing to Change: Participant's Handbook (3rd Ed). The guide supports individuals as they progress through a facilitator-led, strengths-based, solution-focused batterer intervention program. It presents participants with an intentional and strategic collection of questions and exercises designed to support transformational learning and promote empathy building. This unique curriculum combines evidence-based clinical practices with adult learning principles to promote changes in the thoughts, feelings, and actions of participants. It educates participants on what constitutes abusive behaviors, encourages introspection, promotes personal responsibility for abusive behaviors, and teaches non-violent conflict resolution. The handbook progresses in tandem with the 52-week curriculum, providing participants with weekly interventions and actionable goals. Coping skills, spiritual and emotional healing, relationship management, parenting, socialization, recovery from trauma, mindfulness and relaxation, and personal growth, among a number of other topics, are explored in a group setting, allowing for meaningful discussion and support. Otra Forma de...Eligir el Cambio is an exemplary curriculum to rehabilitate domestic violence offenders and, in doing so, increase safety and empathy for victims of violence.

International Studies: Introductory Readings presents students with carefully curated readings that familiarize them with foundational ideas within the discipline and frame international studies as an interdisciplinary science.The opening readings presents a panorama of international studies as a field with focus on history, geography, political science, anthropology, economics, and regional studies. Through an interdisciplinary lens, additional readings explain key terms in international studies, examine the various forms of international organizations, and introduce ideas necessary to understand global health issues. Students learn key scientific facts and read about the political, social, and economic ramifications of global climate change, as well as how patriarchy and the global oppression of women is embedded in the very structures of our thinking. Closing chapters provide an overview of different regions of the world, including Latin America, East Asia, South and Central Asia, and Africa.Designed to help studies confidently confront issues, problems, and decisions in the modern world, International Studies is an ideal supplementary resource for courses in political science and international studies.

Behavior is hard to change, especially when habits are well-ingrained into our daily lives and lifestyle. Yet, many people are desperate to change their behaviors, especially when it comes to health-related habits that can contribute to significant health problems.Health Behavior Change: Proven Strategies for a Longer and Healthier Life presents readers with a wide variety of evidence-based best practices in cognitive behavioral therapy that can help individuals change their health behaviors for good. The simple and straightforward workbook features a collection of questions and exercises that inspire thoughtful reflection and action. Dedicated sections of the workbook tackle individual behaviors-including diet, exercise, alcohol, smoking, sleep, and more-allowing readers to focus on topics that are of interest to them. Principles and tools for health behavior change are outlined in each chapter, providing readers with the tools they need to initiate long-term behavioral transformation.Based on Thomas G. Plante's experiences teaching health psychology to college students for over 30 years and treating clinical patients struggling with health behavior efforts for over 40 years, Health Behavior Change is an ideal resource for anyone interested in improving their health and well-being through evidence-based best practices. The workbook is also a useful tool for clinicians treating patients who wish to make behavioral-based health changes in their lives.

Careers in Psychology: Opportunities for Research and Practice reveals the nearly limitless professional paths and prospects available to those who study psychology. Readers learn how those with knowledge in the field can find themselves engaged in the laboratory study of animal behaviors, in a research facility engaged with brain imaging, working with clients in private practice, working in hospitals, schools, sales and marketing companies, and government agencies, to name just a few opportunities. The book demonstrates the depth and breadth of the discipline and helps readers determine ways to tap into their innate strengths and nourish their professional growth.Part I of the textbook includes chapters that introduce the history of psychology and the expanse of roles and functions served by psychologists in modern society. In Part II, chapters review specific areas of applied psychology, including psychologists in mental health services, in schools, psychology and the law, sport psychology, industrial and organizational psychology, and neuropsychology. Part III emphasizes careers within the various areas of psychological research. The final part helps students better understand the process of career decision-making and underscores the importance of knowing themselves, the types of experiences that are nurturing, and prioritizing self-care throughout their career development journey.Developed to help readers understand the vast possibilities in the field, Careers in Psychology is an ideal resource for students of psychology at all levels.

The twelfth edition of Criminal Justice Essentials provides a comprehensive, but accessible, overview of U.S. criminal justice systems. Anchored within the framework of the legal system and using legal decisions as a basis for much of its direction, Sue Titus Reid offers an authoritative overview of the law enriched with real life examples of criminal justice systems in action. The text is divided into five easily manageable sections (Part I: Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems; Part II: Entry into Criminal Justice Systems: Policing; Part III: Processing a Criminal Case: Criminal Court Systems; Part IV: Confinement and Corrections; and Part V: Juvenile Justice: A Special Case) that allows for a meaningful learning experience for students.This edition has been significantly updated and verified to reflect the latest research, cases, and current events (such as the COVID-19 Pandemic and recent national conversations about policing tactics) as they relate to the study of criminal justice. All legal citations, including cases and statutes, were checked to determine whether they had been altered or overruled by subsequent legislation or court decisions. Helpful student aids such as learning objectives, end-of-chapter study questions, and a Focus Box appear in every chapter. Written with student engagement as a primary focus, this text is one of the most thorough, legally accurate, and best-researched introductions to U.S. criminal justice systems available.

So You Want to Be on Air? A Guide to Anchoring, Hosting, Voice-overs, and More introduces readers to the most important components a dynamic on-air personality must have, including voice, body language, being on-camera, and appearance. The text underscores how each element requires dedicated training, consistent practice, and the ability to adapt and adjust at a moment's notice. Opening chapters emphasize one's voice as a tool and provide helpful strategies for analyzing your voice, finding your range, dialing in your posture, working with scripts, and delivering different types of stories. Additional chapters help readers master body language and facial features within different contexts such as behind the desk or on location. Readers learn how to deal with distractions, how to read a teleprompter, and how to cultivate on-air looks that are appropriate for a variety of situations. Dedicated chapters offer tips and tricks for anchoring the news, delivering entertainment news, being a talk show host, and being a podcaster. Citizen journalism and creating a sizzle reel are covered. Each chapter features opening vignettes, warm-up exercises/reflections, tips from pros, and Watch, Listen, Learn, Try sections to enrich the learning experience and help students put what they read into practice. An essential guide, So You Want to Be on Air? is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in broadcast journalism and on-air communication.

The number of issues that challenge the well-being of the human condition in our contemporary society are nearly infinite. And while it's easy to focus discretely on challenges and limitations, there is a way to both understand significant issues while also recognizing and uplifting human strength, resilience, and all we have to offer. Positive Psychology: Science and Applications of Psycho-Emotional Health and Well-Being provides psychologists, counselors, and mental health specialists with a research-based framework that can help them assist clients through the lenses of positivity, growth, and strength. Opening chapters explore positive perspectives of the human condition, what is and isn't positive psychology, the nature of subjective well-being, and the concept of flourishing. Additional chapters cover the neurological connection between the brain and emotions, the pursuit of happiness, the idea of "goodness" regarding virtues, values, and character strengths, and the importance of savoring the moment. The power of hope and optimism, interventions promoting resiliency, the dynamics of relationships in personal well-being, and the concept of deep connection are covered. The closing chapter considers the future of positive psychology and its application to practice. Each chapter is firmly rooted in research and theory, provides real-world illustrations of the concepts in application, and offers readers a variety of exercises to bring the material to life. Developed to provide professionals with the knowledge and skillsets they need to help their clients live into their true potential, Positive Psychology is an ideal resource for courses and programs in psychology and counseling.

Inventing the World: How Art Creates Reality demonstrates to readers how art has been central to culture throughout human history. The book emphasizes the events, artists, and cultural milestones that have most influenced life in the United States as we know it today. The book narrates the compelling story of how artists have created the world we live in. The story unfolds in 12 chapters of text illustrated with over 200 photographs and embedded with videos that feature the lives and works of contemporary and historical artists. Cross-disciplinary in nature, readers are challenged to make connections between the arts and social, religious, technological, scientific, and political topics. Dedicated chapters examine storytelling, spectacle, immigration and identity, the intersections of art and science, art as a social tool, and much more. Featuring meaningful examples that epitomize the power of art in our everyday lives, Inventing the World is an ideal textbook for courses and programs in the humanities and art.

Filling a gap in the literature and featuring an emphasis on using new media in communication research, Social Media Research Methods introduces students to a variety of social media research methods and data analysis strategies. The text recognizes the richness of the data available within social media platforms and underscores the importance of employing effective research methods to make meaning of that data. By integrating applied concepts, theories, and practical advice for working with and presenting social media data, the textbook arms students with the latest research and social media tools. It begins by introducing students to scholarly and industry applications of social media research methods before outlining the complete process of developing social media research questions and data collection procedures. The book then transitions to devoting individual chapters to a social media analysis tool. The final chapter outlines the process of writing and presenting social media research for scholarly and industry audiences. Each chapter features interactive, applied examples and exercises, as well as review questions, to bring the material to life and reinforce key learnings. A comprehensive resource designed to help students use cutting-edge, timely research methods within the discipline, Social Media Research Methods is an exemplary textbook for courses in communication research methods.

The First Year Experience: Cultivating Equitable Environments for Underserved Students is a concise, impactful guide that equips current and future educators with the knowledge and skillsets they need to create a welcoming, unbiased academic environment in which students from a variety of diverse backgrounds can thrive and succeed.Unit I explores the wants and needs of students of color in higher education, how to create effective LGBTQIA+ campus communities, and the importance of reaffirming veteran students on campus. In Unit II, readers learn about the American Disabilities Act; strategies for addressing microaggressions and implicit racial bias; and evidence-based support structures for Black men. The final unit helps readers develop an equity action plan and reviews the types of paradigm shifts and policy changes that are needed to successfully promote greater levels of equity and inclusion on campus.The First Year Experience is an ideal resource for first year and freshman orientation courses and programs. It is also a useful guide for future and current educators and higher education administrators.

Biology: A Historical Perspective, Volume I introduces students to key concepts of the science curriculum and the scientists responsible for the significant discoveries and developments within the discipline. The text also provides readers with a unique historical perspective into the accomplishments of often underrepresented scientists such as Jean Vance, Friedrich Miescher, Walther Flemming, and Edith Rebecca Saunders, among others.Each chapter begins with a brief biographical sketch of a scientist who helped shape the current understanding of a particular scientific concept. The opening chapter introduces science and its main components, including the scientific method. It also defines biology and presents the scientists who were instrumental in classifying life. Additional chapters explore the basic concepts of chemistry, macromolecules, cells, metabolism, and energy flow between organisms. Students learn about the structure of DNA and chromosomes, the cell cycle, theories regarding inheritance, the fixity of species, the Hardy-Weinberg principle, evolution, and more. The revised first edition features small corrections throughout as well as the addition of listed sources at the end of each chapter and a glossary at the end of the book. Biology is the first textbook in a two-volume series that celebrates the scientists behind significant findings and principles. It is ideal for foundational courses in biology.

Featuring an approach based in mission and growth, Human Services Management Resource Guide for Directors provides future and current human services management professionals with the knowledge and skillsets they need to build programs and successfully sustain them within an organization. Through the implementation of effective and thoughtful programs, readers are equipped to inspire organizational environments that inspire accountability, continual learning and growth, and innovative thinking. The opening chapter introduces readers to human services management, the principles of mission-based leadership, the importance of innovative thinking, and the responsibilities of a human services leader. Additional chapters help readers build a diversity and inclusion plan and prepare for unique challenges within the field, including high-stress environments, recruitment-related issues, redesigning job positions, determining training needs, and more. The book offers strategies for effective team building, discusses various models of leadership, and reviews ethical approaches to decision-making and policy. Closing chapters cover finance management and program evaluation and assessment. Developed to serve as a definitive handbook, Human Services Management Resource Guide for Directors is an ideal resource for graduate-level courses and programs in management and human services leadership.

Criminal Justice Policy Issues provides students with information that helps them better understand the complexities of American criminal justice system and its agencies. The text features timely and thought-provoking readings that deal with the philosophical, historical, functional, developmental, current, and future issues that influence the criminal justice system. Section I provides readers with an introduction to key policies and practices within the criminal justice system. In Section II, students learn about challenges related to law enforcement, including police service and liability insurance, the use of body cameras, nonverbal communication in law enforcement, the militarization of the police, and more. Section III speaks to the courts and judicial system, featuring articles that examine judges, litigants, and the design of the courts; Stand Your Ground laws; the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010; the death penalty; and bio-criminology. The final section features readings about corrections with discussion of mass incarceration and its relationship with the War on Drugs, the effects of mass incarceration on communities of color, border security, punishment, corrections in sustainable communities, and career paths in criminal justice. Criminal Justice Policy Issues is an ideal collection for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in criminal justice.Noel Out is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He holds a Ph.D. in criminology from Florida State University and M.A. from Texas Woman's University. Dr. Otu's criminology and criminal justice research has been published in Law Enforcement Executive Forum, Salus Journal, Journal of Social Sciences Research, and The Police Journal, among others. He has published numerous book chapters and encyclopedia entries in the field of criminal justice and criminology.

Through a socio-legal, socio-psychological, and socio-historical analysis of race and the history of American political rhetoric on crime, Race and Criminal Justice History: Rhetoric, Politics, and Policy provides a foundation for understanding how Blacks are perceived and how long-standing negative perceptions have influenced their interactions with the criminal justice system.The text discusses how criminal justice policy and perceptions of criminality are related and how Blacks are stereotyped as criminals. It explores how racial bias, prejudice, and racism can influence police interactions.Later chapters explore the history of race and use of criminal laws in postbellum and post- Reconstruction America-including convict leasing, criminal peonage, criminal surety, and other forms of involuntary servitude-to explain the historical constant of Black disproportionate incarceration. The adoption of Jim Crow by the Supreme Court and the use of the criminal justice system as the replacement of slavery for the social control of Blacks provides a context for understanding contemporary criminal justice policy and political rhetoric.The revised first edition features updated U.S. crime statistics and an expanded presentation of President Johnson's 1966 messages to Congress on crime and law enforcement that formed the contemporary rhetorical linkage of race and poverty to explain crime.Race and Criminal Justice History is an ideal text for criminal justice, sociology, psychology, social work, political science, public administration, public policy, and race and ethnic studies courses.

A Sociology Reader: Foundational Concepts for the Introductory Student features a collection of essays that provide real-world illustrations of foundational sociological concepts and theories. The essay selections vary in length and style, ranging from analyses to calls to action, argumentative to playful. The anthology is designed to help students sharpen their critical analysis of the social world while also providing them with new perspectives to consider. The anthology is organized into eight units. Unit I introduces readers to the sociological perspective and describes how sociologists do research. Units II and III focus on the topics of culture and socialization with readings that examine body rituals among the Nacirema, cultural symbols and ideas, the effects of extreme isolation on humans, and climate change despair and empowerment. In additional units, students read about our social structures, the concept of deviance, social inequalities, and social institutions. The final unit speaks to social change, including social movements and stories of resistance. A Sociology Reader is designed to supplement the corresponding textbook A Sociological Worldview: Essentials of Sociology; however, it can also serve as a companion to any other textbook used within an introduction to sociology course or be used independently.

Featuring chapters written by a diverse group of social work professionals, Rethinking Social Work Education in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Social Work Scholars and Leaders explores the profound effects of the pandemic on social work education. The book recognizes the pandemic took an emotional, cognitive, and physical toll on those in the academy, which also affected students' ability to learn and instructors' ability to teach. Each chapter explores students' and instructors' experiences throughout the pandemic and showcases the creative ways in which educators in the U.S., Canada, and Israel developed projects, classes, and innovative field experiences to support students while teaching remotely. The first section of the book recounts educators' experiences teaching during the pandemic with emphasis on overcoming challenges in the new virtual classroom and innovative redesign of curriculum. The second section examines how theoretical and experimental social work classes were affected during the pandemic. The final section considers the creation of new programs to meet the needs of students and instructors in a post-pandemic era. Rethinking Social Work Education in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in social work education and administration.

Policing Reform: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis provides readers with an in-depth analysis of the past, present, and future of modern American policing. The opening chapter explores social control and the seeds of modern policing, foundations of law enforcement in the U.S., and policing in the early United States. Additional chapters examine the role of American police, the legacy of bigotry within the vocation, and the characteristics of policing as a profession. Students learn about community policing as a possibility for American police reform, problem-oriented policing, and procedural justice and police legitimacy. The book addresses police crime as occupational deviance, excessive use of force, criminal police, police accountability, and police accreditation. The closing chapter addresses the American national police crisis and possible solutions for police reform, including accountability-based policing. Each chapter features chapter objectives, an introduction, questions for discussion, and key terms to support the student learning experience. Providing students with a holistic view of the policing profession and a solutions-focused approach, Policing Reform is a timely and essential resource for courses and programs in policing, law enforcement, and criminal justice.

Teaching Communication is an innovative series designed to help communication instructors develop a course for the first time or to guide teacher-trainers as they work with new teachers in formal classroom settings or informal mentoring sessions. Providing theoretically grounded research-based guidelines for teaching communication effectively, each volume in the series provides robust suggestions for what to teach and how to teach various communication topics. In Volume I: Foundations, editors Deanna D. Sellnow and Michael G. Strawser situate communication education within the context of instructional communication. The book provides a historical overview of communication education and instructional communication, describes instructional communication research methods and pedagogical strategies, and highlights best practices for graduate teaching assistant training and development. The closing chapter considers what historical trends and foundational principles might suggest for future directions in teaching communication, especially within the context of the ever-changing landscape of higher education. This first volume provides readers with a solid knowledge base and a contextual foundation for the other three volumes in the series. Developed to help novice teachers grow into effective instructors, the Teaching Communication series is an ideal resource for courses and programs in teaching communication.