Search results for “[Subject: applied-sciences]”

• Author(s): Ladislav Valach • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe authors describe a view that our short-, medium-, and long- term behavior, interactions, and relationships--whether planned or spontane...

• Author(s): Henry B. Biller • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Exercise - GeneralBiller integrates research about exercise, nutrition, and health within an applied developmental psychological framework. Readers are presen...

• Author(s): Frank E. Eyetsemitan • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: GerontologyMost studies of human development in developing societies have focused on the childhood stage, and in a few cases exploration has extended up ...

• Author(s): Anthony Mawson • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: CriminologyMawson proposes that transient criminality results from acute environmental stress and/or physiological disturbances in a context of diminished soci...

• Author(s): American Association for the Advancement • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: History

• Author(s): Dorothy J. Howell • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyIf, as has been asserted, everything in nature is connected to everything else, it is a lesson yet to be reflected among environmenta...

• Author(s): Gary A. Tobin • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Volunteer Work

• Author(s): Joyce Iutcovich • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralIn this welcome guide, sociologists who have successfully established consulting practices present practical examples of how to apply socio...

• Author(s): George Kuttickal Chacko • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Decision Making & Problem SolvingDrawing upon his considerable practical experience in the field and his highly regarded theoretical work, Chacko ...

• Author(s): X. Board of Trustees • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Political Ideologies - DemocracyEight political scientists offer their analyses of the political situations, institutions, and future of democracy in the...

• Author(s): Unknown • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Political Process - General

• Author(s): Nancy Feyl Chavkin • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Counseling - GeneralChavkin tests the theory that there is a relationship between organizational structure and the use of research recommendations in schoo...

• Author(s): Guy De Carmoy • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: International Relations - General

• Author(s): Philip W. Quigg • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Political Process - General

• Author(s): Zbigniew K. Brzezinski • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Political Process - General

• Author(s): Ofer Feldman • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsFeldman, Valenty, and their contributors present state-of-the-art evaluations of linkages between personality, motivation, decision making, l...

• Author(s): Robert F. Mulcahy • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Educational PsychologyThis collection of essays addresses problem solving, decision making, critical thinking, and various conceptions of the learning and t...

• Author(s): Jung Min Choi • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialPostmodern philosophy is shown to be a valuable tool for exposing the bankruptcy of laissez-faire economics and culture and ...

• Author(s): Robert Jackson Alexander • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Political Process - General

• Author(s): Philip G. Altbach • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Development - Economic DevelopmentThis is the first book to provide detailed analysis of the relationship between higher education and scientific research i...

• Author(s): Vernon E. Palmour • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Library & Information Science - General

• Author(s): Richard N. Rosecrance • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: International Relations - General

• Author(s): Cynthia Watson • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Military ScienceThis book examines how the United States's extensive nation-building and stability operations will continue to evolve in the 21st century in th...

• Author(s): Robert G. Fleagle • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Global Environmental Change reviews the facts and the uncertainties relating to some of the major ...

• Author(s): Fritz Veit • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Library & Information Science - General

• Author(s): Ted Greenwood • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Safety & Security - Personal Safety & Self-DefenseWell-documented and clearly-written, this important volume examines the interaction between scientific...

• Author(s): Pedro Conceicao • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Public Policy - Economic PolicyDespite the unprecedented development and growth of knowledge during the 20th century, the evolution of a peaceful 21st century...

• Author(s): Morton Wagman • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionWagman gives a broad, structured, and detailed account of advancing intellectual developments in both psychological and comp...

• Author(s): Jock Abra • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: GeneralThe past century has seen many changes in the study of psychology. One of those major changes was the adoption of scientific principles to define and build t...

• Author(s): Unknown • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Communication Studies

• Author(s): Richard Morgan Highsmith • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentThe book contains a systematic and reasoned appraisal of the extent and character of the nation's resources, the...

• Author(s): Brenda Dervin • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Communication Studies

• Author(s): Morton Wagman • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionWagman presents a general, unified theory of artificial and human intelligence under which the nature of human reasoning, pr...

• Author(s): Unknown • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Communication Studies

• Author(s): Eliezer Geisler • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Management ScienceGeisler argues that the over-reliance on co-variation techniques and statistical methods, instead of process approach and in-depth analysis,...

• Author(s): Lillian C. Black Wilkins • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: Communication StudiesThe fifteen chapters in this volume deal with science, medicine, technology, disaster, and hazard coverage by the media from the...