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Dr. Kenneth Clark visited rundown and under-resourced segregated schools across America, presenting Black children with two dolls: a white one with hair painted yellow and a brown one with hair painted black. The psychological experiment Kenneth developed with his wife, Mamie, designed to measure how segregation affected Black children's perception of themselves and other Black people, was enlightening—and horrifying.

Alguna vez te has encontrado buscando cualquier cosa que hacer para no tener que hacer una tarea especialmente desagradable o que te da pereza comenzar? ¿Sueles decirte: "No pasa nada, lo haré mañana. Todavía tengo mucho tiempo". Enhorabuena. Tú, como muchos otros, tienes plenamente desarrolladas tus habilidades para procrastinar. A largo plazo, la procrastinación puede, en resumidas cuentas, limitar tu potencial y socavar tu carrera y aspiraciones. Por eso es crucial tomar medidas proactivas para evitarla.

Since John Lennon composed "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in early 1967, fans and music critics alike have argued over the meaning of the song. Is it about drugs? Is it just a lyrical response to a drawing given Lennon by his 4-year-old son Julian? Is there some deeper meaning? Professor Tim Kasser goes beyond speculative explanations by applying innovative psychological methods to the song's lyrics and music. He deeply analyzes the song's linguistic structure, its basic theme, and the way its words and music had been used by Lennon in earlier songs.

Penguin presents The Shed Method, written and read by Sara Milne Rowe. Wishing to be better at something lies at the heart of modern life: a bad week to a better week, a frustrated parent to a better parent, an anxious speaker to better speaker, a burnt-out colleague to a better colleague. Doing anything new or better might sound simple, but in practice it can be tricky. The Shed Method is a mind-management system that offers practical advice for improving your decision making.

Finally understand why you do things differently from the rest! Psych2go created this guide to connect the history of human psychology with practical mental health therapy tools to help you thrive in your everyday life. Discover things about yourself! With The Psychology of People, learn about the history of human psychology—and apply it to your own life. Understand your innate need to conform, the roots of your social anxiety, how to heal and grow emotionally—and so much more!

If your product or service just doesn’t seem to sell, then it might not be the product that’s the problem, it could be you. It’s no secret that the best salespeople have secrets that the rest don’t know, and Persuasion: Psychology of Selling - Secret Techniques Only the World’s Top Sales People Know to Close the Deal Every Time is the audiobook you need to start putting these secrets to work for you. The human brain is the most advanced computer ever created, able to process complex mental equations that would leave any man-made computer crying in a corner.

The first English translation of celebrated Swiss-German novelist Sibylle Berg, Grime is a manifesto for fury, escape, and individual revolt.

In Who's in My Classroom?, accomplished educator and author delivers an inspirational and practical combination of true stories from teens in Youth Communication's award-winning writing program and the most current educational research. The book links theories of adolescent development and identity formation to best practices in real-world classrooms where teachers strive to form supportive relationships with students.

In these divided times in which politicians, the press, and social media combine to create more and more anger against "the other side", what do we do? How can we live in peace in a divided country? And how can we help ourselves and our societies be less divided? In this book, acclaimed psychiatrist, Richard Gillett reveals practical ways you can regain your peace of mind - even in the face of distrust and anger, transcend prejudices, mend broken bridges with friends or family, and turn frustration at divisive politics into personal and social effectiveness.

Imagine you are on your death bed, and you are thinking back on your life. If you think that some of what will trigger satisfaction and regret will relate to what you did and did not achieve, then there may be something in this book for you. Here we will explore the foundational nature of achievement, as well as elements that contribute to it - ranging from the personal to the social.

The entire raison d'être for this mental health historical reader of the "paper of record", The New York Times, is to give the listener a window on the past and to include the listener on a journey of a time long ago. Seeing the original articles written by and about Sigmund Freud or his famous "psychoanalysis" as well as the many other issues we hear about transports us to another time and place.

Lecturer, syndicated columnist, television commentator, debater, marketer, businessman, best-selling author, publisher, and activist L. Brent Bozell III is one of the most outspoken and effective national leaders in the conservative movement today. As the founder and president of the Media Research Center, Mr. Bozell runs the largest media watchdog organization in America and is uniquely positioned to offer this blazing critique of the bias in the national media and how they undermine American democracy.

What does it take to get everything you want in life? It's not how much money you have but how you go about asking for what you want. If you can understand how people think, you can persuade them to do what you want. Dark psychology taps into how the brain works, how we form the habits we do, and exactly what it takes to influence people. Learn the strategies that have the hardest critics saying yes.

Positive Intelligence Quotient (PQ) measures to what extent your mind is serving you instead of sabotaging you. The great news is that PQ can be improved! "When I will be successful then I will be happy" is a fallacy because there is always a higher level of success that one can achieve. As soon as you get the latest XYZ then there is another thing that your heart will desire. Science reveals that happiness is the first key to achieving success. If you are happy then you will have a lot of physical and mental energy that will fuel the path to achieve your dreams.

Everyone wants to be more successful in their life, but knowing how to take the steps needed to achieve that success can be mystifying. It’s about accomplishing personal and meaningful goals because honestly, this is where success happens - when you reach something of value to you. Even when you understand what is required, it can be extremely challenging to take action, unless you know where you are going.

Business is personal. A statement on life as a business owner. Being the leader of your own life is the greatest lesson in business. Your business is personal, as it is yours. We live in a fast-paced, overconnected world. Relying on your own instincts and knowing the dreams you hold for your version of success, ambition and happiness will ensure you have the life you want and not the life you compare yourself with.

The Backpack: How to Understand and Manage Yourself While Loving Others Along the Way tells the story of Jon, Sofia, and Buddy, whose pathways merge on a life-changing flight. Written by a senior consultant with the Flippen Group (a worldwide leader in self-awareness training), the book brings together an angry passenger, a wise flight attendant, and a down-home cowboy. Their chance meeting leads to the ride of their lives as they fully grasp the importance and meaning of their backpacks. As this engaging story reveals, self-awareness is like a backpack!

Some people are so stressful to be around they can actually make us ill. This book looks at the relationships that may drag us down and drain our energy. It gives us the tools to recognise toxic people and places so that we never need give in to them again. It explains that our freedom lies in our own hands and has to do with making choices and decisions, setting proper boundaries and drawing back from situations in which we tend to feel like victims. This may mean weeding out our address book and going lonely for a while - but never fear, says Dr Cantopher, givers will turn up once we eliminate the takers from our lives.

It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it's estimated that as many as half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions in our societies, both children and adults, carry this complex, often hidden pain. What does the path to healing look like for survivors? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counselors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own experience and his wife's experience as survivors of childhood sexual abuse, minister and lecturer Tim Hein offers his expertise.

The Velocity of Information offers understanding to manage chaos and our complex reactions to crisis situations influenced by bias and propaganda. Recognizing indicators to judge the severity of an incident, understanding human predispositions, and joining a member check network to gauge real-time observations from people in your network provides direction to respond to the reality of a situation with impartiality, thus improving outcomes.