Towards Personal Excellence: Psychometric Tests and Self-Improvement Techniques for Managers

Seema Sanghi | Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd | 2006-12-05 | ISBN: 0761935045 | 284 pages | PDF | 2 MB

The Second Edition of this enormously successful book is packed with more ways to maximize your potential with added sections on self-evaluation. This edition contains more 'mirror image' questionnaires covering a wider scope of multiple managerial competencies, including creativity and innovation. The book contains six pilot-tested modules each with a cluster of skills and a self-assessment questionnaire (with response sheets), which enables the reader to record individual strengths and weaknesses to keep track of the process of learning. The author covers the following areas: Managerial skills Communication skills Group dynamics skills Environment management skills Self-enhancement powers.

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Psychodrama in the 21st Century: Clinical and Educational Applications

Jacob Gershoni (Ed.) | Springer | ISBN-10: 0826121756 | 2003 | PDF | 312 pages | 8.71 mb

Presents a wide range of clinical and educational applications of psychodrama with various client groups, problems, and settings. Explores the integration of psychodrama with other therapy methods and describes applications of action methods to different groups, such as trauma survivors and gay communities. For psychologists.

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Acting-In: Practical Applications of Psychodramatic Methods

Adam Blatner | Springer Publishing | 1996 | ISBN: 0826114024 | 220 pages | PDF | 3,65 MB

Psychodrama can be one of the most powerful tools used in psychotherapy. Charmingly illustrated with a wealth of case examples, this volume presents current training techniques and shows how to use them, whether as a complement to traditional verbal approaches, in individual or group therapy, in educational or community settings, or in many other contexts. Thoroughly updated and expanded, this third edition reviews the most recent developments in psychodrama theory, clarifies various new psychodramatic processes, and features extensive new references and an updated bibliography. In this volume, Dr. Blatner continues to provide the best practical primer of basic psychodramatic techniques.

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Foundations of Psychodrama: History, Drama, and Practice, Fourth Edition

Adam Blatner | Springer Publishing | 2000-03-01 | ISBN: 0826160417 | 308 pages | PDF | 14 MB

A much-awaited new edition of the now classic FOUNDATIONS, Adam Blatner presents the theoretical, philosophical and historical underpinnings to the active, directive methods of psychodrama. New to this edition is expanded discussion of historical contexts, theoretical developments, spontaneity and creativity, and more. Updating his framework for integrating psychodrama with other methods of psychotherapy, the volume includes a useful compendium of psychodrama terms and a bibliography of resources. This is a capstone to Blatner's years of work in the field and is a must have for all professionals and students in psychodrama as well as libraries.

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The Art and Science of Assessment in Psychotherapy

Chris Mace | Routledge | ISBN: 0415105382 | 1995-09-13 | PDF | 222 pages | 1,31 Mb

"The Art and Science of Assessment in Psychotherapy offers an extended symposium on principles and practice in psychotherapy and counseling. Guided by a belief that comparative study will spur critical reflection and innovation, the contributors' presentations encompass a wide range of therapeutic orientations, settings and interests. Twelve distinguished practitioners of widely used approaches within psychotherapy describe the methods they use in their assessments and how these have developed. They also discuss the uses and limitations of the therapies they offer.

The approaches covered include psychoanalytic psychotherapy, in-patient psychotherapy, family therapy, group psychotherapy, psychodrama, cognitive-behavior therapy, couple therapy and focal therapy. Additional chapters look at assessment in the light of psychotherapy research, question how far assessment can be separated from treatment, and ask whether the use of questionnaires and special tests aid or detract from interviewing as a method of assessment."

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Biology of Personality and Individual Differences

Turhan Canli (Ed.) | The Guilford Press | 2006-01-23 | ISBN-10: 1593852525 | PDF | 5.1 Mb | 462 pages

This is the first book to provide an overview of current research using cutting-edge genetic and neuroimaging methods in the study of personality. Integrating compelling lines of inquiry that until now have largely remained disparate, the volume brings together leading investigators from personality psychology; clinical psychology and psychiatry; cognitive, affective, and behavioral neuroscience; and comparative psychology. Coverage includes the structure of personality and its mapping onto biology, genetic markers for individual differences, vulnerability to psychopathology, sex differences, age-related processes, and functional neuroimaging approaches.

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On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of Marvin Zuckerman

Robert Stelmak (Ed.) | Pergamon (2004-12-30) | ISBN: 0080442099 | 552 Pages | 9.3 MB | PDF

Zuckerman received his Ph.D. in psychology from New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science in 1954 with a specialization in clinical psychology. After graduation, he worked for three years as a clinical psychologist in state hospitals in Norwich, Connecticut and Indianapolis, Indiana. While in the latter position the Institute for Psychiatric Research was opened in the same medical center where he was working as a clinical psychologist. He obtained a position there with a joint appointment in the department of psychiatry. This was his first interdisciplinary experience with other researchers in psychiatry, biochemistry, psychopharmacology, and psychology.

His first research areas were personality assessment and the relation between parental attitudes and psychopathology. During this time, he developed the first real trait-state test for affects, starting with the Affect Adjective Check List for anxiety and then broadening it to a three-factor trait-state test including anxiety, depression, and hostility (Multiple Affect Adjective Check List). Later, positive affect scales were added.

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Personality Traits (Second Edition)

Matthews, Deary, & Whiteman | Cambridge University Press | ISBN 0521538246 | 2003 | PDF | 2.53 MB | 518 pages

The idea of personality traits may be as old as human language itself. Aristotle (384–322 BC), writing the Ethics in the fourth century BC, saw dispositions such as vanity, modesty and cowardice as key determinants of moral and immoral behaviour.He also described individual differences in these dispositions, often referring to excess, defect and intermediate levels of each.Allport and Odbert (1936) identified almost 18,000 English personality-relevant terms; more words than Shakespeare used!Nouns, sentences and even actions may also have personality connotations (Hofstee, 1990). The language of personality description permeates our everyday conversation and discourse.

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Personality and Intelligence at Work

Adrian Furham | Psychology Press | 2008-07-17 | ISBN: 1841695866 | 416 pages | PDF | 2 Mb

Personality and Intelligence at Work examines the increasingly controversial role of individual differences in predicting and determining behaviour at work. It combines approaches from organizational psychology and personality theory to critically examine the physical, psychological and psycho-analytic aspects of individual differences, and how they impact on the world of work.

Topics covered include the role of IQ at work as the best predictor of success, but also the importance of increasingly recognized social intelligences such as emotional intelligence (EQ). The significance of personality traits and the impact of temperaments on work performance are also examined, and the methods used to assess work behaviour and potential are reviewed. Psychological tests, which measure personality traits, are questioned as accurate predictors of behaviour at work, alongside other factors such as job satisfaction, productivity, absenteeism and turnover.

This new, thoroughly revised and updated edition of Personality at Work provides a comprehensive review of the relevant literature from psychology, sociology and management science. It will be of interest to students of organizational psychology and business and management studies, as well as HR professionals.

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Essentials of Rorschach Assessment

Rose, Kaser-Boyd, Maloney | Wiley | 240 Pages | 2000-12-19 | ISBN-10: 0471331465 | PDF | 10 MB

The Rorschach® inkblot test identifies adaptive and maladaptive patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. A projective personality test, the unrestrained structure of the Rorschach® allows for a variety of responses. In order to use the Rorschach® properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret it. Essentials of Rorschach® Assessment guides both the new and experienced professional to a better understanding of the Rorschach® and how to implement it in practice.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, this book is designed to help busy mental health practitioners quickly acquire the knowledge and skills they need to make optimal use of a major psychological assessment instrument. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you to gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

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Essentials of WRAML2 and TOMAL-2 Assessment

Wayne Adams, Cecil R. Reynolds | Wiley | 2008-11-03 | ISBN: 0470179112 | 290 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB 

Essentials of WRAML2 and TOMAL-2 Assessment introduces professionals to these two widely used memory measurement batteries, both of which measure memory and are used to supplement evaluations of ADHD and reading problems in youngsters, as well as a number of other disorders across the age span. Written by Wayne Adams and Cecil Reynolds, this essential reference provides administration guidelines, including procedural suggestions and solutions for common problems examiners may encounter; expert assessment of each tests relative strengths and weaknesses; valuable advice on clinical applications; and illuminating case reports.

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Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB5) Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Andrew Barram, Gale H. Roid | Wiley | 2004 | 224 pages | ISBN-10: 0471224049 | PDF | 1.1 Mb

Essentials of Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales(SB5) Assessment provides comprehensive instructions on optimal use of the Stanford-Binet, including helpful step-by-step administration, scoring, and interpretation guidelines. Using the popular Essentials format, this handy resource also covers test strengths and weaknesses, reliability, and validity, and describes clinical applications of its use. Students in courses on psychological assessment and appraisal will find this to be an indispensable tool to understanding and utilizing this popular measure of intelligence.

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Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions

Barbara J. Wendling, Nancy Mather | Wiley | 2008-11-03 | ISBN: 0470206322 | 292 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions puts at your fingertips the successful instructional techniques and materials necessary for accurate and effective use of evidence-based interventions. Written by Barbara Wendling and Nancy Mather, two experts in educational assessment and intervention, this intervention-oriented reference presents clear descriptions of research-based interventions in the areas of: phonological awareness and beginning reading phonics; phonics and sight word instruction; reading fluency; vocabulary and reading comprehension; spelling, handwriting, and written expression; basic math skills; and math problem-solving.

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