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Listening: Attitudes, Principles, and Skills

Judi Brownell

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

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This text makes an experiential approach to listening instruction, providing extensive supplemental applications and cases within the context of a sound theoretical framework. Brownell encourages students to view listening as a process involving six interrelated components. Each component is developed along the parallel dimensions of theory and skill building. Within the unifying theoretical framework of the HURIER model, students not only develop an understanding of the listening process, they also acquire specific, observable listening skills. This behavioral approach enables students to increase their listening effectiveness while developing an understanding of listening-related research and theory. The impact of culture, technology, and globalization is also explored. Ethical questions are raised through sidebars, and students are challenged to consider the responsibilities associated with listening behavior. Extensive self-assessment instruments, individual and group activities, and case studies further distinguish this engaging text. Students readily recognize the important role listening plays in their daily lives, and acquire strategies to improve their listening behavior.

Infinite Mind: Science of the Human Vibrations of Consciousness

Valerie V. Hunt

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Not so fast 3 out of 5 stars.
25 of 25 people found this review helpful.

This in response to a negative previous review of this book. Valerie Hunt may not be the most scientific of writers but do not dismiss her work because of that. The "mathematical chaos formula" picture you are criticizing as "Lissajous" patterns are not Lissajous. This image was derived using a mathematical algorithm designed specificaly to visualize/search for chaotic patterns in measured data. When this algorithm is applied to random noise, no pattern is produced. When a data set is chaotic, patterns start to appear. This algorithm is well described in many chaos theory books and it is used in physics and engineering. Valerie Hunt is not a mathematician but she does consult mathematicians who know what tools to use to analyze such data. But I do agree the book does not show enough details of her experimental results. I happen to know more of the details thru other sources and I happen to use the same mathematical tools in my work.

Infinite Mind by Valerie Hunt 5 out of 5 stars.
20 of 23 people found this review helpful.

This is a thoroughly researched, beautifully written BIBLE on the current concept of energy, collective consciousness, etc. Interesting reasoning on our connectedness and the power therein if used. This is a must read,must ponder and must adjust our lives kind of text, and "text" it surely is. Read it, its a gift to yourself.

Before You Think Another Thought: The Mechanics of Thought

Bruce I., III Doyle

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Succinct and Succulent 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Before You Think Another Thought is a very concise and succinct presentation illuminating how our thoughts and beliefs create our life, followed by how our beliefs then shape our experiences. Dr. Doyle presents very useful tools with excellent insights. I also appreciated his candor with real-life situations and empowering personal examples.

Points to ponder and simplicity at it's finest:
* Thoughtforms exist to fulfill their intent.
* Thoughtforms attract similar thoughtforms.
* Thoughts that I accept as true become my beliefs.
* Beliefs determine my experience.

Doyle's contribution simplifies what can be a complex subject on how we create our reality and how our beliefs impact our life experiences. I would love to see this book introduced into our entire educational system as a basic premise for the law of attraction in action. This leading edge material was shared long before the Secret became a global phenomena. I highly recommend this book!

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This book explains simply, easily and clearly, the complex subject of how your thinking creates your life. Learn how thought works and how your thoughts connect you with the universe. Learn why thought is the basic building block of creation.

Before You Think Another Thought will help you uncover the cause of whatever you're creating and change forever the way you see and experience the world around you.

How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable: Getting Your Point Across with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

Suzette Haden Elgin

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

A very practical book on handling everyday situations 5 out of 5 stars.
61 of 61 people found this review helpful.

How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable is the 12th book in the Gentle Art of Verbal Self Defense series. The first three books present the general principles of the Gentle Art and how to use them to handle hostile language coming at you. The remaining books each deal with using these principles in specific situations. Each can stand alone and the ones I have read have been very relevant to their subject. In this book, Dr. Elgin discusses how to impart negative messages or criticism to others without increasing hostility in your language environment. The first part of the book deals with an overview of hostile language and its cost both to society and our personal lives. I thought this information was interesting because the way we use language is taken for granted and it is a fascinating idea that each one making deliberate and thoughtful changes in the way they use language can have a great positive influence in our world. The remainder of the book gives practical ways to pass on negative messages without resorting to hostile language or making an already difficult situation even more so. Where it is applicable, the different ways situations are handled by men and women are discussed. One of the things I appreciated most in this part of the book was the use of scenarios. These dialogues enabled me to see and hear both the way a particular situation is handled and how using that particular technique would be better. Since there are many occasions which require the passing of negative information, this is a very practical book and one I would recommend for everyone. As a volunteer reference librarian in a public library system, I think it would be a good addition to public libraries also.

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As bestselling author Suzette Haden Elgin proves, you don't have to live your life on red alert. With her Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense techniques, you'll be able to respond clearly to hostile comments from others—or deliver necessary negative messages of your own—without sacrificing your dignity or principles. You'll learn to:

• Keep domestic disagreements from escalating
• Deliver criticism to coworkers, employers, or employees
• Handle aggressive, negative comments about race, politics, or religion
• Provide discipline without increasing hostility
• Use language that reduces tension and creates rapport in every situation

The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul

Francis Crick

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Boring 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This was a boring and tedious book and I was glad to be done with it. It was very disappointing, as it was basically a rehash of psychology experiments involving vision, with some basic neurobiology thrown in as background. While it is well written, it goes nowhere. There is very little mention of a "soul" until chapter 18, and there is, of course, no mention of a scientific search for it, or research on it. There cannot be. It pains me to think that Crick spent years on this endeavor. The answer he seeks will come only after a long and arduous study of all aspects of the brain, its anatomy and function, as well as that of the neurons that constitute it. While I agree with Crick in what he is trying to show---that the "I" that is each of us, is the activity of neurons. How to demonstrate this is the problem. Instead of working backwards from behavior to structure, it would be more fruitful to begin with DNA---the genes that determine brain structure, from the neurons to the brain's gross anatomy, and try to reach an explanation of behavior based on the molecular biology of the brain. However, the human brain may be too complex and the problem thus too intractable. Start with something simple, a flatworm perhaps, and work up from there.

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The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered the molecular structure of DNA examines what makes humans sentient beings, offering an analysis and description of how the brain sees.

Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds

Michael J. Gelb

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Imagine unleashing your creativity by letting your imagination enjoy the benefits of the type of mental play that helped inspire the theory of relativity. Or evaluating your business climate with the combination of keen observation and an open mind that yielded the theory of evolution. Or navigating your life path with the same love of knowledge and truth that spawned all of Western philosophy. The individuals behind these revolutions of thought live on in our collective memory as models for tackling the challenges that lie ahead. The difference between your mind and theirs is smaller than you think, and is determined less by inborn capacity than by passion, focus, and strategy -- all of which are yours to develop.

Everyone has the potential for genius. The full expression of your unique genius awaits you in these pages! In Discover Your Genius, Michael J. Gelb draws upon the wellspring of history's most revolutionary minds to guide you to unleash your own creativity through mental play. Searching for the most world- shaking ideas, discoveries, and innovations, Gelb assembled a "genius dream team" comprising ten individuals, each of whom embodies a special "genius" characteristic that you are invited to integrate into daily life.

They are:

• Plato-Deepening your love of wisdom
• Filippo Brunelleschi-Expanding your perspective
• Christopher Columbus-Going perpendicular: strengthening your vision, optimism, and courage
• Nicholas Copernicus-Reorganizing your vision of the world
• Queen Elizabeth I-Wielding your power with balance and effectiveness
• William Shakespeare-Cultivating your emotional intelligence
• Thomas Jefferson-Celebrating your freedom in the pursuit of happiness
• Charles Darwin-Developing your power of observation and cultivating an open mind
• Mahatma Gandhi-Applying the principles of spiritual genius to harmonize spirit, mind, and body
• Albert Einstein-Unleashing your imagination and "combinatory play"

Through fascinating, accessible biographies, you'll develop a personal relationship with each genius and learn how to use his or her guiding principle to enrich the quality of your life. Personal self-assessments will help you gauge how each principle is working in your own life, followed by a series of practical and vibrant exercises to help you develop each principle fully.In How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, Gelb taught us how to unlock the "da Vincian" genius inside us. Now he provides an enlightening plan for personal and professional development by encouraging us to apply the wisdom of ten of history's greatest minds. Engaging and practical, Discover Your Genius gives us the tools to improve our own mental abilities by making "genius thinking" accessible and fun!

Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology

Henry C. Ellis, R. Reed Hunt

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Informative and helpful 5 out of 5 stars.
9 of 12 people found this review helpful.

As an undergraduate TA, I became familiar with this book when my supervising professor chose it for her undergraduate learning and cognition course. The text presents detailed coverage of the topics in an accessible style. I disagree with the previous reviewer about the value of the discussion of previous experiments. By providing a discussion of selected experiments rather than an exhaustive survey of the empirical literature, the intricacies of problem solving activity in cognitive psychology are highlighted. The text uses a thematic approach throughout, and incorporates real world examples, case studies, and useful examples of experiments on specific topics. I found myself wishing that this text had been used in the cognition course that I had previously taken.

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"Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology" by R. Reed Hunt and Henry C. Ellis is a brief core text with a value conscious price tag for courses in cognitive psychology. The 7th edition of this text presents brief coverage of perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, and emotion in a friendly and accessible style. By discussing selected experiments rather than exhaustively surveying the empirical literature, authors enable students to appreciate the intricacies of problem solving activity in cognition. The text incorporates real world examples, case studies, and useful key experiments on specific topics.

Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind

Michael S. Gazzaniga, Richard B. Ivry, G. R. Mangun

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Not for those without background 4 out of 5 stars.
15 of 17 people found this review helpful.

This book is not intended for the general reader, reader with cellular neuroscience background, but has a target audience of advanced undergraduate or graduate level students with relevant background. Also would be useful for the psychology professional without specific or with dated cognitive neuroscience background, or others intending a research or applied clinical career in the area. Appropriate background would necessarily be at least an undergraduate course in cognitive psychology, with additional help provided by biological psychology or a medical professional in neurology. Discussions of principles and mechanisms are at a "functional machinery" level and thus would not make sense to those without some previous training in those principles. It just isn't a basic text, thus, no glossary of basic terms is included. Yes, the material is both abstract and complex, but so is brain function, and we are just beginning to learn. There are very, very few textbooks that survey this area which only became a separate field of study sometime around 1986. Other reading material in the field consists entirely of professional level chapters in compiled and edited texts. The only other broad survey text that I know of is Marie Banich's book on the related area of Cognitive Neuropsychology.

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Written by leading researchers in the field, Cognitive Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind shows how the complex processes of the mind--language, memory, attention, feelings--are enabled by the underlying biology of the brain. Relying on patient studies and case histories rather than lab experiments on animals, the authors explore the underlying neurological chemistry behind critical human diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and suggests various treatments. A series of interviews with other researchers bring the science to life as they discuss their pathbreaking discoveries and speculate about new frontiers for the discipline.

The Essentials of Conditioning and Learning

Michael Domjan

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Two thumbs up! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Essentials of Conditioning and Learning
by Michael Domjan, provides a concise, current, and sophisticated summary of the essentials of Conditioning and Learning for students and professionals in those areas.
His clear, plain and pleasant English makes even the most complicated and technical subjects understandable.

The Essentials of Conditioning and Learning 1 out of 5 stars.
3 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Not a good book, anyone who is interested in behaviorism and conditioning should purchase John & Janice Baldwin's book 'Behavior Principles in Everyday Life.' John and Janice are excellent authors and their work is very descriptive and easy to understand.

Look elsewhere for concise information without the wordiness 1 out of 5 stars.
1 of 8 people found this review helpful.

For those individuals who have a passion for cognitive psychology and its technical language, this is the book for you. As for the remainder, look elsewhere if you want an introductory text or if you desire concrete examples related to theoretical assertions. This text is intended for those who possess in-depth knowledge of cognitive functions and experimentation and excludes background information.

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Michael Domjan, one of the top researchers in his field, presents a concise, current book of the principles of conditioning and learning, perfect for professors and students alike who want an accurate and detailed account of learning and conditioning - the "essentials" - without excessive research and detail.

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence: The Secret to Developing the Star Potential in Your Employees

Bob Wall

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For managers, coaching for performance and for emotional intelligence are two different things. But that doesn’t mean they exist in different worlds. Performance is just one part of an employee’s overall development as a professional and as a leader -- development which depends on the employee’s emotional intelligence and the ability of the manager to encourage and increase it.

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence provides a carefully planned strategy to help managers address such factors as personality traits, communications styles, and personal behaviors -- the delicate issues that make coaching for EI more challenging than coaching for performance alone.

The book will help readers feel confident and comfortable with sensitive, often personal issues that arise in managing and developing subordinates, and will accelerate the development of high-potential employees and future leaders. Logical, applicable, and realistic, Coaching for Emotional Intelligence makes this often elusive subject simple to grasp -- and easy to nurture in any workplace.