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Alliant International University Psychology Collection
Description: Alliant International University donated an electronic collection of psychology books to the Bookshare library as part of their school-wide effort to scan and share its course materials with Bookshare users across the country. #general
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Evaluator Competencies
by Darlene F. Russ-Eft and Marge J. Bober and Ileana de la Teja and Tiffany A. Koszalka and Marguerite FoxonEvaluator Competencies, based on research by the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction, identifies the competencies needed for evaluating organizational settings.
Cognitive Therapy of Depression
by Aaron T. BeckClassic in psychology. Discusses the cognitive behavioral perspectives of treating depression.
Nature's Operating Instructions
by Kenny Ausubel and J. P. HarpigniesThis engaging collection of essays, culled from the Bioneers Conference, explores the possibilities for eco-consciousness to infiltrate and transform the industrial economy. The subtitle refers not to conventional corporate biotech (which is denounced in several essays, including Elaine Ingham's account of a genetically modified bacterium that could have wiped out all terrestrial plant life), but innovations based on the wisdom and engineering prowess of Mother Nature. On the micro-level, these include self-cleaning paints modeled on the structure of leaves, bacteria that eat oil spills and gardens that treat sewage run-off and sequester heavy metals. On the macro-level, they include industrial processes that, like thrifty ecosystems, recycle wastes or eliminate them altogether, and experiments with a "new paradigm for agriculture" inspired by prairies. The bird's-eye view is offered by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins, who advocate a natural capitalism based on the flow of services rather than the production of goods. Some of the pieces are written by green entrepreneurs touting their wares, with a less than meticulous accounting of performance and costs, and the eco-moralizing can sometimes be heavy-handed. But the articles are stuffed with intriguing ideas, and while they sound a necessary alarm about environmental destruction, they also point the way forward to solutions. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Students with Learning Disabilities at Graduate and Professional School
by Stanley J. AntonoffThis comprehensive text examines strategies to help students with learning and attentional disabilities get the most out of their graduate school experience.
The Psychology of Blacks
by Thomas A. Parham and Joseph White and Adisa AjamuThis book highlights the limitations of traditional psychological theories and approaches when applied to African descent people.