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The psychologist who pursues an interest in personality is constantly faced by a dilemma

This thoroughly researched and clearly written compendium of available statistical information on China provides reliable information, careful explanations, useful guides to further research, and a full bibliography

Systems Research for Behavioral Science will be of interest to those in any discipline concerned with developments in science

The United States' presidential selection process is intricate, constantly evolving, and imperfectly understood by most American voters

Everett C Hughes had a great impact on the field of sociology as a whole and on an entire generation of sociologists. This book contains essays that address the main themes in his work over the years, and illustrates Hughes' impact on the contributors, many of whom are themselves senior figures in the field.

The editors of this volume are committed to the philosophy of treating emotionally disturbed children in the life milieu

Urban Dynamics in Black Africa presents a succession of worlds where we can study the development and the crystallization of major social change

If extrasensory perception is a common human ability, why can't we all score high on ESP tests? This book answers the question by describing psychological determinants of success and failure in extrasensory perception

Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. This book addresses theory and research on violence as a group phenomenon. It is suitable for courses in sociology, anthropology and political science.

Research on abnormal human hemoglobins (protein in blood that carries oxygen), has taught us about the inheritance, biochemistry, and distribution of these traits. This book discusses the relation of abnormal hemoglobins to endemic malaria and, shows how natural selection pressures explain the known distribution of these traits.

Managing Personality is grounded in the conviction that scientific understanding of personality requires measurement in order to describe phenomena in an objective, systematic fashion and to test theories

Demonstrates how differences in social class affect personality. This book presents research in class character covering a broad range of phenomena in the area shared by psychology, sociology, psychiatry, and anthropology. It also explores the relationship between personality and social status.

Edited by one of the leading authorities in international child care, this sourcebook provides valuable insights from international experiments in group child care

Analyses inheritance patterns in modern America. This book shows that inheritance serves to perpetuate both familial wealth and familial relations. It also examines what leads decedents to chose particular legal instruments (wills, trusts, insurance policies, gifts inter vivos).

There is no book currently available that gives a comprehensive treatment of the design, construction, and use of index numbers

This classic volume was originally designed as an introduction to social science perspectives on a broad range of social issues in American society, specifically the complex social problems of the 1960s

Presents a comprehensive statement on the complex relationship between climate and agriculture. This book considers radiation flux in the free atmosphere and in the biosphere near the ground, the processes of photosynthesis and photoperiodism, and the effect of radiation and temperature on plant growth.

At once a unique textbook for methods courses and a major contribution to sociological theory, this book teaches students the principles of research and how to construct and test theories

Armed and Considered Dangerous is a book about "bad guys" and their guns

This important work examines in detail and depth how, as a consequence of changing technologies, diet, patterns of reproduction, and work, relations between children and parents have altered

Conditioning is one of the core methods of psychiatry. It is a behavioral method, with a stimulus-response constellation. This work deals with the conditioning method, covering its behavioral, neurophysiological, and psychiatric aspects. It summarizes knowledge on the neurophysiology of conditioning.

Based on an intensive fourteen-year study of a Hungarian peasant village, Proper Peasants greatly expands our knowledge of Eastern European social organizations with its accurate portrayal of a rapidly vanishing peasant way of life.

Contains discussions on such subjects as the ways in which people choose their mates, how the family social system can entrap its members in neurotic "games," and the complex nature of marital love. This book points out the numerous complexities of the interpersonal process. It also demonstrates the use of more sensitive research devices.

A wide-ranging survey of the theoretical and practical problems of economic development, The Challenge of Development demonstrates how effective development theory, planning and programming derive from and are tested in firsthand field experience

Resale Price Maintenance deals with selected countries: Canada, the United States of America, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom

Examines the ethical and economic questions within the legal profession or ethical theory in general. This book describes the historical, professional and economic context within which contingent fees developed. It is suitable for those concerned with reforms of the fee system - lawyers, judges, professors, plaintiffs and defendants.

Living things are constantly engaged in a struggle for existence, and ingenious devices for the purpose of self-preservation can be seen in all types of animal and plant life. This book states that, however, nature also displays phenomena that are not related to survival or that seem clearly to violate the principle of self-preservation.

Field studies of a variety of mammalian species revealed a surprisingly high frequency of infanticide - the killing of unweaned or otherwise maternally dependent offspring. The authors draw together work on animal and human infanticide and place these studies in a broad evolutionary and comparative perspective.

Most early approaches to encouraging social development focused on economic and technical issues

Offers positive proof that behaviorism has come of age in social work. This title details a systematic format for both problem intervention and evaluation which produces a more empirically based practice. It provides a different perspective and stimulus for social work practice.