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    The Origins of You

    How Childhood Shapes Later Life

    by Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton ...
    Narrated by Susie Berneis ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 53 min

    After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world’s preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop. Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents play in shaping how a child matures? Is daycare bad—or good—for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Origins of You

    How Childhood Shapes Later Life

    by Jay Belsky, Avshalom Caspi, Terrie E. Moffitt, Richie Poulton ...
    After tracking the lives of thousands of people from birth to midlife, four of the world’s preeminent psychologists reveal what they have learned about how humans develop.Does temperament in childhood predict adult personality? What role do parents play in shaping how a child matures? Is day care bad—or good—for children? Does adolescent delinquency forecast a life of crime? Do genes influence ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Nature of Nurture

    Rethinking Why and How Childhood Adversity Shapes Development

    by Jay Belsky ...
    From a leading expert on child development, a radical evolutionary perspective on how childhood experiences shape later life.Children who grow up in troubled circumstances—experiencing deprivation or instability, living in a dangerous neighborhood or an abusive family—are more prone to aggression, recklessness, and sexual promiscuity later in life. To most of us, the lesson is clear: adverse ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Clinical Implications of Attachment

    Edited by Jay Belsky, Teresa M. Nezworski ...
    Series series Child Psychology Series
    First published in 1987. This study records findings of a study group set up to explore a variety of issues related to attachment, including the predictive utility of Strange Situation assessments, the conditions under which insecurity is related to subsequent difficulties, the origins of individual differences in attachment security, and intervention strategies that might prove useful in ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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    A Dozen Lessons for Entrepreneurs

    by Tren Griffin ...
    Narrated by Steven Jay Cohen ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 40 min

    From profiles and interviews with the world's leading venture capitalists and high-profile coaches of business founders, A Dozen Lessons distills a set of bedrock methods for approaching business questions and creating value. The veteran business writer Tren Griffin takes the listener through the investment philosophies of VC luminaries such as Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital, Marc Andreesen and ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Harvard psychiatrist uses biology, genetics, psychology, and advances in molecular neuroscience and neuroimaging to examine what it means to be normal."Move over Oliver Sacks—I couldn't put this fascinating book down! Path-breaking and witty, as entertaining as it is informative, The Other Side of Normal is filled with insights into why we behave as we do and how biology determines so much of ... Read more

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  • Pink Brain, Blue Brain

    How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps—And What We Can Do About It

    by Lise Eliot ...
    A scientific study of the differences between boys & girls that tackles damaging gender stereotypes and offers practical guidance for parents & educators.In the past decade, we've heard a lot about the innate differences between males and females, so we've come to accept that boys can't focus in the classroom and girls are obsessed with relationships.In Pink Brain, Blue Brain, neuroscientist Lise ... Read more

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  • The Brain of the Highly Sensitive Person

    Why you shouldn't judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree

    by Esther Bergsma ...
    Why do highly sensitive people perceive and process information so differently, and react more intensely? Why do they often experience stress and social rejection? Ever since the American psychologist Elaine Aron introduced the term 'high sensitivity' in the late 1990s, much has been said about the subject. In this book, Esther Bergsma presents the latest scientific insights into the functioning ... Read more

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  • The Social Neuroscience of Education: Optimizing Attachment and Learning in the Classroom

    Optimizing Attachment and Learning in the Classroom

    by Louis Cozolino ...
    Series series The Norton Series on the Social Neuroscience of Education
    Creating a healthy, social classroom environment.This book explains how the brain, as a social organism, learns best throughout the lifespan, from our early schooling through late life. Positioning the brain as distinctly social, Louis Cozolino helps teachers make connections to neurobiological principles, with the goal of creating classrooms that nurture healthy attachment patterns and resilient ... Read more

    $25.69 USD

  • The Tending Instinct

    Women, Men, and the Biology of Nurturing

    by Shelley E. Taylor ...
    A groundbreaking work that reveals how the instinct to "tend and befriend" is vital for human society.In times of crisis and upheaval, our responses to stress become especially important. We have long heard about the "fight or flight" response, but renowned psychologist Shelley E. Taylor points out that hardwired in females -- both humans and those of other species -- is an instinct that can ... Read more

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  • Positive Psychology And The Body: The Somatopsychic Side To Flourishing

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    This positive psychology textbook focuses on the importance of the body within optimal functioning and highlights new research in this area. ... Read more

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  • Infants and Children

    Prenatal Through Middle Childhood

    by Laura E. Berk ...
    Now published by SAGE!A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Laura E. Berk’s Infants and Children: Prenatal Through Middle Childhood, Ninth Edition is relied on in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural focus, first-rate coverage of developmental neuroscience, rich examples, and long-standing commitment to ... Read more

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