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Shows how the diversity of sexual desires, both normal and unusual, emerge from the interactions between underlying brain processes.
By weaving examples and themes from the social sciences with an introduction into the scientific concepts, 'Biological Psychology' provides readers with a foundation necessary for understanding this field.
This well-written and lively account of the principles of how motivational systems operate includes discussions of both theories and empirical results from individual systems. The book deals with motivation at all levels from the physiological to that of mathematical modelling and explains complex ideas lucidly.
This book provides an integrative and jargon-free understanding of the phenomenon of sexual serial killing to a wide readership.
Providing a comprehensive perspective on human desire, this volume brings together leading experts from multiple psychological subdisciplines. It addresses such key questions as how desires of different kinds emerge, how they influence judgment and decision making, and how problematic desires can be effectively controlled. Current research on underlying brain mechanisms and regulatory processes is reviewed. Cutting-edge measurement tools are described, including practical recommendations for their use. The book also examines pathological forms of desire and the complex relationship between desire and happiness. The concluding section analyzes specific applied domains--eating, sex, aggression, substance use, shopping, and social media.
This book describes the relation between the behavioural phenomena and the biological foundations of stress. It shows how stress arises when coping mechanisms fail to allow organisms to respond effectively to environmental challenges.
In the new edition of a successful book, Anne Campbell redresses the balance of evolutionary theory in favour of women. She examines how selection pressures have shaped the female mind over thousands of generations: Their emotions, friendship, competition, aggression and mate choice.
Anthropology, Sexual Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender and Cultural Studies
Third edition of the classic undergraduate psychology textbook, entirely updated to combine traditional and cutting-edge research and additional pedagogical features.