A General Theory of Behaviour
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
9781526446930 (ISBN)
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Psychologists like to claim that Psychology is a science, yet, until now, the discipline has lacked any real scientific laws, has had no overarching scientific paradigm and has been blighted by poor replicability of research, all of which have dogged the discipline. Attempts to place Psychology under a single scientific umbrella, e.g. Behaviourism, Cognitivism, Biological Science, Social Science or Human Science, have all failed for a host of reasons.
This unique book presents a single paradigm for all of Psychology within a framework of Natural Science. For example, it employs as a model an organising principle known in another scientific discipline for over a century, the principle of Homeostasis. Findings across the entire discipline including perception, learning, emotion, stress, addiction, well-being and consciousness are all shown to be consistent with a new paradigm based on this, and other principles drawn from natural science.
DAVID F. MARKS was born in Petersfield, England and lives in Provence, France. David graduated from the University of Reading and completed his PhD in mathematical psychology at the University of Sheffield. He held positions at the University of Otago, New Zealand and at University College London. He served as Head of the School of Psychology at Middlesex Polytechnic, and as Head of the Department of Psychology at City, University of London, UK. As a Visiting Professor, he carried out research in the Department of Neurosurgery at Hamamatsu School of Medicine and at the Department of Psychology, at Kyushu University, in Japan, at the Universities of Oregon and Washington, in the USA, and taught health psychology at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Tromso, in Norway. In addition to five previous editions of this book, David has published 25 books including: The Psychology of the Psychic (1980, with R. Kammann), Theories of Image Formation (1986), Imagery: Current Developments (1990, with J.T.E. Richardson and P. Hampson), The Quit For Life Programme: An Easier Way to Stop Smoking and Not Start Again (1993), Improving the Health of the Nation (1996, with C. Francome), Dealing with Dementia: Recent European Research (2000, with C.M. Sykes), The Psychology of the Psychic (revised edition, 2000), The Health Psychology Reader (2002), Research Methods for Clinical and Health Psychology (2004, with L. Yardley), Overcoming Your Smoking Habit (2005), Obesity: Comfort vs. Discontent (2016), Stop Smoking Now (2017), A General Theory of Behaviour (2018) and The Psychology of the Paranormal: Exploring Anomalous Experience (2020).
Chapter 1: Reset Equilibrium Function
Chapter 2: Homeostasis, Balance, Stability
Chapter 3: Entrainment, Rhythm, Synchrony
Chapter 4: Learning, Striving, Inhibiting
Chapter 5: Consciousness, Imaging, Acting
Chapter 6: Constructing Niches, Making Friends, Falling In Love
Chapter 7: Emoting, Regulating, Self-control
Chapter 8: Addiction, Drinking, Surfing the Internet
Chapter 9: Sleeping, Insomnia, Work-Life Balance
Chapter 10: Resilience, Happiness, Intervention
| Reihe/Serie | Sage Swifts |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781526446930 / 9781526446930 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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