UID:
almahu_9947420918602882
Format:
1 online resource (587 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-78275-0
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9786611782757
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0-08-086716-2
Series Statement:
Advances in psychology ; 62
Content:
Individuals from diverse disciplines, including neurology, physiology, psychology, mathematics, and engineering have contributed to this volume. Their scientific investigations of volitional action are part of the resurgence of interest in the psychology and physiology of volition which has taken place in recent years. The book comprises a significant sample of their observations, both rational and empirical, which have new practical implications for our understanding of human conduct.The book was designed to serve a threefold purpose: a) to consolidate the gains of the various scholar
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Volitional Action: Conation and Control; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; PART 1: GENERAL THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 1. The Synergy of Voluntary and Involuntary Action; Chapter 2. Volition: a Semi-Scientific Essay; Chapter 3. On the Will: An Historical Perspective; PART 2: PHYSIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 4. Volitional Eye Movements and their Relationship to Visual Attention; Chapter 5. The Cerebral Correlates of Reaching
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Chapter 6. Will, Volitional Action, Attention and Cerebral Potentials In Man: Bereitschaftspotential, Performance-Related Potentials, Directed Attention Potential, EEG Spectrum ChangesChapter 7. Cortical Modification of Sensorimotor Linkages in Relation to Intended Action; Chapter 8. Cerebral Correlates of Auditory Attention; Chapter 9. The Physiological Stress of Thwarted Intentions; PART 3: SYSTEMS-MODELING PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 10. A Control-Theory Analysis of Interference During Social Tracking; Chapter 11. VITE and FLETE: Neural Modules for Trajectory Formation and Postural Control
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Chapter 12. Behavior In the First DegreeChapter 13. Quantitative Measurement of Volition: a Pilot Study; PART 4: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 14. Some Experimental Investigations of Volition; Chapter 15. Control Theory and Psychology: a Tool for Integration and a Heuristic for New Theory; Chapter 16. The Behavioral Illusion: Misperception of Volitional Action; Chapter 17. Volition and Self-Regulation: Memory Mechanisms Mediating the Maintenance of Intentions; Chapter 18. Levels of Intention in Behavior; Chapter 19. Involuntary Learning of Voluntary Action; PART 5: APPLIED PERSPECTIVE
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Chapter 20. A Paradigm Shift in Behavior Therapy: From External Control to Self-ControlChapter 21. Fostering Self-Control: Comments of a Counselor; Chapter 22. Control Theory Applied to Stress Management; Chapter 23. Application of Control Theory to Work Settings; Chapter 24. Effective Personnel Management: An Application of Control Theory; Chapter 25. The Giffen Effect: A Control Theory Resolution of an Economic Paradox; Author Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-88318-5
Language:
English
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