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  • A General History of China's Foreign Trade

    Volume 1

    by Yuqin Sun, Xu Chang, Rui Su, Robin Gilbank ...
    China boasts a long history of foreign trade. As early as the pre-Qin period, residents of the country began to ship silk and other merchandise on outbound voyages. From the 2nd century BCE on, China has been connected to the rest of the world via the Overland Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road initiated in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.Trade relations between China and ... Read more

    $106.19 USD

  • A Corpus-based Contrastive Study of the Appraisal Systems in English and Chinese Scientific Research Articles

    by Xu Yuchen, Yan Xuan, Su Rui, Kou Ying ...
    Series series China Perspectives
    Appraisal is the way language users express their attitude towards things, people, behaviour or ideas. In the last few decades, significant achievements have been made in Appraisal Theory research, yet little attention has been paid to appraisal in scientific texts, especially in relation to the contrast to how it is applied in English and Chinese.This title examines the similarities and ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • Rationality for Mortals : How People Cope with Uncertainty

    How People Cope with Uncertainty

    by Gerd Gigerenzer ...
    Series series Evolution and Cognition
    Gerd Gigerenzer's influential work examines the rationality of individuals not from the perspective of logic or probability but from the point of view of adaptation to the real world of human behavior and interaction with the environment. Seen from this perspective human behavior is more rational than it might otherwise appear. This work is extremely influential and has spawned an entire research ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Crucible of Consciousness

    An Integrated Theory of Mind and Brain

    by Zoltan Torey ...
    An interdisciplinary examination of the evolutionary breakthroughs that rendered the brain accessible to itself.In The Crucible of Consciousness, Zoltan Torey offers a theory of the mind and its central role in evolution. He traces the evolutionary breakthrough that rendered the brain accessible to itself and shows how the mind-boosted brain works. He identifies what it is that separates the human ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • What Makes Us Smart

    The Computational Logic of Human Cognition

    by Samuel J. Gershman ...
    How a computational framework can account for the successes and failures of human cognitionAt the heart of human intelligence rests a fundamental puzzle: How are we incredibly smart and stupid at the same time? No existing machine can match the power and flexibility of human perception, language, and reasoning. Yet, we routinely commit errors that reveal the failures of our thought processes. What ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • A Study of Thinking

    by Anton Zijderveld ...
    A Study of Thinking is a pioneering account of how human beings achieve a measure of rationality in spite of the constraints imposed by bias, limited attention and memory, and the risks of error imposed by pressures of time and ignorance. First published in 1956 and hailed at its appearance as a groundbreaking study, it is still read three decades later as a major contribution to our understanding ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • A Paul Meehl Reader

    Essays on the Practice of Scientific Psychology

    Edited by Niels G. Waller, Leslie J. Yonce, William M. Grove, David Faust, Mark F. Lenzenweger ...
    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    This new book introduces a new generation to the important insights of Paul Meehl. In addition to selected papers from the classic reader, Psychodiagnosis, this book features new material selected from Meehl's most influential writings. The resulting collection is a tour de force illustrating quantitative analysis of life science problems, an examination of the inadequacy of some methods of ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Myth of Mind

    A Challenge to Mainstream Psychology and Its Imposed Constructs

    by Noel Wilson Smith ...
    The first chapter of THE MYTH OF MIND examines the characteristics of constructs and events and provides criteria for examining the four topics each of which has a chapter. These chapter topics are (a) mind-brain, (b) consciousness, (c) freewill-determinism, and (d) sensation. These four topics are a source of major contentions in psychology. The sixth and final chapter consists of a review and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Observation Oriented Modeling

    Analysis of Cause in the Behavioral Sciences

    by James W. Grice ...
    This book introduces a new data analysis technique that addresses long standing criticisms of the current standard statistics. Observation Oriented Modelling presents the mathematics and techniques underlying the new method, discussing causality, modelling, and logical hypothesis testing. Examples of how to approach and interpret data using OOM are presented throughout the book, including analysis ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Primer in Theory Construction

    An A&B Classics Edition

    by Paul Davidson Reynolds ...
    A Primer in Theory Construction is for those who have already studied one or more of the social, behavioral, or natural sciences, but have no formal introduction to the way theories are constructed, stated, tested, and connected together to form a scientific body of knowledge. The author discusses scientific theories in general terms, but also addresses the special challenges of developing ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Conduct of Inquiry

    Methodology for Behavioural Science

    Edited by Abraham Kaplan ...
    In arguably the finest text ever written in the philosophy of social science, Abraham Kaplan emphasizes what unites the behavioral sciences more than what distinguishes them from one another. Kaplan avoids the bitter disputes among people doing methodology, claiming instead that what is important are those qualities intrinsic to the overall aspirations of the social sciences. He deals with special ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • What If There Were No Significance Tests?

    Classic Edition

    Edited by Lisa L. Harlow, Stanley A. Mulaik, James H. Steiger ...
    Series series Multivariate Applications Series
    The classic edition of What If There Were No Significance Tests? highlights current statistical inference practices. Four areas are featured as essential for making inferences: sound judgment, meaningful research questions, relevant design, and assessing fit in multiple ways. Other options (data visualization, replication or meta-analysis), other features (mediation, moderation, multiple levels or ... Read more

    $94.99 USD