Memory Detection: Theory and Application of the Concealed Information Test
Traditional techniques for detecting deception, such as the 'lie-detector test' (or polygraph), are based upon the idea that lying is associated with stress. However, it is possible that people telling the truth will experience stress, whereas not all liars will. Because of this, the validity of such methods is questionable.
This engaging and easy-to-read text helps students identify, understand, and combat the stressors that most affect their lives. In an informal, anecdotal style, author Jerrold Greenberg discusses the latest research findings on the physical, psychological, sociological, and spiritual aspects of stress, as well as the appropriate coping skills.
Calm Engery - How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercises
Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause--emotional eating. But this is not just emotional eating as previously known; rather it is a new scientific analysis of exactly how different moods affect eating. He shows how unprecedented stress in society and epidemic levels of depression have led people to food as a poor means of managing mood.
Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Panic - A Five Areas Approach
Based on the highly successful Overcoming Anxiety, Overcoming Stress, Worry, Panic and Phobias presents a series of self-help workbooks for use in self-assessing and managing the symptoms of these conditions, with support from a health care professional. This book uses the clear, user-friendly format that is associated with the 'Overcoming...' series. The interactive questions and worksheets are a key feature of the series and they are plentiful and appropriate in this new title.
This revised edition of a metallurgy text examines the behaviour of materials under stress and their reaction to a variety of hostile environments. It covers the entire scope of mechanical metallurgy, from an understanding of the continuum description of stress and strain, through crystalline and defect mechanisms of flow and fracture, and on to a consideration of major mechanical property tests and the basic metalworking process. It has been updated throughout, SI units have been added, and end-of-chapter study questions are included.
