Seal, Bernard

Human behavior : reading, study skill and writing / Bernard Seal - New York Cambridge University Press 2012 - xx, 220 p. - Academic Encounters .

MIND, BODY, AND HEALTH. THE INFLUENCY OF MIND OVER BODY. What is stress?; Stress and illness; Coping with stress.PREVENTING ILLNESS. Heart disease; Smoking; Exercise.DEVELOPMENT TROUGHT LIFE. Adolescence. Defining adolescence; Physical change in adolescence; Cognitive and social development in adolescence.ADULTHOOD. Early adulthood; Marriage and family; Middle adulthood. INTELLIGENCE. Assessing intelligence. Intelligence defined; The standford-binet intelligent test; The Wechsler intelligence tests.ACCOUNTING FOR VARIATIONS IN INTELLIGENCE. Gender and IQ; Age differences and IQ; Nature versus nature. NONVERBAL MESSAGES. Body language. Universal of nonverbal communication; Gestural communications; Facial communication. THE LANGUAGE OF TOUCH, SPACE, AND ARTIFACTS. The meaning of touch; Gender and cultural differences in touching; Space communication. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS. FRIENDSHIP. Initiating relationships; The nonverbal and verbal first encounter; Friendship functions. LOVE. Similarity; Complementarity; Types of love.

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