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Title: Psychology, 6/e

Author: Stephen F. Davis

Narrator: Mina Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-10

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Designed to make the introductory psychology course an engaging, relevant, and interactive experience, the authors of the new sixth edition of Psychology offer over 60 years of combined teaching experience to create an accessible textbook that encourages applied and active learning. Behavioral Neuroscience; Sensation and Perception; States of Consciousness; Learning; Motivation and Emotion; Memory; Thinking, Language, and Intelligence; Development Across the Lifespan; Sex and Gender; Personality; Psychological Disorders; Therapy; Health Psychology; Social Psychology: The Individual in Society; Industrial, Organizational, and Other Applications of Psychology. For anyone interested in a comprehensive introduction to psychology.

©2010 Pearson Education; (P)2010 Pearson Education

Members Reviews:

Good start!!

I've just started but I am impressed so far. I'll come back after I've finished and give a complete review.

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Title: Psychology and Life, 19/e

Author: Richard J. Gerrig

Narrator: Mina Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 27 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-10

Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Psychology and Life emphasizes the science of psychology, with a special focus on applying psychology to students' daily lives.

Psychology and Life continues to provide a rigorous, research-centered survey of the discipline while offering students special features and learning aids that will spark their interest, excite their imaginations, and get them to think critically about the material. Over 200 research studies are spotlighted throughout the text, with the goal of showcasing the how and the why behind key psychological research. This textbook has not only withstood the test of time, it has kept pace brilliantly with the changing field of psychology.

Members Reviews:

good overview, terrible narration

a solid intro to psych overview if you can keep up with the narrators speed reading and get over her strange pronunciation and monotone. i would recommend listening to a sample before purchasing.

Great Textbook but Disappointing Narration

What did you like best about Psychology and Life, 19/e? What did you like least?

What I liked best: "Psychology and Life, 19/e" is an excellent textbook, well written and organized, and is recognized as a classic text that emphasis the application of applied psychology in the daily lives of students.

What I liked least: In the narration of this text, the narration starts very nicely, but before the end of the first chapter, the narrator seems to unconsciously begin rushing through the material. From that point on, there are a some disappointments and distractions that may interfere with a listener's ability or desire to get through this text in its entirety: First, when this narrator starts reading in an unthoughtful manner, she sometimes speed-reads, simply reading words without thinking about the material and produces strange voice inflections. Second, in this narration, she often runs sentences together (does not pause between them), which interferes with discerning the meaning and makes learning from this narration frustrating. In my own experience, I had to rewind many times. I found myself wondering why the narrator didn't listen back to her own recording and make some reflections or get some feedback so that she could have corrected her style before publishing.

Any additional comments?

The narrator's name is Mina Sands, and she offers better performances in other recordings. I have another text she narrated, "Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 10/e" in which I am overall quite satisfied with because she mostly reads in a very favorable manner. When she does read with better intonations, rhythm, and appropriate pauses, she is pleasant to listen to, succeeding at conveying meaning and maintaining a listener's interest. Therefore, I would not suggest avoiding this narrator altogether, but I do recommend thinking twice before purchasing this book.

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Title: Mirroring People

Subtitle: The New Science of How We Connect with Others

Author: Marco Iacoboni

Narrator: Peter Ganim

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-03-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 75 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

This has all changed in the last decade. Marco Iacoboni, a leading neuroscientist whose work has been covered in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, explains the groundbreaking research into mirror neurons, the "smart cells" in our brain that allow us to understand others. From imitation to morality, from learning to addiction, from political affiliations to consumer choices, mirror neurons seem to have properties that are relevant to all these aspects of social cognition. As The New York Times reports: "The discovery is shaking up numerous scientific disciplines, shifting the understanding of culture, empathy, philosophy, language, imitation, autism and psychotherapy."

Mirroring People is the first book for the general reader on this revolutionary new science.

Editorial Reviews:

In 1997, a team of neuroscientists in Parma, Italy, began doing research on neurological responses of Macaca Monkeys. Electrodes were planted in the monkeys' brains, in an area labeled F5, located in the premotor cortex "that part of the neocortex concerned with planning, selecting, and executing actions". The neuroscientists were monitoring how the monkeys' neurons responded when the monkeys made "actions of the hands, including grasping, holding, and tearing, and, most fundamental of all, bringing objects food to the mouth". Very soon the researchers found that when the monkeys observed the actions that they were being monitored for (e.g. picking up a cup of coffee) their neurons fired the exact same pattern of responses as if they were executing the actions. The same neurons tagged for study in the monkeys were now mirroring the actions of the human researchers.

From this extraordinary variant of monkey-see-monkey-do has arisen a very exciting transformation in cognitive science, a revolutionary theory still very much in development that is profoundly altering and expanding our understanding of how humans learn from, interact with, and understand each other. Marco Iacoboni, MD, PhD (a psychiatrist and native Italian), was with the Parma team from the beginning. His book, Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others, is a detailed and comprehensive account of the mirror neuron theory for the general public. The book is structured around a long series of peer-review research studies that document the step-by-step development and expansion of the mirror neuron theory. Iacoboni's exceptional authorial accomplishment is the ease indeed the charismatic fluency with which he converts the heady and specialized peer-review findings of this burgeoning science into accessible, warm-blooded prose.

There are caveats for the audiobook listener. The implications of these studies are immense, and as one peer-review study follows another, and as their implications expand and compound, well, the listener must adjust. The first group of studies is easy to take in and understand. But as they become more involved and their meanings ramify, and as Iacoboni applies deeper and more profound conceptual conclusions, the content becomes quite challenging. Deep thought is required and diligent listening essential, if one is to mine the richness of this extraordinary audiobook.

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Title: Science Friction

Subtitle: Where the Known Meets the Unknown

Author: Michael Brant Shermer

Narrator: Michael Brant Shermer

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-07-09

Publisher: Michael Shermer

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

In each of the essays in Science Friction, Shermer explores the very personal barriers and biases that plague and propel science, especially when scientists push against the unknown. What do we know, and what do we not know? How does science respond to controversy, attack, and uncertainty? When does theory become accepted fact?

Critic Reviews:

"You may disagree with Michael Shermer, but you'd better have a good reason and you'll have your work cut out finding it." (Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion)

"If your perceptions have ever rubbed you the wrong way, you'll find Science Friction fascinating." (Bill Nye, The Science Guy)

Members Reviews:

Esoteric Collection of Essays

There are two kinds of people in the world; those who question what they see and hear and those who prefer to leave the contemplation to others. Society is a delicate balance between these two forces. Too much faith in conventional wisdom can lead to stagnation while too much questioning can lead to paralysis by analysis and chaos. What Michael Shermer does is try to encourage healthy skepticism without such excessive skepticism that we can't draw conclusions. Mr. Shermer quotes Paul Kurtz saying, "If there are any lessons to be learned from history, it is that we should be skeptical of all points of view, including those of the skeptics"

As the founder of Skeptic magazine Michael Shermer knows a little something about skepticism. In fact Mr. Shermer along James (The Amazing) Randi and Martin Gardner have essentially created a new skeptic movement. The Skeptic philosophy is a non-partisan, scientific movement using the tools of logic and the scientific method to determine the truth or falsity of claims both large and small. Skeptic targets range from New Age mysticism to fundamentalist Creationism to Holocaust deniers.

Mr. Shermer goes beyond analysis and sees science as the next stage in the evolution of morality beyond organized religion stating that, "What we really need is a new set of morals and an ethical system designed for our time and place, not one scripted for a pastoral/agricultural people who live 4000 years ago". Later he states that, "Just as science has been our candle in the dark illuminating our path into the heart of human nature, science is our greatest hope for the future, showing us how best we can utilize our natures to ensure our survival." I'm not sure that science is quite up to the task of defining morality but I do agree that it holds a better chance than fundamentalist Christianity.

Science Friction is a collection of articles written by Mr. Shermer so don't expect any overarching theme. The articles range from an ill-advised attempt by a group of atheists, agnostics and progressives to label themselves as `Brights' to an analysis of the true cause of the mutiny on the bounty. As a long time reader of Skeptic magazine I have to warn other readers that you may find many of the chapters in Science Friction very familiar. The chapters range from breezy and readable to extremely dense as in the chapter `Exorcising Laplace's Demon'. I have to say that I prefer the books of Martin Gardner but Mr.

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Title: The Power of Premonitions

Subtitle: How Knowing the Future Can Shape Our Lives

Author: Larry Dossey

Narrator: Jim Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-30-09

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

When Larry Dossey was in his first year of medical practice, he experienced a week of premonitions about patients, all of which came true. He had never had them before; they seemed to have come out of left field. After the sensations stopped, writes Dossey in

©2009 Larry Dossey; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Members Reviews:

Fascinating

Couldn't stop listening. Based on good science. He offers dozens of cases and studies about premonitions and like phenomenon. In a few I was able to entertain alternative possible explanations. In most however, the events are nearly impossible to explain. It's opened my eyes to the premonitions I've ignored in my life. This book has definitely changed the quality of my waking awareness. Staying open to being informed via intuitive channels. My adulthood has been a shift towards intellectualism, now I feel more intellectually justified in listening to my "gut."

Tedious

What disappointed you about The Power of Premonitions?

It seems that considerable effort goes into trying to convince the reader that premonitions are credible; many examples are given and the writing becomes repetitive.

Would you ever listen to anything by Larry Dossey again?

Yes.

If it were possible to give negative stars....

This book was a waste of the narrator's breath. I couldn't even finish the book it was so bad. It was supposed to be about premonitions but it wasn't. I wish I had a premonition about how bad it was going to be so I could have saved myself the credit!

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Title: Seeking Wisdom

Author: Jacob Needleman

Narrator: Michael Toms

Format: Original Recording

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-30-08

Publisher: New Dimensions Foundation

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

The oldest human quest serves as the central focus for this wonderful exploration into how truth is revealed. Learning to listen to the inner voice, living in relationship, suffering and liberation, finding providential help along the way and much more are covered by Needleman as he speaks to the depth and breadth of the spiritual search. He emphasizes the power of the oral tradition and the need to be open and receptive to truth when it appears. Jacob Needleman is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and the author of many books including The American Soul (Tarcher 2003), The Wisdom of Love (Morning Light Press 2005), Time and the Soul (Berrett-Koehler 2003), The Heart of Philosophy (Tarcher 2003), Lost Christianity (Tarcher 2003), Money and the Meaning of Life (Currency 1994). A Sense of the Cosmos: Scientific Knowledge and Spiritual Truth (Monkfish Book Publishing 2003), and Why We Can't Be Good (Tarcher 2007). In addition to his teaching and writing, he serves as a consultant in the fields of psychology, education, medical ethics, philanthropy, and business, and has been featured on Bill Moyers's acclaimed PBS series A World of Ideas.

©1988 New Dimensions Foundation; (P)2088 New Dimensions Foundation

Members Reviews:

An Insightful Discussion

I enjoyed this one-hour discussion a great deal. The host and Jacob "Jerry" Needleman carry on a great discussion. Needleman provides interesting observations and summary from many schools of thought while demonstrating the love and excitement he still carries for the search. Well worth the small price paid for the download.

Great , Great and great.

I love the live interview. I love the way this book was put together. the music between the interview and narration was first class.

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Title: Can't Remember What I Forgot

Subtitle: The Good News from the Frontlines of Memory Research

Author: Sue Halpern

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-08

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the first modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so "hot" that leaving through the front door of the lab would trigger the alarm.

This was not the first time that Halpern had her head examined while researching Can't Remember What I Forgot, nor would it be the last. Halpern spent years in the company of the neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, the drugs and foods, the machines, the prosthetics, the behaviors, and the therapies that will stave off Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia and keep our minds - and memories - intact.

Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss, who are getting older, who are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, or who worry that each lapse of memory portends disease, Halpern wanted to find out what the experts really knew; what the bench scientists were working on; how close science is to a cure, to treatment, and to accurate early diagnosis; and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we've been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they're just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us.

Beautifully written, sharply observed, and deeply informed, Can't Remember What I Forgot is a book full of vital information - and a solid dose of hope.

Critic Reviews:

"Engrossing....High-quality science writing: an illuminating picture of investigators at work and a lucid explication of their findings." (Kirkus)

"Evincing a gift for perfect analogies and supple metaphors, mischievous humor, and righteous skepticism, Halpern is an exceptionally companionable and enlightening guide through the maze of memory maladies and the promising search for remedies." (Booklist)

Members Reviews:

informative and readable

This book helps explain normal memory loss as one ages and how that differs from Alzheimer's. Halpern followed several researchers over a period of years as they studied the brains of normal seniors and seniors with Alzheimer's. In an interesting and readable way, she reports on what they learned, both the studies confirmed and those denied.

Although this book is a few years old and there may be newer information out there, there are still some surprises in it. It seems that the media does an excellent job of raising hopes with scientists' hypotheses, but isn't as good at reporting when those hypotheses fail. I wonder how many people know that most scientists now believe the plaques found in Alzheimer patients' brains are not the CAUSE of but rather the RESULT of Alzheimer's.

The good news is that one can have a positive effect on normal aging memory loss. The bad news is there is not yet anything to stop the ravages of Alzheimer's or other dementias.

Halpern does what the best nonfiction authors do. She turns a subject that could be dry into something engaging and enlightening.

Contains a lot to think about (pun intended)...

We've more "brain power" than we know about (or are capable of using at present).

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Title: Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys

Subtitle: Psychology

Author: Don Baucum

Narrator: Stuart Langton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-23-05

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 57 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Psychology covers the themes, keys, terms, and facts to know for your introductory college course. Included are research methods, biopsychology, developmental psychology, learning and motivation, cognition, intelligence and personality, social psychology, a summary history of modern psychology, and much more.

Members Reviews:

Robotic

What disappointed you about Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys?

It was difficult to get into as it seems as if the narrator is a computer generated voice

What could Don Baucum have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Get some one who sounds real to read it

How could the performance have been better?

Narrator

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Barron's EZ-101 Study Keys?

All

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Title: Better Than Normal

Subtitle: Why What Makes You Different Makes You Exceptional

Author: Dale Archer, MD

Narrator: Marc Cashman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-12

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

A groundbreaking new view of human psychology that shows how eight key traits of human behaviorlong perceived as liabilitiescan be important hidden strengths.

What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the shyness in groups that you hate is the source of deep compassion for others? What if the anxiety and nervousness you often feel can actually help energize you? What if the mood swings you sometimes experience canbe the source of tremendous creativity?

Renowned psychiatrist and popular on-air personality Dr. Dale Archer believes that labels for behavior like ADHD, bipolar, and OCD are normal human qualitiesand contends that we all experience these and other psychological traits to some extent, yet fail to leverage the significant advantages they can offer. Worse, we stigmatize one another for these prevalent, widely shared aspects of our personalities.

In Better Than Normal, Dr. Archer offers an empowering framework for redefining what constitutes mental health. Drawing on his 20 years of clinical experience, he describes eight traits of human behaviorheretofore knownonly as psychiatric diagnoses. Each of these occurs along a continuum rather than as a simple on-off switch (where off means were fine, and on means weve got a problem). These are the aspects of our personality that we worry about the most, but these are also the very things that make us distinctive and different.

According to Dr. Archer, each of us has a unique personality that emerges from our hardwired genetics and individual life experiences. With Better Than Normal, you can map your individual characteristics by taking the eight trait self-assessment quiz and see how what makes you different can indeed make you exceptional. Filled with engaging anecdotes and practical tools to help you capitalize on your unique characteristics, Better Than Normal offers a new and liberating way to look at ourselves and others.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

Members Reviews:

Rather Obvious, but Maybe Not to Some

Only about one out of every 50 audiobooks that I buy I find so boring that I give up on them. This was one of them. The problem is that the contents of the book just seem so obvious.

The author's point is that several personality traits that at the extreme ("extreme" meaning the traits are so strong that they directly cause the person to have problems functioning throughout much of what they do) are each part of a personality spectrum. These traits exist because even at high levels they are adaptive for our species, and most important, adaptive for individuals given that they understand their traits and the manage their lives appropriately.

The problem is that our current society is so focused on what is "normal" (and by this what is really meant is what is average), that people with traits well outside what is average, but within what is healthy and adaptive, are stigmatized and told, either directly or implicitly, they're not normal and that they should get help.

The traits discussed are:

1. Adventurous (ADHD--Attention Deficit Disorder)

2. Perfectionist (OCD--Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

3. Shy (Social Anxiety Disorder)

4.

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Title: ADHD and Adults: How to Live with, Improve, and Manage Your ADHD or ADD as an Adult

Author: James Parkinson

Narrator: Belinda Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-08-18

Publisher: Ingram Publishing PTY LTD

Ratings: 1 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Science & Technology, Psychology & The Mind

Publisher's Summary:

Many consider ADHD or ADD to be associated with children, but it is actually quite common in adults also. Many adults unknowingly have ADHD and this can have a large impact on their quality of life, relationships, and work.

Whether you have ADHD, are unsure, or have a close relationship with an adult with ADHD, this book will be able to educate and help you some more.

You will soon discover exactly what ADHD is, and how it effects adults. You will learn tips and techniques to help you understand and manage the condition better.

Here is what you'll learn about....

Members Reviews:

Disappointing and not worth $1!

If you are an adult with ADHD or ADD you already know the regrettably basic information included here. This audiobook/article offers no insightful information and no new management strategies. The narration quality also is subpar. ADHD and Adultswould not be worth the money even if it were free. I regret having paid two dollars and change. I wonder: does audible have a satisfaction guaranteed refund policy? Because I am the opposite of satisfied.