There are recurring patterns in life whose meanings remain beyond us or at the horizon of our understanding. The influence of the Moon on our lives has been sensed for thousands of years, but only now has scientific reason been able to fathom the basic aspects of this influence.
"The evidence thus far shows that children and adults with such [ assertiveness] training do better in every area of life.
This book tries to explain basic psychological principles of human behavior and motivations in such a way that the reader can make use of them in almost any area.
Students of communication are familiar with the story of Von Osten and his remarkable horse. Some years ago, in Germany, he began training his horse, soon dubbed "Clever Hans," to respond to arithmetic examples by tapping his front hoof a given number of times.
<p>This volume of Modern Political Systems is dedicated to the proposition that it is no longer valid or profitable to study comparative politics within an essentially North American and European centered frame of reference.</p>