Robert J. Sternberg

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Successful Intelligence

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Thinking and Problem-Solving presents a comprehensive and up-to-date review of literature on cognition, reasoning, intelligence, and other formative areas specific to this field. Written for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and academics, this volume is a necessary reference for beginning and established investigators in cognitive and educational psychology. Thinking and Problem-Solving provides insight into questions such as: how do people solve complex problems in mathematics and everyday life? How do we generate new ideas? How do we piece together clues to solve a mystery, categorize novel events, and teach others to do the same?

Thinking and Problem Solving

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Ohio

Electives

Contains approximately 900 practice questions and nine complete sample tests, with answers and explanations.

Barron's How to Prepare for the Miller Analogies Test - MAT

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This indispensable book combines under one cover practically everything a psychologist or aspiring psychologist needs to know to communicate effectively in articles, books, grant proposals, talks, and lectures. 

Abounding in practical advice that the reader can use immediately, The  Psychologist's Companion offers pointers that even the seasoned writer will find useful.

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California

A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers

This book is a guide to scientific communication for students and researchers in psychology and related subjects. It is unique in that it combines under one cover practically everything the reader needs to know to communicate effectively in articles, books, grant proposals, prospectuses, talks, and lectures. The emphasis is on tips and practical advice that social scientists can actually use to improve communication. Robert Sternberg reviews rules for effective prose in a variety of formats, debunks common misconceptions about writing, highlights commonly misused words and gives instruction on the preparation of tables, figures, and bibliographies. For the third edition, the author has added entirely new chapters on 'How to Win Acceptances from Psychology Journals: Twenty-One Tips for Better Writing', 'Writing a Grant or Contract Proposal', 'Writing Book Proposals' and 'Writing a Lecture', and has expanded the chapter on 'References for the Psychology Paper'. He has also updated the volume's references. This book is an essential purchase for all psychologists and aspiring psychologists.

The Psychologist's Companion

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Cognitive psychology

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Where Your Degree Can Take You

Now in its third edition, this bestselling volume has set the standard for students seeking to find an exciting career in psychology. Its comprehensive coverage spans more careers than ever, with the vast majority of chapters new to this edition.

An advanced degree in psychology offers an extremely wide range of rewarding and well-compensated career opportunities. Amidst all the choices, this book will help future psychologists find their optimal career path.

The chapters describe 30 different graduate-level careers (i.e., careers for those holding a PhD, EdD, or PsyD) in three distinct areas of endeavor:


 * academia
 * clinical and counseling psychology
 * specialized settings such as for-profit businesses, nonprofits, the military, and schools

. Each chapter explores a different career, including typical daily activities, the approximate range of compensation, advantages and disadvantages of the career, opportunities for employment and advancement, and how to plan one's educational and professional experiences to prepare for this specialty.

The authors -- all highly accomplished professionals -- were selected for their years of experience, their distinction in their field, and their ability to communicate their passion.

Career Paths in Psychology

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Where your degree can take you second edition 

Career paths in psychology 

Karin Sternberg

New Jersey

With an accessible, easy-to-understand writing style, COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, Seventh Edition will give you the tools you need to be successful in the course. You'll explore the basics of cognitive neuroscience, attention and consciousness, perception, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving and creativity, decision making and reasoning, and intelligence. The authors' "from lab to life" approach covers theory, lab and field research, and applications to everyday life that demonstrate the relevance of what you are studying. A review of key themes at the end of every chapter will help you spend more time studying important information and less time trying to figure out what you need to know.

Cognitive Psychology

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Psychology

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English

Miller Analogies Test

This updated manual prepares prospective test takers for success on the MAT, a timed word-association test that is widely used to screen applicants to graduate level academic programs. The MAT is also used as a placement exam for management positions in many businesses. The book's main features include:
 * A diagnostic test and ten full-length practice exams
 * Self-scoring answer keys following each test
 * Approximately 1,300 additional practice questions with answers
 * Advice to help test takers solve analogy problems


Helpful brush-up check lists cover graduate level vocabulary with brief word definitions, selected foreign words and phrases used in English with their meanings, and names of important persons in history, science, technology, and the arts that test-takers should be able to recognize.

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