Author: Robert B. Cialdini
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: practice, science, influence
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2000-07-09
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0321011473
ISBN-13: 9780321011473

Influence: Science and Practice is an examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say "yes" to another’s request) and is written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research. Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and other positions, inside organizations that commonly use compliance tactics to get us to say "yes." Widely used in graduate and undergraduate psychology and management classes, as well as sold to people op

Author: Richard H. Robbins
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: capitalism, culture, problems, global
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2001-08-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0205336345
ISBN-13: 9780205336340

This award-winning book explores one of the most successful cultures and society the world has ever seen-capitalism. From its European roots more than 500 years ago to the present, the book examines the problems of capitalism’s expansion, inequality, environmental destruction, and social unrest. Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism provides the reader with the anthropological, economic, and historical framework to understand the origins of global problems, why globalization and the global expansion of the culture of capitalism has generated protest and resistance, and the step

Author: Bruce L. Berg
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: sciences, social, methods, research, qualitative
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-06-06
List price: $55.20
ISBN-10: 0205318479
ISBN-13: 9780205318476

This book offers the most comprehensive coverage of qualitative techniques of any book on the market today and does it in a way that is easy to read and follow. The author’s central purpose remains a desire to instruct inexperienced researchers in ways of effectively collecting, organizing, and making sense of qualitative data, while stressing the importance of ethics in research and in taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor. After reading this book, fledgling researchers should be able to design, collect, and analyze data and then present their result

Authors:John E. Bernthal, Nicholas W. Bankson, Peter Flipsen
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: disorders, phonological, articulation
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-08-02
List price: $130.67
ISBN-10: 0205569269
ISBN-13: 9780205569267

This is the leading text for courses in clinical phonology–thoroughly revised and updated to include the most current and up-to-date information in the field. Even the newly added subtitle, Speech Sound Disorders in Children, reflects recent changes in the field, including new terminology. This classic text does not prescribe a single approach to phonological disorders but rather presents an eclectic perspective on the nature, assessment, and treatment of this communication impairment. The addition of a third author, Peter Flipsen Jr., a highly-recognized scholar in the area of clinical ph

Authors:Stan Eitzen, Kenneth Stewart,
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: social, movements, successful, problems, solutions
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2006-12-23
List price: $30.80
ISBN-10: 0205468845
ISBN-13: 9780205468843

This brief reader examines a number of organized movements that have successfully brought about reform and change "from the bottom up."

Authors:David Alan Stewart, Jerome Daniel Schein, Brenda E.
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: science, art, interpreting, language
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 1998-04-23
List price: $49.00
ISBN-10: 0205275400
ISBN-13: 9780205275403

Sign Language Interpreting is designed to bridge the gap between those who know and use sign, those who do not, those who interpret, and those who administer and finance interpreting programs. This book reflects the recent and revolutionary changes in policy and practices affecting deaf people. With particular attention given to interpreting in the United States and Canada, this book reports on the extent of, and specific changes in, the conditions for deaf people in North America and around the world. Readers are taken on a journey from the early days of interpreting, to the professionaliza

Author: Joseph A. DeVito
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Keywords: course, basic, communication, human
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2008-02-03
List price: $105.60
ISBN-10: 0205522599
ISBN-13: 9780205522590

Human Communication: The Basic Course surveys the broad field of human communication, giving attention to theory, research, and skill development. This book provides an in-depth look at the concepts, principles, and skills of human communication, emphasizing public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group communication.