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Provides a short overview about the study of mind and behavior
Discusses clinical applications, in particular the diagnosis and classification in clinical psychology
Explains why new knowledge about mental activity is the basis for solving the main problems of clinical applications
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
A more nuanced perspective on cognition, behavior, personality, and pathology.
Mind/brain.
It is explained that mental activity is not possible without
concepts/memory structures that exist in the brain and result from perceptual
learning. Core mental activities including thinking, reasoning, and judgment
are described as components of self-regulation and in terms of interacting
neural systems.
This framework also leads to a more specific and less
stigmatizing system for classifying and diagnosing mental illnesses.
This concise volume:
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Introduces
the S-O-R (stimulus-organism-response) model of mental activity.
- Recasts mental processes as neuro-mental processes.
- Provides empirical evidence for the neural basis for judgments.
- Addresses ongoing mind/brain questions such as whether thinking is unconscious.
Key Insights into Basic
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Psychology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Otto Buxbaum
About the author
Otto Buxbaum, born 1942 in Vienna, Austria. Studies in psychology, anthropology and philosophy (1966-1972, Vienna). Dissertation: Über den Ausdruck von Sprachlauten (About the expression of speech sounds). 1972-1983 Assistant at the Institute of Psychology, University of Graz. Habilitation in 1982 (Habilitationsschrift: Kognitionspsychologische Analysen von Kategorisierungsvorgängen) (Thesis: Cognitive analysis of categorization processes). Since then private lecturer. Many years of research on personality theories, person perception and psychiatric-psychological assessment, more and more with reference to human information processing and neuroscience. The current work comprises three studies. These are „Neues Wissen über Grundfragen der Psychiatrie” (New knowledge about basic questions of psychiatry) published by Springer 2015, the planned book and „Neues Wissen über grundlegende pädagogisch-psychologische Begriffe” (New knowledge about basic pedagogical-psychological concepts) submitted for publication. He is currently researching on the coordination of fundamental scientific concepts of psychiatry, psychology and pedagogy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Key Insights into Basic Mechanisms of Mental Activity
Authors: Otto Buxbaum
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29467-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29466-7Published: 04 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80580-1Published: 20 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29467-4Published: 26 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 104
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Emotion