Novedades del último mes en eBooks de Psicología social

A partir de entrevistas convertidas en conversaciones con M. Teresa Torrealba y Ángela N. Sánchez, Volnovich interpela los marcos teóricos con los que ha trabajado y recupera experiencias significativas que, analizadas desde una dimension etica y politica, se constituyen como practica social transformadora y emancipadora. Este libro explora la vida y obra de un autor fundamental, uno de los psicoanalistas mas reconocidos en America Latina. Incluye dos textos ineditos de Volnovich, en los que se pregunta que psicoanalisis es posible y merece acompañar criticamente este siglo XXI, y si, para comprender el neofascismo contemporaneo, estamos obligados a poner en agenda el debate por las guerras de subjetividad que hicieron posible la aceptacion del orden neoliberal.La tercera parte del libro incluye dos articulos ineditos que Juan Carlos Volnovich escribio a partir de sus preocupaciones, con reflexiones sobre el malestar en tiempos neoliberales: La sexualidad ampliada y sus presentaciones en la clinica y El inconsciente politico de la historia.

Ricardo Esteve deja su profesión para volver a casa con el objetivo de salvar la empresa familiar, tras la enfermedad de su padre y la catástrofe de la DANA de Valencia en octubre de 2024. Muy pronto, descubre que el barro no solo cubre los zapatos, sino tambien sus palabras.Su miedo a hablar en publico pone en jaque la supervivencia de la empresa familiar. Con la ayuda de Mastin, un asesor sin pelos en la lengua, y de Carlota, una vieja conocida, aprendera que el liderazgo no se impone: se comunica. Y si la gente no te escucha, no es porque sean maleducados, es porque no les llegas.Un relato crudo y divertido sobre el poder de la palabra en los negocios y en la vida. Si no comunicas bien, no lideras. Y si no lideras

Sentirse solo es duro. Es una sensación que contamina la forma en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás; se infiltra en nuestra vida cotidiana como una infección y nos deja atrapados en un ciclo de tristeza, ira o ansiedad. Sin embargo, la soledad es parte de la experiencia humana, y nuestra relacion con ella puede ser satisfactoria, intima, enriquecedora, y contribuir a nuestra felicidad.En El gozo de la soledad, Robert J. Coplan analiza las multiples dimensiones de la soledad y sus profundos efectos en la salud mental y el bienestar. Apoyandose en campos como la psicologia, la neurociencia, la literatura y la sociologia, nos enseña a transformar los momentos de aislamiento en fuentes de renovacion y placer.Ya seas introvertido o extrovertido, que busques reafirmar tu amor por la soledad o que quieras reconciliarte con ella, las ideas de Coplan son herramientas indispensables para mejorar tu relacion contigo mismo y con los demas."Una lectura afirmativa para los introvertidos, las almas reflexivas o cualquiera que anhele un momento de silencio en un mundo ruidoso. Mas que una guia sobre la soledad, es una invitacion a redescubrir la riqueza de la vidala vida interior y el poder silencioso que puede contener." Library Journal

You know exactly what your friend had for breakfast, who they voted for, and when they last logged online. But this unprecedented level of digital transparency is quietly breeding a new psychological crisis. We are replacing healthy emotional intimacy with digital enmeshment, a suffocating dynamic where the line between your emotions and the feelings of your network completely dissolves.When constant connectivity becomes the baseline for friendship, any pause in communication is immediately interpreted as a crisis. This invisible tether forces us to absorb the stress, outrage, and anxieties of our peers in real-time. Clinical psychology shows that this lack of digital boundaries fundamentally short-circuits our ability to self-regulate, keeping our nervous systems in a permanent state of hyper-vigilance to maintain our social standing.This guide explores the dangerous comfort of over-sharing and the loss of individual identity in the group chat era. It provides a compassionate but firm roadmap for establishing digital boundaries, teaching you how to disentangle your self-worth from your notification screen and rebuild relationships that thrive on healthy distance rather than suffocating surveillance.

In 1964, Kitty Genovese was murdered in a New York alleyway. The New York Times published a chilling report stating that 38 witnesses watched the brutal attack from their windows and did absolutely nothing to help. This single article birthed the famous psychological concept of the "Bystander Effect" and convinced a generation that urban humanity was inherently cold and apathetic.Echoes of Genovese uncovers the shocking reality: the story was almost entirely fabricated. Through meticulous forensic historical research and newly unsealed police records, this book proves that there were nowhere near 38 witnesses. Several people actually did call the police, and neighbors rushed downstairs to hold Kitty in her final moments.The book explores how the media actively engineered a narrative of societal decay to sell papers, and how an entire branch of psychological research was built upon a journalistic lie. It fundamentally re-evaluates the human response to emergencies.Stop believing the myth of human apathy. By dismantling the cynical legend of Kitty Genovese, we discover a scientifically backed truth that is far more hopeful: when faced with an emergency, humans are overwhelmingly wired to intervene and help.

Violet Oaklander é uma das terapeutas de crianças e adolescentes mais conhecidas e estudadas em todo o mundo. Psicóloga e Gestalt-terapeuta, sua abordagem única diante dos pacientes, que combinava teoria gestaltica, filosofia e diversas tecnicas expressivas, continua a conquistar adeptos. Este livro reune conceitos e atividades praticas que Violet aplicava na terapia com crianças e adolescentes e pode ser utilizado por profissionais de qualquer abordagem. Partindo da ideia de que o contato entre terapeuta e cliente e a base da relaço entre eles, Karen Fried e Christine McKenna apresentam recursos criativos como tecnicas projetivas, desenho, pintura, argila, caixa de areia, fantoches, musica, brincadeiras corporais e muitos outros. Ao utilizar essas ferramentas, o terapeuta ajuda a criança e o adolescente a acessar suas emoçes inclusive as consideradas dificeis, como o luto e a raiva e a utilizar recursos internos para trabalha-las. As atividades so contextualizadas e exigem poucos recursos materiais, o que torna o livro acessivel. Ricamente ilustrado em cores e construido de forma clara e didatica, ele traz ainda uma planilha de avaliaço do cliente e um plano de tratamento.

We implicitly trust our ability to read the emotions of others. If someone looks sad, we believe their face tells the objective truth. However, human facial expressions are far less concrete than we realize, heavily heavily manipulated by the environment surrounding them.In the 1910s, Soviet filmmaker Lev Kuleshov demonstrated this with a groundbreaking experiment. He took an identical, expressionless shot of an actors face and alternated it with images of a bowl of soup, a child in a coffin, and an attractive woman. Audiences praised the actors profound performance, seeing hunger, deep grief, and lustdespite the face remaining completely unchanged. The emotion did not exist on the screen; it was projected entirely by the viewers brain based on context.This book deconstructs the hidden cognitive architecture of the Kuleshov Effect. We explore how this optical and emotional illusion dictates everything from political propaganda and modern social media feeds to the way we misinterpret texts and emails from our partners.By uncovering the mechanics of visual context, you will learn to spot the invisible cues that manipulate your feelings. Understand how your brain actively authors the emotions of others, and reclaim the power of objective observation.

Have you ever noticed yourself adopting the accent of a stranger, or shifting your posture to match the person sitting across from you in a meeting? This seemingly harmless behavior is not a conscious choice, but a deeply embedded evolutionary survival mechanism.The problem arises when this subconscious desire to blend in overrides our individuality. In high-stakes environments, the biological imperative to mirror the dominant personalities in the room can lead to a suppression of dissenting ideas, creating echo chambers and stifling true innovation.This book delves into the neuroscience of mirror neurons and the chameleon effect. It breaks down the invisible mechanics of social mimicry, explaining how our brains are constantly scanning and replicating the physical and vocal cues of those around us to manufacture trust and group cohesion.You will discover how to harness this biological quirk to your advantage. Learn how to consciously utilize social mimicry to build immediate rapport in negotiations, while maintaining the psychological boundaries necessary to protect your authentic voice.

Human empathy is often celebrated as our most profound and unifying trait. We pride ourselves on our capacity to care for others, easily shedding tears over the tragic death of a fictional character in a movie or a struggling animal in a viral video.Yet, this emotional generosity rarely extends to the physical world around us. We can effortlessly walk past visible suffering on our daily commutes without a second thought. This disturbing disconnect is not a sign of modern cruelty, but a predictable glitch in our evolutionary hardwiring regarding how we allocate emotional resources.This book breaks down the psychological mechanics of asymmetric empathy. It explains how carefully scored, neatly resolved fictional narratives bypass our cognitive defenses, whereas real-world systemic issues trigger an immediate sense of helplessness and emotional shutdown to protect our mental bandwidth.Reclaim control over your emotional investments. You will learn to recognize when your compassion is being hijacked by media algorithms, and how to redirect that wasted emotional energy into actionable, grounded empathy that actually benefits your local community.

Adolescências Plurais, de Andréa M.C. Guerra, aborda a complexidade da adolescência contemporânea sob uma perspectiva psicanalítica, histórica e sociopolítica. A obra explora como o conceito de adole

We are heavily warned against the Halo Effectthe psychological trap where we assume a physically attractive or charming person is automatically intelligent and capable. However, the exact inverse of this phenomenon is far more destructive and insidious in our daily lives. Welcome to the Horn Effect.This cognitive mechanism dictates that a single negative trait, physical imperfection, or minor mistake will irreversibly contaminate our entire perception of an individual. A person who speaks with a stutter is subconsciously judged as less intelligent; an employee who is disorganized on their desk is deemed untrustworthy in their accounting. The human brain uses this one flaw as an anchor, aggressively filtering out any positive evidence that contradicts it.Through fascinating studies in HR departments, criminal courtrooms, and dating algorithms, this book dissects how the Horn Effect engineers systemic unfairness. It proves that our brains are not rational judges, but highly biased prosecuting attorneys.Recognize the hidden lenses distorting your worldview. By understanding the mechanics of negative anchoring, you can learn to decouple a singular flaw from an individuals true overarching value.

On October 13, 1917, an estimated 70,000 people gathered in a muddy field in Fatima, Portugal, staring directly into the sky. Following prophecies from three shepherd children, the massive crowd reported seeing the sun dance, spin, and careen toward the earth. This event, officially recognized as a miracle, remains one of the most widely witnessed anomalies in modern history.This book strips away the theological interpretations to examine the fascinating mechanics of mass hysteria and psychological contagion. It explores the extreme socio-political tension of World War I Portugal, a nation desperate for divine intervention. Under these high-stress conditions, a collective expectancy was born.By analyzing the optical biology of staring directly at the sunwhich causes retinal bleaching and perceptual distortionthe text deconstructs the physical reality behind the visions. You will see how religious fervor, environmental conditions, and group psychology combined to create a shared reality out of thin air.Discover the incredible power of the human mind to alter its own perception. This investigation provides a chilling look at how easily reality can be rewritten by the expectations of a crowd.

Mother Teresa once said, "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." This is the psychological reality of "Compassion Fade" or the "Identifiable Victim Effect." Our brains are wired to feel intense empathy for a single tragedya child in a well, a stranded dogbut as the number of victims rises, our emotional engagement paradoxically shuts down. We care less about 100 people than we do about one.This book explores the evolutionary reasons for this moral bug. We evolved to care for a small tribe, not a statistical dataset. The author explains how charities, news media, and politicians manipulate this bias, and how we can train ourselves to overcome it. By understanding the arithmetic of compassion, we can learn to make decisions based on impact rather than narrative, and ensure that our empathy scales with the magnitude of the suffering.

Before 1961, many psychologists believed that watching violence drained aggressive impulses (catharsis). Albert Bandura suspected the opposite. He showed children a video of an adult beating up an inflatable "Bobo doll." When the children were later left alone with the doll, they didnt just playthey mimicked the exact violent assaults they had seen, even using guns and hammers.This book details the experiment that founded Social Learning Theory. It argues that we are not born violent, but we learn it through modeling. In an age of TikTok challenges and media violence, Banduras findings are more relevant than ever. We are the mirrors of our environment.

"Im not influenced by commercials. I see right through them. But my neighbors? They believe everything they hear." If you have ever thought this, you have fallen for the Third-Person Effect.This psychological phenomenon explains a massive paradox in our society: We believe mass media has a terrifying power over "the masses," while simultaneously believing we are immune to it. This illusion drives censorship (we must ban this to protect them), fuels polarization (how can they be so brainwashed?), and makes us vulnerable to manipulation because we lower our own guards."The Third-Person Illusion" dissects how this bias shapes internet regulation, political discourse, and marketing. It challenges the reader to accept an uncomfortable truth: You are the masses. You are the target. And the advertising you think is "too stupid to work" is working on you precisely because you think you are too smart for it.

Este livro mapeia práticas narrativas, criativas e colaborativas possíveis na cultura digital a partir da relação dos fãs com os produtos de entretenimento no universo das fanfictions brasileiras. A

In 1954, psychologist Muzafer Sherif took twenty-two boys to a summer camp in Robbers Cave State Park. He split them into two groups, the Eagles and the Rattlers, and systematically engineered a war. Within days, the boys were burning flags, raiding cabins, and hoarding weapons. They had become bitter enemies, not because of ideology or religion, but because the environment was designed to make them so."The Enemy Camp" dissects the Robbers Cave Experiment, the definitive study on realistic conflict theory. But unlike the darker Stanford Prison Experiment, this story has a second act: Sherif successfully reversed the hate. This book explores the mechanism of "superordinate goals"challenges that force enemies to cooperateand offers a timeless blueprint for resolving conflict in a polarized world.

In a world of Facebook friends and Instagram followers, we feel more connected than ever. Yet, loneliness is at an all-time high. The British anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposed a biological explanation for this paradox: the human brain has a hard cognitive limit on the number of stable social relationships it can maintain. That number is approximately 150."The Village in Your Brain" explains the science behind "Dunbars Number." It traces our social evolution from primate grooming circles to hunter-gatherer tribes, showing that our neocortex was designed for village life, not global connectivity. When we try to maintain thousands of weak ties online, we exhaust our emotional bandwidth and neglect the deep, supportive bonds we actually need for survival.This book is a call to declutter your social life. It categorizes relationships into layersfrom the "support clique" of 5 people to the "sympathy group" of 15and provides a framework for aligning your digital habits with your biological reality. It challenges the quantity-over-quality mindset of the social media age.

"The Herd Mind Why we agree with the group even when they are wrong" revisits the famous Asch Conformity Experiments of the 1950s. Solomon Asch showed participants two cards with lines of obviously different lengths. He asked them to match the lines. The catch: Everyone else in the room was an actor who intentionally gave the wrong answer.Psychologist Sarah Line details the disturbing result: 75% of participants eventually gave the wrong answer just to fit in. They denied the evidence of their own eyes to avoid the discomfort of standing alone."The Herd Mind" applies this to modern boardrooms and social media. It explains "Groupthink" and why intelligent teams make stupid decisions. It challenges the reader to ask: Would I have the courage to speak the truth if everyone around me was lying?

We are social beings who reflect in the confirmation of others. Why We Hunger for Recognition delves deep into the evolutionary biology of our need for praise and acceptance. We examine why group rejection means the same pain for our brain as physical injury. It is the analysis of a program that was supposed to ensure our survival in the horde but today often traps us in the snare of dependency.Learn to understand the roots of your hunger for applause and how to decouple your self-worth from external judgments. We deconstruct the mechanisms of social confirmation in the digital world and show you how to build an inner authority that needs no applause to survive. This book offers practical ways to a real, autonomous self-confidence.Become the master of your own identity. We show you how to recognize the biological triggers that make you crave likes and nods and how to use this energy for your true purpose. Find the courage to be enough for yourself. Reclaim your sovereign value from the hands of others.