Brain, Personality and Addictive Behaviours: The Nature of Conflict

by Venga, Radha

ISBN13:
9781905237098
ISBN10:
190523709X
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2007-04-05
Publisher: Gardners Books
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Summary

This book takes a fresh and unique look at the links between neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis and society.

Author Biography

Radha Venga is a lecturer in Psychology at City and Islington College (Centre for Applied Sciences) and Birkbeck College (Faculty of Continuing Education) at the University of London.

The context of conflict	p. 1
A neurobiological basis for conflict	p. 11
A biological basis for personality and addictive behaviours	p. 20
The building blocks of construction : learning and memory	p. 38
The process of addiction : a question of susceptibility	p. 59
Language, emotions and motivation : the ingredients of mind	p. 73
The construction of reality : behavioural expressions of self-organization	p. 80
The foundations of personality : biological stability and personality coherence	p. 87
Developmental aspects of personality : the substance of beliefs	p. 98
Personality and culture : language, individual differences and the evolution of complex societies	p. 110
The need to control : case-study illustrations of recreational drug use	p. 135
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