Laura King

Focusing on why things go right, The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View helps students understand and appreciate psychology as a science and as an integrated whole. Informed by student data, the program extends these themes and enhances their pedagogical value by helping students through the topics they find the most challenging, and offering learning resources to master them. With a deep respect for the breadth of student backgrounds, the text integrates a broad range of research topics from wide-ranging scholars. When paired with Connect, students will also benefit from Thematic Relevancy Modules (brief, thought-provoking modules tied to the APA's IPI Student Learning Outcomes), Interactivities and Application-Based-Activities, Psych-at-Work videos (interviews with real people), the new and unique Immersive Brain, and additional innovative resources to help further prepare them to be successful in this course.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. The dead are everywhere in family life. From a great-grandmother's recipe made time and again, to a dog-eared black-and-white photo of a family on a beach, and from a carefully curated family bible to a much-told story of a family fleeing their home many decades ago, families are made by their pasts. This book examines the relationship between the living and the dead within family life, charting the way families create afterlives for their ancestors. It asks who and what gets to be remembered, and why. Considering different points of connection with the dead in each chapter—through graves, homes, things, photos, writing, research, and stories—this book demonstrates how death and the dead remain a crucial presence within family life. Through an innovative methodology of collaborative critical family history, Living with the Dead features interviews, personal archives, and the results of a collaboration with fifteen family historians, including the author's own family. What results is a unique way of exploring family pasts, of charting not only how families have remembered their dead and passed on their histories over time, but the mechanisms of how histories are constructed and shared. Living with the Dead reveals how crucial the dead and stories of them are within families, and provides new ways for historians to unpick the way history is intimately made.

Some students take psychology...others experience it! Informed by student data, Experience Psychology helps students understand and appreciate psychology as an integrated whole. The personalised, adaptive learning program, thought-provoking examples, and interactive assessments help students see psychology in the world around them and experience it in everyday life.

Fathers are often neglected in histories of family life in Britain. Family Men provides the first academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of the 1950s. It takes a thematic approach, examining different aspects of fatherhood, from the duties it encompassed to the ways in which it related to men's identities. The historical approach is socio-cultural: each chapter examines a wide range of historical source materials in order to analyse both cultural representations of fatherhood and related social norms, as well as exploring the practices and experiences of individuals and families. It uncovers the debates surrounding parenting and family life and tells the stories of men and their children. While many historians have examined men's relationship to the home and family in histories of gender, family life, domestic spaces, and class cultures more generally, few have specifically examined fathers as crucial family members, as historical actors, and as emotional individuals. The history of fatherhood is extremely significant to contemporary debate: assumptions about fatherhood in the past are constantly used to support arguments about the state of fatherhood today and the need for change or otherwise in the future. Laura King charts men's changing experiences of fatherhood, suggesting that although the roles and responsibilities fulfilled by men did not shift rapidly, their relationships, position in the family, and identities underwent significant change between the start of the First World War and the 1960s.

The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View communicates the nature and breadth of psychology -and its value as a science – with an emphasis on why things go right. With primary goals of teaching students to think like psychological scientists and focusing on the understanding of human strengths and capacities, health, and wellness, The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View cultivates students’ appreciation for how extensively psychology applies to their lives.

Adventurer, Cartoonist, Innovator, Musician, Man of God, Missionary, Trainer ... all characterize John King. Eagerly accepting challenges that most would say were impossible or couldn't be done, and yet inspiring others to participate with him in his radical "Off the Wall" endeavours. From jungles with crocodiles, to participating in the Guinness World Records with his musical saw, John wouldn't say NO to any opportunity, sometimes to the dismay of his more sensible wife, Laura. John's motto: "Live vibrantly; Learn continuously; Love deeply and Leave a godly Legacy" is evident through his life, ministry and relationships. With over 250 short stories, mostly written from John's creative perspective, we share a slice of humor, a bit of philosophy, a touch of heartache, and some of the lessons we learned through it all. May this book encourage and challenge our family, friends, partners, and all who may choose to read it, as we reveal a few of the experiences God brought into our lives

Full-Length Play Sheer holiday entertainment..." -TheaterReview Pastor Bobby has come to Harmony just in time for the 25th Annual Harmony Baptist Church Christmas Jubilee. As the town readies for the celebration, things start to fall apart. No one can decide who will play the angel in the Pageant, the star on the Christmas tree won't light up, the fruitcake bake-off is a disaster, and worst of all, the baby Jesus is missing. But as the town fights to hold on to their traditions, they learn that maybe progress isn't a dirty word. (Cast: 6F, 2M, 1Girl, 1Boy)

Full-Length Play WINNER of the 2016 SETC/Stage Rights Ready to Publish Award This riotous laugh-out-loud comedy proves growing old doesn't mean growing feeble. It's the 4th of July and the women of Happy Meadows Nursing Home have independence in mind They're fed up with the rules, the regulations, and especially the food. When senior resident Holly receives a cry for help from her grandson, she rallies her comrades-in-arms and the women plot a break out. Will Holly and her friends succeed? Perhaps with some fireworks, a large can of creamed corn, and extensive lengths of rope, they might just have what it takes to outsmart the thoroughly vexed retirement home director. (Cast: 5F, 1M)

Fathers are often neglected in histories of family life in Britain. Family Men provides the first academic study of fathers and families in the period from the First World War to the end of the 1950s. It takes a thematic approach, examining different aspects of fatherhood, from the duties it encompassed to the ways in which it related to men's identities. The historical approach is socio-cultural: each chapter examines a wide range of historical source materials in order to analyse both cultural representations of fatherhood and related social norms, as well as exploring the practices and experiences of individuals and families. It uncovers the debates surrounding parenting and family life and tells the stories of men and their children. While many historians have examined men's relationship to the home and family in histories of gender, family life, domestic spaces, and class cultures more generally, few have specifically examined fathers as crucial family members, as historical actors, and as emotional individuals. The history of fatherhood is extremely significant to contemporary debate: assumptions about fatherhood in the past are constantly used to support arguments about the state of fatherhood today and the need for change or otherwise in the future. Laura King charts men's changing experiences of fatherhood, suggesting that although the roles and responsibilities fulfilled by men did not shift rapidly, their relationships, position in the family, and identities underwent significant change between the start of the First World War and the 1960s.

Everything you need to help you find the right name for your baby. More than just an alphabetical list of popular names, Brilliant Baby Names is the ultimate guide to naming your baby. Whether youâ??re seeking advice about how to choose a name, looking for inspiration in finding the perfect name or need help in handling disagreements or family expectations, this book can help.