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Since its publication Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Social Systems Approach 6th edition (PDF), several generations of students have successfully used this classic textbook, which takes a social systems approach to human behavior. This systems approach is still widely accepted in the human services disciplines, including education, social

The Equation of Knowledge: From Bayes’ Rule to a Unified Philosophy of Science (PDF) familiarizes readers with the Bayesian approach to science: teasing out the relationship between probability and knowledge. The author struggles to make this ebook accessible to a very broad audience, suitable for students, professionals, and academics, in

When one thinks of African diasporas, it is possible that their mind will mechanically drift to locations such as America and Europe. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, specially , within China, where race is such a politically complex topic? Based on multi-sited

The literature explaining social conditions during the post–World War II Allied occupation of Germany has been divided between seemingly incompatible assertions of prolonged criminal chaos and narratives of strict martial rule that precluded crime. In The Art of Occupation (ePub/PDF), Thomas J. Kehoe takes a different view on this history,

Santrock’s Educational Psychology 6th edition emphasizes the application of theory to real classroom practice. With richly evocative classroom vignettes from practicing teachers and a wealth of real life case studies, Educational Psychology 6e PDF helps psychology students think critically about the research basis for best practices. John Santrock’s hallmark Learning