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Consensus (Social sciences) --- Authority --- Common good --- General will --- Power (Social sciences)

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This book discusses human perception and performance within the framework of the theory of self-organizing systems. To that end, it presents a variety of phenomena and experimental findings in the research field, and provides an introduction to the theory of self-organization, with a focus on amplitude equations, order parameter and Lotka-Volterra equations. The book demonstrates that relating the experimental findings to the mathematical models provides an explicit account for the causal nature of human perception and performance. In particular, the notion of determinism versus free will is discussed in this context. The book is divided into four main parts, the first of which discusses the relationship between the concept of determinism and the fundamental laws of physics. The second part provides an introduction to using the self-organization approach from physics to understand human perception and performance, a strategy used throughout the remainder of the book to connect experimental findings and mathematical models. In turn, the third part of the book focuses on investigating performance guided by perception: climbing stairs and grasping tools are presented in detail. Perceptually relevant bifurcation parameters in the mathematical models are also identified, e.g. in the context of walk-to-run gait transitions. Chains of perceptions and actions together with their underlying mechanisms are then presented, and a number of experimental phenomena – such as selective attention, priming, child play, bistable perception, retrieval-induced forgetting, functional fixedness and memory effects exhibiting hysteresis with positive or negative sign – are discussed. Human judgment making, internal experiences such as dreaming and thinking, and Freud’s concept of consciousness are also addressed. The fourth and last part of the book explores several specific topics such as learning, social interactions between two people, life trajectories, and applications in clinical psychology. In particular, episodes of mania and depression under bipolar disorder, perception under schizophrenia, and obsessive-compulsive rituals are discussed. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in psychology, physics, applied mathematics, kinesiology, and the sport sciences who want to learn about the foundations of the field. Written for a mixed audience, the experiments and concepts are presented using non-technical language throughout. In addition, each chapter includes more advanced sections for modelers in the fields of physics and applied mathematics.

Statistical physics. --- Cognitive psychology. --- System theory. --- Sports sciences. --- Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Complex Systems. --- Sport Science . --- Sciences, Sports --- Sport sciences --- Physical education and training --- Science --- Systems, Theory of --- Systems science --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Cognitive science --- Psychology --- Physics --- Mathematical statistics --- Philosophy --- Statistical methods --- Synergetics. --- Perception. --- Free will and determinism. --- System theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Compatibilism --- Determinism and free will --- Determinism and indeterminism --- Free agency --- Freedom and determinism --- Freedom of the will --- Indeterminism --- Liberty of the will --- Determinism (Philosophy) --- Supraliminal perception --- Cognition --- Apperception --- Senses and sensation --- Thought and thinking

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Blogs --- Self --- Personal identity --- Consciousness --- Individuality --- Mind and body --- Personality --- Thought and thinking --- Will --- Blogging --- Web logs --- Weblogs --- Diaries --- Social media --- Web sites --- Citizen journalism --- Blogs - United States --- Blogs - France --- Self - United States --- Self - France

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Local government --- Local government and environmental policy --- Deliberatlive democracy --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Deliberative democracy --- Citizen participation. --- Authority --- Common good --- General will --- Power (Social sciences) --- Environmental policy and local government --- Environmental policy --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Discursive democracy --- Democracy

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In crisis situations, such as terror attacks or societal tensions caused by migration, people tend to look for explicit moral and spiritual leadership and are often inclined to vote for so-called 'strong leaders'. Is there a way to resist the temptation of the simplistic solutions that these 'strong leader' offer, and instead encourage constructive engagement with the complex demands of our times? This volume utilises relational and dialogical perspectives to examine and address many of the issues surrounding the moral and spiritual guidance articulated in globalizing Western societies. The essays in this collection focus on the concept of plural moralities, understood as divergent visions on what is a 'good life', both in an ethical, aesthetical, existential, and spiritual sense. They explore the political-cultural context and consequences of plural moralities as well as discussing challenges, possibilities, risks, and dangers from the perspective of two promising relational theories: social constructionism and dialogical self theory. The overarching argument is that it is possible to constructively put in nuanced moral and spiritual guidance into complex, plural societies. By choosing a clear theoretical focus on relational approaches to societal challenges, this interdisciplinary book provides both a broad scope and a coherent argument. It will be of great interest to scholars of social and political psychology, leadership and organization, religious studies, and pedagogy.

Leadership --- Self --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Mass psychology --- Psychology, Social --- Human ecology --- Psychology --- Social groups --- Sociology --- Personal identity --- Consciousness --- Individuality --- Mind and body --- Personality --- Thought and thinking --- Will --- Leadership (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Ego (Psychology) --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Religious aspects --- 241.62*2 --- 241.62*2 Theologische ethiek: relaties binnen sociale groepen --- Theologische ethiek: relaties binnen sociale groepen --- Self. --- Identity (Psychology). --- Social psychology. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Religious aspects.