Books written by Michael J. Apter
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Cybernetics and Development: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology
(Some of the papers have been referred to here.) It must be said, however, that the organisation does not seem in any sense to have developed so far: as an investment club little money appears to have been made and as far ...
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Zigzag: Reversal and Paradox in Human Personality
Namnyak, M., Tufton, R., Szekeley, M., Toal, M., Worboys, S. & Sampson, E.L. (2008) 'Stockholm syndrome': psychiatric diagnosis or urban myth? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 117: 4-11. Other well-publicised 10. 11. cases include: Patty ...
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Cybernetics and Development
Cybernetics and Development deals with the ways in which growing and developing biological systems control themselves during development. It is a preliminary attempt to apply some of the insights and...
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The Dangerous Edge: The Psychology of Excitement
Why do people seek out uncomfortable, unnecessary, and often dangerous activities--skydiving, or bullfighting, or fast driving? All of us seem to need excitement some of the time, some of us...
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Danger: Our Quest for Excitement
Why do we slow down to look at car accidents? Why would rich people shoplift? What draws people to parachuting, military service, and sadistic sex? These are just...