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In this book the author's theoretical framework builds on linguistic and psychological research, arguing that similar image-schematic notions should be grouped together into interconnected family hierarchies, with complexity increasing with regard to the addition of spatial and conceptual primitives. She introduces an image schema logic as a language to model image schemas, and she shows how the semantic content of image schemas can be used to improve computational concept invention. The book will be of value to researchers in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, and creativity.

¿Qué haría yo si fuera tú? La toma de perspectiva se ha definido como la capacidad cognitiva para asumir el punto de vista de otro individuo. Es la habilidad que exhibimos cuando anticipamos la conducta y reacciones de otros, y permite imaginar cómo los otros perciben una situación, piensan o experimentan emocionalmente sus propias vidas. El grueso de investigación disponible sobre la toma de perspectiva se ha realizado predominantemente desde el enfoque cognitivo de la teoría de la mente. Sin embargo, las aportaciones realizadas se centran casi exclusivamente en la descripción de estructuras y procesos cognitivos inferidos, y arrojan poca luz sobre las variables reales involucradas. Por su parte, los avances en la investigación desde el campo del análisis de la conducta están permitiendo analizar y discernir qué repertorios relacionales están a la base de las habilidades de toma de perspectiva.

This compact resource synthesizes current research on bullying in the schools while presenting strengths-based approaches to curbing this growing epidemic. Its international review of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies unravels the complex dynamics of bullying and provides depth on the range of negative outcomes for bullies, victims, enablers, and victims who bully. Chapters on protective factors against bullying identify personal competencies, such as empathy development, and keys to a positive school environment, featuring findings on successful school-based prevention programs in different countries. Throughout, the authors clearly define bullying as a public health/mental health issue, and prevention as a deterrent for future antisocial and criminal behavior. Included in the coverage: · School bullying in different countries: prevalence, risk factors, and short-term outcomes. · Personal protective factors against bullying: emotional, social, and moral competencies. · Contextual protective factors against bullying: school-wide climate. · Protecting children through anti-bullying interventions. · Protecting bullies and victims from long-term undesirable outcomes. · Future directions for research, practice, and policy. With its wealth of answers to a global concern, Protecting Children against Bullying and Its Consequences is a definitive reference and idea book for the international community of scholars in criminology and developmental psychology interested in bullying and youth violence, as well as practitioners and policymakers.