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  Danger: Our Quest for Excitement

  Michael J. Apter

  Why do we slow down to look at car accidents? Why would rich people shoplift? What draws people to parachuting, hooliganism or sadistic sex? These are just some of the questions and conundrums Michael J. Apter investigates in a fascinating study of our paradoxical appetite for danger and risk-taking. Danger: Our Quest for Excitement explains how even in dangerous situations (often because of them) anxiety can become excitement and fear can become exhilaration - transforming the horrifying into the heavenly.

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  Reversal Theory: The Dynamics of Motivation, Emotion, and Personality, Second Edition

  Michael J. Apter

  Renowned psychologist Michael J Apter has taught and researched in a number of universities, including Yale, Georgetown, and Chicago in the United States, and Toulouse, Bergen, Cardiff, and Louvain in Europe. His revolutionary work on reversal theory led to the foundation of the Reversal Theory Society, and the organization of a biennial international conference. In 1998 he co-founded Apter International, a management consultancy firm offering products and services to businesses and organizations, which has resulted in the development of a worldwide network of management consultants and trainers. In the course of his career he has written or edited sixteen books and over 100 articles and book chapters, including Danger (Oneworld Publications, 2006) and Motivational Styles in Everyday Life (American Psychological Society, 2001), and his books have been translated into eight languages.

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  Motivational Styles in Everyday Life: A Guide to Reversal Theory

  Michael J. Apter

  Michael J. Apter, PhD, is a research psychologist who has spent most of his career developing the theory--reversal theory--that is the subject of this book. He has published numerous papers and is the author or editor of 13 other books, which among them have been translated into eight languages. He has a doctorate from Bristol University in the United Kingdom and has taught at the University of Wales in Cardiff for 20 years. Subsequently, he has been a visiting professor at Purdue University, Northwestern University, and Yale University. He has traveled widely and held visiting positions in Canada, Spain, Norway, Belgium, and France. Dr. Apter is founder and director of Apter International, which is a management consultancy company serving clients worldwide. He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Life Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies.

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  Reversal Theory: Motivation, Emotion and Personality

  Michael J. Apter

  Reversal theory is perhaps the first new general approach to emerge in psychology for some years and interest in it has grown rapidly. In this volume the author, one of the leading figures in the development of the theory, provides a clear, systematic and up to date account for all those seeking an accessible introduction. The book represents the most concise and complete statement to date on the theory, and on the research which it has generated. It will be of interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, medical researchers, anthropologists, sociologists, counsellors and philosophers.