Carol Tavris

Drawing on extensive research, a social psychologist and journalist refutes popular myths about the emotion of anger and how it functions and challenges many of the concepts of psychotherapy.

REVISADO Y ACTUALIZADO El libro que cambi la conversaci n sobre la terapia de reemplazo hormonal (TRH) Unadefensa convincente y "fascinante" (Robert Cialdini) de la terapia de reemplazo hormonal (TRH) que evidencia de manera contundente sus beneficios para la salud y longevidad de las mujeres y expone las conclusiones cient ficas erradas que provocaron su rechazo. Durante a os, la terapia de reemplazo hormonal (TRH) fue aclamada como un milagro. Estudio tras estudio demostraron que si se inicia este tratamiento al inicio de la menopausia, podr a aliviar s ntomas como bochornos y p rdida de memoria; reducir el riesgo de enfermedades card acas, alzh imer, osteoporosis y algunos tipos de c ncer; e incluso prolongar la esperanza de vida de la mujer. Pero cuando la Iniciativa de Salud de la Mujer (WHI) anunci que las mujeres que tomaban TRH ten an un mayor riesgo de c ncer de mama, el miedo al estr geno se dispar y se abandon la terapia hormonal. Ahora, el onc logo Bluming y la psic loga social Tavris revelan la verdadera historia de los datos distorsionados que divulg la WHI. Investigan qu fue lo que llev al p blico en general --y a muchos m dicos-- a aceptar tan f cilmente las afirmaciones incorrectas y alarmistas de la WHI, a la vez que ofrecen una visi n m s completa de la ciencia que respalda la TRH. Entre las importantes novedades de esta edici n revisada y actualizada se incluyen: Evidencia que desmiente la afirmaci n de la WHI de que la TRH causa c ncer de mama, as como una lista de sus retractaciones. Investigaci n actualizada sobre los beneficios del estr geno en el coraz n, cerebro y huesos, as como en la longevidad. Una revisi n cr tica de los productos y medicamentos alternativos que se est n comercializando para tratar los s ntomas de la menopausia. Una lectura sobria y reveladora que aclara los beneficios del estr geno y ofrece una gu a para las mujeres que atraviesan los cambios de la menopausia. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION REVISED and UPDATED Edition, 2024​ A compelling, "fascinating" (Robert Cialdini) defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and giving women the evidence they need to make informed decisions about their health. "Estrogen Matters will change your life."―Dr. Mary Claire Haver, author of The New Menopause "Estrogen Matters was my antidote to the misinformation surrounding menopause. This book should be the bible for every single person going through menopause."―Naomi Watts For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms (ranging from hot flushes to brain fog) and reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) announced, with national fanfare, that women taking HRT had an increased risk of breast cancer, women were scared off, and the treatment was abandoned. Now, Dr. Bluming, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Tavris, a social psychologist, reveal the true story of the WHI's efforts to distort their data to exaggerate unsupported claims of estrogen's harms. Important updates in this edition include: Evidence that demolishes the WHI's claim that HRT causes breast cancer. A list of the WHI's retractions of their original scare stories. Updated findings on estrogen's benefits on heart, brain, bones, and longevity. A critical review of the alternative products and medications being marketed to treat symptoms of menopause. A sobering and revelatory read, Estrogen Matters sets the record straight on estrogen's benefits, providing a light to guide women through this inevitable phase of life.

Psychologists believe there isn't one "right" way to study the way people think or behave. For example, some psychologists might attribute a certain behavior to biological factors such as genetics while another psychologist might consider early childhood experiences to be a more likely explanation for the behavior. Because psychologists emphasize various points within psychology in their research & analysis of behavior, there are 5 different viewpoints in psychology are known as perspectives. Biological Perspective is the application of the principles of biology to the study of mental processes & behavior. Psychodynamic Perspective is an approach to psychology that studies the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, emotions, & how they may relate to early childhood experience. Behavior Perspective focuses on observable, overt behaviors that are learned from the environment. Cognitive Perspective examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, & language.Cognition refers to thinking & memory processes, & cognitive development refers to long-term changes in these processes. Humanistic Perspective focuses on maximum human potential & achievement.

Why is it so hard to say “I made a mistake”—and really believe it? When we make mistakes, cling to outdated attitudes, or mistreat other people, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so, unconsciously, we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong. Backed by years of research, Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) offers a fascinating explanation of self-justification—how it works, the damage it can cause, and how we can overcome it. This updated edition features new examples and concludes with an extended discussion of how we can live with dissonance, learn from it, and perhaps, eventually, forgive ourselves.

REVISED and UPDATED Edition, 2024: A compelling, "fascinating" (Robert Cialdini) defense of hormone replacement therapy, exposing the faulty science behind its fall from prominence and giving women the evidence they need to make informed decisions about their health. "Estrogen Matters was my antidote to the misinformation surrounding menopause. This book should be the bible for every single person going through menopause."―Naomi Watts For years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the medically approved way to alleviate menopausal symptoms (ranging from hot flushes to brain fog) and reduce the risk of heart disease, Alzheimer's, and osteoporosis. But when a large study by the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) announced, with national fanfare, that women taking HRT had an increased risk of breast cancer, women were scared off, and the treatment was abandoned. Now, Dr. Bluming, a medical oncologist, and Dr. Tavris, a social psychologist, reveal the true story of the WHI's efforts to distort their data to exaggerate unsupported claims of estrogen's harms. Important updates in this edition include: Evidence that demolishes the WHI's claim that HRT causes breast cancer. A list of the WHI's retractions of their original scare stories. Updated findings on estrogen's benefits on heart, brain, bones, and longevity. A critical review of the alternative products and medications being marketed to treat symptoms of menopause. A sobering and revelatory read, Estrogen Matters sets the record straight on estrogen's benefits, providing a light to guide women through this inevitable phase of life.

This revised and updated handbook features a selection of essay-style book reviews by Carol Tavris, written for the Times Literary Supplement, The Chronicle of Higher Education, American Scientist, and The New York Times Book Review. These reviews apply psychological research and principles of scientific thinking to ideas presented in the books. They aim to show how critical thinking can help people assess arguments promoted in the popular culture, and how to separate those that are scientifically sound from those based on "psychobabble"-pop-psych notions dressed up in fancy, sciency-sounding language. These essays may be used to encourage debate in the classroom or as a basis for student papers. Students can be asked to write or present their own points of view on a topic, drawing on other research and the guidelines of critical thinking (defined and described in a prefatory "Note to the Reader") to support their conclusions. Although these reviews can be used in many social science and composition courses, the topics covered and the critical-thinking guidelines that apply to them correspond to specific material in Carole Wade and Carol Tavris's Psychology and Invitation to Psychology.

When "man is the measure of all things," woman is forever trying to measure up. In this enlightening book, Carol Tavris unmasks the widespread but invisible custom -- pervasive in the social sciences, medicine, law, and history -- of treating men as the normal standard, women as abnormal. Tavris expands our vision of normalcy by illuminating the similarities between women and men and showing that the real differences lie not in gender, but in power, resources, and life experiences. Winner of the American Association for Applied and Preventive Psychology's Distinguished Media Contribution Award