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Abstract. Psychology aims to be descriptive but depends on norms and values to guide both research and practice. Educational psychology, as a sub-discipline and applied branch of psychology, focuses on describing processes of teaching, learning, and development. This article aims to connect notions of human and children's rights with concepts of educational psychology to illustrate the interdependence of normative and descriptive frameworks. We use Martha Nussbaum's capability approach as an operationalization to move from a normative legal framework toward concrete research topics and practices within educational and school psychology. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have the right to feel safe, learn, participate, and form an identity. We argue that educational psychology can help to specify these normative postulations of the CRC and aid the implementation of positive rights. The phenomenon of school bullying is introduced as a specific area where children's rights are affected. After a brief characterization of its major features from an ecological-systemic perspective, we draw on research on bullying prevention and the creation of positive learning environments to illustrate the aptness of educational psychology for realizing children's positive rights. We conclude that educational psychology is not only able to prevent human rights infringements but also to promote children's rights and capabilities, especially in reference to competencies, participation, and identity.

This book begins the task of providing a scientific look at physical attraction by presenting an overview of scholarly work on physical beauty, culture, evolution, and other aspects of human attractiveness. It begins by discussing the role of evolution in the development of what it means to be "attractive" in contemporary society. It provides a general overview of evolutionary psychology and mate choice, as well as an in-depth focus on physical characteristics such as physical symmetry, body weight, and ratios, and youthfulness. It goes on to explore the role of societal and cultural ideals of beauty through a discussion of the social psychology of human beauty. Finally, the "morality" of physical attractiveness is examined, looking at issues such as discrimination on the basis of looks, body image and eating disorders, and cosmetic surgery

The Psychology of Cultural Experience. Carmella C. Moore and Holly F. Mathews. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 247 pp.

Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy. This unique book is geared to readers who may not be familiar with narrative, social constructionist, or critical psychology and therapy, presenting contemporary theory and practice with a minimum of jargon. The field's leading practitioners and theorists demonstrate, through a collaborative and relational focus, how to work with people, rather than on them in a mutual, co-constructive exchange. Collaborativ