| Description |
xvii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I: Psychological Science and Methods. Chapter One. Oh Rats! / incorporating the research of Kim, Kalynchuk, Mimby, Dadgar, Pinel and Weinberg, "Object-Recognition and Spatial Learning and Memory in Rats Prenatally Exposed to Ethanol." -- Chapter Two. Psychics and scientists / incorporating the research of Wiseman, West and Stemman, "An Experimental Test of Psychic Detection" -- Chapter Three. Run for your life / incorporating the research of Brosn, "Staying Fit and Staying Well: Physical Fitness as a Moderator of Life Stress" -- Chapter Four. Half and half / inforporating the research of Patterson, Vargha-Khadem and Polkey, "Reading with One Hemisphere" Part II: Biopsychology. Chapter Five. The wolf in sheepdog's clothing / incorporating previously unpublished observations of Shaffer and Tinbergen. Adapted from research presented in Shaffer, "Man Bites Dog" -- |
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Chapter Six. Zipping up the genes / incorporating the research of Bouchard and McGue "genetic and Rearing Environmental Influences on Adult Personality: An Analysis of Adopted Twins Reared Apart" -- Chapter Seven. Small waist + big hips = attractive lady / incorporating the research of Singh, "Adaptive Significance of Female Physical Attractiveness: Role of Waist-to-Hip Ratio" -- Chapter Eight. Attractiveness of breast odors to babies / incorporating the research of Makin and Porter, "Attractiveness of Lactating Females' Breast Odors to Neonates". Part III: Learning. Chapter Nine. Being sick of the hospital / incorporating the research of Bovbjerg, Redd, Maier, Holland, Lesko, Niedzwiecki, Rubin and Hakes, "Anticipatory Immune Suppression and Nausea in Women Receiving Cyclic Chemotherapy for Ovarian Cancer" -- |
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Chapter Ten. Yoking Smoking / incorporating the research of Roll, Higgins and Badger, "An Experimental Comparison of Three different Schedules of Reinforcement of Drug Abstinence Using Cigarette Smoking as an Exemplar" -- Chapter Eleven. I do! / incorporating the research of Dowrick and raeburn, "Sefl-Modeling: Rapid Skill Training for Children with Physical Disabilities". Part IV: Development. Chapter Twelve. Now you see it, now you don't / incorporating the research of Baillargeon adn DeVos, "Object Permanence in Young Infa ts: Further Evidence" -- Chapter Thirteen. To day care or not to day care: that is the question / incorporating the researchof Field, "Quality Infant Day-Care and Grade School Behavior and Performance" -- Chapter Fourteen. ...and all of the children are above average / incorporating the research of Stevenson and Lee, "Contexts of Achievements: A Study of American, Chinese and Japanese Children" -- |
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Chapter Fifteen. Golden oldies: what it's like to be in your seventies / incorporating the research of Shneidman, "The Indian Summer of Life: A Preliminary Study of Septuagenarians". Part V. Cognitive. Chapter Sixteen. Kids say the darndest things / incorporating the research of Leichtman and Ceci, "The Effects of Stereotypes and Suggestions on Preschoolers' Reports" -- Chapter Seventeen. Flash in the pan / incorporating the research of Neisser and Harsch, "Phantom Flashbulbs: False Recollections of Hearing the News about Challenger" -- Chapter Eighteen. Stgereotypes: a good thing in the cognitive toolkit / incorporating the research of Macrae, Milne and Bodenhausen, "Stereotyhpes as Energy Saving Devices: A Peek Inside the Cognitive Tookbox. Part VI: Emotion. Chapter Nineteen. Mad about you / incorporating the research of Buss, Larsen, Wedsten and Semmelroth, "Sex Differences in Jealousy: Evolution, Physiology and Psychology" -- |
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Chapter Twenty. Pants on fire / incorporating the research of Frank and Ekman, "The Ability to Detect Deceit Generalizes across Different Types of High-Stake Lies" -- Chapter Twenty-One. Aggression breeds aggression / Incorporating the research of Bushman, Baumeister and Stack, "Catharsis, Aggression and Persuasive Influence: Self-Fulfilling or Self-Defeating Prophecies?" Part VII: Personality. Chapter Twenty-Two. Personality: Traits or situations? / incorporating the research of Funder and Colvin, "Explorations in Behavioral Consistency: Properties of Persons, Situations and Behaviors -- chapter Twenty-Three. I was just following orders / incorporating the research of Milgram, 'Behavioral Study of Obedience" -- |
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Chapter Twenty-Four. Going to pot / incorporating the research of Shedler and Block, "Adolescent Drug Use and Psychological Health: A Longitudinal Inquiry". Part VIII. Stress and health. Chapter Twenty-Five. To catch a cold / incorporating the research of Cohen, Tyrell and smith, "Negative Life Events, Perceived Stress, Negative Affect and Susceptibility to the common Cold" -- Chapter Twenty-Six. Spaced out / incorporating the research of Baum and Davis, "Reducing the Stress of High-Density Living: An Architectural Intervention" -- |
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Chapter Twenty-Seven. Weight loss that works / incorporating the research of Sbrocco, Nedegaard, Stone and Lewis, "Behavioral Choice Treatment Promotes Continuing Weight Loss: Preliminary Results of a Cognitive-Behavioral Decision-Based Treatment of Obesity". Part IX: Behavior change. Chapter Twenty-eight. I think I can, I think I can / incorporating the research of Martocchio, "Effects of conceptions of Ability on Anziety, Self-Efficacy and Learning in Training" -- Chapter Twenty-Nine. Betting on the winners / incorporating the research of Sylvain, Ladouceur and Boisvert, "Cognitive and Behavioral Treatment of Pathological Gambling: A Controlled Study" -- |
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Chapter Thirty. Behavioral tgreatment of dental fear in autistic children / incorporating the research of Luscre and Center, "Procedures for Recuding Dental Fear in Children with Autism. Part X: Social. Chapter Thirty-One. I confess / incorporating the research of Kassin and Kiechel, "The Social Psychology of False Confessions: Compliance, Internalization and Confabulation" -- Chapter Thirty-Two. I'm OK, you're not / incorporating the research of Fein and Spencer, "Prejudice as Self-Image Maintenance: Affirming the Self through Derogating Others" -- Chapter Thirty-Three. It's in the bag / incorporating the research of Stone, Sronson, Crain, Winslow and Fried, "Inducing Hypocrisy as a Means of Encouraging Young Adults to Use Condoms". Part XI: Applied. Chapter Thirty-Four. Who's afraid of the big bad ad? / incorporating the research of LaTour, Snipes and Bliss, "Don't Be Afraid to Use Fear Appeals: An Experimental Study" -- |
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Chapter Thirty-Five. I'm warning you / incorporating the research of Wogalter, Allison and McKenna, "Effects of Cost and Social Influence on Warning compliance" -- Chapter Thirty-Six. Does TV violence sell? / incorporating the research of Bushman, "Effects of Television Violence on Memory for Commercial Messages" |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Psychology -- Research -- Methodology.
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Psychology.
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| Author |
Merrens, Matthew R.
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| LC no. |
00025330 |
| ISBN |
0205299296 paperback |
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