Classic case studies in psychology / Geoff Rolls.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Rolls, G. W. P., author.

Contributor:

• Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Psychology, Pathological--Case studies.
• Psychology, Pathological.
• Human behavior.
• Psychotherapy--Case studies.
• Psychotherapy.
• Human behavior--Case studies.

Genre:

• Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : New York : Routledge, 2020.

Contents:

• Part 1 Cognitive psychology p. 5
• 1 The man who couldn't forget: the story of Solomon Shereshevsky ('S') p. 7
• 2 The man who lived for the present: the story of H.M. p. 21 / Henry Gustav Molaison
• 3 The man who was disappointed with what he saw: the story of S.B. p. 34
• 4 Kim Peek: the real Rain Man p. 43
• 5 Holly Ramona and the nature of memory p. 55
• Part 2 Social psychology p. 67
• 6 The girl who cried murder: the story of Catherine 'Kitty' Genovese p. 69
• 7 Jonestown and the dangers of obedience p. 79
• 8 The end of the world is nigh: the case of Dorothy Martin p. 97
• 9 Bad apples or bad barrels? Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib and Stanford Prison p. 114
• Part 3 Developmental psychology p. 129
• 10 Innocence lost: the story of Genie p. 131
• 11 The boy who was never a girl: the story of David Reimer p. 147
• 12 The 'wild boy of Aveyron': the story of Victor p. 163
• 13 Two little boys: the story of Little Albert and Little Peter p. 181
• 14 The 'Jim twins': identical yet raised apart p. 197
• Part 4 Individual differences p. 205
• 15 The boy who needed to play: the story of Dibs p. 207
• 16 The man who was turned on by prams and handbags p. 218
• 17 Freud's analysis of phobia in a young boy: the story of Little Hans p. 234
• 18 The three faces of Eve: the story of Chris Sizemore p. 245
• 19 The boy who couldn't stop washing: a story of OCD p. 263
• Part 5 Physiological psychology p. 269
• 20 The men who didn't sleep: the story of Peter Tripp and Randy Gardner p. 271
• 21 The man who lived with a hole in his head: the story of Phineas Gage p. 280
• 22 The man with no brain? p. 291
• 23 Charles Decker - natural born killer? The case of the 'crocodile man' p. 299
• Part 6 Comparative psychology p. 315
• 24 Talking to the animals: Washoe and Roger Fouts p. 317
• 25 Signposting approaches, issues and debates p. 333.

Notes:

• Previous edition: 2015.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

• 9780367267087
• 036726708X
• 9780367267094
• 0367267098

OCLC:

1138895449

Publisher Number:

99983279309

Online:

The Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund Home Page