Popular psychology : an encyclopedia / Luis A. Cordón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cordón, Luis A.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Psychological experiments online.

Psychological experiments online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Encyclopedias.

Psychology.

Mental Disorders.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology.

Mental Disorders.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations.

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Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A readable and fascinating guide to what is unproven and blatantly false and what is based on decades of reliable evidence.

Contents:

Acupuncture

Addiction

Alien abduction

Alzheimer's Disease

American Psychological Association (APA)

Amnesia

Aphasia

Aromatherapy

Asperger's Disease

Astrology

Attachment

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism

"Big Five" personality factors

Bilingualism

Biofeedback

Birth order

Body type

Brain

Brain imaging techniques

Brainwashing

Chemical imbalance

Chomsky, Noam (1928- )

Chopra, Deepak (1947- )

Cognitive behavior therapy

Cognitive dissonance

Cold reading

Correlation

Craniosacral therapy

Depressants

Dianetics/Scientology

Diffusion of responsibility

Down Syndrome

DSM-IV

Education of All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142)

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

Emotional intelligence

Epilepsy

Erikson, Erik (1902-1994)

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Facilitated Communication (FC)

Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)

Galton, Francis (1822-1911)

Gardner, Howard (1943- )

Gestalt

Gingko, Biloba

Gray, John (1951- )

Hawthorn Effect

Homopathy

Humanistic psychology

Hypnosis

Imprinting

Insanity defense

Intelligence

James, William (1842-1910)

Jung, Carl Gustaf (1875-1961)

Kava

Kinsey, Alfred (1894-1956)

Learning disability

Mad Cow Disease

Masters, William H. (1915- ) and Johnson, Virginia E. (1925- )

McGraw, Phil ("Dr. Phil") (1950

)

Media violence and its effects on children

Memory

Mental Retardation (MR)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

Mood disorders

Moral development

Mozart Effect

Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD)

Munchausen Syndrome

Narcolepsy

Neo-Freudians

Nervous breakdown

Nervouse system

Nonspecific effects

Obedience to authority

Opionids (Opiates)

Paraphillias

Parapsychology

Parenting styles

Past-life regression

Pavlov, Ivan (1849-1936)

Pervasive developmental disorders

Phobias

Piaget, Jean (1896-1980)

Postraumatic Stress Disorder

Prefrontal lobotomy

Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)

Primal therapy

Projective tests of personality

Pseudoscience

Psychedelic drugs

Psychiatry

Psychology, research methods in

Randi, James (1928- )

Rebirthing

Rolfing

St. John's Wort

Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

Satanic ritual abuse

Savants and prodigies

Schizophrenia

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Self-esteem

Skinner, B.F. (1904-1990)

Sleep and dreaming

Split-brain surgery

Stimulants

Stockholm Syndrome

Stroke

Subliminal perception

Ten percent myth

Therapeutic touch

Thought field therapy

Tourette syndrome

Transcendental meditation

Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich (1896-1934)

Watson, John B. (1878-1958)

Williams Syndrome

Wundt, Wilhelm (1832-1920).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-267) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Cordón, Luis A. Popular psychology.

ISBN:

9781429475020

1429475021

0313062765

9780313062766

0313324573

9780313324574

Publisher Number:

99990106794

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