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TheFourHumors........................23 TheCaseofCleverHans..................46 TooLateforWords:TheCaseofGenie......69 EarlyMaturation........................100 PsychologicallyAbletoDecide?...........148 OnePerson...TwoBrains?................169 ABreathofFreshAir....................196 SeeingIsBelieving ......................232 TheCaseofLittleAlbert.................249 TheCaseofH.M........................281 Checkmate ............................303
ABalanceforLiving.....................318 WAIS-R:IsItReliable?...................358 PersonalityDisorder.....................404 TheIllusionofStress ....................436 Munchausen’sSyndrome.................464 TheCaseofRatMan....................498 WhatYouSeeIsWhatYouGet? ..........526 YourStripesorYourMorality.............563 Feelingsvs.Actions .....................589
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Parapsychology...................
How do advertisements “motivate” people to buy products? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do interest inventories help determine a career? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Do we see ourselves as others see us? . . Whatstressesteenagers?.............
What fears are most common among teenagers?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How can someone overcome
an irrational fear?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Whydoyoudowhatyoudo?............ Do some people really have psychic powers?. How do children exhibit attachment? . . . . . . How does the media portray adolescents? . . Do men and women go through the
same stages of development? . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Can you determine whether the left or right hemisphere of the brain is dominant? . . . . . .
165 Canyouhypnotizeyourself? .............194 Can you detect changes in stimuli? . . . . . . . . 211
What traits are important in a potential marriagepartner? ......................538
Howdoweconformtogroupnorms? .....558
How similar are your views to yourparents’views? ....................580
What reinforcement schedules operate inyourclassroom? .....................253
Canyouimproveyourmemory?..........287
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