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Table of Contents
WhyYouOverreact.......................9 BaseballStatistics ........................48 Naturevs.Nurture .......................80 GoodLooksAreOverrated...............105 CultureandBodyImage .................115 RetirementandYou.....................141 DoYouDoThis?........................171 HypnosisandAthletics ..................193 Your Blind Spot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Orange Juice and Toothpaste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 How You Form Bad Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 RememberingClassmates ................283 On the Tip of Your Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
TheHawthorneStudy....................43 TransformingScores......................52 Reflexes................................62 ImaginaryPlaymates......................71 TeenagersandWork.....................103 AreBoysinTrouble? ....................110 TheCohortEffect.......................130 GrowingOld...........................140 FreudonDreams .......................190 TVandViolence........................262 EyewitnessTestimony ...................284 FacialFeedbackTheory..................333 LieDetection ..........................334
SolveThisProblem......................301 Bilingualism............................307 GeneticsandWeight ....................323 YourIQ...............................355 WhatIsYourLocusofControl?...........389 RoadRage.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 WhatShouldYouDo?.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Homelessness: A Legacy of
Deinstitutionalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Social Norms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549 Illusory Correlation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 TryOutaCareerinPsychology ...........605
FamilySizeandIQ......................356 BirthOrder............................383 CultureandPersonality ..................396 GenderDifferencesandStress.............429 TheInsanityDefense....................450 Autism................................466 DepressionandGender..................472 TherapyandHMOs.....................492 Shyness...............................530 Collectivism............................561 Gangs.................................567 TheJust-WorldBias .....................586 HumanFactorsEngineering ..............607
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