Classic case studies in psychology / Geoff Rolls.

  • Rolls, G. W. P.
Date:
2010
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Hodder Education, 2010.

Physical description

xiii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Edition

2nd ed.

Notes

Previous ed.: London: Hodder Arnold, 2005.

Contents

Part 1. Cognitive psychology: The man who couldn't forget : the story of Solomon Sherashevsky (S) -- The man who lived for the present : The story of H.M. (Henry Gustav Molaison) -- The man who was disappointed by what he saw : The story of S.B. -- Kim Peek : the real Rain Man -- Holly Ramona and the nature of memory.
Part 2. Social psychology: The girl who cried murder : the story of Catherine 'Kitty' Genovese.
Part 3. Developmental psychology: Innocence lost : the story of Genie -- The boy who was never a girl : the story of David Reimer -- The Wild Boy of Aveyron : the story of Victor -- Two little boys : The story of Little Albert and Little Peter.
Part 4. Individual differences: The boy who needed to play : The story of Dibs -- The man who was turned on by prams and handbags -- Freud's analysis of phobia in a young boy : The story of Little Hans -- The three faces of Eve : The story of Chris Costner Sizemore -- The boy who couldn't stop washing : a story of OCD.
Part 5. Physiological psychology: The men who didn't sleep : The story of Peter Tripp and Randy Gardner -- The man who lived with a hole in his head : The story of Phineas Gage -- The man with no brain?
Part. 6. Comparative psychology: Talking to the animals : Washoe and Roger Fouts.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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    Medical Collection
    WM40 2010R75c
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781444104899
  • 1444104896