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Classic case studies in psychology / Geoff Rolls.

By: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020Copyright date: 2020Edition: Fourth editionDescription: xiv, 364 pages ; illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780367267094 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.89/ROL 23
Contents:
Part 1 : Cognitive psychology -- The man who couldn't forget : the story of Solomon Shereshevsky -- The man who lived for the present : the story of H.M. (Henry Gustav Molaison) -- The man who was disappointed with 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 -- Jonestown and the dangers of obedience -- The end of the world is nigh : the case of Dorothy Martin -- Bad apples or bad barrels : Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib, and Stanford prison -- Part 3 : Development 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 -- The 'Jim twins' : identical yet raised apart -- 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 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? -- Charles Decker -- natural born killer? The case of the 'crocodile man' -- Part 6 : Comparative psychology -- Talking to the animals : Washoe and Roger Fouts -- Signposting approaches, issues and debates.

Previous edition: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1 : Cognitive psychology -- The man who couldn't forget : the story of Solomon Shereshevsky -- The man who lived for the present : the story of H.M. (Henry Gustav Molaison) -- The man who was disappointed with 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 -- Jonestown and the dangers of obedience -- The end of the world is nigh : the case of Dorothy Martin -- Bad apples or bad barrels : Lynndie England, Abu Ghraib, and Stanford prison -- Part 3 : Development 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 -- The 'Jim twins' : identical yet raised apart -- 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 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? -- Charles Decker -- natural born killer? The case of the 'crocodile man' -- Part 6 : Comparative psychology -- Talking to the animals : Washoe and Roger Fouts -- Signposting approaches, issues and debates.