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Magills Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology

Editor: Nancy A. Piotrowski, University of California, Berkeley
ISBN: 978-1-58765-130-4
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Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science: Psychology
Table of Contents

Publisher's Note, vii
Contributors, ix
Introduction, 1

A
Ability tests, 5
Abnormality: Biomedical models, 10
Abnormality: Legal models, 15
Abnormality: Psychological models, 20
Achievement motivation, 26
Addictive personality and behaviors, 29
Adler, Alfred, 34
Adlerian psychotherapy, 34
Adolescence: Cognitive skills, 39
Adolescence: Cross-cultural patterns, 44
Adolescence: Sexuality, 48
Adrenal gland, 52
Advertising, 56
Affiliation and friendship, 59
Affiliation motive, 63
Ageism, 67
Aggression, 71
Aggression: Reduction and control, 75
Aging: Cognitive changes, 78
Aging: Physical changes, 83
Aging: Theories, 87
Agoraphobia and panic disorders, 92
Alcohol dependence and abuse, 96
Allport, Gordon, 101
Altruism, cooperation, and empathy, 102
Alzheimer's disease, 106
American Psychiatric Association, 111
American Psychological Association, 114
Amnesia and fugue, 117
Analytic psychology: Jacques Lacan, 121
Analytical psychology: Carl G. Jung, 125
Analytical psychotherapy, 129
Anger, 132
Animal experimentation, 135
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, 141
Antisocial personality, 145
Anxiety disorders, 150
Aphasias, 154
Archetypes and the collective unconscious, 159
Archival data, 164
Artificial intelligence, 167
Assessment, 172
Attachment and bonding in infancy and childhood, 174
Attention, 179
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), 183
Attitude-behavior consistency, 187
Attitude formation and change, 191
Attraction theories, 195
Attributional biases, 200
Autism, 204
Automaticity, 208
Aversion, implosion, and systematic desensitization, 212

B
Bandura, Albert, 217
Battered woman syndrome, 217
Beck, Aaron T., 220
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), 221
Bed-wetting, 222
Behavior therapy, 226
Behavioral assessment, 231
Behavioral family therapy, 235
Behaviorism, 239
Bilingualism, 243
Biofeedback and relaxation, 248
Bipolar disorder, 251
Birth: Effects on physical development, 255
Birth order and personality, 260
Borderline personality, 263
Brain damage, 265
Brain specialization, 270
Brain structure, 274
Breuer, Josef, 281
Brief therapy, 282
Bystander intervention, 284

C
California Psychological Inventory (CPI), 289
Cannon, Walter B., 291
Career and personnel testing, 291
Career Occupational Preference System, 296
Career selection, development, and change, 298
Case-study methodologies, 302
Causal attribution, 306
Child abuse, 311
Childhood disorders, 316
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), 323
Circadian rhythms, 324
Clinical depression, 329
Clinical interviewing, testing, and observation, 335
Coaching, 339
Codependency, 341
Cognitive ability: Gender differences, 345
Cognitive behavior therapy, 349
Cognitive development: Jean Piaget, 354
Cognitive dissonance, 358
Cognitive maps, 361
Cognitive psychology, 366
Cognitive social learning: Walter Mischel, 372
Cognitive therapy, 376
College entrance examinations, 380
Community psychology, 384
Complex experimental designs, 389
Computer models of cognition, 393
Concept formation, 396
Conditioning, 400
Conduct disorder, 406
Confidentiality, 410
Consciousness, 412
Consciousness: Altered states, 415
Constructivist psychology, 420
Consumer psychology, 422
Cooperation, competition, and negotiation, 426
Cooperative learning, 430
Coping: Chronic illness, 433
Coping: Social support, 437
Coping: Strategies, 442
Coping: Terminal illness, 446
Couples therapy, 451
Creativity and intelligence, 456
Creativity: Assessment, 459
Crowd behavior, 463
Cultural competence, 467

D
Data description, 469
Death and dying, 474
Decision making, 479
Defense reactions: Species-specific, 482
Dementia, 487
Denial, 491
Depression, 493
Depth and motion perception, 498
Development, 503
Developmental disabilities, 506
Developmental methodologies, 512
Diagnosis, 517
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), 521
Disaster psychology, 524
Dix, Dorothea, 528
Domestic violence, 529
Down syndrome, 534
Dreams, 538
Drives, 542
Drug therapies, 546
Dyslexia, 550

E
Eating disorders, 555
Educational psychology, 559
Ego defense mechanisms, 562
Ego psychology: Erik Erikson, 568
Ego, superego, and id, 574
Ellis, Albert, 576
Emotional expression, 577
Emotions, 580
Encoding, 584
Endocrine system, 587
Endorphins, 592
Environmental psychology, 595
Erikson, Erik, 599
Ethology, 600
Evolutionary psychology, 605
Existential psychology, 608
Experimental psychology, 612
Experimentation: Ethics and participant rights, 615
Experimentation: Independent, dependent, and control variables, 619
Eyewitness testimony, 623
Eysenck, Hans, 627

F
Facial feedback, 629
Family life: Adult issues, 632
Family life: Children's issues, 635
Father-child relationship, 638
Feminist psychotherapy, 641
Field experimentation, 645
Field theory: Kurt Lewin, 649
Fight-or-flight response, 653
Forensic psychology, 656
Forgetting and forgetfulness, 658
Freud, Anna, 663
Freud, Sigmund, 664
Fromm, Erich, 665

G
Gender-identity formation, 667
General adaptation syndrome, 671
General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), 675
Gesell, Arnold, 677
Gestalt therapy, 678
Giftedness, 681
Gilligan, Carol, 686
Gonads, 687
Grammar and speech, 691
Grieving, 695
Group decision making, 699
Group therapy, 702
Groups, 706
Guilt, 711

H
Habituation and sensitization, 714
Hallucinations, 718
Health psychology, 721
Hearing, 725
Help-seeking, 730
Helping, 733
Histrionic personality, 738
Homosexuality, 740
Hormones and behavior, 744
Horney, Karen, 749
Human resource training and development, 750
Humanism, 754
Humanistic trait models: Gordon Allport, 758
Hunger, 762
Hypnosis, 767
Hypochondriasis, 771
Hypothesis development and testing, 777
Hysteria, 781

I
Identity crises, 785
Imprinting, 789
Impulse control disorders, 793
Incentive motivation, 798
Incompetency, 802
Individual psychology: Alfred Adler, 804
Industrial and organizational psychology, 809
Inhibitory and excitatory impulses, 813
Insanity defense, 818
Insomnia, 819
Instinct theory, 823
Intelligence, 827
Intelligence quotient (IQ), 832
Intelligence tests, 834
Interest inventories, 838
Intergroup relations, 842
International Classification of Diseases (ICD), 847
Internet psychology, 849
Intimacy, 852
Introverts and extroverts, 855

J
Jealousy, 858
Jung, Carl G., 861
Juvenile delinquency, 862

K
Kelly, George A., 866
Kinesthetic memory, 867
Kinsey, Alfred, 870
Kraepelin, Emil, 871
Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (KOIS), 872

L
Lacan, Jacques, 875
Language, 876
Law and psychology, 883
Leadership, 888
Learned helplessness, 892
Learning, 895
Learning disorders, 902
Lewin, Kurt, 906
Linguistics, 906
Logic and reasoning, 913
Long-term memory, 917
Lorenz, Konrad, 922
Love, 923

M
Madness: Historical concepts, 928
Masters, William H., and Virginia E. Johnson, 935
Media psychology, 936
Meditation and relaxation, 941
Memory, 945
Memory: Animal research, 949
Memory: Empirical studies, 954
Memory: Physiology, 958
Memory: Sensory, 962
Memory storage, 966
Mental health practitioners, 970
Mental retardation, 974
Midlife crises, 979
Miller, Neal E., and John Dollard, 982
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), 983
Misbehavior, 985
Mischel, Walter, 990
Mood disorders, 990
Moral development, 997
Mother-child relationship, 1000
Motivation, 1004
Motor development, 1008
Multiple personality, 1012
Murray, Henry A., 1016
Music, dance, and theater therapy, 1017

N
Narcissistic personality, 1022
Nearsightedness and farsightedness, 1024
Nervous system, 1028
Neurons, 1031
Neuropsychology, 1035
Neurotic disorders, 1038
Nonverbal communication, 1042

O
Obesity, 1047
Observational learning and modeling therapy, 1050
Observational methods, 1055
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, 1059
Oedipus complex, 1063
Operant conditioning therapies, 1064
Optimal arousal theory, 1068

P
Pain, 1073
Pain management, 1077
Paranoia, 1080
Parental alienation syndrome, 1083
Parenting styles, 1085
Parkinson's disease, 1089
Pattern recognition, 1092
Pattern vision, 1095
Pavlov, Ivan, 1098
Pavlovian conditioning, 1100
Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT), 1104
Penis envy, 1105
Person-centered therapy, 1108
Personal constructs: George A. Kelly, 1112
Personality disorders, 1116
Personality interviewing strategies, 1121
Personality: Psychophysiological measures, 1125
Personality rating scales, 1129
Personality theory, 1133
Personology: Henry A. Murray, 1137
Phobias, 1140
Physical development: Environment versus genetics, 1145
Piaget, Jean, 1149
Pinel, Philippe, 1150
Pituitary gland, 1151
Play therapy, 1155
Positive psychology, 1159
Postpartum depression, 1162
Post-traumatic stress disorder, 1164
Prejudice, 1169
Prejudice reduction, 1174
Prenatal physical development, 1177
Preparedness, 1183
Problem-solving stages, 1187
Problem-solving strategies, 1191
Profiling, 1194
Projection, 1198
Psychoanalysis, 1201
Psychoanalytic psychology, 1207
Psychoanalytic psychology and personality: Sigmund Freud, 1212
Psychobiology, 1216
Psychology: Definition, 1220
Psychology: Fields of specialization, 1223
Psychology: History, 1227
Psychopathology, 1235
Psychosexual development, 1241
Psychosomatic disorders, 1245
Psychosurgery, 1251
Psychotherapy: Children, 1255
Psychotherapy: Effectiveness, 1260
Psychotherapy: Goals and techniques, 1265
Psychotherapy: Historical approaches, 1268
Psychotic disorders, 1273

Q
Quasi-experimental designs, 1277

R
Race and intelligence, 1282
Racism, 1286
Radical behaviorism: B. F. Skinner, 1291
Rape and sexual assault, 1295
Rational-emotive therapy, 1299
Reactive attachment disorder, 1303
Reality therapy, 1306
Reflexes, 1310
Reflexes in newborns, 1313
Reinforcement, 1317
Religion and psychology, 1321
Religiosity: Measurement, 1327
Research ethics, 1332
Reticular formation, 1336
Retirement, 1340
Road rage, 1343
Rogers, Carl R., 1345
Rorschach, Hermann, 1345
Rorschach inkblots, 1347
Rule-governed behavior, 1349

S
S-R theory: Neal E. Miller and John Dollard, 1353
Sampling, 1356
Schizophrenia: Background, types, and symptoms, 1360
Schizophrenia: High-risk children, 1365
Schizophrenia: Theoretical explanations, 1369
Scientific methods, 1374
Seasonal affective disorder, 1381
Self, 1386
Self-actualization, 1391
Self-disclosure, 1395
Self-esteem, 1398
Self-perception theory, 1402
Self-presentation, 1407
Selye, Hans, 1411
Sensation and perception, 1412
Senses, 1416
Separation and divorce: Adult issues, 1419
Separation and divorce: Children's issues, 1423
Separation anxiety, 1426
Sex hormones and motivation, 1428
Sexism, 1432
Sexual behavior patterns, 1436
Sexual dysfunction, 1440
Sexual variants and paraphilias, 1446
Shock therapy, 1450
Short-term memory, 1454
Shyness, 1458
Sibling relationships, 1460
Signal detection theory, 1463
Skinner, B. F., 1467
Sleep, 1468
Sleep apnea syndromes and narcolepsy, 1474
Smell and taste, 1478
Social identity theory, 1483
Social learning: Albert Bandura, 1487
Social networks, 1491
Social perception, 1496
Social psychological models: Erich Fromm, 1500
Social psychological models: Karen Horney, 1504
Social schemata, 1507
Speech disorders, 1511
Speech perception, 1515
Split-brain studies, 1520
Sport psychology, 1524
Stanford-Binet test, 1530
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, 1531
Statistical significance tests, 1533
Stepfamilies, 1537
Strategic family therapy, 1540
Stress, 1545
Stress: Behavioral and psychological responses, 1549
Stress: Physiological responses, 1555
Stress-related diseases, 1559
Stress: Theories, 1564
Strong Interest Inventory (SII), 1568
Structuralism and functionalism, 1569
Stuttering, 1574
Substance use disorders, 1578
Suicide, 1583
Sullivan, Harry Stack, 1587
Support groups, 1588
Survey research: Questionnaires and interviews, 1591
Synaptic transmission, 1595
Synesthesia, 1599

T
Taste aversion, 1603
Teaching methods, 1607
Teenage suicide, 1611
Temperature, 1615
Testing: Historical perspectives, 1620
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), 1624
Thirst, 1626
Thorndike, Edward L., 1628
Thought: Inferential, 1630
Thought: Study and measurement, 1633
Thyroid gland, 1637
Touch and pressure, 1641
Tourette's syndrome, 1645
Transactional analysis, 1648
Type A behavior pattern, 1653

U

V
Violence and sexuality in the media, 1657
Violence by children and teenagers, 1661
Virtual reality, 1664
Vision: Brightness and contrast, 1667
Vision: Color, 1671
Visual system, 1674

W
Watson, John B., 1679
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, 1680
Within-subject experimental designs, 1682
Women's psychology: Carol Gilligan, 1687
Women's psychology: Karen Horney, 1691
Women's psychology: Sigmund Freud, 1695
Work motivation, 1700

Glossary, 1705
Bibliography, 1730
Web Site Directory, 1742
Mediagraphy, 1751
Organizations and Support Groups, 1764
Pharmaceutical List, 1782
Biographical List of Psychologists,1794
Notable Court Cases, 1802

Complete List of Entries, LXXXI
Categorized List of Entries, LXXXVII
Index, CV

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