Classic case studies in psychology /

Rolls, G. W. P.

Classic case studies in psychology / Geoff Rolls. - Third edition. - xii, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: Cognitive psychology -- The man who couldn't forget: the story of Solomon Shereshevsky (`S') -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- 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' -- Comparative psychology -- Talking to the animals: Washoe and Roger Fouts. pt. 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. 2 6. 7. 8. pt. 3 9. 10. 11. 12. pt. 4 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. pt. 5 18. 19. 20. 21. pt. 6 22.

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Psychology, Pathological--Case studies.
Psychotherapy--Case studies.
Human behavior--Case studies.
Human behavior.
Psychology, Pathological.
Psychotherapy.


Case studies.

RC 435.2 / .R65 2015