Contemporary Readings in Psychology A New

This special topics reader includes over 30 articles from recent issues of theNew York Timeson currently debated issues in Psychology. It introduces readers to cutting-edge data and theory on controversial topics in psychology, and makes them more savvy consumers of psychology in the popular press. Introductions to each article provide additional background, enabling readers to appreciate the importance of each debate.Features articles on topics in Neurobiology of Human Behavior, Cognition and Consciousness, Developmental Questions, Personality and Social Behavior, and Psychopathology and Its Treatment.For anyone interested in today's controversial issues in psychology.

Preface

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Section I Neurobiology of Human Behavior (See also Readings 7 and 23)

1

(20)

Fear and Anger Heard Deep Inside the Brain

1

(3)

Doctors Record Signals of Brain Cells Linked to Memory (II)

4

(3)

Hardest Habit to Break: Memories of the High (II)

7

(5)

When An Adult Adds a Language, It's One Brain, Two Systems (II)

12

(4)

First Gene for Social Behavior Identified in Whiskery Mice (IV, V)

16

(5)

Section II Cognition and Consciousness (See also Readings 2, 3, 4, and 25)

21

(26)

Evolutionary Necessity or Glorious Accident?

21

(6)

Was Freud Wrong? Are Dreams the Brain's Start-up Test? (I)

27

(4)

Getting to the Truth in Child Abuse Cases: New Methods (V)

31

(6)

I.Q. Scores Are Up, and Psychologists Wonder Why (IV)

37

(5)

Intelligence in All Its Interactive Aspects (IV)

42

(5)

Section III Developmental Questions (See also Reading 18)

47

(26)

Movement May Offer Early Clue to Autism (V)

47

(5)

Two Experts Do Battle Over Potty Training (IV)

52

(6)

The Hype and Hope of Reading to Baby

58

(4)

After Girls Get the Attention, Focus Shifts to Boys' Woes

62

(7)

Exploring Physical Beauty as a Psychological Weapon (IV)

69

(4)

Section IV Personality and Social Behavior (See also Readings 5, 9, 10, 12, and 15)

73

(28)

Self-Image Is Suffering from Lack of Esteem

73

(5)

An Unusual Tool in Hiring the Right Person

78

(4)

On the Edge of Age Discrimination (III)

82

(7)

Battered Women Face Pit Bulls and Cobras (V)

89

(5)

Getting Serious about Adultery: Who Does It and Why They Risk It

94

(7)

Section V Psychopathology and Its Treatment (See also Readings 5, 8, 11, and 19)

101

(21)

On the Fringes of the Bell Curve, the Evolving Quest for Normality

101

(6)

As Drugs for Depression Multiply, So Do the Hard Questions

107

(5)

New Theories of Depression Focus on Brain's Two Sides (I)

112

(6)

Studies of Schizophrenia Vindicate Psychotherapy

118

(4)

``Memory'' Therapy Leads to a Lawsuit and Big Settlement (II)

122

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