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It is an intriguing feature of human experience that in our present world, amid thousands of indications of the effectiveness of the scientific method, so many of us persist in demonstrably illusory or magical beliefs whether religiously related or simply reflections of long-standing superstitions. At a time when millions can observe on television the first landings of human beings on the moon, when our daily lives in the so-called devel­ oped countries are replete with conveniences that reflect scientific advances, we still persist in daily wagers on the state lotteries, in paying astrologers or palmists for their readings, in investing thousands of dollars and hours of our legislators' time in discussing such issues as the value of daily prayer in the elementary schools. The emergence of modem medicine based increasingly on scientific research in chemistry, biology, and physics has considerably reduced people's resort to sha­ mans and witch doctors within the major sectors of our own society, although it has by no means eliminated such practitioners.

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Author:   George Stricker ,  Robert H. Keisner
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.697kg
ISBN:  

9781468448221

ISBN 10:   1468448226
Pages:   475
Publication Date:   19 March 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Basic Issues.- 1. The Relationship between Research and Practice.- 2. Research on Memory and Clinical Practice.- 3. Implications of Nonclinical Research for Mental Health Policy.- II. Social Psychology.- 4. The Leadership Literature and Its Relevance to Psychotherapy.- 5. Nonverbal Behavior Research and Psychotherapy.- 6. Aggression and Psychodynamic Therapy: From Theory to Practice.- 7. Attitude Change Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice.- 8. Social Stereotypes.- 9. Interpersonal Attraction.- 10. The Experience of Injustice: Social Psychological and Clinical Perspectives.- III. Developmental Psychology.- 11. Implications of Infant Development Research for Clinical Practice.- 12. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Research on Early Childhood Development.- 13. Normal and Pathological Gender-Role Development in Children.- 14. Adolescence for Clinicians.- 15. Midlife Change.- IV. Special Topics.- 16. Shielding: An Associative Organizer.- 17. Fantasy.- 18. Psycholinguistics and Psychopathology.- 19. Religious Experience and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.- 20. Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Psychodynamic Practice.

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