Table of Contents

Introduction. A DISEASED MIND: Abnormal behaviour; Placebo effect; Kicking the habit; Lost touch; Not neurotic, just different; Seem sane; Stress. ILLUSION AND REALITY: Visual illusions; Psychophysics; Hallucinations; Delusions; Are you conscious? HEARTS AND MINDS: Positive psychology; Emotional intelligence; What are emotions for? Cognitive therapy. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES: IQ and you; Flynn effect; Multiple intelligences; Cognitive differences. PERSONALITY AND SOCIETY: The Rorschach inkblot test; Detecting lies; Authoritarian personality; Obedience to authority; Fitting in; Self-sacrifice or selfishness; Cognitive dissonance; Gambler's fallacy. RATIONALITY AND PROBLEM-SOLVING: Judgement and problem-solving; Too much invested to quit; Rational decision-making; Remembrance of things past. COGNITION: What the witness saw; Artificial intelligence; Perchance to dream; Try to forget; Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon. DEVELOPMENT: Psychosexual stages; Cognitive stages; Ducks in a row; Tabula rasa. LEARNING: Stay hungry; Behaviourism; Reinforcement schedules; Mastering complexity. THE BRAIN: Phrenology; Breaking up is hard to do; Aphasia; Dyslexia; Who's that? Glossary. Index.

About the Author

Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at the University of London (UCL). He is also a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the previously elected President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences and Visiting Professor of Management at Henley Business School. Adrian writes regularly for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph and has written over 650 scientific papers and 55 books, including Culture Shock, The Psychology of Money and The Dark Side of Behaviour at Work. He lives in London.