THE ROUGH GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGYP
panic 247, 329, 332
parabolic discounting 277
parapsychology 236–238
parental dilemmas 107
parietal cortex 36, 59
Pavlov, Ivan 12, 14
peer learning 120
peer pressure 240–250
perceptual bias 221
persistent vegetative state (PVS) 50
Personal Construct Theory 179
personality 176–185
personality tests 180
pheromones 150
phobias 329
phrenology 10, 43, 44
physiognomy 10, 182
Piaget, Jean 115–120
Pinker, Steven 45, 158, 164, 166
placebo effect 313, 314
Planned Behaviour theory 307
politics 217, 282–289
polygraph tests 260
pons 38
popularity 24
positive psychology 16
Positive Psychology 346, 349–354
positron emission tomography (PET)
43
post-traumatic stress disorder 82, 330
Prada Willi Syndrome 322
prediction 30, 32, 57, 67
prefrontal cortex 112, 114
pregnancy 219
prejudice 215–222
prenatal education 108
pride 101
primary motor cortex 69
primary visual cortex 60
Propranolol 82
Prospect Theory 92
psychiatrists 17
psychoanalysis 11, 336, 342–343
psychodynamic therapies 343–345
psychokinesis 237
Psychologist magazine 19
psychology as science 3–7
psychosis 179, 334, 335, 338–340
psychotherapy 26, 341–354
punishment 234, 235Q
qualitative research 16
quantitative research 16R
racism 215–222
evolutionary origins of 216
Rational Emotive Therapy 347
rats 14, 51, 110
Rayner, Rosalie 14
reaction-time 188
religion 223–226
reminiscence bump 86
REM sleep 51, 53, 106
representational momentum 77
restraint bias 311
retirement 126, 129
Rivers, W.H.R. 11
Rogers, Carl 345–346
romantic relationships 147–155, 233
Rorschach inkblot test 181
rubber-arm illusion 70
Rubin, Edgar John 12S
sapient paradox 18
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 162
satisficers 89