The Handy Psychology Answer Book. Lisa J. Cohen

       Middle Adulthood (40-60)

       Later Adulthood (60 and Older)

       The End of Life: Death and Dying

       THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: LOVE, MARRIAGE, BABY CARRIAGE

       Love

       Marriage

       The Changing Face of Marriage

       Pregnancy

       Parenting: Becoming a Parent

       Parenting: The Work of Raising a Child

       Family Structure

       Family Dynamics

       Divorce

       Sexuality

       Sexual Orientation

       THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EVERYDAY LIFE: MOTIVATION AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS

       The Psychology of Happiness

       Positive Psychology

       Optimism

       Happiness across Cultures

       The Psychology of Money

       The Biology of Money

       GROUP DYNAMICS AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE

       Group Dynamics

       Prejudice and Racism

       Morality

       Psychology in the Workplace

       Psychology in the Public Sphere

       Voting Behavior

       ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY: MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL ILLNESS

       Definitions and Classifications

       Major Mental Illnesses

       Disorders of Personality

       Substance Abuse

       Psychotherapy

       Psychopharmacology

       Popular Psychology

       THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TRAUMA

       The Psychological Impact of Trauma

       Child Abuse

       Sexual Abuse

       Domestic Violence

       FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

       The Psychology of Criminal Behavior

       Causes of Antisocial Traits

       Specific Forms of Crimes

       Mental Illness and the Law

       Cognition and the Law

       FURTHER READING

      Acknowledgments

      This second edition of The Handy Psychology Answer Book rests on the shoulders of the first edition. Therefore, I’d like to repeat my acknowledgments of those who contributed to the original work. Many thanks are due to Drs. Igor Galynker, Nancy Maruyama, and the Division of Biological Psychiatry for their continual and extremely helpful feedback on various chapters. Thanks to Drs. Ramin Mojtabai, Alessandra Strada, and Ed D’Angelo for their comments on the accuracy or lack thereof of sections on neurobiology, humanistic psychology, and classical thought. I would also like to acknowledge Vanessa and David Evans, Alex and Josh Cohen, David, Marina, and Arielle Vergara, Julie Cohen Evans, Katia Segre Cohen, and Sylvia Cohen for their insights into adolescent slang past and present and into the mysterious world of children’s thought. Thanks, as well, to Dennis Mack for creative ideas as well as legal advice.

      For the second edition, thanks are again owed to the Vergara family for keeping me up to date on the ever-changing intricacies of social media. To Roger Jänecke and Kevin Hile—neither book would exist if it weren’t for you. And also to my students and my patients for showing me a wealth of knowledge that could never be found in books alone. Finally, to Ed for tolerating with such good grace my many, many hours absorbed at the computer.

      Photo Sources

      British government: p. 386.

      Dr. Lisa Cohen: pp. 13, 69, 113.

      Didius (Wikipedia): p. 52.

      F.RdeC (Wikipedia): p. 370.

      Federal Bureau of Investigation: pp. 464, 479.

      Albert Greiner: p. 45.

      Kevin Hile: pp. 41, 51, 85, 430.

      Houghton Library, Harvard University: p. 17 (top).

      Roger Jänecke: p. 182.

      Alan Light: p. 433.

      National Portrait Gallery: p. 11.

      Bengt Oberger: p. 127.