Exploring Psychology: The 12 Neuroses of Christmas.

Exploring Psychology



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Tis the season to be merry, so for a less serious look at the world of psychology I thought you might want to take a look at an article published in psychology today. Entitled "A White-Knuckle Christmas: This holiday season, sugarplums won't be the only things dancing in our heads", author Bruce Kluger identifies a range of holiday specific psychological disorders.

Among the disorders are Ho-Ho-Phobia (HHP) which is described as follows:

"A profound fear of rotund, bearded men in red suits and black boots. HHP outbreaks usually surface in late November, when sufferers begin to report frequent sightings of their most feared apparition on street corners, in shop windows and on TV commercials for local car dealerships. Often referring to these men as Santa Claus, St. Nick or "chortling fatboy," the afflicted appear most unsettled by what they call "department store Santas," whom they insist "are constantly surrounded by cranky little men in green outfits who keep glancing at their watches."

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Have A Stress Free Holiday Season Everybody!



Exploring Psychology: The 12 Neuroses of Christmas.

Exploring Psychology: Recommended Reading

Exploring Psychology



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Every now and again I intend to feature some recommended reading for anybody interested in exploring psychology. Each book will have appreared on the essential/recommended reading list I gave out to my undergraduate psychology students, and it will be one that I own, have read and found thoroughly engaging. The first book in this exploring psychology series is:

Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research by Roger R. Hock



Book Description

This unique book closes the gap between psychology books and the research that made them possible. Its journey through the “headline history” of psychology presents 40 of the most famous studies in the history of the science, and subsequent follow-up studies that expanded their findings and relevance.

Readers are granted a valuable insider's look at the studies that continue to be cited most frequently, stirred up the most controversy when they were published, sparked the most subsequent related research, opened new fields of psychological exploration, and changed most dramatically our knowledge of human behavior. For individuals with an interest in an introduction to psychology.

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Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research

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Exploring Psychology: Recommended Reading

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Exploring Psychology



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