Psychology at the turn of the millennium. Volume 2, Social, developmental, and clinical perspectives : Congress proceedings : XXVII International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, 2000

These two volumes represent the cutting edge of contemporary theory and research in psychological science. Based on the keynote and state-of-the-art lectures from the 27th International Congress of Psychology, the volumes feature a collection of chapters written by international leaders in psychological scholarship. The chapters reflect the diversity of current research topics in psychology, where old boundaries have become obsolete and subdivisions from the past merge to form new objects of study. Volume 1 addresses cognitive, biological, and health perspectives. It includes sections on the neural mechanisms underlying psychological processes; the core areas in experimental psychology, perception, attention, learning, and memory; the multiple aspects of psychological health; the interaction between cognitive and emotional processes; and higher cognitive processes with special focus on decision-making and language. Volume 2 deals with social, developmental, and clinical perspectives. The sections highlight human development across the life span; basic and applied issues in personality, emotion, and clinical psychology; social psychology, ranging from experimental work through social constructivism; and gender. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of contributors......Page 10 The XXVII International Congress of Psychology......Page 12 Committees......Page 13 Preface......Page 14 1 Behavior genetics and the future of psychology......Page 20 2 Temperament in children......Page 34 3 The intersection of nature and socialization in childhood gender development......Page 54 4 Social development and its risk factors......Page 70 5 The origins of youth violence......Page 94 6 China’s educational reform and psychology......Page 106 7 Improving early childcare and education in developing countries......Page 118 8 Protective processes in later life Maintaining and revising personal goals......Page 150 9 Perspectives on human development in context......Page 170 10 Towards a theory of personality......Page 196 11 Personality psychology Filling the gap between basic processes and molar functioning......Page 218 12 Great expectations The evolutionary psychology of faith healing and the placebo effect......Page 242 13 Cognition and affect in risk perception and risky decision making......Page 264 14 Treatment of pathological gambling......Page 288 15 Cultural psychology of the self......Page 322 16 Cultural aspects of anger......Page 340 17 The Intergroup Prisoner’s Dilemma game as a model of intergroup conflict......Page 364 18 A bio psycho socio cultural approach to couple relationships......Page 378 19 The psychology of unemployment......Page 410 20 The church the factory and the market as metaphors for psychology......Page 426 21 Psychological science in a postmodern context......Page 454 22 Psychology’s gendered subject......Page 472 23 What is gender about when women are not any longer and not yet......Page 492 24 Premenstrual syndrome Fact fantasy or fiction......Page 514 Author index......Page 546 Subject index......Page 566 The field of behavior genetics has developed during the last 30 years from being a poorly comprehended field struggling to be recognized and understood, through a period of being politely accepted but poorly understood, to a field that is currently in the best position to help psychologists understand the consequences and potential of the human genome project. Edited By Lars Bäckman And Von Claes Hofsten. Cogress Proceedings: Xxvii International Congress Of Psychology; Stockholm, 2000--t.p.