A study of Operative Conditioning and the way that humans and animals learn. Studies cited from B.F. Skinner and Albert Bandura.

Describes the nature of man and war. Maintains that the tendency as humans to fight is, without a doubt, inherent. Explores the psychology of war.

Numerous techniques to help smokers to quit starting with the year 1960. "The Behavioral Aspects of Smoking", a report of the Surgeon General first published in 1979 talks in detail about methods aided to assist smokers in the process of cessation. Which intervention strategy is the best and most useful varying from gimmicks to formal programs and clinics?

In any areas of development, may it be child development or something else, the study of biological bases of behavior is very important. Without the knowledge of this, we will not know the mental and biological problems that we have internally in our brain. As a child development major, learning these things is important

Examines the effect of birth order on personality. Also discusses evidence that birth order affects a person's intelligence. Describes personalities based on the position of being either an only child, first born, second born, middle child, or last born in a family.

Analysis of body language types and how it is interpreted.

Author Peter Gay debunks misunderstanding about Freudian psychoanalytical theory in "Freud for Historians." The author both supports and attacks "psychoanalytic historians" who used Sigmund Freud's theories to analyze historical events.

In the book Phantoms in the Brain the author is pioneering a whole new field of experimental neuroscience, in which bizarre or unbelievable cases do not get ignored or labeled as a form or insanity. Instead, he looks at these people as gateways to a deeper understanding of our brains.