This ground-breaking book presents a revolutionary new synthesis for the science of mind and behaviour. The book explains how behaviour and mental processes are unified within a single system of psychological homeostasis. A new Law of Equilibrium holds that mind and behaviour persistently strive towards safety, security and stability. The book creates a unified approach for the entire psychology discipline free from the divisions of a problematic past. The author and a select group of highly qualified contributors present psychology as a full-blooded natural science with axioms, laws and empirically supported principles. Any person and any library with an interest in how the mind works will find here a fascinating story and gripping analyses of motivation, feelings, emotions, habits, addictions, stress, altruism, well-being, trauma, paranormal experiences, waking and sleep. The volume catalogues unprecedented levels of empirical support for a psychological theory with a 97.4 percent rate of prediction from an array of well-documented contributions.
The Psychology of Pandemics
While virologists predict the next pandemic, little attention has been paid to the psychological factors that influence the spread of infection, emotional distress, and social disruption. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the psychology of pandemics.
