The psychology of superheroes
Subtitle: an unauthorized exploration
By: edited by Robin S. Rosenberg ; with Jennifer Canzoneri.
Contributors: Rosenberg, Robin S.; Canzoneri, Jennifer.
Series: BenBella Books psychology of popular culture series
Publisher: BenBella Books; Distributed by Independent Publishers Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex; [Chicago, IL]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781933771311
Subjects: Conduct of life.; Heroes -- Psychology.; Typology (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: The positive psychology of superheroes / Christopher Peterson and Nansook Park; value: The social psychology of the Justice league of America / Wind Goodfriend; value: Superman's personality / Robin S. Rosenberg; value: Anti-heroism in the continuum of good and evil / Michael Spivey and Steven Knowlton; value: Positive psychology of Peter Parker / Robert Biwas-Diener; value: Prejudice lessons from the Xavier Institute / Mikhail Lyubansky; value: When I grow up I want to be a superhero / Bryan J. Dik; value: Is there a superhero in all of us? / Peter A. Hancock and Gabriella M. Hancock; value: Mind-reading superheroes / William J. Ickes; value: An appetite for destruction / Chuck Tate; value: The stereotypical (Wonder) woman / Chuck Tate; value: What would Freud say? / Andrew R. Getzfeld; value: Coming to terms with bizarro / Siamak Tundra Naficy; value: Coping with stress... the superhero way / Stephanie R. deLusé; value: Arkham Asylum / Bradley J. Daniels; value: The incredible Hulk / Christopher J. Patrick and Sarah K. Patrick; value: Gender typicality and extremity in popular culture / Kerri L. Johnson, Leah E. Lurye, and Jonathan B. Freeman; value: Cracking the superhero's moral code / Peter DeScioli and Robert Kurzban.