Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: An Ailment-Free Primer.
Part One. The Good: Unlimited Vicodin.
1. In the Patients’ Best Interests? Perspectives on Why We Help Others (Ted Cascio).
2. Authenticity in the House: Will the Real House Please Stand Up? (Brian M. Goldman and Samuel J. Maddox).
3. The Creative Side of House: It’s the Last Muse on the Right (Lile Jia and Edward R. Hirt).
4. Love, Liking and Lupus: House and Relationships (Lindsey M. Rodriguez and C. Raymond Knee).
5. House and Happiness: A Differential Diagnosis (Nancy L. Sin, Katherine M. Jacobs, and Sonja Lyubomirsky).
6. Not Even Gregory House Is an Island: The Role of Social Support in House (Megan L. Knowles).
7. The Psychology of Humor in House (Arnie Cann and Adam T. Cann).
Part Two. The Bad: Psychological Malpractice.
8. House and Narcissism: Why Are Flawed Heroes Simply Irresistible? (Mark Alicke).
9. Everyone Lies (Bella DePaulo).
10. “An Addict, Is an Addict, Is a…’ – Defining Addiction (Haran Sivapalan).
11. Rebellion at Princeton-Plainsboro: House and Conformity (Jolanda Jetter and Fiona Kate Barlow).
12. Casting the House Characters on the Values Circumplex (Delroy L. Paulhus & Miranda L. Abild).
Part Three. The Ugly: “Is That my EKG?”
13. Power in House (Joris Lammers and Anne Brain).
14. House on the Brain (Antoinette Miller).
15. A Hospital Full of People but only Five Personality Dimensions: The Big Five Personality Factors (Peter J. Rentfrow & Jennifer A. McDonald).
16. “You Are Not as Special As You Think”: The Political Psychology of House, M.D. (Jesse Wynhausen, John T. Jost, and Gregory L. Murphy).
Part Four. “The Awe-Inspiring”: House Rocks!
17. House: Hero, Anti-Hero, or Just an As#@&!* who Likes to Get His Way? (Leonard L. Martin & Matthew Sanders).
Contributors: The Ph.D.s of Princeton-Plainsboro.
Index: Anatomy of a Book.