Classic Case Studies in Psychology by Geoff Rolls

Hi,

Earlier this year I worked on the picture research for the title Classic Case Studies in Psychology by Geoff Rolls, published by Hodder Education.

This is one of those books that once you start reading you really can’t put down until you’ve read the final page. It is fascinating and a real eye-opener into how the world of psychology has been shaped by some incredible people and their individual stories.

The book is split into six separate psychological areas: cognitive, social, developmental, individual differences, physiological, and comparative. A few examples of the case studies are:

• Henry Gustav Molaison who suffered devastating memory loss after an experimental operation to help cure his epilepsy
• Sidney Bradford who, after regaining his eyesight after 51 years, struggled to cope and died within a couple of years
• Kim Peek, the real Rain Man
• Kitty Genovese, whose murder is now synonymous with the Bystander Effect
• the story of Genie, the girl who suffered 13 years of neglect, isolation and abuse
• Little Albert, who at the age of 9 months, underwent a number of experiments to try to induce the fear response (having a son of the same age at the time of doing this picture research, I wandered around for a couple of days shaking my head and could be heard muttering “Poor Little Albert…” and worried about showing my son anything that might invoke a fear response in case I damaged him for life!)
• Eve White, Eve Black and Jane, the three faces of one woman’s multiple-personality disorder
• Phineas Gage who after a work accident ended up with a one metre iron bar in his head

There aren’t too many images in the book, usually around two or three for each case study, but they usually show the main protagonists in the stories, or demonstrate theories and techniques.

Although published for the further education market, this is definitely a book that anyone with even the slightest interest in psychology I’m sure would be interested in reading. If you like Oliver Sachs, you’ll definitely appreciate Geoff Rolls.

You can order the book from Amazon or direct from the Hodder Education website.

Regards,

Sharon

www.sharonmcteir.co.uk

© Sharon McTeir

Mary Evans 1936-2010

Sadly, the death of Mary Evans was announced today (2nd July 2010). Mary was the co-founder of the Mary Evans Picture Library along with her husband Hilary. The announcement can be read on the Mary Evans website.

Regards,

Sharon

www.sharonmcteir.co.uk

© Sharon McTeir

Indian Takeaway by Hardeep Singh Kohli

Hardeep Singh Kohli’s book was published by Canongate who asked me to design and typeset the book. Indian Takeaway is a humorous and endearing look back at how it was to be brought up as a Sikh in Glasgow while the adult Hardeep takes a journey through India looking at the origins of the food he knew as a child.

This book was typeset in Indesign using the font Bembo. Generally I use Arbortext for work supplied in XML or other tagged data formats, and Indesign is used for more straight-forward text, particularly where we also have images, or other design features. This book has hand-drawn elements which appear within the running heads and make a feature out of the folios. The chapter openers are also mix of photographs and illustrations.

There are hand-drawn maps throughout the book showing Hardeeps’s journey through India as shown below:

You can buy the hardback edition of the book from Amazon or Canongate. The paperback edition is published 2nd July 2010. Hardeep also has his own website.

Regards,

Sharon

www.sharonmcteir.co.uk

© Sharon McTeir