Advances in Psychology Research Volume 19

Contents: Preface; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; Mind-Brain Reductionism and the Reality of the Mental; Positive-Negative Asymmetry in the Human Information Search and Decision-Making: Five Basic and Applied Studies on Voting Behaviour; Mathematical-Programming Approaches to Test Item Pool Design; Proximity, Compatibility, and Non-complementarity in Subjective Probability. BEHAVIOURAL PSYCHOLOGY: Risk Factors for Loneliness in Adulthood and Old Age: A Meta-Analysis; Why are Symmetrical Faces Attractive?; Inter- and Intra-cultural Variations in Self-other Boundary: A Qualitative-Quantitative Approach; Understanding Pathological Gambling: Distinct Pathways or Individual Formulations. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psychological Perspectives on Relationship Functioning: Understanding Negative Behavioural Outcomes; Health and Social Issues Addressed by Neighbourhood Associations; Index.