Controversies in Psychology focuses on a number of diverse areas of psychology which all share in common the capacity to excite strong emotions both amongst psychologists and the general public. Covers topics such as: psychic research; out-of-body experiences; the physiology of hypnosis; clinical hypnosis; conceptual and methodological issues in gender; gender and development; eyewitness testimony; sentencing and incarceration; the emergence of health psychology; psychological aspects of illness and healthcare.