Stranger Things Psychology
- How do we navigate friendships to unite against bullying and its many forms?
- What happens to missing persons' families or those once lost upon their return?
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Can games and fantasy help us connect with others and make sense of real life?
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Book details
- Author
- Travis Langley
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 272
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Series
- Popular Culture Psychology
- Subjects
- Social Science › Popular Culture
Psychology › Developmental › Adolescent
Psychology › Essays - Topics
- adolescent development · friendship · grief and loss · fear and anxiety · 1980s nostalgia · pop culture analysis
- ISBN-13
- 9781684429097 (Hardcover)9781684429080 (Paperback)
About the author
Travis Langley, PhD , is a distinguished professor of psychology at Henderson State University. He has been a child abuse investigator, courtroom expert, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and popular keynote speaker. Author and editor of fourteen books, he speaks regularly at events throughout the world, discussing the psychology of heroism and the power of story in people’s lives. The New York Times , LA Times , Saturday Evening Post , CNN, MTV, and hundreds of other outlets have covered Langley’s work. He has also given interviews for several documentaries, including AMC Visionaries: Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics , Superheroes Decoded, Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, Legends of the Knight , and Hulu’s Batman & Bill . Follow Travis Langley as @Superherologist on Instagram and Twitter. Join him as he investigates the best and worst in human nature through his Psychology Today blog, “Beyond Heroes and Villains,” and through the Batman and Psychology page at Facebook.com/BatmanBelfry .