Bernard Murstein  

Is Sex Tax-Deductible? And Other Reminiscences of Fulfilling Fantasies
ISBN: 978-0-595-46359-6

From communism to cuisine, sex to stocks, radio to radishes, beggars to bourgeois, Paris to publishing, misers to the temple of Mammon (the bank), Bernard Murstein dazzles and delights as he relates how he stepped outside the world of academia to fulfill his long-held fantasies. Who else would think of saving his ticket stubs to pornographic movies as a legitimate tax deduction for a sex researcher? Who else could become a research analyst of stocks without a degree in finance, or review restaurants for a newspaper with no training in the culinary arts? Who else, at age seventy-one, would hold his own in a limited sparring session with a boxing champion? Through vivid descriptions and intriguing details, Murstein describes his adventures and observations while traveling through France, the Soviet Union, and Morocco where he poses questions about treatment of women and receives the most surprising answers.

Murstein’s captivating compilation of historical overviews and witty interpretations will inspire anyone who dreams of a better tomorrow to begin turning their own fantasies into reality.

Getting Psyched for Wall Street: A Rational Approach to an Irrational Market 
ISBN: 978-0-894-47329-6 

Why do markets so often seem to defy logic? 

Why do people hold on to their losers and dump winners? 

How does your risk tolerance affect investment success? 

Answers to these and other perplexing questions are found in Getting Psyched for Wall Street. This ground-breaking book explains how investors' actions and emotions affect the market. It usses the principles of psychology and the power of behavioral finance to explain the seeming contradictions of Wall Street. Now it's possible to really understand what's going on -- and profit from it. Dr. Murstein cuts through the fog that obscures the workings of the stock market. He explains why and how the market functions, in terms that can be easily understood. The book includes numerous examples and illustrations to help readers see how the concepts can be used to profit consistently. This isn't just theory: Dr. Murstein is living proof that his concepts work. 

Who Will Marry Whom? Theory and Research on Marital Choice
ISBN: 978-0-82612-030-4 

The quintessential classic on marital choice by Bernard I. Murstein, Ph. D., whom noted sociologist William F. Kephart called “America’s principle theoretician in mate selection.” The book includes a historical review of marital choice, the role of love, reviews of various theories of marital choice, an extensive description of the author’s Stimulus-Value-Role (SVR) theory, and the results of 20 years of empirical research on marital choice, including crucial variables influencing marital choice such as feeling understood and understanding the partner, physical attractiveness, sexual behavior, discrepancies between perception of partner and ideal partner and a complete description of each test used. 400 pages.

Paths to Marriage
ISBN: 978-0-803-92383-6

This concise book contains a brief history of marital choice over the centuries, the role of love in marriage past and present, socio-cultural and psychological factors influencing marital choice, influence of race, religion, economics, breaking up, falling in love, different kinds of love, sex differences in concepts of love, physical attractiveness, values, sexual compatibility, intelligence, friends and family, propinquity, personality inadequacy, when opposites or similars attract each other, and other factors. Includes a description of a number of theories of marital choice including the author’s own Stimulus-Value-Role theory of marital choice and a description of his empirical findings.

Theory and Research in Projective Techniques (Emphasizing the TAT)

Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 6521190

This book published 46 years ago, is now regarded as a classic. Selected as one of the fifty outstanding books in psychology by Basic Sources of Information in the Social Sciences, it has been called “the best book in projective techniques ever written.” Problems of validity and reliability in the use of projective techniques are reviewed. The main focus of the book is the coverage of the Thematic Apperception Technique, undoubtedly the most comprehensive review that exists. It covers variations in stimulus properties, background, and response. A must for researchers on projective techniques.

Handbook of Projective Techniques
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 6521190

This nearly 1000-page book is a compendium of 56 outstanding articles on different projective techniques by acknowledged masters. It includes several articles by the editor, and covers general and theoretical studies, the Rorschach Test, thematic apperception tests, the Draw-A-Person Test, the Bender-Gestalt, and the Sentence Completion Test; a Behavioral Sciences Book Service Book-of-the Month Main Selection.