Table of Contents
Acknowledgments: The Crew Travis Langley ix
Foreword: A Prescription for the Final Frontier Chris Gore xv
Introduction: A Galaxy of Lights Travis Langley 1
Part I Launch Time 9
1 Why We Go: The Psychology of Exploration in Star Trek Clay Routledge 11
2 Builies, Heroes, and the Bystander Directive: Barriers in Exploring What Brings Out the Best and Worst in Us Travis Langley 23
3 Quests and Questions: An Interview with Rod Roddenberry on the Human Experience Travis Langley Jenna Busch 39
4 Child of Two Worlds: Understanding Development of Identity Elizabeth Kus Alan Kistler 51
Log File I Star Trek and the Need for Excitement Travis Langley 63
Part II Inner Worlds 67
5 The Trek through Identity Eric D. Wesselmann J. Scott Jordan 69
6 Emotion Data Janina Scarlet 83
7 Gene Roddenberry Saw the Future … and the Future is Asperger's Frank Gaskill 95
8 Right Brains, Left Brains, and Brains in the Middle: Star Trek's Exploration of Intellect Craig Pohlman 109
Log File II Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Need for Cognition Travis Langley 119
Part III Warped Drives 123
9 What Happened to Mental Illness by the 23rd Century? Steven Schlozman 125
10 Holodeck Therapy: Psychology Heating in the 24th Century Patrick O'Connor Chris Day 135
11 Starfleet and Military Psychology Jenna Busch Janina Scarlet 147
12 Terror Management: Mortality Salience on Deep Space 9 Wind Gooderiend 157
Log File III Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Need for Power Travis Langley 168
Part IV Federation 173
13 The Captain's Seat: Leadership in Starfleet Billy San Juan Travis Langley 175
14 Four Quadrants, Many Life Forms: Group Dynamics Inside and Outside the Federation W. Blake Erickson John C. Blanchar 187
15 The Authoritative Captain: Parenting Style and Successful Child Development Scott Allison Jim Beggan 201
16 The Logic of Friendship Jay Scarlet 213
Log File IV Star Trek: Voyager and the Need for Affiliation Travis Langley 223
Part V Others 227
17 The Needs of the Many: The Role of Sacrifice Colt J. Blunt 229
18 Imagination, Creativity, and Aliens Jim Davies 239
19 The Measure of a Machine: The Psychology of Star Trek's Artificial Intelligence Anthony Francis Jim Davies 251
20 Chatting with Chekov on Stereotypes and Role Models: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Travis Langley Jenna Busch 267
Log File V Star Trek: Enterprise and the Need for Achievement Travis Langley 277
Final Word: Engage! Travis Langley 281
Film Credits 285
About the Editor 287
About the Contributors 288
Index 297
