forward..........ithe human mind: thinking, feeling, wanting..........1understanding the human mind: the big picture..........3the mind’s three distinctive functions..........5the dynamic relationship among thinking, feeling, and wanting..........7behavior as a product of the mind's functions..........8thinking as the key to feelings and desires..........9rational capacities or irrational tendencies can control the mind..........11the logic of rationality..........15distinguishing rational from egocentric and sociocentric motives..........16humans often distort reality through irrational lenses..........18the problem of egocentric thinking..........19feelings that accompany egocentrism..........21the logic of egocentrism..........22distinguishing egocentric domination from egocentric submission..........23the logic of egocentric domination..........24the logic of egocentric submission..........25pathological dispositions of the human mind..........26challenging the pathological dispositions of the human mind..........27defense mechanisms of the mind..........29the problem of sociocentric thinking..........31primary forms of sociocentric thought..........31sociocentricity: the logic of groupishness..........34sociocentricity: the logic of group validation..........35sociocentricity: the logic of group control..........36sociocentricity: the logic of conformity..........37popular misunderstandings of the mind..........38emotional intelligence and critical thinking..........39some basic definitions..........40