psychohistory - Areas of Psychohistorical Study
There are three inter-related areas of psychohistorical study.

• The History of Childhood - which looks at such questions as:
• *How have children been raised throughout history
• *How has the family been constituted
• *How and why have practices changed over time
• *The changing place and value of children in society over time
• *How and why our views of child abuse and neglect have changed

• Psychobiography - which seeks to understand individual historical people and their motivations in history.

• Group Psychohistory - which seeks to understand the motivations of large groups, including nations, in history and current affairs. In doing so, psychohistory advances the use of group-fantasy analysis of political speeches, political cartoons and media headlines since the fantasy words therein offer clues to unconscious thinking and behaviors.

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