The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
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If you want to know your Freud from your Jung and your Milgram from your Maslow, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of psychology. Including accessible primers on: - The early thinkers who contributed to psychological ideas and the birth of modern psychology - Famous (and often controversial) experiments and their repercussions - What psychology can teach us about memory, language, conformity, reasoning and emotions - The ethics of psychological studies - Recent developments in the modern fields of evolutionary and cyber psychology. This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind and behaviour has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today. Review: Knowledgeable - Great book Review: An excellent balance to the content and simplicity - With so many different mental health conditions and understandings of the human mind still developing it is interesting to have an understanding of just how far things have come in the field of psychology and a little about some of the beliefs of the major names in the field and that is exactly what this book sets out to do. This is not a book which is aiming to delve deep into psychology but is instead to give an overview of some theories, beliefs and understandings of psychology and enable the reader to gain some comprehension of the field so they can see if this is something they may wish to do a deep dive on. For me this was an interesting book which gives a good balance of being simple to understand but not tying to dumb down the information for the reader. The authors have clearly worked to put things in a format and flow that will work and for me I found this to be one of the biggest pluses as some of these kind of works can sometimes feel a bit muddled, thankfully this is not the case with this book.
| Best Sellers Rank | 29,504 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 12 in Psychological History & Philosophy 23 in Psychology & Psychiatry References 39 in Carl Jung |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,914 Reviews |
G**N
Knowledgeable
Great book
F**S
An excellent balance to the content and simplicity
With so many different mental health conditions and understandings of the human mind still developing it is interesting to have an understanding of just how far things have come in the field of psychology and a little about some of the beliefs of the major names in the field and that is exactly what this book sets out to do. This is not a book which is aiming to delve deep into psychology but is instead to give an overview of some theories, beliefs and understandings of psychology and enable the reader to gain some comprehension of the field so they can see if this is something they may wish to do a deep dive on. For me this was an interesting book which gives a good balance of being simple to understand but not tying to dumb down the information for the reader. The authors have clearly worked to put things in a format and flow that will work and for me I found this to be one of the biggest pluses as some of these kind of works can sometimes feel a bit muddled, thankfully this is not the case with this book.
I**S
Good content, not so great delivery
As someone who knows nothing about Psychology, this was an interesting whizz through the top level ideas and history of the subject. I bought the audible version, and the narrator is very a very monotonic reader which makes it difficult to get as engaged as I would like.
D**N
Great read for beginners
Great book - simple but complete
D**R
Great little gem of a book
This little gem of a book is perfect for anyone who wants to delve into the popular and insightful parts of psychology. Easy to read for the non-psychologist and with an enjoyable flow that fits together well. Great for anyone new to psychology or is about to embark on their own journey of study. I am a PhD clinical psychologist and obviously have studied the topics for over 35 years so why did I buy this little book? Even old hands sometimes need a reminder of where that love of psychology started and this little book does just that.
S**H
Pocket book.
This is a small pocket book.
E**E
only good things to be said!
i genuinely don’t have anything negative to say about this book. it has an aesthetically pleasing design and the book pages are great quality (strange compliment but hear me out!) i really appreciate that you can highlight and annotate these pages without any transfer onto other pages or bleeding! the information is so insightful, giving names, dates and background info galore. the price is outstanding and the authors are so talented. (2 women, let’s go feminism!) this book is just so awesome and i feel like a bit of a nerd for being so happy about it.
L**S
Still don't know what I'm looking for.
Bit of a armchair psychologist,read a few of these kind of books,after a while they are all much of a muchness.
N**K
Excellent book!!
Best book for understanding how psychology originated. Compact and easy to understand. Very handy.
R**T
Basic
Good
M**X
Great introduction to Psychology
Great little book on introducing psychology. I read this in an hour and learnt some new things I was not aware of! Highly recommend for a quick review of psychology.
V**I
Bom
Bom
A**O
Great book to have online!
Also quick and easy to find.
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