Heads up psychology /
" ... Explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders."--Amazon.com.
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York :
DK Publishing,
2014.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- What makes me tick?
- What does my brain do?
- How does my mind work?
- What makes me unique?
- Where do I fit in?
- What is psychology?
- What do psychologists do?
- Research methods
- What makes me tick? Who needs parents, anyway? ; Can't you just grow up? ; Can you be molded? ; You don't need no education ; Biography : Ivan Pavlov ; Live and learn ; Why did you behave like that? ; Do you know what's right and wrong? ; Biography : Mary Ainsworth ; Is it never too late? ; Developmental psychology in the real world
- What does my brain do? Is your mind different from your brain? ; What goes on in your brain? ; What can brain damage tell us? ; Biography : Santiago Ramón y Cajal ; What is consciousness? ; Biography : Vilanayur Ramachandran ; Dream on-- ; Biological psychology in the real world
- How does my mind work? What is knowledge? ; Decisions, decisions, decisions ; Why do you remember stuff? ; Biography : Elizabeth Loftus ; How are memories stored? ; Don't trust your memory ; Information overload? ; Biography : Donald Broadbent ; Watch your language! ; Are you fooling yourself? ; How do you make sense of the world? ; Don't believe your eyes ; Cognitive psychology in the real world
- What makes me unique? What makes you so special? ; What are you like? ; Biography : Gordon Allport ; So you think you're smart? ; Why are you so moody? ; What motivates you? ; Do personalities change? ; Feeling down? ; What makes an addict? ; Biography : Sigmund Freud ; What is normal? ; Are you insane? ; Is anyone really evil? ; It's good to talk ; Is therapy the answer? ; Don't worry, be happy! ; Psychology of difference in the real world
- Where do I fit in? Would you follow the crowd? ; Why do good people do bad things? ; Don't be so selfish! ; Biography : Solomon Asch ; Attitude problem? ; The power of persuasion ; What makes you angry? ; Biography : Stanley Milgram ; Are you in the in crowd? ; What makes a winning team? ; Can you perform under pressure? ; Do guys think like girls? ; Why do people fall in love? ; Social psychology in the real world.