The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Psychology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

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Summary

Now in paperback, The Psychology Book explores more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in the field using highly visual graphics, clear text, a directory of scientists, and a vocabulary glossary。

The Psychology Book looks at the biggest names in psychology, including William James, Sigmund Freud, and Ivan Pavlov, and unpacks each psychologist's contribution to our understanding of how the mind works。 From its philosophical roots through behaviorism, psychotherapy, and developmental psychology, The Psychology Book incorporates the latest thinkings of today's psychologists alongside the theories of ancient philosophers, as well as the key experiments and ideas of the scientists and practitioners of the 19th and 20th centuries。

Breaking down the most mysterious science of all, The Psychology Book is an essential, accessible, and comprehensive guide to psychology。

Series Overview: Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics, along with straightforward and engaging writing, to make complex subjects easier to understand。 These award-winning books provide just the information needed for students, families, or anyone interested in concise, thought-provoking refreshers on a single subject。

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Reviews

Tom

Das Buch fasst alle wichtigen Theorien der Psychologie in chronologischer Reihenfolge zusammen。 Aufgrund der hohen Anzahl an Theorien und dem kleinen Umfang des Buches, werden diese größtenteils nur oberflächlich angerissen。 Häufig wirft ein Kapitel mehr Fragen auf als es beantwortet。 Das Psychologie-Buch ist deshalb als Unterhaltungslektür zu verstehen, die man nebenbei liest。 Interessierte und neugierige Leser, die sich einen tiefgreifenden und ernsthaften Einstieg in die Psychologie erwarten, Das Buch fasst alle wichtigen Theorien der Psychologie in chronologischer Reihenfolge zusammen。 Aufgrund der hohen Anzahl an Theorien und dem kleinen Umfang des Buches, werden diese größtenteils nur oberflächlich angerissen。 Häufig wirft ein Kapitel mehr Fragen auf als es beantwortet。 Das Psychologie-Buch ist deshalb als Unterhaltungslektür zu verstehen, die man nebenbei liest。 Interessierte und neugierige Leser, die sich einen tiefgreifenden und ernsthaften Einstieg in die Psychologie erwarten, werden enttäuscht sein。 。。。more

Eric Elegado

I learned a lot。 Such an intriguing field to explore。

Reader

Obsahovo aj graficky mi kniha pripadá ako nejaká pútavá moderná informačná brožúrka, ktorú na výstave vysokých škôl má filozofická fakulta naukladanú na pulte, aby prilákala uchádzačov o štúdium。

Cindy Lim

Textbook style book that summarises all the main ideas of psychology, divided into its different fields: Developmental psychology, behaviourism, psychotherapy, psychology of individual difference etc。 Good book to read to get a brief overview of the key ideas of Psychology。 However, some parts are less interesting than the rest, and I feel that it delved a bit too much into the history of psychology。

Veronica Gerolia

My favorite Psychology book so far 😍

Ana Arenzana

I believe it would be great if every person who is thinking about studying a Psychology degree read this in advance! I think every author is explained in an accesible way to the general public。

Gustav Messany-Oberwandling

Kurzer knapper Überblick über die wichtigsten Theorien, es sind natürlich nur Ausschnitte bzw。 verkürzte Darstellungen。 Es gab für mich trotzdem ein paar "Ah, daher kommt das!"-Momente und manche Auflösungen (wie z。B。 dass die magische 7 vielleicht gar nicht so magisch war)。 Ich hätte mir weniger Eurozentrisumus gewunschen und ich hab den Eindruck, dass die Auswahl der vorgestellten Psychologen nicht ganz ausgewogen ist, zumindest entspricht sich nicht meiner Erfahrung。 Die Timeline und die Auto Kurzer knapper Überblick über die wichtigsten Theorien, es sind natürlich nur Ausschnitte bzw。 verkürzte Darstellungen。 Es gab für mich trotzdem ein paar "Ah, daher kommt das!"-Momente und manche Auflösungen (wie z。B。 dass die magische 7 vielleicht gar nicht so magisch war)。 Ich hätte mir weniger Eurozentrisumus gewunschen und ich hab den Eindruck, dass die Auswahl der vorgestellten Psychologen nicht ganz ausgewogen ist, zumindest entspricht sich nicht meiner Erfahrung。 Die Timeline und die Autorenbeschreibung passen irgendwie nicht ganz in das kompakte Format。 Es wirkt als hätte man ein Standardkonzept genommen, das im Detail dann nicht mehr stimmig wirkt。 。。。more

Stuart Briely

Interesting and well written in digestible chunks

Aspen

(4,5)

Rayan Shurbaji

Great book to introduce the different schools of psychology。

TJ

"Big Ideas Simply Explained" 💯 Useful for review sessions, not study sessions。 "Big Ideas Simply Explained" 💯 Useful for review sessions, not study sessions。 。。。more

Liv

I LOVED THIS! I mean I wouldn't recommend reading it cover to cover like I did (it's more like a textbook than an actual non-fiction book) but it was brilliant and clearly explained so many theories and covered so much content in such a fun way。 I liked the use of pictures and colour - it definitely made it much more interesting。 I'm definitely going to buy this book to use as a starting point for more research and just to look back over! I LOVED THIS! I mean I wouldn't recommend reading it cover to cover like I did (it's more like a textbook than an actual non-fiction book) but it was brilliant and clearly explained so many theories and covered so much content in such a fun way。 I liked the use of pictures and colour - it definitely made it much more interesting。 I'm definitely going to buy this book to use as a starting point for more research and just to look back over! 。。。more

Chaitra

Loved it so much。

Šarlot

Jednoduše řečeno - pokud vás psychologie zajímá, tohle potřebujete!Knihu jsem četla už před 2 lety, ale jelikož mě za pár týdnů čeká právě z tohoto předmětu maturita, rozhodla jsem se pro rereading。 Za mě je tohle naprosto skvělá encyklopedie, která se zaměřuje na to nejdůležitější, a přesto jde v rámci tématu do hloubky。 Je psána nikterak náročnou formou, která je přístupná i těm, kteří se s teorií psychologie teprve seznamují。 Grafické zpracování je naprosto skvostné - je plné barev, fotek, il Jednoduše řečeno - pokud vás psychologie zajímá, tohle potřebujete!Knihu jsem četla už před 2 lety, ale jelikož mě za pár týdnů čeká právě z tohoto předmětu maturita, rozhodla jsem se pro rereading。 Za mě je tohle naprosto skvělá encyklopedie, která se zaměřuje na to nejdůležitější, a přesto jde v rámci tématu do hloubky。 Je psána nikterak náročnou formou, která je přístupná i těm, kteří se s teorií psychologie teprve seznamují。 Grafické zpracování je naprosto skvostné - je plné barev, fotek, ilustrací, citací a schémat。 (Už jen proto bych každému doporučila si nějakou publikací z této řady encyklopedií zalistovat。) Pro mě osobně velký pomocník pro zapamatování a rozšíření si znalostí ze školy a současně zdroj nových informací, na které v hodinách nebyl čas。 Obrovské doporučení všem nadšencům psychologie! 。。。more

Nguyet Minh

[15/04/2021] Thật khó để vỗ ngực tự hào “Tôi đã đọc xong hết cuốn sách này” - Ít nhất với mình là khó:)) Mình mua cuốn sách từ tháng 8/2019 - lúc đấy mới học hết năm nhất Đại học。 Giờ đã là sinh viên năm 3 rồi。 Sau hơn 1 năm tích luỹ kiến thức Tâm lý, dù đã hiểu hơn những lý thuyết được đề cập trong sách, nhưng góc tiếp cận của cuốn sách cho mình thêm nhiều cách nhìn thú vị về từng trường phái, từng lý thuyết。 Đúng là “Khái lược những tư tưởng lớn”, cuốn sách khái quát tốt các vấn đề, thông qua [15/04/2021] Thật khó để vỗ ngực tự hào “Tôi đã đọc xong hết cuốn sách này” - Ít nhất với mình là khó:)) Mình mua cuốn sách từ tháng 8/2019 - lúc đấy mới học hết năm nhất Đại học。 Giờ đã là sinh viên năm 3 rồi。 Sau hơn 1 năm tích luỹ kiến thức Tâm lý, dù đã hiểu hơn những lý thuyết được đề cập trong sách, nhưng góc tiếp cận của cuốn sách cho mình thêm nhiều cách nhìn thú vị về từng trường phái, từng lý thuyết。 Đúng là “Khái lược những tư tưởng lớn”, cuốn sách khái quát tốt các vấn đề, thông qua các câu quotes, các sơ đồ,。。。 Nói chung là đáng mua, đáng bỏ thời gian nghiên cứu。 Và mình sẽ còn phải đọc lại 7749 lần nữa mới có thể tự tin hơn một chút trong “bể” Tâm lý rộng lớn này 。。。more

Razi

A fantastic, beautifully illustrated road map to major ideas and milestones in the field of psychology, from its philosophical roots, to its beginnings with behaviorism and psychoanalysis, to the more recent concepts and scientific discoveries。I appreciate most how easy it is to digest, comfortable to read, and easy it is to refer back to it as a brief refresher。 I also like how there are recommendations for further reading, should one wish to。

Clar

As a social science student myself, I've always been fascinated with the human mind。 I read the philosophy book of this series and so far, it's a good one。 This, however, confused me as someone who's a beginner in psychology。There are concepts that are hard to explain simply because they are complex。 I didn't get the chapter on "stream of consciousness" and other concepts were explained too simply when in fact, it needs more explanation to properly grasp the topic。 I appreciate the graphic desig As a social science student myself, I've always been fascinated with the human mind。 I read the philosophy book of this series and so far, it's a good one。 This, however, confused me as someone who's a beginner in psychology。There are concepts that are hard to explain simply because they are complex。 I didn't get the chapter on "stream of consciousness" and other concepts were explained too simply when in fact, it needs more explanation to properly grasp the topic。 I appreciate the graphic designers who designed this whole series but in this book, the visual presentations are confusing and I didn't find it helpful at all。I'll give this one a 4 but I don't think this is a beginner friendly book about psychology。 。。。more

Jennifer Santos

Loved it。 Very interesting read and great way to get a glimpse on the history of psychology, different theories and research。 If you're interested in learning more about the human mind and psychology as a whole - this book is a great way to begin your journey。 I read the e-book version of this last year and will probably be purchasing a physical copy soon and re-reading it in the future。 Loved it。 Very interesting read and great way to get a glimpse on the history of psychology, different theories and research。 If you're interested in learning more about the human mind and psychology as a whole - this book is a great way to begin your journey。 I read the e-book version of this last year and will probably be purchasing a physical copy soon and re-reading it in the future。 。。。more

Nourhan Hamza

كتاب مختلف في طريقة عرضه لموضوعات علم النفس، بحيث يتم تناولها بشكل تاريخي مع التركيز على أهم العلماء وإسهامتهم المختلفة، الجميل أنه يعطي لك جذور كل نظرية عن علم النفس ويسرد لك كيف تأثرت وتتطورت بمرور الوقت، يمكن ما يعيب به فقط أنه يختصر في عرض الأفكار بصورة مفصلة، على حساب أن يعرض أكبر كم ممكن من العلماء والتواريخ المختلفة، لكن على أيه حال أستمتعت به، ومن خلاله تعرفت على علم النفس بشكل أكثر تنظيمًا، وأتعرفت على علاجات ونظريات متعددة، يستحق القراءة بلا شك。

Alistair

I really enjoyed this book。It's simplicity is the key to it。I would recommend it to people with at least a passing interest in psychology。I also want to get others in the series。Contents10。IntroductionPhilosophical Roots - Psychology in the making18。 The four temperaments of personality - Galen20。 There is a reasoning soul in this machine - Descartes22。 Dormez! - Abbé Faria24。 Concepts become forces when they resist one another - Johann Friedrich Herbart26。 Be that self which one truly is - Søre I really enjoyed this book。It's simplicity is the key to it。I would recommend it to people with at least a passing interest in psychology。I also want to get others in the series。Contents10。IntroductionPhilosophical Roots - Psychology in the making18。 The four temperaments of personality - Galen20。 There is a reasoning soul in this machine - Descartes22。 Dormez! - Abbé Faria24。 Concepts become forces when they resist one another - Johann Friedrich Herbart26。 Be that self which one truly is - Søren Kierkegaard28。 Personality is composed of nature and nurture - Francis Galton30。 The laws of hysteria are universal - Jean-Martin Charcot31。 A peculiar destruction of the internal connections of the psyche - Emil Kraepelin32。 The beginnings of the mental life date from the beginnings of life - Wilhelm Wundt38。 We know the meaning of "consciousness" so long as no one asks us to define it - William James46。 Adolescence is a new birth - G。 Stanley Hall。48。 24 hours after learning something, we forget two-thirds of it - Hermann Ebbinghaus50。 The intelligence of an individual is not a fixed quantity - Alfred Binet54。 The unconscious sees the men behind the curtains - Pierre JanetBehaviourism - Responding to our environment60。 The sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water - Ivan Pavlov62。 Profitless acts are stamped out - Edward Thorndike66。 Anyone, regardless of their nature,can be trained to be anything - John B。 Watson72。 That great God-given maze which is our human world - Edward Tolman74。 Once a rat has visited our grain sack we can plan on its return - Edwin Guthrie75。 Nothing is more natural than for the cat to 'love' the rat - Zing-Yang Kuo76。 Learning is just not possible - Karl Lashley77。 Imprinting cannot be forgotten! - Konrad Lorenz78。 Behaviour is shaped by positive and negative reinforcement - B。F。 Skinner。86。 Stop imagining the scene and relax - Joseph WolpePsychotherapy - The unconscious determines behaviour92。 The unconscious is the true physical reality - Sigmund Freud100。 The neurotic carries a feeling of inferiority with him constantly -Alfred Adler102。 The collective unconscious is made up of archetypes - Carl Jung108。 The struggle between the life and death instincts persists throughout life - Melanie Klein110。 The tyranny of the 'shoulds' - Karen Horney111。 The superego becomes clear only when it confronts the ego with hostility - Anna Freud112。 Truth can be tolerated only if you discover it yourself - Fritz Perls118。 It is notoriously inadequate to take an adopted child into one's home and love him - Donald Winnicott122。 The unconscious is the discourse of the Other - Jacques Lacan124。 Man's main task is to give birth to himself - Erich Fromm130。 The good life is a process not a state of being -Carl Rogers138。 What a man can be, he must be - Abraham Maslow140。 Suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds meaning - Viktor Frankl141。 One does not become fully human painlessly - Rollo May142。 Rational beliefs create healthy emotional consequences - Albert Ellis146。 The family is the 'factory' where people are made - Virginia Satir148。 Turn on,tune in,drop out - Timothy Leary149。 Insight may cause blindness - Paul Watzlawick150。 Madness need not be all breakdown。It may also be break-through - R。D。 Laing152。 Our history does not determine our destiny - Boris Cyrulnik154。 Only good people get depressed - Dorothy Rowe155。 Fathers are subject to a rule of silence - Guy CorneauCognitive Psychology - The Calculating brain160。 Instinct is a dynamic pattern - Wolfgang Köhler162。 Interruption of a task greatly improves it's chances of being remembered - Bluma Zeigarnik163。 When a baby hears footsteps, an assembly is excited - Donald Hebb164。 Knowing is a process not a product - Jerome Bruner166。 A man with a conviction is a hard man to change - Leon Festinger168。 The magical number 7, plus or minus 2 - George Armitage Miller174。 There's more to the surface than meets the eye - Aaron Beck178。 We can only listen to one voice at once - Donald Broadbent186。 Time's arrow is bent into a loop - Endel Tulving192。 Perception is externally guided hallucination - Roger N。 Shepard193。 We are constantly on the lookout for causal connections - Daniel Kahneman194。 Events and emotion are stored in memory together - Gordon H。 Bower196。 Emotions are a runaway train - Paul Ekman198。 Ecstasy is a step into an alternative reality - Mihály Csíkszentmihlyiá200。 Happy people are extremely social - Martin Seligman202。 What we believe with all our hearts is not necessarily the truth - Elizabeth Loftus208。 The seven sins of memory - Daniel Schacter210。 One is not one's thoughts - Jon Kabat-Zinn211。 The fear is that biology will debunk all that we hold sacred - Steven Pinker212。 Compulsive behaviour rituals are attempts to control intrusive thoughts - Paul SalkovskisSocial Psychology - Being in a world of others218。 You cannot understand a system until you try to change it - Kurt Lewin224。 How strong is the urge towards social conformity? - Solomon Asch228。 Life is a dramatically enacted thing - Erving Goffman230。 The more you see it, the more you like it - Robert Zajonc236。 Who likes competent women? - Janet Taylor Spence237。 Flashbulb memories are fired by events of high emotionality - Roger Brown238。 The goal is not to advance knowledge, but to be in the know - Serge Moscovici240。 We are, by nature, social beings - William Glasser242。 We believe people get what they deserve - Melvin Lerner244。 People who do crazy things are not necessarily crazy - Elliot Aronson246。 People do what they are told to do - Stanley Milgram254。 What happens when you put good people in an evil place? - Philip Zimbardo256。 Trauma must be understood in terms of the relationship between the individual and society - Ignacio Martín-BaróDevelopmental Philosophy - From infant to adult262。 The goal of education is to create men and women who are capable of doing new things - Jean Piaget270。 We become ourselves through others - Lev Vygotsky271。 A child is not beholden to any particular parent - Bruno Bettelheim272。 Anything that grows has a ground plan - Erik Erikson274。 Early emotional bonds are an integral part of human nature -John Bowlby278。 Contact comfort is overwhelmingly important - Harry Harlow279。 We prepare children for a life about whose course we know nothing - Françoise Dolto280。 A sensitive mother creates a secure attachment Mary Ainsworth282。 Who teaches a child to hate and fear a member of another race? - Kenneth Clark284。 Girls get better grades than boys - Eleanor E。 Maccoby286。 Most human behaviour is learned through modelling - Albert Bandura292。 Morality develops in six stages - Lawrence Kohlberg294。 The language organ grows like any other body organ - Noam Chomsky298。 Autism is an extreme form of the male brain - Simon Baron-CohenPsychology Of Difference - Personality and intelligence304。 Name as many uses as you can think of for a toothpick - J。P。 Guilford306。 Did Robinson Crusoe lack personality traits before the advent of friday? Gordon Allport314。 General intelligence consists of both fluid and crystallized intelligence - Raymond Cattell316。 There is an association between insanity and genius - Hans J。 Eysenck322。 Three key motivations drive performance - David C。 McClelland324。 Emotion is an essentially unconscious process - Nico Frijda326。 Behaviour without enviromental cues would be absurdly chaotic - Walter Mischel328。 We cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals - David Rosenhan330。 The three faces of Eve - Thigpen & Cleckley332。 Directory340。 Glossary344。 Index351。 Acknowledgmentsquotes"People and things do not upset us。 Rather, we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us" Albert Ellis"Human remembering does not work like a videotape recorder or a movie camera" Elizabeth Loftus"Behaviour partly created the environment, and the resultant environment, in turn, influenced the behaviour。" Albert Bandura"The I is always in the field of the Other"Jacques Lacan"In wartime, a soldier does not ask whether it is good or bad to bomb a hamlet。" Stanley Milgram"Obedience to authority is not a feature of German culture, but a seemingly universal feature of human behaviour"Stanley Milgram 。。。more

James Dueñas

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it, click here。 Excelente libro para estudiar las teorías desde la psicología, recomendado para todo publico

Athar Naser

Great intro to lots of concepts。

Joseph Donigian

A simple reading of psychologyI took a psychology class in college but I don't remember much about it。 This was a high school reading level in concepts and discussed new theories that I wasn't aware of in my one and only college class。 A simple reading of psychologyI took a psychology class in college but I don't remember much about it。 This was a high school reading level in concepts and discussed new theories that I wasn't aware of in my one and only college class。 。。。more

Cathie Books

This is a step back in time a la time machine journey。 Yes there is a continuum effect as it goes chronologically; I skipped back and forth a bit to see topics I knew less about。 Plus, the text is infused with color and imagery - easy on the eyes。 I had a blast with this。

Ngân Xumii

i used 2 days to read it cause this book brings a huge knowlegde about spychology, it's hard to understand but it worth to read。 i used 2 days to read it cause this book brings a huge knowlegde about spychology, it's hard to understand but it worth to read。 。。。more

Clara Thadea

Pretty surface level knowledge, is great for general descriptions but doesn't go at all into depth。 Also kind of outdated and not very focused on modern research developments。 Pretty surface level knowledge, is great for general descriptions but doesn't go at all into depth。 Also kind of outdated and not very focused on modern research developments。 。。。more

Amelia

A brief insight of everything。 A given literature’s source in every chapter gives you the opportunity to deepen your interest in chosen subjects later on。 A great reading if you have interest in human’s behavior, neuroscience etc。

Rich B

A very comprehensive overview of many topics and ideas from the world of psychology。 Grouped into six overall themes including behaviourism and psychotherapy, each theme then contains short articles about key ideas, people, studies and thinking under each theme。Probably the hardest thing is that though these articles all sit within an overall theme, it’s not always clear how they connect with each other。 There are links to show what “came before” and “came after”, but the articles don’t generall A very comprehensive overview of many topics and ideas from the world of psychology。 Grouped into six overall themes including behaviourism and psychotherapy, each theme then contains short articles about key ideas, people, studies and thinking under each theme。Probably the hardest thing is that though these articles all sit within an overall theme, it’s not always clear how they connect with each other。 There are links to show what “came before” and “came after”, but the articles don’t generally follow any clear order, so you need to try and remember previous articles you’ve read, or guess ahead to future articles。 It kinda felt like a psychology speed date where you get blasted with the maximum amount of information in the shortest amount of time, and then move on to the next topic。 However, that aside, the writing on each article itself is consistently clear, factual and easy to follow。 You get a very wide range of psychology topics covered in an understandable way, and it’s definitely interesting if you are not a deep expert already。 。。。more

Yilmaz Aksoy

Kitap geçtiğimiz yüzyılın psikoloji alanında çalışmış hemen hemen bütün önemli insanlarını ve bu bilim insanlarının teorilerini kısaca anlatıyor。 Her birine ortalama bir iki sayfa yer verilmiş, dolayısıyla her teoriye çok kısa değiniliyor。 Bu açıdan bakınca daha çok bir sözlük ya da ansiklopedi gibi gözüküyor。 Tanıtılan bilim insanının kısa bir hayat hikayesi ve önemli eserleri de veriliyor。 Bu sayede dileyen okuyucu, ilgisini çeken konuda çok daha detaylı kaynaklara erişebilir。 Kitap ayrıca psi Kitap geçtiğimiz yüzyılın psikoloji alanında çalışmış hemen hemen bütün önemli insanlarını ve bu bilim insanlarının teorilerini kısaca anlatıyor。 Her birine ortalama bir iki sayfa yer verilmiş, dolayısıyla her teoriye çok kısa değiniliyor。 Bu açıdan bakınca daha çok bir sözlük ya da ansiklopedi gibi gözüküyor。 Tanıtılan bilim insanının kısa bir hayat hikayesi ve önemli eserleri de veriliyor。 Bu sayede dileyen okuyucu, ilgisini çeken konuda çok daha detaylı kaynaklara erişebilir。 Kitap ayrıca psikolojinin çalışılan alanlarına göre ayrılmış。 Böylece o alanda çalışmış kişilerin hikayelerini kronolojik sırada görmek de kolay oluyor。 Psikoloji alanına giriş yapmak için iyi bir kitap olabilir。 Öğrenmek için değil ama。 。。。more

Taylor

心理学史?