The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
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Summary
The perfect introduction to the world of psychology for those wanting to gain a general understanding of the topic without having to read a long textbook。 A friendly and accessible whirlwind tour of all the key players and theories that you should know about
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 behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today。
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 behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today。
Reviews
Steven Kippax
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Great little book for those interested in delving into psychology
Fadi Jaar
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Amazing conculsions on all phycologyical studies till this day。
Daisinraisin
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Solid
Selenei。7
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This book was a remarkable piece in its genre as it gives an insight into the world of psychology and its developments as well as the bloody brilliant simplification of complex and abstract theories in an easy and fast-paced language。 This book is suitable for any age group， easy to follow and to grasp the concepts of。 Recommended :）
Ahmed Ibrahim
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اي شخص حوليا بتعامل معاه هكون محتاج اني افهمه 。。 فما بالك نفسك اللى معاك كل يوم 。。 دي اكتر حاجة محتاج تفهمها من العنوان هتفهم انت هتقرى ايه 。。 وعشان كدا مش هاخد اختصار الكتاب وقلة صفحاته كعيب قوي 。。 لأنه ادي مهمته وانه هيكون مدخل صغير كويس ليك لعلم النفسوتعرف منه الهيكل التاريخي والتفريعات والعلماء بشكل مبدئي ودا اللي كنت محتاجو كبداية 。。 كملت علي الكتاب ببحث علي النت يكملي التسؤلات اللي عندي اكيد ودا خلي التجربة اجمل
Ahmed Wael
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علم النفس التحليليفرويد - الأنا و الهو و الأنا العليا علم النفس السلوكيبافلوف - الإشتراط الكلاسيكيعلم النفس الإجتماعي زيمباردو - تجربة سجن ستانفورد لدراسة السلوكعلم النفس الإنسانيماسلو و هرم الإحتياجات
Cloay
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- available in SG NLB 150 （ Sengkang
Megan Lynott
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Don’t be scared thinking it will be a useless book with not much information when it first arrives as it quite literally is a “little book of psychology”。 This book is perfect for those first looking into psychology and debating whether they might want to study it。 It’s very well written and contains a lot of information about famous psychologists， their methods and theories and how some are still used now。 It also contains different experiments and how they turned out but my favourite part abou Don’t be scared thinking it will be a useless book with not much information when it first arrives as it quite literally is a “little book of psychology”。 This book is perfect for those first looking into psychology and debating whether they might want to study it。 It’s very well written and contains a lot of information about famous psychologists， their methods and theories and how some are still used now。 It also contains different experiments and how they turned out but my favourite part about the book is the back where they reference these psychologists and recommend their books。 I found a lot of amazing books from them which have helped me further。 I have no faults with this book。 If you’re someone already studying psychology or in the field this probably isn’t the book for you as you will know most， if not all， already but for someone like me who was debating changing degrees for psychology and wanted to dip their toes in first this was brilliant。 。。。more
Youssef
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مقدمة مختصرة جدا لنشأة علم النفس ومجالات دراسته، وأهم النظريات التي تعني بتفسير السلوك البشري。 الكتاب بسيط ومناسب كبداية للقراءة في علم النفس، وإن كان مختصرا بشدة لا تكفي إلا لتكوين نظره عامة على الخطوط العريضه لكل نظرية وأبرز علمائها。 يمكن تشبيهه بمجموعة مقالات يعني كل منها بتلخيص مبادئ نظرية ما。
ap
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Some good takeaways from this book however could have been more simplified。
Poppy
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Should have read this before Alevels？
Dinh Hong
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Very little and very basic knowledge of psychology but still very interesting and inspired to encourage readers to make more steps into this awesome field。
Raluca
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“In order to reach our full potential and achieve “self-actualisation”， there needs to be balance between three major personal perceptions: our self-worth， our self-imagine and our ideal self。”
Nicole
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"We should all be aware that having an understanding of our own thought processes can help us to live better， healthier lives。""Only we， as individuals， can reflect upon and explain our own behaviour and motivations。" "We should all be aware that having an understanding of our own thought processes can help us to live better， healthier lives。""Only we， as individuals， can reflect upon and explain our own behaviour and motivations。" 。。。more
fathi esam
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**The human brain is the only living thing that can study itself**علم النفس الحديث ونظرياته。。。منذ بداياتي في القراءة وانا مهتم بذلك العالم المثير للاهتمام بالنسبة لي وبالرغم من توسع قرائاتي في بقية المجالات ولكن دائما ما أشعر بنوع من انواع الحنين ناحية الكتب التي تتحدث عن علم النفس والأمراض النفسية。。。。The little book of psychology。。。 كتاب صغير مش بيتكلم عن الأمراض النفسية قد ما بيتكلم عن ظهور تخصص علم النفس الحديث والاسس اللي اتبنى عليها والعلماء اللي ساهموا على تطويره ووصوله للشكل اللي موجود عل **The human brain is the only living thing that can study itself**علم النفس الحديث ونظرياته。。。منذ بداياتي في القراءة وانا مهتم بذلك العالم المثير للاهتمام بالنسبة لي وبالرغم من توسع قرائاتي في بقية المجالات ولكن دائما ما أشعر بنوع من انواع الحنين ناحية الكتب التي تتحدث عن علم النفس والأمراض النفسية。。。。The little book of psychology。。。 كتاب صغير مش بيتكلم عن الأمراض النفسية قد ما بيتكلم عن ظهور تخصص علم النفس الحديث والاسس اللي اتبنى عليها والعلماء اللي ساهموا على تطويره ووصوله للشكل اللي موجود عليه اليوم بداية من سيجموند فرويد وكارل يونج وماسلو وزمباردو وبافلوف وغيرهم والنظريات اللي توصلوا إليها من تجارب اتعملت على البشر والحيوانات الكتاب بسيط ومنمق ومرتب بشكل مشجع على القراءة وفي نفس الوقت يحمل القدر الكافي من المعلومات التي سوف تجعلك تستمع به⭐⭐⭐⭐ 。。。more
Tatty Kee
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A lovely little overview of the foundation of modern psychology。 Essentially covers the basics of what I learnt at A level and would highly recommend to anyone currently studying psychology at that level。 For others however， there isn't a great deal of depth （as is to be expected with a book of this nature） and understanding to take away from it unless these are new concepts to you。 Still a nice little refresher of these classic studies。 A lovely little overview of the foundation of modern psychology。 Essentially covers the basics of what I learnt at A level and would highly recommend to anyone currently studying psychology at that level。 For others however， there isn't a great deal of depth （as is to be expected with a book of this nature） and understanding to take away from it unless these are new concepts to you。 Still a nice little refresher of these classic studies。 。。。more
Sincerely， Aine
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3。8 STARSa quick and insightful read。
Bruni Marco
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A general introduction to different psychological approaches， which is not something negative for a beginner。 Actually， I found the book clear about basics of theories， but for sure you will need to go deeper with additional researches to learn more about the topic。So， ideal for very beginners。
Bookundercover2022
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‘The Little Book Of Philosophy is a 2019 self-help book that discusses different approaches to psychology about our brains。 It includes many scholars like B。F。 Skinner and Sigmund Freud and theories discuss the human brain。 ‘The Little Book Of Psychology’ is a great book if you’re interested in your brain and what we have discovered about our brains so far。 The book surprisingly kept my interest。 I finished it in less than 2 hours。 I was surprised when I realised I was so close to finishing it。 ‘The Little Book Of Philosophy is a 2019 self-help book that discusses different approaches to psychology about our brains。 It includes many scholars like B。F。 Skinner and Sigmund Freud and theories discuss the human brain。 ‘The Little Book Of Psychology’ is a great book if you’re interested in your brain and what we have discovered about our brains so far。 The book surprisingly kept my interest。 I finished it in less than 2 hours。 I was surprised when I realised I was so close to finishing it。 The information isn’t written in the most scientific way possible to the point you wouldn’t understand。 It’s written quite plainly and explains everything in great detail， including graphs and diagrams。 There isn’t anything critical I could say about this book because it is educational and it does the job it was designed to do。 This book was very enjoyable and it earned 4 stars。 I haven’t given it 5 stars because it was exactly mind-blowing to me。 Probably because I kind of knew most of the things mentioned in the book because of my studies but it still was very good。 。。。more
Holly
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4。5 stars
Ij Losito
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This book gives you an overview of Psychology & thus is highly recommended to those who are planning to thread this path。
C Hickman
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Good little overview。
Ella
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A quick and understandable summary of some of the key ideas of the Approaches topic in psychology。 Good source of revision 👍
Ekaterina Moiseeva
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Great， easy to read summary of “beginners and beginnings” in psychology！ A must read for anyone with little to no prior knowledge but interested in nutshell understanding of different methodologies。 Exactly for I was looking for。
booksandpurls
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I wanted to read a nonfiction book this year， and this was a good one to start with！ It’s short and easy to understand， probably helps that I’m familiar with most of the material。 Defiantly something I’d recommend for people who are interested in psychology！
Emma Crawford
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incredibly interesting， and a really useful tool in helping me discover my interests in psychology。 And it taught me a brilliant overview of some of the major psychology concepts
Joshua Huke
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digestible but at times inaccurate Quick and easy read， provided enough of an overview to make some challenging concepts digestible。 Good for a student however not university。Some grammar issues as well some ideas behind concepts were described incorrectly （to make the more digestible）
Panda the Great
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For a field like psychology， to touch upon the main themes without making the reader lose interest， it’s a big job and the author managed to perform it perfectly！ Highly recommended to those even slightly inclined in this direction！
Andy Carter
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This is a very short book， takes about a hour to read。 Nevertheless it provides an interesting introduction to the key areas and developments in what is， relatively， a very new area of study。 Besides looking at the usual suspects （Freud， Pavlov， Skinner etc） it discusses the problems that trying to have a pure scientific approach brings， the ethics of using humans in research and whether we actually have free will。
Lexi West
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