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Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

Psych: The Story of the Human Mind

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A Next Big Idea Club Must-Read A compelling and accessible new perspective on the modern science of psychology， based on one of Yale’s most popular courses of all time How does the brain—a three-pound wrinkly mass—give rise to intelligence and conscious experience？ Was Freud right that we are all plagued by forbidden sexual desires？ What is the function of emotions such as disgust， gratitude， and shame？ Renowned psychologist Paul Bloom answers these questions and many more in Psych ， his riveting new book about the science of the mind。 Psych is an expert and passionate guide to the most intimate aspects of our nature， serving up the equivalent of a serious university course while being funny， engaging， and full of memorable anecdotes。 But Psych is much more than a comprehensive overview of the field of psychology。 Bloom reveals what psychology can tell us about the most pressing moral and political issues of our time—including belief in conspiracy theories， the role of genes in explaining human differences， and the nature of prejudice and hatred。 Bloom also shows how psychology can give us practical insights into important issues—from the treatment of mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety to the best way to lead happy and fulfilling lives。 Psych is an engrossing guide to the most important topic there is: it is the story of us。

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Mal ，

Basically， it is a college course in psychology in one book。 This sounds cool because I thought that it might be directed toward an average reader。 I have never been so painfully wrong。 Painfully， mostly because my psychology-loving brain was brought into trans after a couple of pages。 I do not remember much from this book， yet I do remember almost everything from my college textbook。 Mostly because the author decided to diverge more than was necessary， making discussion and argument towards thi Basically， it is a college course in psychology in one book。 This sounds cool because I thought that it might be directed toward an average reader。 I have never been so painfully wrong。 Painfully， mostly because my psychology-loving brain was brought into trans after a couple of pages。 I do not remember much from this book， yet I do remember almost everything from my college textbook。 Mostly because the author decided to diverge more than was necessary， making discussion and argument towards things that supposedly nobody does， hence my thought about who should be an audience。 This surprises me even more because allegedly he is a college professor。 From where I stand， I'd hate learning from him。 Instead of having a nice compendium of psych knowledge， there are much of random facts that are explained on endless pages at the time with no conclusion in sight。 I think I'd rather read research papers。As much， as I requested this book from @netgalley I do not recommend it unless you are an expert in the matter and want to build on the knowledge and experience you already have。 。。。more

beauty_andbooks ，

Thank you to the publishers， Netgalley and the author for sending me a copy to read and review！ If you have any interest in the scientific processes of our brain and behavior then this is the book for you。 It gives lots of scientific evidence to back up what the author writes。 I could tell there was tons of research done by Bloom which was super impressive。 I preferred the parts that focused more on the history of psychology。 I can definitely see myself using the information in this book in my f Thank you to the publishers， Netgalley and the author for sending me a copy to read and review！ If you have any interest in the scientific processes of our brain and behavior then this is the book for you。 It gives lots of scientific evidence to back up what the author writes。 I could tell there was tons of research done by Bloom which was super impressive。 I preferred the parts that focused more on the history of psychology。 I can definitely see myself using the information in this book in my future therapy practice。 。。。more

Lewis Szymanski ，

I received Psych: The Story of the Human Mind in a Goodreads giveaway。 The expected publication date， is February 28， 2023。Psychology professor Paul Bloom teaches Introduction to Psychology at Yale。 Psych is an introduction to Introduction to Psychology。 This is an excellent overview of the history of and current ideas in the field of psychology。 It offers a very accessible tour with enough depth to generate more curiosity。This was an excellent book covering a whole range of topics。 Freud， Skinn I received Psych: The Story of the Human Mind in a Goodreads giveaway。 The expected publication date， is February 28， 2023。Psychology professor Paul Bloom teaches Introduction to Psychology at Yale。 Psych is an introduction to Introduction to Psychology。 This is an excellent overview of the history of and current ideas in the field of psychology。 It offers a very accessible tour with enough depth to generate more curiosity。This was an excellent book covering a whole range of topics。 Freud， Skinner， mental illness， depression， anxiety， happiness， cognitive biases， consciousness， IQ， past experiments and their validity， replication crises， memory， personality， perception， and more。This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the brain and psychology。I thought the section on abnormal psychology was too brief。 。。。more

Nicole Barbaro ，

Fantastic read！ Paul Bloom offers an insightful and highly engaging read on psychological science。 This is the psych class i would have lived in college， and if i were still teaching， this is the book i would use。 Highly recommend， even for psychologists like myself。

Steve ，

I enjoyed this book。 Its main strength was the clear explanations of psychology when explanations were known， and great discussions where knowledge was lacking。 The tone is conversational and witty。 Bloom was very good at separating fact from fiction and honestly discussing the strengths and weaknesses of psychology。 Bloom also had good discussions of contradictory data that never left me confused。 In general， his discussions about how science works are excellent。 Bloom made great use of quotes I enjoyed this book。 Its main strength was the clear explanations of psychology when explanations were known， and great discussions where knowledge was lacking。 The tone is conversational and witty。 Bloom was very good at separating fact from fiction and honestly discussing the strengths and weaknesses of psychology。 Bloom also had good discussions of contradictory data that never left me confused。 In general， his discussions about how science works are excellent。 Bloom made great use of quotes and humor - I even laughed out loud a couple of times。 This is great science writing。 Thank you to Netgalley and Ecco for the digital review copy。 。。。more

Hoda ，

I’m reading Professor Bloom’s book as the reading for his Into to Psychology course， and， as a student who knew nothing much about psychology going into this and only took this course because a friend said it sounds interesting， I genuinely love that this book not only makes psychological terms easy to understand， but it includes so many real-life examples and stories （as well as funny jokes） that make it so much fun to read。

BookStarRaven ，

Psych: The Story of the Human Mind by Paul Bloom， a research psychologist， is an expansive look at how the brain works。 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started reading this but quickly became immersed in Bloom’s easy and engaging writing style。Bloom starts off talking about the brain as matter including the anatomy of the brain and what happens if parts of the brain are damaged。 He works his way into more abstract topics like memory， logic， happiness， and the formation of the brain of Psych: The Story of the Human Mind by Paul Bloom， a research psychologist， is an expansive look at how the brain works。 I wasn’t sure what to expect when I first started reading this but quickly became immersed in Bloom’s easy and engaging writing style。Bloom starts off talking about the brain as matter including the anatomy of the brain and what happens if parts of the brain are damaged。 He works his way into more abstract topics like memory， logic， happiness， and the formation of the brain of a child。 I especially found the parts about logical fallacies and why we believe them interesting。This book covers a wide range of information regarding the brain and psychology， much too broad to describe it all here in this review。 Bloom did an impressive job of presenting multiple sides of an issue， including weaknesses of certain experiments。 I received this as a digital ARC through NetGalley。This is an excellent read for anyone interested in the brain and psychology。 Even though many of these topics were familiar to me， this book was structured in such a way that my limited knowledge grew into a deeper understanding。I received this as a digital ARC through NetGalley。 。。。more

Stetson ，

My full review at Holodoxa -> https://stetson。substack。com/p/the-st。。。Psych: The Story of the Human Mind by psychology professor Paul Bloom is a distillation of the lessons of his Pscyh 101 course。 It is a course he's taught at top universities and was broadly popular。 The book is organized into five sections: Foundations， Thinking， Appetites， Relations， and Differences。 Bloom focuses on high impact psychological findings and concepts and the ideas of famous psychologists。 The work is meaty， com My full review at Holodoxa -> https://stetson。substack。com/p/the-st。。。Psych: The Story of the Human Mind by psychology professor Paul Bloom is a distillation of the lessons of his Pscyh 101 course。 It is a course he's taught at top universities and was broadly popular。 The book is organized into five sections: Foundations， Thinking， Appetites， Relations， and Differences。 Bloom focuses on high impact psychological findings and concepts and the ideas of famous psychologists。 The work is meaty， coming in at roughly 450 pages， but there are of course things that have to be omitted。 However， I think Bloom's chosen selections will be resonant and meaningful to his target audience， curious lay readers。 Plus， he bravely and delicately addresses controversial ideas and findings and gently illustrates which models have withstood scientific reappraisal and which haven't。In the prologue to the work Bloom provides a great summary of what a reader will learn about modern psychology from this book:We'll see that modern psychology accepts a mechanistic conception of mental life， one that is materialist （seeing the mind as a physical thing）， evolutionary （seeing our psychologies as the product of biological evolution， shaped to a large extent by natural selection）， and causal （seeing our thoughts and actions as the product of the forces of genes， culture， and individual experience）。。I guess I am a bit of a Paul Bloom fan。 I've read three of Bloom's other books （Against Empathy， Just Babies， and The Sweet Spot） and have found them eminently accessible yet thoughtful。 I enjoy his writing and share many of his interests and ideas。 I often return to things his work introduced me too to learn more about them。 This remains true with Psych。 Given that I am fairly well-read in psychology content and have read his other books， much of the content was familiar to me。 Despite this， I wasn't bored by the work at all。 Bloom often quotes from the work of others I've read too: Harden， Pinker， Ritchie， and Henrich。 This tended to serve as a nicer refresher of those works。 Bloom also filled in his own perspective on their ideas， which was enriching。 So I think many readers can enjoy Psych even though it may be best suited for those with less exposure to psychology。I most enjoyed the early and late portions of the book。 I felt those were highest yield and will matter most to audiences。 It may also just be a function of what I am most interested in。 The only thing that I think the work needed more of was methodology and statistics。 Bloom does discuss metascientific concepts like p-hacking and HARKing in order to report on the replication crisis that especially afflicts the field of social psychology （he also touches on conditional probability）， but it would be helpful for lay readers to have some more on the basics of experimental design， inference testing， effect sizes， and factor analysis where relevant to topics。 I recommend this book to anyone interested in a good introduction to modern psychology。 It will help many shake off some old but popular ideas from the likes of Freud and Skinner， and it will introduce many to exciting science about the mind。Disclaimer: I received this as an ARC through Netgalley 。。。more

Michelle Wrambel ，

Thank you to Ecco and to Net Galley for this eARC。 This text will be published on February 28， 2023。 As a teacher of a trauma theory class， I wanted to find a text that offered an introduction to psychology for my students。 At the moment， I tend to use Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score。" While the beginning of this book offered potential， I found that by the end of this book， I was entertained， but there are some major flaws within the text。 While I appreciate the book is well-rese Thank you to Ecco and to Net Galley for this eARC。 This text will be published on February 28， 2023。 As a teacher of a trauma theory class， I wanted to find a text that offered an introduction to psychology for my students。 At the moment， I tend to use Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score。" While the beginning of this book offered potential， I found that by the end of this book， I was entertained， but there are some major flaws within the text。 While I appreciate the book is well-researched and contains extensive notes， one of the areas in the text I took issue with was the chapters on lust and relationships。 Though the second half of the book does a nice job discussing the nature of LGBTQ+ relationships， this chapter really negates any sexual act outside of procreation。 It also makes a short nod to the debate about gender dysphoria as a diagnosis， but largely ignores trans populations。 I recognize that this is meant to be a generalized overview， but I couldn't use this text in my class because of these portions， which largely ignore their formative experiences。 I also thought the section of abnormal psychology was way too brief。 Good for old-school psychology， but not contemporary enough for me。 。。。more

Carolyn Amate ，

I first heard of Paul Bloom when listening to some of his lectures on YouTube。 I found his talks on the brain fascinated and well organized so I decided to read his book。 His book Psych is a very good comprehensive coverage of psychology however it covers things you may not find in Psych 101。 Consciousness for instance and his view on what Consciousness is is so interesting and fascinating。 He debunks a lot of common theories of psychology running around。 I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and I first heard of Paul Bloom when listening to some of his lectures on YouTube。 I found his talks on the brain fascinated and well organized so I decided to read his book。 His book Psych is a very good comprehensive coverage of psychology however it covers things you may not find in Psych 101。 Consciousness for instance and his view on what Consciousness is is so interesting and fascinating。 He debunks a lot of common theories of psychology running around。 I have thoroughly enjoyed this book and encourage anyone interested in psychology or Neuroscience to buy this book。 Thank to Netgalley and the publisher for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest review。 。。。more

Andrea Wenger ，

This is a brilliant， comprehensive， entertaining overview of the current state of the field of psychology。 In a witty， conversational style， it reveals new information while debunking some widely held beliefs。 I highly recommend this book to everyone interested in psychology and neuroscience。 Thanks， NetGalley， for the ARC I received。 This is my honest and voluntary review。

Kelly McCauley ，

The author of this book， Paul Bloom， is a professor at Yale。 The book is largely based on his Introduction to Psychology course。 The book dives into every conceivable topic of psychology， from consciousness to language to mental illness。 I found the explanations of the way the brain develops in childhood to be particularly interesting。 The book is well-researched and contains a ton of valuable information， backed up by peer-reviewed research。Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for proving a co The author of this book， Paul Bloom， is a professor at Yale。 The book is largely based on his Introduction to Psychology course。 The book dives into every conceivable topic of psychology， from consciousness to language to mental illness。 I found the explanations of the way the brain develops in childhood to be particularly interesting。 The book is well-researched and contains a ton of valuable information， backed up by peer-reviewed research。Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for proving a complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest feedback！ 。。。more

Montana Reid ，

Review of an uncorrected proof。 Thank you to Ecco Press for allowing me to win this through Goodreads giveways。I will admit to being a bit biased， having watched Paul Bloom's Intro to Psychology lectures on both YouTube and again in a slightly different format on Coursera （and really enjoyed them）， but this was an excellent book on its own， covering a whole range of topics。 Freud， Skinner， mental illness， depression， anxiety， happiness， cognitive biases， racism， consciousness， IQ， past experimen Review of an uncorrected proof。 Thank you to Ecco Press for allowing me to win this through Goodreads giveways。I will admit to being a bit biased， having watched Paul Bloom's Intro to Psychology lectures on both YouTube and again in a slightly different format on Coursera （and really enjoyed them）， but this was an excellent book on its own， covering a whole range of topics。 Freud， Skinner， mental illness， depression， anxiety， happiness， cognitive biases， racism， consciousness， IQ， past experiments and their validity， replication crises， memory， personality， perception， and so much more is excellently explored and explained in Psych。 100% worth the read and even better when combined with the aforementioned courses。 。。。more

J Earl ，

Psych by Paul Bloom is an excellent overview of the history of and current ideas in the field of psychology。 Based partly on his teaching outline for his Intro to Psychology course， this offers a very accessible tour with enough depth to generate even more curiosity。I first heard of Bloom when I took one of his MOOCs back in 2014 （or so） and have since taken another one as well as read several of his books。 One of the strong aspects of his other books has been his voice， you can almost hear him Psych by Paul Bloom is an excellent overview of the history of and current ideas in the field of psychology。 Based partly on his teaching outline for his Intro to Psychology course， this offers a very accessible tour with enough depth to generate even more curiosity。I first heard of Bloom when I took one of his MOOCs back in 2014 （or so） and have since taken another one as well as read several of his books。 One of the strong aspects of his other books has been his voice， you can almost hear him （if you have taken one of his courses）。 Coupled with the almost conversational tone you learn so much without realizing it， like when you're talking with a friend who is knowledgeable， and you suddenly realize how much you now understand。 I was actually surprised， quite pleasantly， by how much of that delivery made it into this book。This is not a textbook but offers the reader a similar type of tour。 Just far more interesting and less sleep-inducing。 An ideal book to build a course around， basically doing the opposite of what Bloom did。 I don't， however， want to emphasize that。 This is a wonderful book for those who simply want a better understanding of what psychology is and， as a result， who we as human beings are。 Don't be put off by talk of formal courses， this is that rare book that easily serves both formal learning and informal self-education。Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in how we think and feel， and why。 Whether you have previous education in the field or just coming to it， this will reward you。Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley。 。。。more

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