Psychology For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 24. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-7645-5434-6 (ISBN)
Description
Get comfy on the couch with tips for great mental health
Discover why you are who you are - and why you act the way you do
Ever wonder exactly what psychologists do? Are you curious about how you learn, think, and feel? This user-friendly guide takes you from Freud to forensics to family matters as you explore the wonders of human behavior and discover how to know yourself and others better than ever before.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
Discover why you are who you are - and why you act the way you do
Ever wonder exactly what psychologists do? Are you curious about how you learn, think, and feel? This user-friendly guide takes you from Freud to forensics to family matters as you explore the wonders of human behavior and discover how to know yourself and others better than ever before.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
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Adam Cash, PsyD, teaches psychology at both the community college and university levels. He currently works as a forensic psychologist with mentally disordered criminal offenders.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Behaving Yourself.
Chapter 1: Why Do People Do What They Do?
Chapter 2: Making Theories out of Chaos.
Part II: Picking Your Brain.
Chapter 3: Hardware, Software, and Wetware.
Chapter 4: Conscious Beings.
Chapter 5: Go Ahead, Be a Little Sensitive.
Part III: Thinking and Feeling.
Chapter 6: Watching Yourself Think.
Chapter 7: How Does That Make You Feel?
Part IV: Barking Up the Right Learning Tree.
Chapter 8: Pavlov's Dogs.
Chapter 9: Thorndike's Cats and Skinner's Rats.
Part V: Getting Personal with Social Psychology.
Chapter 10: Getting into the Mood with Freud.
Chapter 11: Developing an Award-Winning Personality.
Chapter 12: Catching the First Boat off Isolation Island.
Chapter 13: Knowing Thyself and Knowing Others.
Chapter 14: Conforming Like a Contortionist: Social Psychology.
Chapter 15: Growing Up with Psychology.
Part VI: Knowing Whether You're a Nut.
Chapter 16: Modern Abnormal Psychology.
Chapter 17: Figuring Out the Criminals with Forensic Psychology.
Part VII: Helping You Heal.
Chapter 18: Assessing the Problem and Testing Your Psyche.
Chapter 19: Getting Comfy on the Couch.
Chapter 20: Changing Behavior, Changing Thinking.
Chapter 21: Being a Person Is Tough: Client-Centered, Gestalt, and Existential Therapies.
Chapter 22: Coping with Stress and Illness.
Part VIII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Maintaining Psychological Health.
Chapter 24: Ten Great Psychological Movies.
Index.
Part I: Behaving Yourself.
Chapter 1: Why Do People Do What They Do?
Chapter 2: Making Theories out of Chaos.
Part II: Picking Your Brain.
Chapter 3: Hardware, Software, and Wetware.
Chapter 4: Conscious Beings.
Chapter 5: Go Ahead, Be a Little Sensitive.
Part III: Thinking and Feeling.
Chapter 6: Watching Yourself Think.
Chapter 7: How Does That Make You Feel?
Part IV: Barking Up the Right Learning Tree.
Chapter 8: Pavlov's Dogs.
Chapter 9: Thorndike's Cats and Skinner's Rats.
Part V: Getting Personal with Social Psychology.
Chapter 10: Getting into the Mood with Freud.
Chapter 11: Developing an Award-Winning Personality.
Chapter 12: Catching the First Boat off Isolation Island.
Chapter 13: Knowing Thyself and Knowing Others.
Chapter 14: Conforming Like a Contortionist: Social Psychology.
Chapter 15: Growing Up with Psychology.
Part VI: Knowing Whether You're a Nut.
Chapter 16: Modern Abnormal Psychology.
Chapter 17: Figuring Out the Criminals with Forensic Psychology.
Part VII: Helping You Heal.
Chapter 18: Assessing the Problem and Testing Your Psyche.
Chapter 19: Getting Comfy on the Couch.
Chapter 20: Changing Behavior, Changing Thinking.
Chapter 21: Being a Person Is Tough: Client-Centered, Gestalt, and Existential Therapies.
Chapter 22: Coping with Stress and Illness.
Part VIII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Maintaining Psychological Health.
Chapter 24: Ten Great Psychological Movies.
Index.