Heads Up Psychology
Published on 16. June 2016
160 pages
978-0-241-28489-6 (ISBN)
Description
"What is insanity?" "Can we trust our memories?" "Who needs parents, anyway?" The answers to these and many other burning questions lie in the world of psychology. It is all around us, influencing advertising, politics, and product development, and Heads Up Psychology explains it all.
Using engaging graphics, this book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology, including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, as well as offering biography spreads of key psychologists and case study panels about specific experiments to give everything context. Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained for teen readers.
Using engaging graphics, this book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology, including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, as well as offering biography spreads of key psychologists and case study panels about specific experiments to give everything context. Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained for teen readers.
Reviews / Votes
[The] psychological theories are explained with the help of cleverly conceived graphic illustrations and diagrams to show how they relate to everyday life. * Teenreads.com *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
File size
227,34 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-241-28489-6 (9780241284896)
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Marcus Weeks
Heads Up Psychology
Book
04/2014
Dorling Kindersley
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Person
Marcus Weeks was a contributing writer for The Philosophy Book, The Psychology Book, The Economics Book, The Politics Book, and The Religions Book for DK. He has written many other books, including but not limited to Mozart: The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music (National Geographic, 2007); Music: A Crash Course (Simon & Schuster, 1999); and How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale? (Barnes & Noble, 2010). His hobbies and interests include writing palindromic poetry, compiling and solving cryptic crossword puzzles, and playing the trombone in jazz and ska/funk bands.
