50 Psychology Ideas

Name: 50 Psychology Ideas
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ISBN: 9781847246561

ISBN-10: 1847246567

ISBN-13: 9781847246561

Edition: 2008

Authors: Adrian Furnham

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How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, "50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know" could be just the book for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, this series of engaging and accessible essays explores each of the central concepts, as well as the arguments of key thinkers. Author Adrian Furnham offers expert and concise introductions to emotional behaviour, cognition, mental conditions - from stress to schizophrenia - rationality and personality…

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List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Book Sales, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144



Introduction


A Diseased Mind



Abnormal behaviour



Placebo effect



Kicking the habit



Lost touch



Not neurotic, just different



Seem sane



Stress


Illusion and Reality



Visual illusions



Psychophysics



Hallucinations



Delusions



Are you conscious?


Hearts and Minds



Positive psychology



Emotional intelligence



What are emotions for?



Cognitive therapy


Individual Differences



IQ and you



Flynn effect



Multiple intelligences



Cognitive differences


Personality and Society



The Rorschach inkblot test



Detecting lies



Authoritarian personality



Obedience to authority



Fitting in



Self-Sacrifice or selfishness



Cognitive dissonance



Gambler's fallacy


Rationality and Problem-Solving



Judgement and problem-solving



Too much invested to quit



Rational decision-making



Remembrance of things past


Cognition



What the witness saw



Artificial intelligence



Perchance to dream



Try to forget



Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon


Development



Psychosexual stages



Cognitive stages



Ducks in a row



Tabula rasa


Learning



Stay hungry



Behaviourism



Reinforcement schedules



Mastering complexity


The Brain



Phrenology



Breaking up is hard to do



Aphasia



Dyslexia



Who's that?


Glossary


Index