Psychology 101 : the 101 ideas, concepts and theories that have shaped our world / Adrian Furnham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Furnham, Adrian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Popular works.

Psychology.

Psychology--Encyclopedias.

Genre:

Popular works.

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

480 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Business, 2020.

Summary:

Psychologists have always shone a torch, and often a spotlight, into many dark corners of the human mind. They study everything, from art preferences to altruism, coaching to criminality, jokes and humour to justice and honesty, as well as sex differences, schizophrenia and sociopathy. Psychology can offer clear descriptions and explanations for all sort of phenomena. More importantly, psychological research can improve lives in a multitude of ways; many applied psychologists - e.g. clinical, educational, counselling and work psychologists - have the primary aim of making people more happy and better able to identify and realise their full potential. Psychology 101 offers bite-size articles of psychological science from Adrian Furnham, a seasoned psychologist with a broad range of expertise. This book is the essential guide for anyone with an interest - either academic, professional or general - in demystifying and understanding the fascinating world of psychological history, theories, issues and beliefs.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Accident Proneness

2. Alcohol Use and Addiction

3. Alternative Medicine

4. Altruism and Caring

5. Anality and OCD

6. Anxiety

7. Art Preferences

8. Assessment and Selection

9. Astrology and Graphology

10. Attraction and Beauty

11. Autism, Asperger's and Schizoid People

12. Behavioural Economics

13. Behaviourism and Behaviour Therapies

14. Birth Order

15. Body Language

16. Brainstorming

17. Brainwashing and Cults

18. Changing Behaviour

19. Character Strengths and Virtues

20. Coaching

21. Cognitive Dissonance

22. Cold Reading

23. Common Sense

24. Communicating Through Different Media

25. Conscientiousness and Grit

26. Conspiracy and Cover-Up Theories

27. Country and Culture Differences

28. Creativity

29. Culture Shock

30. Dark Triad

31. Defence Mechanisms and Coping

32. Delusions and Hallucinations

33. Depression

34. Dreams and Dreaming

35. Eating Disorders

36. Emotional Intelligence

37. Engagement and Drive at Work

38. Extraversion and Introversion

39. Eye Contact

40. Freud and his Ideas

41. Friendship

42. Group-Think

43. Happiness, Flow and Joy

44. Hawthorne and Placebo Effect

45. Honesty and Integrity

46. Humour, Jokes and Laughter

47. Impression Management and Self-presentation

48. Impulsivity and Postponement of Gratification

49. Inkblots and Projective Techniques

50. Intelligence and IQ

51. Justice

52. Leadership

53. Lying and Deceit

54. Mental Health Literacy

55. Mental Health Classification

56. Mindset

57. Money

58. Morality and Ethics

59. Music

60. Myths about Psychology

61. Narcissism and Self-love

62. Networks and Networking

63. Normality and Sanity

64. Obedience and Conformity

65. Office Politics

66. Parenting Style and Attachment

67. Passive-Aggressiveness

68. Personality Disorders

69. Personality Theories and Tests

70. Persuasion

71. Phobias

72. Psychopaths

73. Psychotherapy

74. PTSD

75. Queuing

76. Racism and Prejudice

77. Remote Personality Profiling

78. Resilience

79. Retirement

80. Schizophrenia

81. Self-Actualization

82. Self-Awareness

83. Self-Esteem

84. Sex Differences

85. Sex Really Does Sell

86. Shopping

87. Smiling

88. Stress

89. Subliminal Perception and Hidden Messages

90. Talent

91. Thinking and Learning Styles

92. Time

93. Tipping

94. Tolerance of Ambiguity

95. Unemployment and Worklessness

96. Visual Illusion

97. Vocational Choice and Guidance

98. Work Ethic

99. Work Motivation

100. Workaholism

101. Workplace Deviance.

ISBN:

9781472983169

1472983165

OCLC:

1235776420

Publisher Number:

99986503500