30-second Psychology: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained In Half A Minute [EPUB]
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Old School, New School; GLOSSARY; Wundt's introspection; Watson's behaviourism; Psychoanalysis; profile: Sigmund Freud; The cognitive revolution; Evolutionary psychology; Positive psychology; Growth & Change; GLOSSARY; Piaget's stages; Vygotsky's zone; Birth order; profile: Jean Piaget; Harlow's monkeys; Kohlberg's moral stages; Neuroplasticity; Decision Making & Emotions; GLOSSARY; Ekman's universal emotions; Festinger's boring task; James-Lange theory of emotion; profile: William James; Damasio's emotional decision making.;Pavlov's Dogs, Psychoanalysis, Milgram's Obedience Study, and Beck's Cognitive Therapy? Sure, you know what they all mean. That is, you've certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these psychology theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your knowledge? 30-Second Psychology takes the top 50 strands of thinking in this fascinating field, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than 300 words and one picture. The inner workings of the human mind will suddenly seem a lot more fun, and along the way we meet many of the luminari.
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Series: 30-Second
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Year: 2,012
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City: Duxford
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Pages: 239 pages
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Language: English
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Identifier: 9781848314511,1848314515
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Org File Size: 3,517,351
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Extension: epub
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Psychology
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Toc: Cover Title Copyright Contents Introduction Old School, New School GLOSSARY Wundt's introspection Watson's behaviourism Psychoanalysis profile: Sigmund Freud The cognitive revolution Evolutionary psychology Positive psychology Growth & Change GLOSSARY Piaget's stages Vygotsky's zone Birth order profile: Jean Piaget Harlow's monkeys Kohlberg's moral stages Neuroplasticity Decision Making & Emotions GLOSSARY Ekman's universal emotions Festinger's boring task James-Lange theory of emotion profile: William James Damasio's emotional decision making. Wason's confirmation biasBaumeister's ego depletion Kahneman & Tversky's prospect theory Social Psychology GLOSSARY The bystander effect Janis' groupthink Allport's contact hypothesis Zimbardo's prison profile: Stanley Milgram Milgram's obedience study Stereotype threat Follow the leader Ways We Differ GLOSSARY The Lake Wobegon effect The big five Fundamental attribution error profile: Hans Eysenck Nature via nurture The Flynn effect Ericsson's 10,000-hour rule Nominative determinism Disordered Minds GLOSSARY Sperry's split brains Seligman's prepared learning. Charcot's hysteriaRosenhan's insane places profile: Aaron Beck Kapur's aberrant salience Maslow's humanistic psychology Beck's cognitive therapy Extreme male brains Thoughts & Language GLOSSARY The placebo effect Pavlov's dogs Sapir-Whorf hypothesis Chomsky's universal grammar Loftus' false memories profile: Elizabeth Loftus Embodied cogn