Psychology and Everyday Life

James Breese

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040330494
• Topic: Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Originally published in 1971, Psychology and Everyday Life was intended to bridge the gap between the expert and lay use of the word 'psychology' at the time. The organisation and presentation of subject matter in this introductory book was prompted by a series of discussion lessons with sixth formers and lectures to students in colleges of further education – thus the topics presented here in the main represent problems raised by the students in open-ended lessons and discussions. Today it can be read in its historical context.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Author's Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• 1 Psychology–Ancient and Modern
• 2 The Importance of Early Experience
• 3 Physique, Temperament and Personality
• 4 The Brain and Intelligence
• 5 Remembering and Forgetting
• 6 Mastering a Skill and Mastering an Academic Subject
• 7 Adolescence: Another Important Period
• 8 Emotion and How it is Measured
• 9 Fear and Pain
• 10 Outward Aggression and Insecurity
• 11 Accidents, Illness and Maladjustment
• 12 Are Pleasures What they Seem?
• 13 Unconscious Processes
• 14 The Influences on Self
• 15 Reward, Competition–and Punishment
• 16 False Judgments
• 17 Mental Abnormality
• 18 The Work of Psychiatrists–and Others
• 19 Attitudes Can Change
• 20 Man is a Social Creature
• Suggestions for Further Reading
• Index