A look at 101 of the key issues that underpin our understanding of modern psychology - from addiction and body language, through to self esteem and work ethics.
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.
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Psychology 101
The 101 Ideas, Concepts and Theories that Have Shaped Our World
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- English
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Dedication
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- 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
- Index
- Copyright
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