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The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
Written by Caroline Riggs and Emily Ralls
Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon
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Psychology
Brain Imaging Techniques
Human Behavior
Mad Scientist
Power of Friendship
Power of Love
Power of Self-Discovery
Child in Peril
Power of Understanding
Power of Self-Improvement
Shrink
Watsonian
About this audiobook
If you want to know your Freud from your Jung and your Milgram from your Maslow, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of psychology. Including accessible primers on:
● The early thinkers who contributed to psychological ideas and the birth of modern psychology
● Famous (and often controversial) experiments and their repercussions
● What psychology can teach us about memory, language, conformity, reasoning, and emotions
● The ethics of psychological studies
● Recent developments in the modern fields of evolutionary and cyber psychology.
This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes, and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind and behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
● The early thinkers who contributed to psychological ideas and the birth of modern psychology
● Famous (and often controversial) experiments and their repercussions
● What psychology can teach us about memory, language, conformity, reasoning, and emotions
● The ethics of psychological studies
● Recent developments in the modern fields of evolutionary and cyber psychology.
This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes, and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind and behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherTantor Media, Inc
Release dateJan 31, 2022
ISBN9781666189124
Author
Caroline Riggs
Caroline Riggs studied Human Psychology with Professional Training at Aston University. She now teaches Science and Psychology in West Sussex, alongside her work on Science communication projects. She enjoys visiting the most boring museums in the world.
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