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    The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
    The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
    The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know
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    The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know

    Written by Emily Ralls and Caroline Riggs

    Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 31, 2022
    ISBN9781666189124

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