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How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? If you have you ever grappled with these concepts, or tried your hand as an amateur psychologist, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know could be just the book for you. Not only providing the answers to these questions and many more, this series of engaging and accessible essays explores each of the central concepts, as well as the arguments of key thinkers. Author Adrian Furnham offers expert and concise introductions to emotional behaviour, cognition, mental conditions - from stress to schizophrenia - rationality and personality development, amongst many others. This is a fascinating introduction to psychology for anyone interested in understanding the human mind.
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How different are men and women's brains? Does altruism really exist? Are our minds blank slates at birth? And do dreams reveal our unconscious desires? Psychology is everywhere in today's society. No crime fiction, documentary, chat-show or medical consultation is complete without the introduction of a psychological angle. Psychology seeks to understand and explain behaviour and ideas, feeling and thoughts, in a dizzying array of areas - from delusions of grandeur and computer phobia to the causes of cancer; from memory and social mobility to attitude formation and alcoholism, to name but a few. Packed with the latest research, case studies and the arguments of key thinkers, 50 Psychology Ideas You Really Need to Know is the perfect introduction to psychological theory. Professor Adrian Furnham offers 50 concise and accessible essays explaining the central ideas of psychology as well as providing the reader with a rich vocabulary to explain and describe human behaviour.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've bought a couple of books in this series and to be honest there are some sins of omission with each of them, pretty significant concepts are conspicious by their abscence or they are covered in a way that isnt exactly enlightening. In some instances I wouldnt blame the reader for considering there to a bias or perspective at work which encourages the inclusion of certain things and neglect of others, in particular I'm thinking of both 50 Economics Ideas: You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas): your really need to know and 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas).
However, of all the series I think that this is a pretty good over view to its subject matter, experts might find passages which disappoint them or be aware of concepts that they feel havent been sufficiently covered but for the general reader I believe it could be an interesting and enlightening read. It could help students too, particular school age students or GCSE or A Level students, while higher education students or university students could find it a useful introduction to topics.
The format of the book is similar to all those in the series, there is a good contents and index, each chapter is broken down into a couple of pages of script, there are bullet point presentations, the condensced idea in a single sentence at the end of each chapter/segment. The text itself is accompanied by prompt boxes, there are quotes in the margins in bold and subtitles and section headings are in bold too. Its pretty easy to find what precisely you are looking for quickly. Remarkably, given the subject matter, there is no jargon and this is achieved without any dumbing down in any real sense.
The chapter breakdown is as follows:-
A Diseased Mind: Abnormal behaviour; Placebo effect; Kicking the habit; Lost touch; Not neurotic, just different; Seem sane; Stress;
Illusion and Reality: Visual illusions; Psychophysics; Hallucinations; Delusions; Are you conscious?;
Hearts and Minds: Positive psychology; Emotional intelligence; What are emotions for?; Cognitive therpay;
Individual Differences: IQ and you; Flynn effect; Multiple intelligences; Cognitive differences;
Personality and Society: The Rorschach inkblot test; Detecting lies; Authoritarian personality; Obedience to authority; Fitting in; Self-sacrifice or selfishness; Cognitive dissonance; Gambler's fallacy;
Rationality and Problem-Solving: Judgement and problem solving; Too much invested to quit; Rational decision-making; Remebrance of things past;
Cognition: What the witness saw; Artificial intelligence; Perchance to dream; Try to forget; Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon;
Development: Psychosexual stages; Cognitive stages; Ducks in a row; Tabula rasa;
Learning: Stay hungry; Behaviourism; Reinforcement schedules; Mastering complexity;
The Brain: Phrenology; Breaking up is hard to do; Aphasia; Dyslexia; Who's that?
While the topics arent covered in much more detail than perhaps they would be in a wikipedia entry or actual encyclopedia entry I consider this to a good grouping of concepts together. Each synopsis is likely to prove useful, intersting and enlightening to any general reader, this book is likely to prove useful as a primer if you're considering studying psychology but its really only introductory material. I guess it could prove helpful in a, broadly speaking, self-help manner if you are the sort of person who benefits from the insights provided by a book like this, although that's not really its intent.
The best chapters are probably thouse on hearts and minds, personality and society and cognition and the book is 2008 so its pretty much in date too.
However, of all the series I think that this is a pretty good over view to its subject matter, experts might find passages which disappoint them or be aware of concepts that they feel havent been sufficiently covered but for the general reader I believe it could be an interesting and enlightening read. It could help students too, particular school age students or GCSE or A Level students, while higher education students or university students could find it a useful introduction to topics.
The format of the book is similar to all those in the series, there is a good contents and index, each chapter is broken down into a couple of pages of script, there are bullet point presentations, the condensced idea in a single sentence at the end of each chapter/segment. The text itself is accompanied by prompt boxes, there are quotes in the margins in bold and subtitles and section headings are in bold too. Its pretty easy to find what precisely you are looking for quickly. Remarkably, given the subject matter, there is no jargon and this is achieved without any dumbing down in any real sense.
The chapter breakdown is as follows:-
A Diseased Mind: Abnormal behaviour; Placebo effect; Kicking the habit; Lost touch; Not neurotic, just different; Seem sane; Stress;
Illusion and Reality: Visual illusions; Psychophysics; Hallucinations; Delusions; Are you conscious?;
Hearts and Minds: Positive psychology; Emotional intelligence; What are emotions for?; Cognitive therpay;
Individual Differences: IQ and you; Flynn effect; Multiple intelligences; Cognitive differences;
Personality and Society: The Rorschach inkblot test; Detecting lies; Authoritarian personality; Obedience to authority; Fitting in; Self-sacrifice or selfishness; Cognitive dissonance; Gambler's fallacy;
Rationality and Problem-Solving: Judgement and problem solving; Too much invested to quit; Rational decision-making; Remebrance of things past;
Cognition: What the witness saw; Artificial intelligence; Perchance to dream; Try to forget; Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon;
Development: Psychosexual stages; Cognitive stages; Ducks in a row; Tabula rasa;
Learning: Stay hungry; Behaviourism; Reinforcement schedules; Mastering complexity;
The Brain: Phrenology; Breaking up is hard to do; Aphasia; Dyslexia; Who's that?
While the topics arent covered in much more detail than perhaps they would be in a wikipedia entry or actual encyclopedia entry I consider this to a good grouping of concepts together. Each synopsis is likely to prove useful, intersting and enlightening to any general reader, this book is likely to prove useful as a primer if you're considering studying psychology but its really only introductory material. I guess it could prove helpful in a, broadly speaking, self-help manner if you are the sort of person who benefits from the insights provided by a book like this, although that's not really its intent.
The best chapters are probably thouse on hearts and minds, personality and society and cognition and the book is 2008 so its pretty much in date too.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read a lot of management and personal improvement books, but this is the first book about pure psychology that I've read. It covers a wide variety of topics to do with the mind and behaviour. A great introduction to the topics within psychology if (like me) you are new to this field. I imagine most people would find the contents interesting: whether you are a student wondering whether to study psychology at university or just a general punter wanting to be entertained and educated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Had a few interesting chapters, but found it wasn't as detailed as the other books in the series. Quite a few chapters talk very generally about a point without naming specific good studies or workers/thinkers in the field. I would probably look elsewhere for a good introductory psychology book.
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