Little Book of Psychology

Name: The Little Book of Psychology
ISBN: 9781632280787

by Emily Ralls, Caroline Riggs

Publisher

Viva Editions

Publication

Sep 28, 2021

Format

Paperback/Softback

Illustrated

Price

$13.95

Dimensions

4 x 6 in

ISBN

9781632280787

Pages

128

Age

Adult 18+

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

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.

Author(s)

Emily Ralls

Emily Ralls studied Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, specialising in evolutionary psychology and primate communication. She is now a college lecturer in West Sussex. She enjoys coffee, freediving, and walking her two greyhounds.

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.