Psychology Books in general

I'm not a psychologist or an expert in it but I do have a very profound interest in it and I do find it very exciting to learn about. What is it about psychology books that I find so amazing? It's the overwhelming amount of knowledge to be gained, the sheer amount of natural human phenomenum which can be explained in logical terms yet most of us choose to ignore or think up some more mysterious meaning than the truth. My interest began when I first read Tricks Of The Mind by Derren Brown, not only so I could perform similar techniques to him but so that I could learn how it all worked and become a more effective communicator. It basically provided my first ...

I am sure, that like many other psychology lecturers, I am constantly on the lookout for the ‘perfect’ textbook. I teach mature students who are preparing to go to university and the majority of whom have never studied psychology before. Some books are too basic, whilst others go into the kind of depth of critical analysis that I would expect of undergraduate level study. Well I haven’t quite found the perfect book yet – but I believe that I have come pretty close. ‘Psychology for You’ by Tracy Cullis, Larry Dolan and David Groves was first published by Stanley Thornes Ltd in 1999, and being a totally new (and not revised) academic ...

this book is a very good book about psychology, i loved it from the start and it grew on me further till the conclusion. if u have ever wanted to know how to see what people think, or why people do the things they do, then this is the book for you, as it is a mre suitable version for beginners, rather than those well studied in the field of psychology. basically, this book is for beginners, not intermediates or advanced psychological people, it covers nearly every angle of psychology, in minor depth, but goes only part of the way to explaining the full aspect of it. ...