Psychology for Dummies Paperback

Understanding why people behave the way they do can be a real challenge. Psychology for Dummies, 2nd Edition explains human behavior and mental processes in an accessible, user-friendly guide. Following in the successful steps of Psychology for Dummies, this 2nd edition will include new and updated information on a variety of psychology topics.

Key Features:

• Introduction to Psychology is commonly a required course toward the pursuit of a two or four-year degree.
• Depending on your degree or college of choice, this may be one of the fundamental courses required to complete your program.
• Introduction to Psychology is an ideal starting point for any career-minded college student interested in pursuing his/her education (testdrivecollege.com).
• Psychology for Dummies 2nd Edition is an invaluable resource for students required to take psychology who may not excel at the subject.
• The psychology major is one of the most popular options at the undergraduate level across the country. The major is typically among the top three choices nationally. Although some universities have experimented with strategies to reduce access, interest in the major remains robust (cogdop.org).
• The popularity of this subject among students ensures a steady and renewable stream of customers interested in consumer reference books that double as course supplements, such as Psychology for Dummies, 2nd Edition.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Getting Started with Psychology

• Seeing the Purpose of Psychology
• Making Sense of What People Do: Psychology Essentials

Part II: Picking Your Brain (And Body)

• Hardware, Software and Wetware
• Conscious Beings
• Getting Sensitive

Part III: Thinking and Feeling and Acting

• Thinking and Speaking
• How Does That Make You Feel?
• Barking up the Learning Tree: Dogs, Cats and Rats

Part IV: Me, You and Everything in Between

• Developing an Award-Winning Personality
• Catching the First Boat off Isolation Island
• Conforming Like a Contortionist: Social Psychology
• Growing Up with Psychology
• Modern Abnormal Psychology

Part V: Building a Better You

• Assessing the Problem and Testing the Psyche
• Getting Comfy on the Couch
• Changing Behavior, Changing Thinking
• Being a Person Is Tough: Client-Centered and Existential Therapies
• Stress, Illness, Growth and Strength

Part VI: The Part of Tens

• Ten Tips for Maintaining Psychological Health
• Ten Great Psychological Movies

Index