Ebook: 30-Second Psychology: the 50 Most Thought-provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Old School, New School; GLOSSARY; Wundt's introspection; Watson's behaviourism; Psychoanalysis; profile: Sigmund Freud; The cognitive revolution; Evolutionary psychology; Positive psychology; Growth & Change; GLOSSARY; Piaget's stages; Vygotsky's zone; Birth order; profile: Jean Piaget; Harlow's monkeys; Kohlberg's moral stages; Neuroplasticity; Decision Making & Emotions; GLOSSARY; Ekman's universal emotions; Festinger's boring task; James-Lange theory of emotion; profile: William James; Damasio's emotional decision making.;Pavlov's Dogs, Psychoanalysis, Milgram's Obedience Study, and Beck's Cognitive Therapy? Sure, you know what they all mean. That is, you've certainly heard of them. But do you know enough about these psychology theories to join a dinner party debate or dazzle the bar with your knowledge? 30-Second Psychology takes the top 50 strands of thinking in this fascinating field, and explains them to the general reader in half a minute, using nothing more than 300 words and one picture. The inner workings of the human mind will suddenly seem a lot more fun, and along the way we meet many of the luminari.