| Description |
1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter Descriptions -- Preface to the Third Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Some Quirky Quotes About Psychology -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Public Ignorance About Psychology -- 1.3 Tackling Student Skepticism About Psychology -- 1.4 Psychology and Control -- 1.5 How People Get Tricked -- 1.6 Conclusion -- 2 "Untangling" Myths and Psychological Realities -- 2.1 Popular Myths -- 2.2 Mind and Brain Myths -- 2.3 Myths about Happiness -- 2.4 Modern Myths of Popular Psychology -- 2.5 Conclusion |
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3 The Names and Dates That Shaped Psychology's History and Development -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Psychology Thinkers and Their Ideas -- 3.3 Conclusion -- 4 Science, Pseudo-Science, and Conspiracy Theories -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Maxims for Distinguishing Science From Non-Science -- 4.3 Superstition vs. Science -- 4.4 Common Sense -- 4.5 Beware the Fortune Cookie -- 4.6 Conspiracies and Cover-Ups -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5 The Man Called Freud -- 5.1 Knowledge of Psychoanalysis -- 5.2 Quizzes -- 5.3 The Basics -- 5.4 The Dynamics of Personality -- 5.5 The Structure of Personality |
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5.6 The Development of Personality -- 5.7 Dreaming -- 5.8 Critiques -- 5.9 Freud and Falsifiability -- 5.10 Freud Today -- 6 A Guide Into Abnormal Psychology -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Being Sane in an Insane Place -- 6.3 Mental Illnesses -- 6.4 How Good Are You? -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7 Psychology and Work -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Management and Common Sense -- 7.3 Psychologists as Business Consultants -- 7.4 The Hawthorne Effect -- 7.5 Money, Motivation, and Happiness -- 7.6 Stress at Work -- 7.7 Conclusion -- 8 Do Looks Matter? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Defining Attractiveness |
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8.3 Are Attractive People More Intelligent? -- 8.4 Why do we Find Particular Physical Characteristics Attractive? -- 8.5 What Are the Key Factors? -- 8.6 Physical Characteristics and Personality -- 8.7 Attractive Personalities -- 8.8 Attractiveness at Work -- 8.9 Conclusion -- 9 Judging and Nudging -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Cognitive Biases -- 9.3 Behavioral Economics -- 9.4 Conclusion -- 10 A Psychologist in the Marketplace -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Consumer as an Individual -- 10.3 Children and Advertising -- 10.4 Vulnerability -- 10.5 Consumer Decision Making |
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10.6 The Social Consumer -- 10.7 Services and Products -- 10.8 Ethics and Consumer Well-Being -- 10.9 Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- Index -- End User License Agreement |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119161677 |
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1119161673 |
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