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The Psychology Book Paperback – 1 Jan. 2012
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- LanguageEnglish
- Publishertheworks
- Publication date1 Jan. 2012
- ISBN-101409370550
- ISBN-13978-1409370550
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- Publisher : theworks (1 Jan. 2012)
- Language : English
- ISBN-10 : 1409370550
- ISBN-13 : 978-1409370550
- Best Sellers Rank: 156,419 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2,935 in Applied Psychology (Books)
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Nigel C. Benson is an award-winning, international best-selling author and illustrator, published in 33 languages. His works are on the reading lists of universities, schools and other institutions throughout the world.
His most popular book is "Introducing Psychology" (2007) Icon Books, originally published as "Psychology For Beginners" (1998). His other Icon books are "Introducing Psychotherapy" and "Introducing Psychiatry".
He has written many psychological articles, such as those for The Reader's Digest published in the books: "The Conscious and Unconscious Brain", "A Good Memory", "The Healing Brain", and "Making The Most Of Your Brain".
"The Psychology Book", published by Dorling Kindersley (Penguin Group), won the 2012 "Book Of The Year Award" by The British Psychological Society for "excellence in psychological literature".
In 2023, Nigel C. Benson was chosen by the University of East London as a "Distinguished Alumnus" for the 125-Year Anniversary celebrations.
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Customers find this psychology book informative and helpful for understanding the subject, providing a nice overview of its beginnings. Moreover, they appreciate how it explains complicated concepts clearly. The book features a colorful layout with lots of pictures, and customers consider it good value for money.
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Customers find the book informative and helpful for understanding psychology, providing a nice overview of its beginnings and serving as a good resource for brushing up on the basics.
"...book that you can go back to again and again to study and soak up the subjects, theories and concepts within its pages. Highly recommended!" Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 November 2020Found this book very interesting and also really well thought out and explained for someone who’s interested in Psychology as a subject or as something they want to study.
It’s theories and concepts are intriguing and easy to understand for a beginner or someone who has only briefly studied the subject as it explains things clearly and precisely.
It’s contents cover everything from its philosophical roots, behaviourism, psychotherapy and cognitive psychology among other subjects.
There is lots of hierarchy type tables along with graphs, pictures and big think piece quotes on the pages that sum up or try to explain the different concepts in sound bites, they stand out to help you try to grasp and remember what you’re reading.
It’s a colourful, well thought out and very interesting book that you can go back to again and again to study and soak up the subjects, theories and concepts within its pages.
Highly recommended!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2016What a great book! I've been studying psychology for some time, initially as a hobby and more formally for the last few years. Due to this progression my learning has focussed on specific areas relevant to my life and work and missed out material that didn't connect directly to them. What was missing from my knowledge was a basic understanding of how the science has developed over the years, and what drove the various strands of research and schools of thought. This book provides a clear pathway covering the major ideas and individuals who came up with them, and also shows the context of each and the connections between them. I think through this book I am much more aware of what I didn't know I didn't know, and as a result have a lot more reading to do!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2012The Psychology Book aims to give a basic understanding of a wide variety of psychological theories and schools of thought, and does so admirably. The book is divided into seven broadly chronological sections (Philosophical Roots, Behaviourism, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Philosophy and The Psychology of Difference)and looks at the main participants in these areas and the theories and ideas they put forward. Each subject gets at least a page, and some more important contributors (Piaget, Bandura, Freud) get many more. The book is written in a style that engages the reader, and presents the ideas in an understandable way, which is great for those who are interested in psychology generally, or studying subjects that might contain elements of psychology such as teaching. This book does have a wide scope, and more advanced readers in this area might find this book somewhat limiting, but as a guide to a wide range of concepts and the people who produced them, it does an good job.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2017I actually bought this for my 12 yo daughter as a (requested) christmas present so it's not been read yet...however, I had a sneaky look through and it looks so interesting I shall be borrowing it off her!
It gives the basic ideas and principals from lots of different psychologists and types of therapies. A brief biog is given together with any books they have written so if any of them are particularly interesting you don't have to research further reading yourself. A lot of simple diagrams, loads of pictures and plain English make it possible to dive in and learn something over a cup of coffee instead of reaching for a dictionary whilst scratching your head!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 February 2020Approaching this non-fiction title with no former knowledge of theoretical psychology, DK explained complicated concepts incredibly well making it an easy, enjoyable read.
The book acts as a good reference point for people who are either interested in psychology, or are perhaps currently studying the subject at A-Level.
Each topic is outlined with a brief history, the key concepts and a biography of the relevant psychologist.
This is one of many books which are available to purchase in the series.
On a side note, I brought this for my kindle and for a more visual-led book with diagrams and decorative features, the formatting came out quite well.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2012Thought this was a really interesting book that I bought for my boyfriend who is studying psychology. Although it does not go into great depths and is not an academic text book, we both found it really interesting for a general overview of psychological theories. It is really well laid out and gives just enough information on each theory to gain your interest. I am currently studying for my MA in social work and actually used some of it to find some psychologists of interest and then went and researched them more thoroughly. Others who have looked at the book with no background in psychology have also found it really interesting so it would be a good table book or gift for anyone.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 August 2024The text is blurry and poorly printed. Not sure if this is a genuine copy or a fake. Content is fine.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2024The book is second hand but looks like new. Super fast delivery.
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- Rita SalibaReviewed in Egypt on 30 November 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars New
The book was paperback not hardcover, and it's ok since it was already mentioned in the description. It's also original. I was sceptic at first because Amazon offered it at 180 egp only, discounted from 1500. But the book IS original. Superb deal.
- Purva SidhuReviewed in India on 14 September 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for beginners.
Go for it. This book is amazing, it contains mostly all the main concepts and history of pyschology. If your beginner in pyschology then you must buy this book. Worth of buy. 👍
Purva SidhuGreat for beginners.
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- Please try a different nameReviewed in Canada on 17 October 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Intersting Book
Easy to read interesting book.
- Nathalie SleimanReviewed in France on 4 January 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
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MichelleReviewed in Germany on 4 April 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Sehr gut !
Alles über die Psychologie von A-Z!
Ein hervorragendes Buch, wirklich sehr empfehlenswert !
Sehr komplexe Themen werden einfach und interessant dargestellt!