Psychology A Concise Introduction Griggs

Psychology: A Concise Introduction by Richard A. Griggs

This book explores the broad territory of the introductory psychology course while answering the growing need for a shorter, less expensive book. At less than half the price of a standard textbook, it offers an affordable alternative.  A built-in Study Guide, written by the author, offers a practical suite of learning aids that foster review and self-assessment without the expense of a separate guide.

This book has working definitions of all the basic terms needed for any Psychology class. The chapters are very clear, concise an to the point.You can have a better understanding of the process of human behaviors. better understanding of how God created our bodies so we function in such an wounderful way every day.

Chapter Outlines
CHAPTER 1: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
I. The Four Major Research Perspectives
A. Perspectives Emphasizing Internal Factors
1. The Biological Perspective
2. The Cognitive Perspective


B. Perspectives Emphasizing External Factors
1. The Behavioral Perspective
2. The Sociocultural Perspective


II. Research Methods Used by Psychologists
A. Descriptive Methods
1. Observational Techniques
2. Case Studies
3. Survey Research


B. Correlational Studies
1. The Correlation Coefficient
2. Scatterplots
3. The Third-variable Problem


C. Experimental Research


III. How to Understand Research Results
A. Descriptive Statistics
1. Measures of Central Tendency
2. Measures of Variability


B. Frequency Distributions
1. Normal Distributions
2. Skewed Distributions

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Psychology by Douglas Bernstein

Psychology [Hardcover] by Douglas Bernstein

This book strike a balance between classical and contemporary topics with a comprehensive, research-oriented approach. The text takes an active learning approach with the use of hallmark pedagogical features such as Linkages, Focus on Research Methods, and Thinking Critically. 

Features new to the print program include streamlined content, integration of Positive Psychology throughout the text (by Chris Peterson, University of Michigan), and optional four-color "Neuropsychology" and "Industrial/Organizational Psychology" chapters. 

Leading-edge technology enhancements to the program include static and interactive eBooks; upgraded Flash-enabled Netlabs, Web tutorials, and animations; interactive Concept Maps; Active Learning and Critical Thinking Booklets; and a new DVD entitled Revealing Psychology.

Product Details

Hardcover: 944 pages

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 9 edition (January 1, 2011)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1111301557

ISBN-13: 978-1111301552

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Criminal Psychology Beginner's Guide

Criminal Psychology: A Beginner's Guide (Beginners Guide (Oneworld))by Ray Bull

Criminal Psychology by Ray Bull an excellent book on the subject. A lot of good information is contained in this book. A fascinating introduction with a wealth of scientific facts and real-world examples. A very readable book in everyday language that is interesting, comprehensive, and informative.

Criminal Psychology: A Beginner's Guide provides an excellent and comprehensive overview of the main areas of Criminal Psychology.How does the mind of a criminal work? How can you stop criminals from re-offending? What does being in prison do to your mind? From lie detection to psychological profiling, Professor Ray Bull and his team of experts demonstrate how understanding the mind is essential in the fight against criminality. Covering prisons, police methods, and eyewitness reliability, this book provides an authoritative introduction to the fascinating research underpinning modern criminal psychology.

From signals of lying to the profiling of criminals, this guide will demonstrate how understanding the mind helps us better appreciate the justice system.

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General Introduction Psychoanalysis Freud

A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by  Sigmund Freud

These twenty-eight lectures to laymen are elementary and almost conversational. 

Freud sets forth with a frankness almost startling the difficulties and limitations of psychoanalysis, and also describes its main methods and results as only a master and originator of a new school of thought can do. 

These discourses are at the same time simple and almost confidential, and they trace and sum up the results of thirty years of devoted and painstaking research.

Product Details
Paperback: 214 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (January 6, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 146819237X
ISBN-13: 978-1468192377

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7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens

The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey

This book is a must read for any eleven or twelve year old. It teaches about life, education and the right and wrong way to live it. What Sean has done here hopefully has taught his father a lesson or two about simplicity. I don't think "how to" books have to be so complicated and Sean Covey proves it with this wonderful book. It has the exact same message as Stephen Covey's book but is a lot more fun and relaxing to read. I recommend that all adults buy it instead of Stephen Covey's book, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Stephen Covey's wordy,proud and know it all writing style really got on my nerves. Sean's book on the other hand is humble, straight forward, simple, easy and fast to read. You get the point without having to read through a bunch of mental masturbation.

Being a teenager is both wonderful and challenging. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, author Sean Covey applies the timeless principles of the 7 Habits to teens and the tough issues and life-changing decisions they face. In an entertaining style, Covey provides a step-by-step guide to help teens improve self-image, build friendships, resist peer pressure, achieve their goals, get along with their parents, and much more. In addition, this book is stuffed with cartoons, clever ideas, great quotes, and incredible stories about real teens from all over the world. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will engage teenagers unlike any other book.

An indispensable book for teens, as well as parents, grandparents, and any adult who influences young people, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is destined to become the last word on surviving and thriving as a teen and beyond.

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The Tools by Stutz & Michels

The Tools: Transform Your Problems into Courage, Confidence, and Creativity by Phil Stutz & Barry Michels

In this self-help book, a psychiatrist and psychotherapist present methods they have used in their practices. At the core of this book are five "tools"--ways of dealing with psychological obstacles, meant to be used repeatedly.

In conventional psychotherapy, we talk about “insights” or “causation” and we tend to believe that if we can uncover the deep-seated reasons behind someone’s problems, then the person will change automatically. This implies that awareness alone creates the forces that cause change. But real change, the kind of change patients in therapy cry out for, means changing your behavior, not just your attitude.

That requires much stronger forces. A tool is a technique or procedure that can generate a force that allows you to do the work of change. It is work that must be done in real time. When do we use a tool? In the present.

Conventional therapy tends to be passive and focuses on the past. It excavates a patient’s history, usually from childhood, brings it into the light of day and interprets it so as to strip it of its unconscious power. I have the greatest respect for the past. Memories, emotions, insights can all be very valuable. But my patients needed help and relief in the present and all the insights in the world weren’t going to be powerful enough to deliver that.

To control your actions you need something else: a specific procedure you can use systematically to combat a specific problem -- you need a tool.

There’s an obvious objection that arises here: Isn’t what you’re doing superficial? Sure, these tools of yours may help a patient change his or her behavior but you haven’t addressed the underlying reasons. Unless you do that they’re bound to go back to their (self-) destructive ways sooner or later.

There are two answers to this objection. The first involves a misunderstanding of how people change. Insight into the “reasons” for a problem isn’t the cause of change – it’s the result. Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous have always known this. You don’t join AA and then sit around discussing why you drink too much over a few beers or vodka martinis. You join to stop drinking one day at a time. Only after that can you look into the roots of your addiction by “taking inventory.”

The second answer goes back to our original question about what a tool is. There has been a bias in psychotherapy implying that anything that is active and involves your will is superficial; as if the deepest part of human experience can only occur inside your head. The truth is the opposite; the deepest part of human experience happens when you interact with the world outside yourself. That means you need to go beyond thinking and into “doing”—and this is exactly what a tool makes possible.

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Outliers: The Story of Success Gladwell

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

he main tenet of Outliers is that there is a logic behind why some people become successful, and it has more to do with legacy and opportunity than high IQ. In his latest book, New Yorker contributor Gladwell casts his inquisitive eye on those who have risen meteorically to the top of their fields, analyzing developmental patterns and searching for a common thread. The author asserts that there is no such thing as a self-made man, that "the true origins of high achievement" lie instead in the circumstances and influences of one's upbringing, combined with excellent timing. The Beatles had Hamburg in 1960-62; Bill Gates had access to an ASR-33 Teletype in 1968. Both put in thousands of hours-Gladwell posits that 10,000 is the magic number-on their craft at a young age, resulting in an above-average head start.

Gladwell makes sure to note that to begin with, these individuals possessed once-in-a-generation talent in their fields. He simply makes the point that both encountered the kind of "right place at the right time" opportunity that allowed them to capitalize on their talent, a delineation that often separates moderate from extraordinary success. This is also why Asians excel at mathematics-their culture demands it. If other countries schooled their children as rigorously, the author argues, scores would even out.

Gladwell also looks at "demographic luck," the effect of one's birth date. He demonstrates how being born in the decades of the 1830s or 1930s proved an enormous advantage for any future entrepreneur, as both saw economic booms and demographic troughs, meaning that class sizes were small, teachers were overqualified, universities were looking to enroll and companies were looking for employees.

In short, possibility comes "from the particular opportunities that our particular place in history presents us with." This theme appears throughout the varied anecdotes, but is it groundbreaking information? At times it seems an exercise in repackaged carpe diem, especially from a mind as attuned as Gladwell's. Nonetheless, the author's lively storytelling and infectious enthusiasm make it an engaging, perhaps even inspiring, read.

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The Power of Introverts Susan Cain

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain

First, look at this list from pg 5 in the introduction to this book:

"Without introverts, the world would be devoid of

the theory of gravity

the theory of relativity

W.B. Yeats's 'The Second Coming'

Chopin's nocturnes

Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time'

Peter Pan

Orwell's '1984' and 'Animal Farm'

The Cat in the Hat

Charlie Brown

'Schindler's List,' 'E.T.,' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Google

Harry Potter"

Of course, that is only a tiny list of the accomplishments of introverts, and she forgot to put the Theory of Evolution in that list. Let's face it. One cannot expect people handicapped with extroversion to be able to think deeply or meditate over the serious philosophical, scientific, or supremely artistic subjects which move the deeper among us.

It's very possible to have a rich inner life, not want over-stimulation from the environment, and desire plenty of self (or down) time and privacy and yet often be quite outwardly stimulating oneself--i.e. dynamic, dramatic, expressive--as opposed to shy, inhibited, and quiet in many personal and public settings. I think many writers, actors, and artists can be very talkative with intimates and in their work--i.e. talking about their ideas and feelings long into the night with trusted others or putting on quite a 'show' for others--but the author, who focuses so much on examples from the business world, never really delves into this very expressive and yet introverted type.

Though this book is interesting, encouraging, and well-written, I think I would prefer one less informed by so many personal experiences in the world of Wall Street and Harvard business and more based on the scientific study of introversion with analysis and examples of various subtypes and their presence in various walks of life.

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