Hardcover | 352 pages

How does memory work? Who is the distractor in your family? What was the car crash experiment?

The Psychology Bookis your visual guide to the complex and fascinating world of human behavior. Discover how we learn, become emotionally bonded with others, and develop coping mechanisms to deal with adversity, or conform in a group. Get to know key thinkers, from Freud and Jung to Elizabeth Loftus and Melanie Klein, and follow charts and timelines to make sense of it all and see how one theory influenced another.

With concise explanations of different schools of psychology including psychotherapy, cognitive psychology and behaviorism, this is an ideal reference whether youre a student, or a general reader. Its your authoritative guide to over 100 key ideas, theories and conditions, including the collective unconscious, the selfish gene, false memory, psychiatric disorders, and autism.

If youre fascinated by the human mind,The Psychology Bookis both an invaluable reference and illuminating read.