Psychology : essential thinkers, classic theories, and how they inform your world / Andrea Bonior, Ph.D ; illustrations by Alex Westgate.

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Bonior, Andrea [Author]

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Westgate, Alex []

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unmediated

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volume

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9781623157081

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Essential thinkers, classic theories, and how they inform your world

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BF81 .P793 2016
BF81

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Contents:

Definitions. Major schools of thought: Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Humanism, Gestalt Psychology. ; A brief survey of abnormal psychology: Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders, Trauma-and Stressor-related disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Psychotic disorders, Neurocognitive disorders.

Subject: Bridging the gap between the theoretical and real-life, Bonior looks at the biggest names, ideas, and studies in the history of psychology and translates their meaning to everyday situations and relationships. Both accessible and applicable, this book offers a foundation for your understanding of the study of the mind, as well as compelling insight into your own thoughts and behaviors.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	BF81.B64 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001719141

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction. The canon. Timeline ; Biological psychology: Rene Descartes, Charles Darwin, Paul Broca ; Behavioral psychology: Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike, B. F. Skinner ; Psychotherapy: Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Karen Horney, Alfred Adler, Viktor Frankl, Albert Ellis, Aaron Beck, Carl Rogers, Virginia Satir ; Cognitive psychology: Alfred Binet, Ulric Neisser, Albert Bandura, Elizabeth Loftus ; Developmental psychology: Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Harry Harlow, Erik Erikson, Noam Chomsky, Carol Dweck ; Psychology of personality: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Abraham Maslov, Hans Eysenck ; Social psychology: Kurt Lewin, Leon Festinger, Stanley Milgram, David Rosenhan, Elliot Aronson, Philip Zimbardo. -- Definitions. Major schools of thought: Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Humanism, Gestalt Psychology. ; A brief survey of abnormal psychology: Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders, Trauma-and Stressor-related disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Psychotic disorders, Neurocognitive disorders.

Bridging the gap between the theoretical and real-life, Bonior looks at the biggest names, ideas, and studies in the history of psychology and translates their meaning to everyday situations and relationships. Both accessible and applicable, this book offers a foundation for your understanding of the study of the mind, as well as compelling insight into your own thoughts and behaviors.

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