Psychology 101: The 101 Ideas, Concepts and Theories that Have Shaped Our World

by Adrian Furnham

Overview

A look at 101 of the key issues that underpin our understanding of modern psychology - from addiction and body language, through to self esteem and work ethics.

Psychologists have always shone a torch, and often a spotlight, into many dark corners of the human mind. They study everything, from art preferences to altruism, coaching to criminality, jokes and humour to justice and honesty, as well as sex differences, schizophrenia and sociopathy.

Psychology can offer clear descriptions and explanations for all sort of phenomena. More importantly, psychological research can improve lives in a multitude of ways; many applied psychologists - e.g. clinical, educational, counselling and work psychologists – have the primary aim of making people more happy and better able to identify and realise their full potential.

Psychology 101 offers bite-size articles of psychological science from Adrian Furnham, a seasoned psychologist with a broad range of expertise. This book is the essential guide for anyone with an interest - either academic, professional or general - in demystifying and understanding the fascinating world of psychological history, theories, issues and beliefs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472983169
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	02/09/2021
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.05(w) x 9.15(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Adrian Furnham was Professor of Psychology at UCL, and is a renowned speaker on psychology issues in the workplace. He writes regularly for the FT, Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph, and is a contributor to national and international radio and television (including the BBC, CNN, ITV). He currently has teaching roles at both the Norwegian Business School and Exeter Business School. He is the author of 92 books.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Accident Proneness 5

2 Alcohol Use and Addiction 9

3 Alternative Medicine 14

4 Altruism and Caring 19

5 Anality and OCD 23

6 Anxiety 27

7 Art Preferences 31

8 Assessment and Selection 35

9 Astrology and Graphology 40

10 Attraction and Beauty 44

11 Autism, Asperger's and Schizoid People 47

12 Behavioural Economics 51

13 Behaviourism and Behaviour Therapies 56

14 Birth Order 60

15 Body Language 64

16 Brainstorming 69

17 Brainwashing and Cults 74

18 Changing Behaviour 78

19 Character Strengths and Virtues 83

20 Coaching 88

21 Cognitive Dissonance 92

22 Cold Reading 96

23 Common Sense 99

24 Communicating Through Different Media 103

25 Conscientiousness and Grit 108

26 Conspiracy and Cover-Up Theories 111

27 Country and Culture Differences 115

28 Creativity 119

29 Culture Shock 123

30 Dark Triad 127

31 Defence Mechanisms and Coping 132

32 Delusions and Hallucinations 137

33 Depression 142

34 Dreams and Dreaming 146

35 Eating Disorders 150

36 Emotional Intelligence 155

37 Engagement and Drive at Work 159

38 Extraversion and Introversion 163

39 Eye Contact 168

40 Freud and his Ideas 172

41 Friendship 176

42 Group-Think 180

43 Happiness, Flow and Joy 185

44 Hawthorne and Placebo Effect 189

45 Honesty and Integrity 193

46 Humour, Jokes and Laughter 198

47 Impression Management and Self-presentation 203

48 Impulsivity and Postponement of Gratification 207

49 Inkblots and Projective Techniques 210

50 Intelligence and IQ 214

51 Justice 219

52 Leadership 223

53 Lying and Deceit 229

54 Mental Health Literacy 234

55 Mental Health Classification 238

56 Mindset 243

57 Money 247

58 Morality and Ethics 251

59 Music 255

60 Myths about Psychology 259

61 Narcissism and Self-love 265

62 Networks and Networking 269

63 Normality and Sanity 273

64 Obedience and Conformity 277

65 Office Politics 282

66 Parenting Style and Attachment 286

67 Passive-Aggressiveness 290

68 Personality Disorders 295

69 Personality Theories and Tests 300

70 Persuasion 306

71 Phobias 310

72 Psychopaths 314

73 Psychotherapy 319

74 PTSD 323

75 Queuing 327

76 Racism and Prejudice 331

77 Remote Personality Profiling 336

78 Resilience 341

79 Retirement 345

80 Schizophrenia 350

81 Self-Actualization 355

82 Self-Awareness 360

83 Self-Esteem 365

84 Sex Differences 370

85 Sex Really Does Sell 375

86 Shopping 379

87 Smiling 384

88 Stress 388

89 Subliminal Perception and Hidden Messages 394

90 Talent 398

91 Thinking and Learning Styles 403

92 Time 408

93 Tipping 412

94 Tolerance of Ambiguity 416

95 Unemployment and Worklessness 421

96 Visual Illusion 426

97 Vocational Choice and Guidance 432

98 Work Ethic 438

99 Work Motivation 443

100 Workaholism 448

101 Workplace Deviance 452

Index 457