Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More! (Adams 101)
Paul Kleinman
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN: 1440543909
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
A hands-on approach to exploring the human mind
Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details and statistics, and instead, gives you a lesson in psychology that keeps you engaged - and your synapses firing.
From personality quizzes and the Rorschach Blot Test to B.F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and quizzes you can't get anywhere else.
So whether you're looking to unravel the intricacies of the mind, or just want to find out what makes your friends tick, Psych 101 has all the answers - even the ones you didn't know you were looking for.
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packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and So whether you’re looking to unravel the intricacies of the mind, or just want to find out what makes your friends tick, Psych 101 has all the answers—even the ones you didn’t know you were looking for. Paul Kleinman grew up in White Plains, New York, and currently resides in New York City. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 2009 with degrees in art and communication arts. His previous work includes Freudian theory
deprivation could in fact be reversed, but only if it lasted for less than ninety days for the monkeys, or up to six months for humans. The Impact of Harlow’s Work While his work was controversial and would be deemed inhumane by today’s standards, Harry Harlow’s work was extremely important and left a dramatic impact on child rearing, childcare, adoption agencies, orphanages, and social services. Harlow was able to show with irrefutable evidence that love was vital in the development of a normal
as a scientifically proven fact. Another criticism that has been raised concerning the hierarchy of needs is Maslow’s stance that the lower needs must be satisfied before someone has the ability to reach self-actualization. People who live in poverty, for example, are still capable of love or belonging, even though—according to Maslow—this should not be the case. Despite criticisms, there is no denying how important and significant Abraham Maslow was to modern psychology. He shifted attention
group originally identified three types: authoritarian, democratic, and laissez-fair. For the study, schoolchildren were placed into three groups with a leader that corresponded with one of the three styles of leadership. Lewin and his group of researchers then studied the responses of children as the leader directed the kids in an arts and crafts project. Authoritarian or Autocratic Leadership Authoritarian leaders give clear explanations of what has to be done, when something should be done by,
are responsible for different types of thinking. Most interestingly, these two sides of the brain have the ability to operate practically independently of each other. In psychology, this is referred to as the lateralization of brain function. In the early 1960s, psychobiologist Roger Sperry began conducting experiments on epileptic patients. Sperry discovered that by cutting the structure responsible for connecting and communicating between the left and right hemispheres of the brain, known as
