Reply With QuoteFor basics, The Psychology Book published by DK is a good gateway to general concepts and theories. Not highbrow but a great introduction that'll allow you to see what aspects you'd like to read further into.
So I have an interest in psychology such as unconscious bias, why people behave the way they do, etc etc.
I'm looking for an easy reading your book, nothing with lots of academic references and charts, but something I can read on the train and easily pick it up/put it down type.
Any recommendation?
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For basics, The Psychology Book published by DK is a good gateway to general concepts and theories. Not highbrow but a great introduction that'll allow you to see what aspects you'd like to read further into.
Excellent guys.
It's just something I'm interested about and would like to read up on, it's not for a course or degree etc and hence trying to stay away from textbook types.
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The 'A Very Short Introduction' books are generally good.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychology-.../dp/0199670420
They are good - And if you want some humour look at the bluffers guides to ........ as well.Originally Posted by Kingstepper
Available on amazon as audio as well as paperback.
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Last edited by Brian; 8th February 2018 at 14:25.
This is a nice 'starter's kit' if you're more into the neurology part of psychology: The brain that changes itself by Norman Doidge
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Daniel Kahneman's thinking fast and slow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-fast-and-slow may be exactly what you are looking for.
Two of the best ones I have read...
Lauren Slater; Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Opening-Ski...8199161&sr=1-1
Oliver Sacks; "The Man who mistook his wife for a hat"
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Mistook...8198915&sr=1-1
Whilst a very good book, it's not exactly a "pick up, put down"!
As something of a psychologist, i'd go with "The Chimp Paradox" by Steve Peters, which presents an interesting and simplified model for why we respond the way we do under pressure and what you can do about it and "Drive" by Daniel Pink as good starting points.
Not about psychology but more to do with how we are conscious, "The Book of Not Knowing" by Peter Ralston.
This one is interesting
The Psychology of Influence
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I found a rare gem in a charity shop: TA Today - A New Guide to Transactional Analysis.
I haven't started reading it yet, but the background looks interesting.
The thing is - how much “real” psychology would you like? Or are you happy with pop psychology? It’s a difficult balance between education and entertainment...
If you're interested in TA I would suggest you start with 'games people play' instead, assuming you're interested but not practicing.
Last edited by ernestrome; 10th February 2018 at 09:13.
Seconded. If anything it’s too insightful. You read a few pages and learn something that’s so important you really want to focus on it, and think of ways to apply it in life. Then a few pages later there is another concept, and another and another and in the end I accept it’s interesting but there is just too much to keep in mind and process in everyday life. Amazing man and book though.
Last edited by Seamaster73; 10th February 2018 at 10:21.
Thirded - excellent book based on real science.
Depending on what interests you, two other much more applied books that build on psychology are:
- Made to stick (Heath brothers) - changed my whole approach to communication particularly presentations.
- Influence: The psychology of persuasion - excellent practical insight into this area.
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