50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Psychology (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Series) - Softcover

Abnormal behaviour; Placebo effect; Kicking the Habit; Lost Touch; Not neurotic, just different; Seem sane; Stress; Visual illusions; Psychophysics; Hallucinations; Delusions; Are you conscious?; Positive psychology; Emotional intelligence; What are emotions for?; Cognitive therapy; IQ and you; Flynn effect; Multiple intelligences; Cognitive differences; The Rorschach inkblot test; Detecting lies; Authoritarian personality; Obedience to authority; Fitting in; Self-sacrifice or selfishness; Cognitive dissonance; Gambler's fallacy; Judgement and problem-solving; Too much invested to quit; Rational decision-making; Remembrance of things past; What the witness saw; Artificial intelligence; Perchance to dream; Try to forget; Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon; Psychosexual stages; Cognitive stages; Ducks in a row; Tabula rasa; Stay hungry; Behaviourism; Reinforcement schedules; Mastering complexity; Phrenology; Breaking up is hard to do; Aphasia; Dyslexia; Who's that?

Adrian Furnham is Professor of Psychology at the University of London (UCL). He is the author of 48 books including Culture Shock, The Psychology of Money and The Dark Side of Behaviour at Work. He lives in London.