Mindwatching: Why We Behave the Way We Do

by Hans Jürgen Eysenck, Michael W. Eysenck

In this work, father and son psychologists Hans and Michael Eysenck take the general reader on a tour of the human personality. It includes an experiment which tested people's obedience to authority, as well as evidence that stress can kill, and how personality determines our life.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Nonfiction, Self Help

385 pages, Paperback

First published March 30, 1981

About the author

= Hans J. Eysenck = H.J. Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck (/ˈaɪzɛŋk/; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a psychologist born in Germany, who spent his professional career in Great Britain. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, though he worked in a wide range of areas. At the time of his death, Eysenck was the living psychologist most frequently cited in science journals

Reviews

[Hemen Kalita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This all-inclusive book about human psychology is divided into five parts-

Part1- social psychology.
Part 2- evolutionary /animal psychology,
Part3 - neuropsychology and personality,
Part4 - memory and cognitive dissonance.
Part 5- practical future uses of psychology

Most of the ideas are pretty common now, but the book must have been profound when it first came out in the 80s.

[Aaron Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good introductory text.

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kort overzicht van de meest baanbrekende psychologische onderzoeken van zo'n 30 jaar geleden. Handige samenvatting van mijn cursus psychologie in de jaren 80.