Psychologia dla bystrzaków

by Adam Cash

Podejrzewasz, że sąsiad jest psychopatą? Obawiasz się, że przyjaciółka popadła w depresję? Zdaje Ci się, że rodzeństwo niepokojąco często sięga po leki? A może chcesz przyjrzeć się z bliska swojej własnej psychice? Książka "Psychologia" została stworzona dla ludzi ciekawych świata, także tego powstającego wewnątrz nas. Jeśli więc chcesz dowiedzieć się, jak myślą inni i co kieruje ich działaniem, albo interesuje Cię, co mogą oznaczać niepokojące sny, w których latasz lub publicznie pojawiasz się nago, odpowiedzi na te i dziesiątki innych pytań znajdziesz wewnątrz tego podręcznika.

Napisany przyjaznym językiem, w obrazowy sposób wyjaśnia wszystkie zagadnienia kluczowe dla omawianej gałęzi nauki. Przedstawia fascynujące przypadki i wydarzenia oraz przybliża sylwetki naukowców, którzy wnieśli istotny wkład w rozwój psychologii. Jeśli ta dziedzina wydaje Ci się interesująca, teraz może stać się przygodą Twojego życia. Jeśli natomiast uważasz, że to nauka dla sztywniaków -- zdaje się, że Zygmunt Freud uznałby Cię za bardzo ciekawy przypadek...

Psy Pawłowa i koty Thorndike'a oraz dziesiątki innych emocjonujących zagadnień:

zagadki pamięci i sztuka zapominania;
symptomy chorób psychicznych;
znaczenie marzeń sennych;
profilaktyka oraz metody terapeutyczne;
psychologia w walce z przestępczością;
wskazówki pomagające zachować zdrowie psychiczne.
Książka "Psychologia" zawiera dodatki specjalne, tj.: profesjonaliści zajmujący się psychologią, popularne zaburzenia psychiczne, co robić w przypadku kryzysu psychicznego, skuteczne sposoby radzenia sobie ze stresem, oznaki potencjalnego samobójstwa.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Reference, Self Help, Science, Health, Mental Health

424 pages, Paperback

First published May 24, 2002

Reviews

[Diamond Cowboy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full review later

[Ilze Folkmane]

It's perfect for a general introduction in the field, not to mention that it is also quite interesting. However, psychology being a soft science, I find it difficult to accept that there are so many possible therapies, so many probabilities, possibilities and theories. But that, of course, is not the book's fault.
+ Being a film lover, the last chapter was a treat for me - the author evaluates some films that involve psychological issues in terms of their being (or not being) scientifically correct.

[Roope Kanninen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Selvälukuista tekstiä, jossa käsitellään lukuisia psykologian aiheita pintapuolisesti.

[Victor Da Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

(sorry if I write in english with some mistakes; my native language is spanish)[If you want to read only my opinion about the book, start in the underlined paragraph]

Since around 2011, when I started to really see all the areas I would love to develop and dedicate my entire life, I've looked up many areas on which I'd feel great with myself. One of those that my parents wantedme to be on was computer engineering, since I have a very good knowledge of that area, and my parents saw that it's giving alot of money (or at least in my country right now). I liked it, but thinking that I was going to be sitting on a chair on alot of my work in front of a screen most of the time, didn't quite get my full attention.

Psychology, in the other hand, even though they say it doesn't make much money, if you live doing what you really like, makes your life and your time worth it. This is the area that I feel that I want to develop myself and will make my life worthwile. I'm going to begin in March to study Psychology at a university and I couldnt be more happier with my choice.

Too much about me.This book, although Adam Cash (The author) tried to make some funny jokes or moments to make the book a little bit more worthwile, didn't quite got to it. Nevertheless, this doesn't mean that all the information that contains this book has to be underrated for this small personal comment. It begins with the most basics of psychology, going through a small part explaining parts of the brain and the scientific studies that explains which parts correlates with some of our behaviors and emotions. From social pscychology to the most recent form of psychology (positive psychology), it explains how each type of psychologies think about our emotions, behaviors , and ways to treat us, either placing the "blame" to biological factors or social factors. Observing how criminals develop their way of being themselves and taking part of the investigation to realize who could it be. Also, it talks about all of the clinical and abnormal types of disorders. There's just too much to say about the book, and it really is hard to explain because usually various points of view have analogies between them, but it really helps you to understand the most basics of psychology, so you can find yourself amongst all of the theories you can find and make one of your own.

Also, he talks about several books on some of the areas that you could dig in a little bit further if you find one of your likings, and in the very end, a selection of "classical" psychology movies recommended for you to see.

To put it shortly, it's a perfect book to start on the psychology area. If you're already in for quite a few years, some areas could be a bit boring to read if you already know about them. But hey, you can always go to the next chapter!

[Luba Moshcovich · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is very very basic. The author sometimes gives confusing examples that seem to be irrelevant. Unless you've never heard about psychology this book does not add much to your knowledge. I give it 3 stars because it is written " fast food" style, I expected it to be a bit more developed.

[Shona Moyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic and easy to read and retain whilst still being informative enough for my purposes. Easy to dip in and out of as required.

[Juul Van den berg · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[KEYSHA Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was informative. I like the for dummies series because it is simple reading. I will be working on my MSW in the Spring and want as much information as I can get.

[Ari (Head in a Book) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting read and I thought the basic writing was great and made it not so bad to read.

[Gero Crispens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excelente manual sobre la Psicología. Me encantó. Te introduce a este campo de una forma sencilla, divertida y amena. Totalmente recomendado para principiantes en la materia, incluso puede aplicar como libro de texto en el nivel secundario.

[David Noble · Rating 3 out of 5]

After reading Jayne's "The origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind" I wanted to get a better understanding of basic psychology. I've always found that the "for Dummies" books are an inexpensive, accessible and reasonably rounded introduction to many topics and this book is no exception. On the plus side it provided me with what I was after. On the negative side I found that in some of the more technical parts of the book Cash would introduce a subject, and then move on to the next topic, with no real exploration of the subject that had just been introduced. The "for Dummies" books also seem to include mandatory exposure to the the author's sense of humour. I guess that this is an attempt to keep the book more engaging, but in this case the lame sense of humour considerably detracted from the subject matter. Overall I felt it gave me a reasonable introduction to the subject, and so was worth the read.

[Assia Mohdeb · Rating 5 out of 5]

« Tout le monde est concerné par la psychologie. Les êtres humains sont fascinants, y compris vous ! Ils défient souvent la logique et échappent à toute prédiction. Par conséquent, il est difficile de les cerner. Vous pensez avoir cerné quelqu un et… pan ! il vous surprend. Certains d’entre nous se disent qu’ils ont une bonne capacité d’analyse et qu’ils ont les choses en main. Si c’est le cas, tant mieux ! Ils peuvent, en effet, comprendre les êtres humains de façon plus intuitive que les autres. Pour le reste d’entre nous, il y a la psychologie. » 4,80 ^^ .

[Charles Deguara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book to improve my understanding of human psychology specifically to help me improve myself as an author. I found the book to be interesting and quite a useful introduction to psychology. I am not a psychology graduate so I cannot evaluate the quality of the book in terms of accuracy etc but for anyone looking for a good introduction to psychology that is an interesting read; I would recommend this book.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dear god, if only we would all pick up a book like this from time to time! Hah. Very interesting and humorous read on what makes us "tick" as human beings. Always fascinated by human behavior, I ravaged this book, and still pick it up from time to time to re-read over pertinent passages as I experience things in life. Good book to have around the house!

[Aurélie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Globalement : fouillis. Beaucoup beaucoup de listes (je ne sais pas vous, mais moi ça ne m'aide pas à focaliser mon attention et à retenir), conseils psycho sans grande profondeur, tentatives d'humour ratées, mentions "truc" et "à retenir" placées apparemment de manière aléatoire, ... Bof bof bof.

[Kimberley Vincent-D · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is was interesting for me because i want to be a psychologist.I found many facts i didn't know and a lot of informations about the psychologist.

[Elwin Kline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good full coverage on psychology. For me this 3.5 level material, with a round down.

I can say that I appreciate the more than shallow depth the author goes into about the various subjects. The slightly more than touch and go approach the author presents is better than other exposure to the field I've been presented with.

Unfortunately most of this stuff is just the farthest thing from earth shattering or learning anything new.

A few examples of various sections.

- Child abuse negatively impacts children.

- Online dating changes the courtship and meeting process compared to traditional ways of the past.

- Trauma causes people to behave different than others who have not experienced it within the same given scenario.

- Drugs and alcohol change people and biologically alter the human mind.

Reading those examples above, to me it's just pretty straightforward and common knowledge.

The whole book pretty much runs at this tempo of statements that are feel about as insightful as "the table had 4 legs". Um.. of course it did? However, an artistic/stylish table could have 3, 2, or even 1 leg and still be considered a table... it's all case by case and you can't blanket statement that all tables always have 4 legs.

If that analogy makes sense, save yourself the time/page count on this one. Congratulations you understand every concept presented in the book.

This books greatest strengths is the first 10% and the last 10%. Great opener, focusing on ethical dilemmas psychologists face and persistently violate.

The example given is a man comes for relationship counseling and its clearly his vault the relationship is in turmoil (works 70 hours a week, had an affair, etc..).. the psychologist will lose that client if they point the finger at him, so they candy coat and talk around the real problem of him paying for sex with prostitutes... because the psychologist has financial gain to be made for return visits for 'treatment'. While this example is a bit of an exaggeration, the author points out how often this happens in the field of psychology.

Another ethics flaw is how opinion focused psychology is, hidden under the mask of "experience." Psychologists will inject their opinions, instead of speaking to the receiving end based off of research, experimentation, and statistics... instead they will just throw out there that 'yep, all men who are in the military are cheaters.' Again, another exaggeration, but hopefully the main point is made here.

What I respect and enjoyed was the PhD holding psycholgist author shined the light on this and called his peers out on these bad practices.

Finally, the last 10% loops back to ethics and presenting material in the mindset of actually being a psychologist and providing treatment to clients/patients. Very enjoyable as well.

I would definitely recommend this if you're a psychology major, or you have read between 0-1 other psychology books

Again, 3.5 overall with a round down. Mainly due to my exposure on the subject and just a lot of repeat material for me. Really enjoyed the ethics aspect though.

I am writing this review from my phone, so please disregard/understand any possible errors or auto-corrects.

[Stephen Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this up as an intro to psychology for our homeschool curriculum and I was not disappointed. The author writes in a very friendly and non-dry narrative. It presents a general overview of types of psychology, scientific method, research, various psychologist’s techniques, Biology and the brain. It promotes general well being and mental health practices.

Depending on the readers age, parents may want to be aware of the following content:
⚠️ Parental Warnings ⚠️
- On a list of psychology studies is “sexual orientation and gender studies”
-“Sexual disfunction” mentioned as a particular medications side effect in General overview .
-Ch5 presents a dream topic of “work naked”, and mentions a “feeling of rapture after sex”
-Ch9 mentions “sexual fantasies” while listing various things people keep to themselves.
-Textbook explanation of reproduction starting with “sexual intercourse”. Also mentions physical development of adolescents during puberty. Including “sexual desire”.
-Lots of references to movies and tv shows throughout, as well as a list of psychologically significant films in the back. Some of which are movies with inappropriate content, such as: clockwork orange, silence of the lambs, black mirror (with specific episode mentioned of two women falling in love).
-Listed among Psychological traumas are “sexual assault.”
-Quotes a hypothetical patient “I feel like s***”. The audiobook says the word, while the book prints it as “S!@t”.

[Rosalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a well written and presented book on psychology. Adam Cash used his knowledge and experience to bring psychology to live for the reader. The book is divided into 7 sections and you can dip your way into different sections as Adam Cash will give pointers regarding different aspects of topics under discussion that are in other chapters. Adam Cash has managed to get the balance right with the language. It is technical, but not so much that the average reader can’t understand what he means. There are examples, reference points and things to remember through out the book to make understanding this fascinating and deep topic much easier than many books. Adam Cash’s writing style is relaxed, but still professional and educational. Overall this is a very good start to this complex and interesting topic.

[Emma · Rating 1 out of 5]

On aborde tellement de choses, et de manière tellement superficielle, qu'au final je ressors de cette lecture sans rien avoir appris. Dès que ça devient intéressant, on change de sujet. Le seul point positif, c'est de pouvoir décider quels livres lire ensuite en fonction de ce qui nous intéresse. Mais tout un livre juste pour ça, c'est une perte de temps.

This deals with so many subjects, in such a shallow way, that you have learnt nothing by the end of the book. Each time it gets interesting, the author moves on to the next topic, which is frustrating. In my opinion the only use for this book is to help you decide where to start studying psychology, but there are certainly less time-consuming ways to do so.

[Jouri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Used this educational book as a quick reference study for a Psych Ward Project I was working on, did it’s job in describing various mental illnesses, their symptoms, behaviours and treatment plans as well as how our brain and it’s chemistry behaves, enjoyed this crash course it was organised clearly and summarised to a T, although I felt like it lacked ornamental topics/minor illustrations since it was a bit too dry for a beginner psychology study book, (nonetheless) I would still recommend this to ANYONE and everyone!

[Luis García · Rating 5 out of 5]

Como estudiante de segundo año de Psicología, he de decir que este libro resulta de gran utilidad a la hora de repasar todos y cada uno de los conceptos importantes e indispensables de mi ámbito profesional. A pesar de ello, aborda todos los temas de una manera muy general y breve, en capítulos cortos. Diría que para alguien nuevo en esta preciosa ciencia podría resultarle algo confuso o tendría que estar buscando constantemente información externa para entender lo que está leyendo. Por lo general, a mí me ha encantado.

[Nicole Neubert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved reading this book called Psychology For Dummies. It was a long book with lots of information about psychology, the different kinds of therapies, and some things about disabilities like ADHD, Autism, Alzheimer's and some other things that were in there too. I learned a lot by reading this book. I would definitely recommend this book to other people that would want to learn more about psychology and how the brain works. It was a very interesting book.

[Justin Green]

A little piecemeal but that's the point of a general popular introduction I suppose. The fact that the author put up his hand to say, this is a tour of this topic guided by 'me' - as opposed to an anonymous author - was very good. It lightened the tone and accessibility with overt humour and seemed to say, 'this is the field but it's also my opinion which others may not share 100%'.

[Akua · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book that thoroughly describes every aspect of psychology.From the biological aspect to the sociocultural aspect.
It touches on our thinking process and why we act the way we do, famous experiments by renowned psychologists like 'Pavlovs Dogs' , varying personality ,mental illness such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and not to forget the famous Freudian psychoanalysis.

[Em · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fajna książka dla początkujących. Niestety czytałam drugie wydanie i... miałam w nim mnóstwo błędów i chochlików drukarskich. Czasami były skróty myślowe, braki w feminatywach. Parę razy zdarzył się brak wytłumaczenia tematu, podany był tylko niejednoznaczny przykład. Natomiast nie było najgorzej.

[Alan Ramírez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si te interesa adentrarte en el mundo de la psicología, no lo dudes, este libro es para ti. Conoce las nociones básicas pero muy bien explicadas de varios temas de esta ciencia. Con ejemplos claros e ilustrativos el autor nos adentra en esta rama del estudio. Te lo recomiendo ampliamemte

[Volodymyr · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite poorly written - doesn't keep you interested, gives a lot of definitions without showing good examples, etc. Not worth it.

[Labeba Salameh · Rating 4 out of 5]

I highlight many notes in this book, i need to recopy it and make some outline summary and i may come back here

[Dim Lia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful walkthrough to psychology