Think Like a Psychologist: Get to Grips with the Workings of the Human Mind

by Anne Rooney

Think Like a Psychologist is a fun introduction to the universal aspects of psychology that affect our daily lives and relationships.
Using a Q&A format, the book delves into questions such

• What goes on in your children's minds during adolescence?
• Why do many of us feel dissatisfied?
• Is it possible to improve your memory?
• Can you control your dreams?

An accessible read that helps to explain exactly what's going on in the world around us.

Genres: Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2019

About the author

Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.

Reviews

[空 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the book due to its easy language with subjective infos about various topics of human psychology . Read the other comments that unappreciated this book because of their unsatisfaction :) I started with
no expectation and ended up like a good quality time with a friend.

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of randomly organised themes, each teasing an interesting facet of psychology. I think my issue with the book was that the mentions of various psychological issues, topics and experiments were given such brief treatment - sometimes not even concluding in a meaningful way. There were lots of random boxes scattered about with little bits of info in them that only sometimes related to what was being discussed in the main body of the chapter, such as it was. It seemed very slapdash and put together hurriedly.

As a jumping off point for exploring some big topics in psychology, the book is okay, but beyond that I can't recommend it much.

[Monet · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well written and described a lot of different complex concepts well however would also gloss over many topics.

Would be great for someone who has never done a lower level course of psychology and wanted to have a general overview.

[one6four · Rating 4 out of 5]

entertaining book, learned a lot.

[Moonwishes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a fun read that goes through an array of different topics in psychology.

[DarkPhan Trịnh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Many things are unpredictable

[Sheena MacDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting. Not what I expected but and interesting read anyway.