The Working Mind: An Introduction to Psychology

by J.P. Das

Students of psychology will find this a lively, well-illustrated book that answers a basic What is psychology about? Dealing with emotion, motivation, personality and intelligence, the psychological basis of behaviour and perception, this book helps us to understand how the mind works, what lies behind ordinary conversations and routine movements and consciousness, neuro-imaging, split-brain, innateness of language, cultural transmission of learning, the origins of higher mental activity, and personality research and intelligence.

Genres: Psychology

284 pages, Hardcover

First published November 24, 1998