The Bedside Book of Psychology: From Ancient Dream Therapy to Ecopsychology: 125 Historic Events and Big Ideas to Push the Limits of Your Knowledge

by Wade E. Pickren, Philip G. Zimbardo (Foreword)

A fascinating exploration into the 125 most important milestones in psychology, all in one handy book perfect for keeping on your bedside table or carrying wherever you go.

Now is the perfect time to expand your knowledge and learn something new or delve deeper into a topic you’ve always been interested in. With 125 concise, informative, and entertaining entries,  The Bedside Book of Psychology  explores the key theories, discoveries, and experiments, influential personalities, and seminal publications in the field over the millennia. Wade Pickren covers a wide range of topics and cultures—from ancient philosophies of psychotherapeutic well-being such as shamanism, to mesmerism, multiple personality disorder, Freud’s  Interpretation of Dreams , Pavlov’s conditioning experiments, mirror neurons, positive psychology, sexual fluidity, and climate-crisis psychology—all in an accessible, conversational voice. Includes 75 black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology

272 pages, Hardcover

Published March 16, 2021

Reviews

[Cassidy Butler · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bought this book because the local Barnes & Noble was going out of business. Something to keep in the bathroom or something. Not meant to be a sit down and read, but had some brief summaries of interesting historical events in the world of psychology.

[Joseph DiRe · Rating 3 out of 5]

It nicely condensed psychological discoveries into a 2 page summary for each event. Sometimes the 2 pages were not enough and were more vague than my liking.