Psychology 101: The 101 Ideas, Concepts and Theories that Have Shaped Our World 1472983165, 9781472983169

Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Accident Proneness: Just Being Clumsy?
Chapter 2: Alcohol Use and Addiction: Fancy a Quick Drink?
Chapter 3: Alternative Medicine: What is it and Does it Work?
Chapter 4: Altruism and Caring: The Psychology of Kindness…and Selfishness
Chapter 5: Anality and Obsessive-Compulsive ­Disorder: The Need to be Orderly
Chapter 6: Anxiety: Are You a Worrier?
Chapter 7: Art Preferences: What Sort of Pictures do You Like?
Chapter 8: Assessment and Selection
Chapter 9: Astrology and Graphology: Are They ­Accurate and, if not, Why do People Believe in Them?
Chapter 10: Attraction and Beauty: Not Only in the Eye of the Beholder
Chapter 11: Autism, Asperger’s and Schizoid People: On the Spectrum
Chapter 12: Behavioural Economics
Chapter 13: Behaviourism and Behaviour Therapies
Chapter 14: Birth Order: Are You First Born or an Only Child?
Chapter 15: Body Language: Wink, Wink, Nod, Nod
Chapter 16: Brainstorming: Fun but does it Work?
Chapter 17: Brainwashing and Cults: How to Form a Cult!
Chapter 18: Changing Behaviour: Set in Plaster or ­Malleable as Plastic?
Chapter 19: Character Strengths and Virtues: Let’s be Positive
Chapter 20: Coaching: What is it and does it Work?
Chapter 21: Cognitive Dissonance: Changing Attitudes and Behaviour
Chapter 22: Cold Reading: How to Persuade People that you Really Understand Them
Chapter 23: Common Sense
Chapter 24: Communicating Through Different Media
Chapter 25: Conscientiousness and Grit: Pitching up and Pitching in
Chapter 26: Conspiracy and Cover-Up Theories
Chapter 27: Country and Culture Differences
Chapter 28: Creativity
Chapter 29: Culture Shock: The Shock of the New
Chapter 30: Dark Triad
Chapter 31: Defence Mechanisms and Coping: Unconscious Ways of Coping
Chapter 32: Delusions and Hallucinations
Chapter 33: Depression: Malignant Sadness
Chapter 34: Dreams and Dreaming: Fantasy Time
Chapter 35: Eating Disorders
Chapter 36: Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 37: Engagement and Drive at Work
Chapter 38: Extraversion and Introversion
Chapter 39: Eye Contact: See What they Say
Chapter 40: Freud and his Ideas: The Most Famous Psychologist of all Time
Chapter 41: Friendship: Choosing Others
Chapter 42: Group-Think: Bad Decision-Making in Teams
Chapter 43: Happiness, Flow and Joy
Chapter 44: Hawthorne and Placebo Effect: Do Treatments Really Work?
Chapter 45: Honesty and Integrity: The Traits People Most Want in Their Boss
Chapter 46: Humour, Jokes and Laughter: A Funny Thing
Chapter 47: Impression Management and Self-presentation: The Psychology of Faking Good
Chapter 48: Impulsivity and Postponement of Gratification: I Want it Now!
Chapter 49: Inkblots and Projective Techniques: The Psychology of Pretty Pictures
Chapter 50: Intelligence and IQ: How Bright Are You?
Chapter 51: Justice: What is Reasonable and Fair
Chapter 52: Leadership: Why so Many Fail
Chapter 53: Lying and Deceit
Chapter 54: Mental Health Literacy: Would You be a Good Psychiatrist?
Chapter 55: Mental Health Classification
Chapter 56: Mindset: What you Can and Cannot Change
Chapter 57: Money: The Source of All Evil?
Chapter 58: Morality and Ethics
Chapter 59: Music: Preferences, Uses and Distraction
Chapter 60: Myths about Psychology
Chapter 61: Narcissism and Self-love: The Dark Side of Self-Esteem
Chapter 62: Networks and Networking
Chapter 63: Normality and Sanity
Chapter 64: Obedience and Conformity
Chapter 65: Office Politics: The Cynical and the Savvy
Chapter 66: Parenting Style and Attachment
Chapter 67: Passive-Aggressiveness: The Stereotypical Mother-In-Law
Chapter 68: Personality Disorders: ‘Dark-Side Traits’
Chapter 69: Personality Theories and Tests
Chapter 70: Persuasion: The Psychology of Influence
Chapter 71: Phobias: A Fear of Fear
Chapter 72: Psychopaths: Watch Out, there are Many About
Chapter 73: Psychotherapy
Chapter 74: PTSD: Serious Reactions to Traumatic Events
Chapter 75: Queuing: The Waiting Game
Chapter 76: Racism and Prejudice
Chapter 77: Remote Personality Profiling: Scraping Biography Off the Web
Chapter 78: Resilience: The Psychology of Coping Well
Chapter 79: Retirement: Pipe and Slippers
Chapter 80: Schizophrenia: A Seriously Misunderstood Problem
Chapter 81: Self-Actualization: The Ultimate Achievement
Chapter 82: Self-Awareness: Do You Know Who You Are?
Chapter 83: Self-Esteem: Do you Feel Good About Yourself?
Chapter 84: Sex Differences: Nature, Nurture or ­Nothing
Chapter 85: Sex Really Does Sell: Or Does It?
Chapter 86: Shopping: The Psychology of Retail Therapy
Chapter 87: Smiling: When, How and Why We Smile
Chapter 88: Stress: Causes and Consequences
Chapter 89: Subliminal Perception and Hidden ­Messages
Chapter 90: Talent: What is it and Who has it?
Chapter 91: Thinking and Learning Styles
Chapter 92: Time: Larks and Owls and Waiting Forever
Chapter 93: Tipping: Grateful Gratuities
Chapter 94: Tolerance of Ambiguity: Are you Afraid of Uncertainty?
Chapter 95: Unemployment and Worklessness: It is No Fun Being Jobless
Chapter 96: Visual Illusion: Now you see it, Now you don’t
Chapter 97: Vocational Choice and Guidance: What Job are you Best Suited to?
Chapter 98: Work Ethic: The Benefits of Hard Work
Chapter 99: Work Motivation
Chapter 100: Workaholism
Chapter 101: Workplace Deviance
Index