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Tom Butler-Bowdon

psychology classics

50 Psychology Classics 
Second Edition, 2017
by Tom Butler-Bowdon

This brand new edition of the bestselling 50 Psychology Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on the mind, personality, and human nature includes nine new chapters covering recent classics including Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, Susan Cain’s Quiet, Walter Mischel’s The Marshmallow Test and Temple Grandin’s The Autistic Brain.
 
In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to what motivates us, what makes us feel and act in certain ways, how our brains work, and how we create a sense of self. 50 Psychology Classics explores writings from some iconic figures such as Freud, Adler, Jung, Skinner, James, Piaget and Pavlov, but also highlights the work of contemporary thinkers. Providing “psychology for the non-psychologists”, 50 Psychology Classics will further your understanding of human nature and yourself. Includes commentaries, biographical information, and a guide for further reading.

Below is a list of titles covered in the new updated edition of 50 Psychology Classics. To see a sample chapter, click on a link.

  1. Alfred Adler Understanding Human Nature (1927)
  2. Gordon Allport The Nature of Prejudice (1954)
  3. Albert Bandura Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control (1997)
  4. Gavin Becker The Gift of Fear (1997)
  5. Eric Berne Games People Play (1964)
  6. Isabel Briggs Myers Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (1980)
  7. Louann Brizendine The Female Brain (2006)
  8. David D Burns Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (1980)
  9. Susan Cain Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2012)
  10. Robert Cialdini Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (1984)
  11. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Creativity (1997)
  12. Carol Dweck Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006)
  13. Albert Ellis & Robert Harper (1961) A Guide To Rational Living(1961)
  14. Milton Erickson My Voice Will Go With You (1982) by Sidney Rosen
  15. Eric Erikson Young Man Luther (1958)
  16. Hans Eysenck Dimensions of Personality (1947)
  17. Viktor Frankl The Will to Meaning (1969)
  18. Anna Freud The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (1936)
  19. Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams (1901)
  20. Howard Gardner Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983)
  21. Daniel Gilbert Stumbling on Happiness (2006)
  22. Malcolm Gladwell Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005)
  23. Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence at Work (1998)
  24. John M Gottman The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work (1999)
  25. Temple Grandin The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed (2013) 
  26. Harry Harlow The Nature of Love (1958)
  27. Thomas A Harris I'm OK - You're OK (1967)
  28. Eric Hoffer The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (1951)
  29. Karen Horney Our Inner Conflicts (1945)
  30. William James Principles of Psychology (1890)
  31. Carl Jung The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1953)
  32. Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011)
  33. Alfred Kinsey Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953)
  34. RD Laing The Divided Self (1959)
  35. Abraham Maslow The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1970)
  36. Stanley Milgram Obedience To Authority (1974)
  37. Walter Mischel The Marshmallow Test (2014)
  38. Leonard Mlodinow Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (2012)
  39. IP Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes (1927)
  40. Fritz Perls Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (1951)
  41. Jean Piaget The Language and Thought of the Child (1966)
  42. Steven Pinker The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (2002)
  43. VS Ramachandran Phantoms in the Brain (1998)
  44. Carl Rogers On Becoming a Person (1961)
  45. Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1970)
  46. Barry Schwartz The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less (2004)
  47. Martin Seligman Authentic Happiness (2002)
  48. BF Skinner Beyond Freedom & Dignity (1953)
  49. Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen Difficult Conversations (2000)
  50. William Styron Darkness Visible (1990)

Source: Tom Butler-Bowdon 50 Psychology Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on the mind, personality, and human nature (Nicholas Brealey, London & Boston).

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"At long last a chance for those outside the profession to discover that there is so much more to psychology than just Freud and Jung. 50 Psychology Classics offer a unique opportunity to become acquainted with a dazzling array of the key works in psychological literature almost overnight".

Dr Raj Persaud, Consultant Psychiatrist, The Maudsley Hospital London, Gresham Professor for Public Understanding of Psychiatry 

"This delightful book provides thoughtful and entertaining summaries of 50 of the most influential books in psychology. Its a "must read" for students contemplating a career in psychology".

VS Ramachandran MD PhD, Professor and Director, Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego 

"A brilliant synthesis. The author makes complex ideas accessible and practical, without dumbing down the material. I found myself over and over thinking, 'Oh, that's what that guy meant'.

Douglas Stone, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, author of Difficult Conversations 

"I read 50 Psych Classics as a way to prepare for my upcoming graduate studies in the fall. It was really nice to get somewhat of a deeper dive into the people behind the ideas you read about in textbooks in addition to the reminders on what those ideas were to begin with. I especially appreciate that you point out how their lives, and their connections to prior great minds, often informed their ideas. Thanks so much for putting this resource together - it's been a great help!"

Robin Barrett, student




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