Heads Up Psychology

· Dorling Kindersley Ltd
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About this ebook

"What is insanity?" "Can we trust our memories?" "Who needs parents, anyway?" The answers to these and many other burning questions lie in the world of psychology. It is all around us, influencing advertising, politics, and product development, and Heads Up Psychology explains it all.

Using engaging graphics, this book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology, including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, as well as offering biography spreads of key psychologists and case study panels about specific experiments to give everything context. Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained for teen readers.

About the author

Marcus Weeks was a contributing writer for The Philosophy Book, The Psychology Book, The Economics Book, The Politics Book, and The Religions Book for DK. He has written many other books, including but not limited to Mozart: The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music (National Geographic, 2007); Music: A Crash Course (Simon & Schuster, 1999); and How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale? (Barnes & Noble, 2010). His hobbies and interests include writing palindromic poetry, compiling and solving cryptic crossword puzzles, and playing the trombone in jazz and ska/funk bands.

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