Psychology and life book evaluation

Psychology and Life is a textbook used by Stanford University for many years, and it is also a classic textbook that has been promoted and used in many universities in the United States. Not only that, this textbook is fluently written, easy to understand, and goes deeper into life, linking psychological theories and knowledge with people's daily life and work, making it also an excellent reading for the general public to understand psychology and themselves! As a mature textbook containing rich educational ideas and unique teaching methods, all the elements of the original book, such as the "Glossary" composed of more than 600 words and explanations, the valuable "References", and the nearly 1,000 "Names and Subject Indexes", are very valuable for teaching, research and learning, so they have been translated and preserved in their entirety in this Chinese translation.

In addition, a series of rich and unique teaching aids and tools are used in conjunction with the teaching of this textbook, and the People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House New Curve Company and Pearson Education Publishing Company have cooperated to provide free courseware for teachers who use this textbook. As the author says, "psychology is a science closely related to human happiness", and its unique style of being close to life and in-depth practice is also an excellent reading for the general public to understand psychology, better understand human beings and improve their overall quality. The author vividly compares the use of this book to study psychology as a "journey of wisdom", and if you choose her, I believe you will be worthwhile.

The authors are Richard Grieg and Philip Zimbardo. The English version has reached the 18th edition, and the Chinese translation version is the 16th edition. The content is pretty much the same.

I bought two copies of the 16th edition, and many years ago, the first one was borrowed by a classmate after reading it in a hurry, and then I couldn't find it.

This book is a should read for beginners and psychology enthusiasts. Psychology and Life is a classic textbook of general psychology in many universities in the United States. It is also the main reference book recommended by ETS in the United States as the GRE psychology test.

Many teachers in the field of psychology in China have been using the English version of this book as the first reference book for teaching for many years. Unfortunately, due to copyright issues and the heavy translation volume of more than one million words, there has not been a single Chinese translation of this book. With a sense of mission for the basic education and popularization of psychology in China, 18 professors from the Department of Psychology of Peking University worked together to select a part of each according to their own research expertise and interests, and carefully translated.

As Professor Wang Lei said, "The translation of this textbook is the crystallization of the collective wisdom and team cohesion of the professors of the Department of Psychology of Peking University. ”

The essence of it? In general, the knowledge in this book is basic and comprehensive. Just look at the table of contents, there are eighteen chapters, which mainly introduce the psychology of life, the research methods of psychology, learning and behavior analysis, intelligence and intelligence tests, understanding human personality, psychological disorders, psychology, social processes and relationships, social psychology and social culture, etc.

The book also contains a "Glossary of Professional Terms" composed of more than 600 words and explanations, more than "References" and nearly 1,000 "Names and Subject Indexes", which are of great reference value for teaching, research and learning. I really like some of the special columns in the book, such as the "How We Know" column, which introduces more than 200 classic psychological experiments and lets you know how some of the conclusions of psychology are reached, and these conclusions often deepen our understanding of human nature.

There is also a column called "Psychology in Life", which has brought psychology and me a lot closer. Take a look at these topics: "The Genetics of Happiness" and "What Are Teenagers Thinking?"

The separation of the organization of sensation and perception", "Experimental facts of lucid dreaming", "You can't ignore the "meaning" of numbers", "Be a normal person in a "crazy" place" - it turns out that you use psychology every day!