Want to teach yourself psychology Is this book appropriate? Sylgerd Psychology

If you have a good foundation in English, it is recommended that you read Silgerd's Introduction to Psychology. This book is an authoritative introductory textbook. It's a pity that there is no Chinese translation of such a good book in the mainland, only a photocopy of the introduction, I hope your English is good (English is very important for a person who wants to work in psychology, so take advantage of high school to lay a good foundation in English).

If not, Kuhn's Introduction to Psychology – The Way to Know Thought and Behavior (with a Chinese translation) is said to be okay, but I haven't read it. If you also want to take into account popularity, Huang Xiting's "Fifteen Lectures on Psychology" is also a good choice.

After that, if you have time to read it, it seems to me that it varies from person to person. If you're more interested in science, you can read Kantowitz's Experimental Psychology or John's Cognitive Psychology. If you are more inclined to the humanities, consider dabbling in psychoanalysis, existentialism, and humanistic psychology.

If you can, take a look at Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams".

1) Sigmund Freud's "The Interpretation of Dreams", which is the most classic work of psychology and a must-read for psychology majors, but it is a little difficult to understand.

2) Adler's "Beyond Inferiority", also translated as "Inferiority and Transcendence", this book is very good;

Adler combined his own personal experience to analyze, found the positive significance of inferiority complex to people's growth, and made a profound analysis of inferiority;

Adler had an inferiority complex when he was a child because of his short stature and frailty, and this inferiority complex ran through Adler's life, and even when he was very successful (he eventually became a great psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, representative of the new psychoanalytic school, and the father of individual psychology), he still maintained this inferiority complex - he did not dare to speak in crowded places, he did not dare to speak loudly to others, you pay attention to his **, he was hunchbacked; Low self-esteem is also at the heart of his psychological theories.

3) Then recommend some more interesting books: "Awakening Life", "Effective Communication", "They Changed the World - The 50 Greatest Psychologists of the Twentieth Century", "The Story of the Brain", "Freud's Biography", "Three Kinds of Psychology - Freud, Skinner's and Rogers' Psychological Theories", "The Psychological Secrets Behind Behavior", "Freud's Chair", "Freud's Mission", "The Story of the Maiden Dura", "Freud on the Couch". All of these books are very interesting, and most of them I have read in general.

Psychology and Life, a very easy-to-understand book, is one of the most popular textbooks for psychology students in the United States. At the same time, it is also one of the optional textbooks for undergraduates of Peking University and Beijing Normal University.