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Psychology: A Very Short Introduction

Gillian Butler and Freda McManus · 2014

An accessible introduction to psychology covering perception, learning, memory, thinking, motivation, emotion, development, individual differences, abnormal psychology, and social psychology. Written by experts for general readers seeking a stimulating entry into the subject.

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What this book knows

The mind is an active constructor of reality, and understanding its mechanisms reveals why humans think, feel, and behave as they do.

Sex: Absent
Work: Present
Learning: Primary
Religion: Absent

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mind-and-cognition

What we are ultimately aware of is the product of sensory stimulation and activity in the brain which results in interpretation.
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System 1 runs automatically and generates intuitions or impressions and System 2 switches on when effort is needed.
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Learning and memory are also active, constructive processes; the accuracy of our memories may be irrelevant for many purposes.
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self-and-identity

Beliefs about being unlikeable, when activated by rejection, prompt maladaptive patterns of avoidance that maintain the problem.
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The child's bond with its primary caregiver is crucial in determining later psychological development.
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education-and-formation

Learning takes place when a previously neutral stimulus is associated with an unconditioned stimulus to which we naturally respond.
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