The Little Book of Psychology: An Introduction to the Key Psychologists and Theories You Need to Know

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Manipulation is the action and effect of manipulating (operating with the hands or with an instrument, manipulating something, intervening with skillful means to distort reality in the service of particular interests). At the social level, manipulation can be used in various spheres, in the family, school, religion, economy, or politics. General psychology is a sub-discipline of psychology. It owes its name to the fact that it is dedicated to the study of mental functions common to all human beings. An important area of general psychology is cognitive psychology.

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The humanistic current is based on a series of principles that are not shared by other approaches or psychological theories. To understand humanist psychology, one must know the context in which it is framed, which is none other than the human being as an individual. Psychology is not just for psychiatrist - everyone needs to learn how his mind and behaviour works! Emotion is defined as the set of organic responses that a person feels when reacting to some external stimulus that facilitates adaptation to a circumstance in relation to an individual, place, object, among others. They are characterized for being a disturbance of the state of mind for a short period of time but of greater impetus than a feeling . A short, succinct guide that will teach you about the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.

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Organizational psychology, together with clinical psychology and education, are the main pillars that propagate the study of the nature of temperament, character, personality and idiosyncrasy of human beings in the different spheres that make up organizations. While men are more likely than women to die by suicide, women are twice as likely to attempt suicide. Most suicide attempts do not result in death. Many of these attempts are carried out in a manner in which rescue is possible. These attempts often represent a call for help.

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This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how the study of mind and behavior has sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today. Sports psychology studies how, why and under what conditions athletes, coaches and spectators behave the way they do as well as investigating the mutual influence between physical activity and participation in sport and psychophysical well-being, health and personal development.Personality is the individual difference that distinguishes one person from another. As such, personality is the term that describes and allows us to give a theoretical explanation of the set of peculiarities that an individual possesses that characterizes him/her and differentiates him/her from others. The whole concept of the psychosexual stages through which our conscious and unconscious minds develop seems completely absurd. If a child becomes fixated with a particular stage of their development, problems relating to key events in that stage can arise in adulthood. Take the phallic stage (3-6 years old) for example, in which the key events are genital stimulation and experiencing the Oedipus/Electra complexes and the problems in adulthood, associated with fixation on these events are jealousy, vanity and unhealthy sexual desire. During the ‘Electra complex’ a girl is thought to have ”penis envy”.