50 Psychology Classics
Second Edition, 2017
by Tom Butler-Bowdon
This brand new edition of the bestselling 50 Psychology Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on the mind, personality, and human nature includes nine new chapters covering recent classics including Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, Susan Cain’s Quiet, Walter Mischel’s The Marshmallow Test and Temple Grandin’s The Autistic Brain.
In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to what motivates us, what makes us feel and act in certain ways, how our brains work, and how we create a sense of self. 50 Psychology Classics explores writings from some iconic figures such as Freud, Adler, Jung, Skinner, James, Piaget and Pavlov, but also highlights the work of contemporary thinkers. Providing “psychology for the non-psychologists”, 50 Psychology Classics will further your understanding of human nature and yourself. Includes commentaries, biographical information, and a guide for further reading.
Below is a list of titles covered in the new updated edition of 50 Psychology Classics. To see a sample chapter, click on a link.
- Alfred Adler Understanding Human Nature (1927)
- Gordon Allport The Nature of Prejudice (1954)
- Albert Bandura Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control (1997)
- Gavin Becker The Gift of Fear (1997)
- Eric Berne Games People Play (1964)
- Isabel Briggs Myers Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (1980)
- Louann Brizendine The Female Brain (2006)
- David D Burns Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (1980)
- Susan Cain Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (2012)
- Robert Cialdini Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (1984)
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Creativity (1997)
- Carol Dweck Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006)
- Albert Ellis & Robert Harper (1961) A Guide To Rational Living(1961)
- Milton Erickson My Voice Will Go With You (1982) by Sidney Rosen
- Eric Erikson Young Man Luther (1958)
- Hans Eysenck Dimensions of Personality (1947)
- Viktor Frankl The Will to Meaning (1969)
- Anna Freud The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (1936)
- Sigmund Freud The Interpretation of Dreams (1901)
- Howard Gardner Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983)
- Daniel Gilbert Stumbling on Happiness (2006)
- Malcolm Gladwell Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005)
- Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence at Work (1998)
- John M Gottman The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work (1999)
- Temple Grandin The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed (2013)
- Harry Harlow The Nature of Love (1958)
- Thomas A Harris I’m OK – You’re OK (1967)
- Eric Hoffer The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (1951)
- Karen Horney Our Inner Conflicts (1945)
- William James Principles of Psychology (1890)
- Carl Jung The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1953)
- Daniel Kahneman Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011)
- Alfred Kinsey Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953)
- RD Laing The Divided Self (1959)
- Abraham Maslow The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1970)
- Stanley Milgram Obedience To Authority (1974)
- Walter Mischel The Marshmallow Test (2014)
- Leonard Mlodinow Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior (2012)
- IP Pavlov Conditioned Reflexes (1927)
- Fritz Perls Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (1951)
- Jean Piaget The Language and Thought of the Child (1966)
- Steven Pinker The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (2002)
- VS Ramachandran Phantoms in the Brain (1998)
- Carl Rogers On Becoming a Person (1961)
- Oliver Sacks The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1970)
- Barry Schwartz The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less (2004)
- Martin Seligman Authentic Happiness (2002)
- BF Skinner Beyond Freedom & Dignity (1953)
- Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton & Sheila Heen Difficult Conversations (2000)
- William Styron Darkness Visible (1990)
Source: Tom Butler-Bowdon 50 Psychology Classics: Your shortcut to the most important ideas on the mind, personality, and human nature (Nicholas Brealey, London & Boston).