While there are many courses and tutorials online, learning from a book is still one of the best ways to greatly improve your skills. Below I have selected top Pop Psychology books.
1. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior (2009)
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2. Study Guide for Bernstein/Penner/Clarke-Stewart/Roy’s Psychology, 9th (2011)
Study more effectively and improve your performance at exam time with this comprehensive guide. Written to work hand-in hand with PSYCHOLOGY, 9th Edition, this user-friendly guide includes a wide variety of learning tools to help you master the key concepts of the course….
3. Essentials of Educational Psychology: Big Ideas to Guide Effective Teaching (3rd Edition) (2011)
Unlike most educational psychology books, which take one theory at a time, explain its assumptions and principles and then identify implications for educational practice, Essentials of Educational Psychology focuses more on the commonalities than the differences among theories, because although researchers from different traditions have approached human cognition and behavior from many different angles, they sometimes arrive at more or less the same conclusions. This book integrates ideas from many theoretical perspectives into a set of principles and concrete strategies that psychology as a whole can offer you. exercises will help…
4. The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination Of The Boy Who Lived (Psychology of Popular Culture) (2007)
Harry Potter has provided a portal to the wizarding world for millions of readers, but an examination of Harry, his friends and his enemies will take us on yet another journey: through the psyche of the Muggle (and wizard!) mind. The twists and turns of the series, as well as the psychological depth and complexity of J. K. Rowling’s characters, have kept fans enthralled with and puzzling over the many mysteries that permeate Hogwarts and beyond: Do the Harry Potter books encourage disobedience? Why is everyone so fascinated by Professor Lupin?…
5. Psychology of Emotion: Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches (Principles of Social Psychology) (2006)
This textbook discusses fundamental issues in the definition and measurement of emotion, including: conscious and unconscious processes; the ways in which emotions arise in, and are constrained by, social situations and social processes; the regulation and sharing of emotion and their effects of mental health; and the manner in which culture (including subculture) shapes or moderates some of these processes.The book also focuses on the component processes of emotion, their functions, and the ways in which these interact with the social environment. Rather than deny either that emotions are…
6. Introduction to Psychology (2011)
This is the black & white edition. Cover is in color and traditional paperback binding. It is the most recent edition (2011)….
7. Psychology: Concepts & Connections, Brief Version (2012)
The theme of this book is applying theories and research to learning and to contemporary life. In every chapter of PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND CONNECTIONS, BRIEF VERSION, Ninth Edition, Spencer Rathus CONNECTS psychology to the real world and students’ interests, to the field’s latest topics and research, to great new multimedia tools, to innovative resources for teaching and learning, and to the proven PQ4R active learning approach. Rathus’ warm and engaging writing style explains the fundamentals in ways that students can understand, and then goes a step further to show how those fundamentals…
8. Essentials of Psychology (2018)
Concise, readable, and packed with the latest research about one of the most fascinating and relevant subjects you’ll ever study, ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY, 7th Edition, encourages you to learn by doing — to actively participate and to think about what you’re learning as opposed to passively receiving written information. Effective learning features help you master the material and make your study time count. You’ll also see how topics in psychology are interrelated, and ramp up your critical thinking skills, including practicing a surefire questioning process for thinking objectively about research questions and results….
9. Essentials of Human Behavior: Integrating Person, Environment, and the Life Course (2012)
Essentials of Human Behavior: Integrating Person, Environment, and the Life Course by Elizabeth D. Hutchison presents an integration of social work′s time-honored person-in-environment approach to understanding human behavior with theory and research about the human life course….
10. History of Psychology: The Making of a Science (Explore Our New Psychology 1st Editions) (2013)
HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY: THE MAKING OF A SCIENCE illustrates historical relationships between psychology’s past and present. It traces the relationship of psychology to other disciplines (philosophy, computational science, biology, and social science) by using a “border” metaphor–that is, examining the areas in and out of which psychology has moved and continues to move. As a result, you’ll gain a fuller, more realistic understanding of psychology as a living discipline that is continually evolving. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac….
11. Essentials of Athletic Injury Management (2012)
Essentials of Athletic Injury Management provides the information you need to manage the care of athletic injuries―from prevention, identification and assessment of injuries to interaction with players, parents and physicians. Designed for those beginning careers in coaching, physical education and the fitness profession, this text prepares students to manage injury and emergency situations when an athletic trainer or physician is not available. Action plans, checklists and applications of universal precautions in athletic environments are included to provide the practical tools needed to get started in the field….
12. Research Design in Clinical Psychology (4th Edition) (2002)
In this successful text, Kazdin describes research methods in psychology and provides criteria for conducting and evaluating clinical research. This text’s emphasis is on clinical psychology, but the issues and methods it discusses are relevant to counseling, school psychology and psychiatry. The various stages of research are discussed, with an emphasis on the special demands that are placed on the investigator. Research Design in Clinical Psychology continues to explain how methodology is an approach toward problem solving, thinking, and acquiring knowledge. This revised edition includes several new topics, as well as…
13. The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence (1991)
This text, part of the McGraw-Hill Series in Social Psychology, is for the student with no prior background in social psychology. Written by Philip Zimbardo and Michael Leippe, outstanding researchers in the field, the text covers the relationships existing between social influence, attitude change and human behavior. Through the use of current, real-life situations, the authors illustrate the principles of behavior and attitude change at the same time that they foster critical thinking skills on the part of the reader….
Best Pop Psychology Books Worth Your Attention
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Psychoanalyzing the Left and Right after Donald Trump: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Neoliberal Populisms
Author(s): Robert Samuels
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2016, Size: 4 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1581249
Transnational Popular Psychology and the Global Self-Help Industry: The Politics of Contemporary Social Change
Author(s): Daniel Nehring, Emmanuel Alvarado, Eric C. Hendriks, Dylan Kerrigan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Year: 2016, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1583384
Psychology and Geriatrics: Integrated Care for an Aging Population
Author(s): Benjamin A. Bensadon
Publisher: Academic Press, Year: 2015, Size: 2 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1375057
A.B.C.'s of Behavioral Forensics: Applying Psychology to Financial Fraud Prevention and Detection
Author(s): Sridhar Ramamoorti, David E. Morrison, Joseph W. Koletar, Kelly R. Pope
Publisher: Wiley, Year: 2013, Size: 8 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 1188899
Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight
Author(s): Travis Langley, Dennis O'Neil, Michael Uslan
Publisher: Wiley, Year: 2012, Size: 1 Mb, Download: epub
ID: 864047
The Psychology of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Understanding Lisbeth Salander and Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy
Author(s): Robin S. Rosenberg
Publisher: Smart Pop, Year: 2011, Size: 4 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 817612
Find Out Who's Normal and Who's Not (Popular Psychology)
Author(s): David J. Lieberman
Publisher: Viter Press, Year: 2010, Size: 11 Mb, Download: pdf
ID: 415527
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.