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.
- 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior (2009)
- Study Guide for Bernstein/Penner/Clarke-Stewart/Roy’s Psychology, 9th (2011)
- Essentials of Educational Psychology: Big Ideas to Guide Effective Teaching (3rd Edition) (2011)
- The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination Of The Boy Who Lived (Psychology of Popular Culture) (2007)
- Psychology of Emotion: Interpersonal, Experiential, and Cognitive Approaches (Principles of Social Psychology) (2006)
- Introduction to Psychology (2011)
- Psychology: Concepts & Connections, Brief Version (2012)
- Essentials of Psychology (2018)
- Essentials of Human Behavior: Integrating Person, Environment, and the Life Course (2012)
- History of Psychology: The Making of a Science (Explore Our New Psychology 1st Editions) (2013)
- Essentials of Athletic Injury Management (2012)
- Research Design in Clinical Psychology (4th Edition) (2002)
- The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence (1991)
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50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior (2009)
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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.
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.
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.
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 al…
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).
Psychology: Concepts & Connections, Brief Version (2012)
The theme of this book is applying theories and research to learning and to contemporary life.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Best Pop Psychology Books Worth Your Attention
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Challenging Bias in Forensic Psychological Assessment and Testing: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Working with Diverse Populations
Author(s): Glenda C. Liell, Martin J. Fisher, Lawrence F. Jones
ID: 3418486, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Multicultural Responsiveness in Counselling and Psychology: Working with Australian Populations
Author(s): Vicki Hutton, Susan Sisko
ID: 2831048, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2021, Size: 5 Mb, Format: pdf
The Psychology of Populism: The Tribal Challenge to Liberal Democracy
Author(s): Joseph P. Forgas, William D. Crano, Klaus Fiedler
ID: 2984829, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2021, Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf
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.