Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Understanding Human Nature (1927) Alfred Adler 16
2 The Nature of Prejudice (1954) Gordon Allport 22
3 Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control (1997) Albert Bandura 30
4 The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence (1997) Gavin de Becker 36
5 Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships (1964) Eric Berne 42
6 Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type (1980) Isabel Briggs Myers 48
7 The Female Brain (2006) Louann Brizendine 54
8 Peeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (1980) David D. Burns 60
9 Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (2012) Susan Cain 64
10 Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (1984) Robert Cialdini 72
11 Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1996) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 78
12 Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006) Carol Dweck 84
13 A Guide to Rational Living (1961) Albert Ellis Robert A. Harper 90
14 My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H. Erickson, M.D. (1982) Milton Erickson Sidney Rosen 94
15 Young Man Luther: A Study in Psychoanalysis and History (1958) Erik Erikson 100
16 Dimensions of Personality (1947) Hans Eysenck 106
17 The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy (1969) Viktor Frankl 110
18 The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence (1936) Anna Freud 114
19 The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) Sigmund Freud 120
20 Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983) Howard Gardner 126
21 Stumbling on Happiness (2006) Daniel Gilbert 130
22 Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005) Malcolm Gladwell 134
23 Working with Emotional Intelligence (1998) Daniel Goleman 140
24 The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (1999) John M. Gottman 146
25 The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed (2013) Temple Grandin 152
26 The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves (2011) Stephen Grosz 160
27 The Nature of Love (1958) Harry Harlow 166
28 I'm OK-You're OK (1967) Thomas A. Harris 172
29 The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (1951) Eric Hoffer 176
30 Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis (1945) Karen Horney 180
31 The Principles of Psychology (1890) William James 186
32 The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (1968) Carl Jung 192
33 Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011) Daniel Kahneman 198
34 Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953) Alfred Kinsey 206
35 The Divided Self: A Study of Sanity and Madness (1960) R. D. Laing 212
36 The Farther Reaches of Human Nature (1971) Abraham Maslow 218
37 Obedience to Authority (1974) Stanley Milgram 224
38 The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How to Master It (2014) Walter Mischel 230
39 Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rides Your Behavior (2012) Leonard Mlodinow 238
40 Conditioned Reflexes: An Investigation of the Physiological Activity of the Cerebral Cortex (1927) Ivan Pavlov 246
41 Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality (1951) Fritz Perls 252
42 The Language and Thought of the Child (1923) Jean Piaget 258
43 The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (2002) Steven Pinker 264
44 Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind (1998) V. S. Ramachandran 268
45 On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy (1961) Carl Rogers 274
46 The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (1970) Oliver Sacks 278
47 The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (2004) Barry Schwartz 284
48 Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfilment (2002) Martin Seligman 290
49 Beyond Freedom and Dignity (1971) B. F. Skinner 296
50 Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (1990) William Styron 302
50 More Classics 309
Chronological list of titles 315
Credits 317