Psychology The Comic Book Introduction [Paperback]

Psychology is the study of human behavior. It is a serious and worthy endeavor that has given us scientific knowledge of the ways our minds make sense of the world. Yet, as cartoonist Grady Klein and psychologist Danny Oppenheimer point out, the study of human experience can also be often really funny. This is the field, after all, that brought us drooling dogs, snacking rats, and Freudian slips. With detailed observations on perception, stress, emotions, cognition, and more,?A charming,informative, and funny invitation to the wonders of scientific psychology.Anyone who reads this book will want to know more about what psychology has toteach us about ourselves.?By far the mostenjoyable psychology primer Ive read in yearscomprehensive, accessible,funny, and rigorous at the same time. Its a book for everyone from experts andpsychology students to humans who just happen to be interested in who we areand what makes us tick.?This little bookmakes learning psychology irresistible, engaging, and fun, linking togetherconcepts that are all-too-often treated one by one and then abandoned. I cantwait to use this in our introductory psychology course this fall!Beginning students of psychology and nonstudents looking for a painless refresher probably wont find a better book for their purposes.A lighthearted survey of how modern science researches and resolves some of the complexities of human psychology&Both the text and the illustrations turn topics that are potentially complicated and boring into humanized, humorous lessons&A quick illumination of a complex field.An award-winning cartoonist teams up with an award-winning psychologist to introduce readers to the complexand often comedicworld of psychology.