Heads Up Psychology

Part of DK Heads UP

"What is insanity?" "Can we trust our memories?" "Who needs parents, anyway?" The answers to these and many other burning questions lie in the world of psychology. It is all around us, influencing advertising, politics, and product development, and Heads Up Psychology explains it all.

Using engaging graphics, this book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology, including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, as well as offering biography spreads of key psychologists and case study panels about specific experiments to give everything context. Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained for teen readers.
Marcus Weeks is an author, a musician, and an editor. Books he has authored or coauthored include Music: A Crash Course, as well as DK’s Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia and 1,000 Makers of the Millennium. He's written a number of works on music and is a curator of the Stanhope Collection of Historical Keyboards.

Julian Rushton is the emeritus professor of music at the University of Leeds, England. He has also taught at the University of East Anglia and the University of Cambridge, and has served as the president of the Royal Musical Association. His publications include Mozart: An Extraordinary Life, Mozart in the Master Musicians series, and Classical Music: A Concise History. View titles by Marcus Weeks
"[The] psychological theories are explained with the help of cleverly conceived graphic illustrations and diagrams to show how they relate to everyday life." – Teenreads.com

"Intriguing topics [and] attention-getting headers…should hook curious readers, while the findings of psychological studies should deepen their understanding of this field." – Publishers Weekly

"In this highly attractive book, [author Marcus] Weeks takes a difficult, often misunderstood topic and breaks it into manageable, engaging chunks." – Booklist

"Heads Up Psychology offers up an inside look into why we tick that will appeal to both the inquisitive teen and their parents — or anyone else who wants to know the basics of what the field of psychology has to offer." – PsychCentral.com

"…[A]n excellent addition to any teen's library". – Examiner.com

About

"What is insanity?" "Can we trust our memories?" "Who needs parents, anyway?" The answers to these and many other burning questions lie in the world of psychology. It is all around us, influencing advertising, politics, and product development, and Heads Up Psychology explains it all.

Using engaging graphics, this book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology, including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, as well as offering biography spreads of key psychologists and case study panels about specific experiments to give everything context. Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained for teen readers.

Author

Marcus Weeks is an author, a musician, and an editor. Books he has authored or coauthored include Music: A Crash Course, as well as DK’s Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia and 1,000 Makers of the Millennium. He's written a number of works on music and is a curator of the Stanhope Collection of Historical Keyboards.

Julian Rushton is the emeritus professor of music at the University of Leeds, England. He has also taught at the University of East Anglia and the University of Cambridge, and has served as the president of the Royal Musical Association. His publications include Mozart: An Extraordinary Life, Mozart in the Master Musicians series, and Classical Music: A Concise History. View titles by Marcus Weeks

Praise

"[The] psychological theories are explained with the help of cleverly conceived graphic illustrations and diagrams to show how they relate to everyday life." – Teenreads.com

"Intriguing topics [and] attention-getting headers…should hook curious readers, while the findings of psychological studies should deepen their understanding of this field." – Publishers Weekly

"In this highly attractive book, [author Marcus] Weeks takes a difficult, often misunderstood topic and breaks it into manageable, engaging chunks." – Booklist

"Heads Up Psychology offers up an inside look into why we tick that will appeal to both the inquisitive teen and their parents — or anyone else who wants to know the basics of what the field of psychology has to offer." – PsychCentral.com

"…[A]n excellent addition to any teen's library". – Examiner.com

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