Psychology and life
by Richard J. Gerrig, Philip G. Zimbardo · first published 2004
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…positive psychology [1] and humanistic psychology [2]. Also Buddhism has similar goal and teachings interleave with these psychology topics [3]. To start, you can pick a Psychology 101 textbook (I like Psychology and Life [4]) and then read the people and bibliography mentioned in these Wikipedia articles. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_psychology [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_psychology [3]…
on “Ask HN: What you up to? (Who doesn't want to be hired?)” ↗This was the require textbook when i took a PSY101 class, I found that it covered many aspects in psychology in friendly and easy manner, along with examples and explanations: "Psychology And Life" https://www.amazon.com/dp/0205843379/ there is also some interesting articles about psychology on the website "Psychology Today": https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
on “Ask HN: Introduction to Psychology?” ↗I just bought 'Psychology and Life' sixteenth edition and pondered just how much worse an ebook version of it would have been or unbearably clunky a pdf version would be as well. The less screen time I spend, the better I feel.
on “Americans still opt for print books over digital or audio versions” ↗