Books on human psychology

Since ancient times, there have been many arguments about human nature. In ancient China, there were theories of good nature, evil nature, no evil, good and evil, etc. Although there was no debate about the good and evil of human nature in ancient China, there were widespread views about the good and evil of human nature in religious theory, psychological thought and philosophical theory. Below, I recommend books on human psychology for you, hoping to help you!

Recommended books on human psychology:

1. People

Author: Gustave Le Bon

Mob: A Study of Popular Psychology is a classic of analyzing group psychology. Although it is an academic work, the language is vivid and fluent, and the analysis is incisive and thorough. Therefore, Mob was very popular as soon as it was published and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Mob: A Study of Popular Psychology subverts people's usual understanding of this group, and analyzes the characteristics of this group incisively and vividly, which makes people marvel at first and then admire.

The author analyzes it layer by layer and advances it step by step, clearly pointing out that once an individual is integrated into the group, his personality will be annihilated and the group's thoughts will occupy an absolute dominant position. At the same time, the behavior of the group will also show the characteristics of rejecting dissidents, extremism, emotionalism and low IQ. Then it will have a destructive impact on society, and those who have deep thoughts on group behavior and want to make a difference should read this book.

2. The wisdom of life

Author: Schopenhauer

This is the pinnacle of Schopenhauer, a great philosopher, and a lighthouse book for the lost, and is known as a popular and practical introduction to philosophy. Open the book and thoroughly understand "what is a person", "what a person has" and "what are you in the eyes of others". This book can help us become a towering tree in the vast world, fearless, humble and happy.

The wisdom of life is the art of how to spend your life as happily as possible. This teaching can be called "happiness theory" in philosophy. Therefore, this book teaches people how to enjoy a happy life.

What plays a key role in people's happiness is the good qualities of human subjects, including noble character, good intelligence, pleasant temperament and healthy body.

3. Motivation and personality

Author: Maslow

Maslow is the greatest and most influential American psychologist in the modern and contemporary world. He is the main advocate and theorist of humanistic psychology, the pioneer of the third generation psychology, and is known as "the father of humanistic psychology".

Motivation and Personality is one of his most important works, which established Maslow's academic position. In this book, he put forward many wonderful theories, including the scientific view theory of humanistic psychology, the hierarchy of needs theory, the theory of self-realization, the theory of meta-motivation, the theory of psychotherapy and the theory of peak experience. The hierarchy of needs theory is one of the most influential theories in Maslow's psychology, and it still exerts great influence in many disciplines and practical work.

4. Who am I

Author: Steven Rice

Are you still asking about the constellations? Still doing the magazine quiz? Why don't you read Who am I? Want to know why you are like this, why not choose an authoritative explanation based on scientific research results?

Who Are We? What do we want? Why are we like this? Steven Rice, a revolutionary in the field of human behavior motivation, put forward 16 basic human desires on the basis of scientific research. He believes that there are no two identical people in this world, and no two people have exactly the same "desire map" based on the difference in the strength of each person's 16 basic desires. In all areas of life, we all have the potential to satisfy our basic desires. In Who am I, Professor Rice explains how everyone can get valuable happiness by satisfying their basic desires in all aspects of life: emotion, career, family, sports and spirit. The book contains personalized personality tests! Help you to know yourself and the people around you more deeply.

Understand human nature

Author: alfred adler

Alfred adler (1870 ~ 1937) is an Austrian psychologist, neuropsychiatrist and social educator with world influence. The personality psychology he initiated is unique in the field of psychology and has far-reaching influence.

Understanding human nature is divided into two parts: human behavior and personality science. Using the principles of personality psychology, the author makes a scientific analysis of human personality, emphasizing human sociality and social sense, and emphasizing the role of personal outlook on life and values in the process of personality formation. This book is devoted to the author's love and care for people. Its basic views are based on a large number of practical observations and investigations accumulated by the author in psychotherapy and social education for many years, so it is readable and has positive practical significance.

6. Psychology and life

Author: Richard Grieg/philip zimbardo

Psychology and Life is a textbook used by Stanford University for many years, and it is also a classic textbook popularized by many universities in the United States. It is recommended by ETS as the main reference book for GRE psychology special examination, and it is also the teaching material selected for "General Psychology" courses in many universities across the country. This textbook is fluent, easy to understand and goes deep into life. It links psychological theory and knowledge with people's daily life and work, making it an excellent reading for the general public to understand psychology and themselves.

As a mature teaching material with rich educational ideas and unique teaching methods, all the elements in the original work, such as a glossary of technical terms consisting of more than 600 words and explanations, more than 2,000 references, recent 1000 titles and subject indexes, are very valuable for teaching, research and learning. This Chinese translation completely translates and retains these materials.

7. Social psychology

Author: David Myers

The book Social Psychology has been adopted by the psychology departments of more than 700 universities or colleges in the United States. It is the leading teaching material in this field and has become the standard for evaluating other teaching materials.

This book perfectly combines basic research with practical application, and leads students to understand how people think, influence others and establish contacts with others with a logical organizational structure. It is the best guide book for people to know themselves, society and the relationship between themselves and society.

8. The Art of Love

Author: Ai Fromm

In this book, Fromm believes that love is not an emotion that has nothing to do with people's maturity, but only needs input. If you don't work hard to develop your whole personality and realize a creative tendency, then every attempt at love will fail. If you don't have the ability to love others, if you can't really love others with humility, courage, sincerity and self-discipline, then people will never be satisfied in their love life.

Fromm further pointed out that love is an art, and people who want to master this art need to have knowledge and make efforts. Here, love is not just a narrow love between men and women, nor can it be obtained by honing and improving skills. Love is the display of the whole personality. To develop the ability of love, we need to strive to develop our own personality and move towards beneficial goals.

9. Our inner conflicts

Author: Karen Horney

This book discusses the main types of conflicts in people's minds and their various manifestations, analyzes and summarizes various contradictory attitudes and tendencies, points out how people's efforts to solve conflicts disturbed by these conflicts lead to failure and fall into a vicious circle, and puts forward practical suggestions and ideas to solve these conflicts. Therefore, even though the reader has initially contacted her theory from the author's early works, such as Neurotic Personality in Our Times, to truly understand and fully understand the theory of the author and her representatives, only after further reading her later mature works can we appreciate our inner conflicts.

10. Evolutionary psychology

Author: David M. Buss

Evolutionary psychology is a revolutionary new science, which provides an interesting and unique perspective for observing human psychology and behavior, and is a real theoretical fusion of modern psychology and evolutionary biology. Author David Bass is an authoritative scholar and leader in the field of evolutionary psychology. In this book, he makes a comprehensive and in-depth review and prospect of the ever-changing field of evolutionary psychology. The topics discussed in the book are based on adaptability, ranging from survival challenges, mate selection, parenting, relatives to the challenges of group life, including cooperation, aggression, sexual conflict, status and social class. Each chapter not only introduces the necessary theoretical background, but also provides vivid and concrete examples to help readers understand this field in depth. The author's writing style is concise, easy to understand, logical and fascinating, and even ordinary readers can apply the relevant knowledge learned in the book to understand their own and others' lives.

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