Feel-Good DeedsA 2005 study showed that being kind to others increases our well-being, Students were asked to perform five acts of kindness every week for six weeks, either doing one act each day or all five acts on one day. Students who did one daily act of kindness showed a slight increase in well-being, but those who did all five in one day improved their well-being by as much as 40 percent.
Is your MIND different from your BRAIN? How do you make SENSE of the world? What is NORMAL? Is anyone really EVIL? Can you be MOLDED?
An intriguing book for anyone interested in understanding psychology, it’s like a psychology book for beginners. Although aimed at teens, this book works for adults too, Weeks has taken both past and present psychologists and broken down their theories and findings into easily comprehensible sections.
He breaks down the work of academic, medical and applied psychologists as well as what psychology is and their various methods of research. Each page has basic diagrams of silhouettes, quotes and mini blurbs on psychologist studies and experiments. He breaks down his book into five sections: What makes me TICK?; What does my BRAIN do?; How does my MIND work?; What makes me UNIQUE?; Where do I FIT IN?. Each is based on various psychologists and their theories/research, with a few biographies thrown into the mix as well.
An interesting read for anyone interested in an overview of important moments in the history of psychology, broken down into easily digestible categories.
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