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Assignment: Brain Based Psychology
Assignment: Brain Based Psychology
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Suggested Self Help Books
The following are books that have been recommended by students as excellent self-help psychology books. I am not endorsing any of the content in these books. If you do not agree with the content or values of these books, do not read them. Select a different book. The books with an * are books that I strongly recommend. Enjoy and learn.
BRAIN BASED PSYCHOLOGY
*Ackerman, Diane. (2004) Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
*Begley, Sharon (2007) Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves.
Buonomano, Dean. (2011) Brain Bugs: How the Brain’s Flaws Shape Our Lives
Chabris Christopher, with Daniel Simons. (2010) The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Horstman,, Judith and Scientific American (2010)The Scientific American Brave New Brain: How Neuroscience, Brain-Machine Interfaces, Neuroimaging, Psychopharmacology, Epigenetics, the Internet, and Enhancing the Future of Mental Power
Kahneman, Daniel (2011). Thinking, Fast and Slow
LeDoux, Joseph (1998) The Emotional Brain: The Mysterious Underpinnings of Emotional Life *Restak,
Linden, David J. (2011) The Compass of Pleasure
Ramachandran, V.S. (2011) The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human (RC 351.A45 2011. )
Restak, Richard. (2005) The Secret Life of the Brain.
Sacks, Oliver (2010) Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
*Sacks, Oliver. (1970) The Man Who Mistoke His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Sacks, Oliver.,(2010) The Mind’s Eye
Schwartz Jeffrey M. and Begley, Sharon (2003)
. New York
Siegel, Daniel J. (2007) The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-being.
Sousa, D. A. (2001) How the Brain Learns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Sweeney, Michael S and Restak, Richard (2009) Brain: The Complete Mind
BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY
Grote, Dick, Richard C. Grote, (HF 5549.5 .L3 G76 1995)
Peters, Tom J., Robert H. Waterman, Tan (Editor), (HD 70 .U5 P424 1982)
Robbins, Anthony, Awaken the Giant Within(BF 637 .S8 R55 1992)
CHILDREN/PARENTING
Apter, Terry, You Don’t Really Know Me: Why Mothers & Daughters Fight and How Both Can Win
Cline, Foster W., With Jim Fay, ( HQ 755.85 .C45 1990)
*Elkind, (BF 723 .S75 E44 2001)
*Ginott, Haim G., H. Wallace Goddard, Alice Ginot, (HQ 769 .G55 2003)
*Gordon, Thomas, (HQ 769 .G69 2000)
*Greenspan, Stanley I., Nancy Breslau Lewis,
Koenig, Larry J.,
*Pipher, Mary, (HQ 798 .P57 2001)
Sears, William M., With Robert Sears, Martha Sears,
Shaw, Robert Shaw,
Stahl, Philip Michael,
Steinberg, Laurence,
Wiseman, Rosalind,
COMMUNICATION
Carnegie, Dale, (PN 4121 .C25 1977)
Chapman, Gary,
Gray, John, (BH: Temporary Reserve Desk)
Griffin, Jack, Tom Power (Editor), (HF 5718 .G748 1998)
Patterson, Kerry, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan,
Rees, Shan , Roderick Graham,
Skouras, Johanna, (BF 575 .A85 S56 2001)
Zimbardo, Philip, (BF 575 .B3 Z55)
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Bramson, Robert M. Ph.D., (HF 5548.8 .B683 1998)
Coloroso, Barbara,
Dana,
*Fisher, Roger, William L. Ury, Bruce M. Patton, (BF 637 .N4 F57)
Fisher, Roger, Elizabeth Kopelman, Andrea Kupfer Schneider, (JX 4473 .F57 1996)
Moore, Christopher W., (HM 136 .M684 2003)
Pickering, Peg, Ursiny, Timothy E.,
Weeks, Dudley,
CREATIVITY
Cameron,
Cameron,
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly,
(BF 408 .C77 1996)
Gardner, Howard E.,
Johansson, Frans,
Loori,
Michalko, Michael,
DECISION MAKING
Blanchard, Kenneth H., Spencer Johnson, (HD 31 .B527 1983)
Gladwell, Malcolm, (2005) Blink
Iansiti, Marco, Roy Levien,
Johnson, Spencer, (BF 637 .C4 J63 1998)
Plous, Scott,
Surowiecki, James,
DREAMING
Browne, Sylvia, Lindsay Harrison,
*Laberge, Stephen PHD, (BF 1099 .L82 L33 1997)
EFFECTIVE LEARNING
Heininger, Janet E., Sharon K. Weiss, Foreword by Sam Goldstein,
Kornhauser, Arthur William, Diane M. Emerson (Photographer), Designed by Diane M. Enerson, (LB 2395 .K6 1993)
Luckie, Mundsack, Allen, James Deese, Ellin K. Deese,
Strichart, Stephen S., Charles T. Mangrum,
MEMORY
Foer, Joshua Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Gordon,
Higbee, (BF 385 .H48 2001)
Lorayne, Harry, Jerry Lucas, (BF 385 .L755)
MIND/BODY RELATIONSHIP
*Castaneda, Carlos, (F 1221 .Y3 C3 1974a)
*Chopra, Deepak, *Csikszentmihalyi, Mihalyi, (BF 575 .H27 C85 1990)
*Dossey, Larry, Space, Time and Medicine
*Pelletier, Kenneth R., Mind as Healer, Mind as Slayer (RC 49 .P39 1992)
*Zukav, Gary, (QC 173.98 .Z84)
PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Albom, (McNaughton Collection – PS 3601 .L335 F59 2003)
*Albom, Mitch, (LD 571 .B418 S383 1997)
*Dyer, Wayne W., (BF 637 .S4 D9 1977)
Goleman, (BF 561 .G65 1995)
Gustin, Kimes, Anger, Rage, and Resentment
*Kopp, Sheldon, Even a Stone Can be a Teacher
*Kopp, Sheldon, If you Meet the Buddha on the Road Kill Him (RC 480 .K66)
*Lightman, Alan P.,
Paush, Randy, The Last Lecture
Pinker, Steven., How the Mind Works (QP 360.5 .P56 1997)
PROMINENT PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORISTS
Adler, Alfred, Colin Brett (Translator), (BF 833 .A4 1992)
Bandura, Albert,
Bettelheim, Bruno, (BF 173 .F85 B46 1984)
*Frankl, Victor Emil, (D 805 .G3 F7233 1963)
*Freud, Sigmund, James Strachey (Editor), (BF 1078 .F72 1955)
Freud, Sigmund, James Strachey (Editor), Alan Tyson (Translator), (BF 173 .F825 1965)
Gay, Peter (Editor),
Jung, Joseph Gustav, Joseph Campbell (Editor), Hull R. F. C. (Translator),
Jung, Carl, R. F. Hull (Translator),
Jung, Carl, Aniela Jaffe (Editor), Richard Winston (Translator), Clara Winston (Translator),
Jung, Carl, Herbert Read (Editor), Michael Fordham (Editor),
*Jung, Carl, Marie-Luise Von Franz, (BF 173 .J735 1979)
*Maslow, Abraham, Toward a Psychology of Being (BF 698 .M338 1968)
Perls, Fritz S.,
*Rogers, Carl, On Becoming a Person (RC 480.5 .R62 1995)
Selye, Hans, (QP 356 .S44 1976)
Singer, June,
*Skinner, B. F., (PS 3537 .K527 W35 1976)
Skinner, B.F., (BF 698.9 .C8 S57)
Thorne, Brian,
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Jamison, Kay Redfield, An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Levenkron , Steven, Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Pelzer, Dave, A Child Called “It”
Lester Nigel, & Kwame McKenzie, Understanding Depression
RELATIONSHIPS
Apter, Terry, You Don’t Really Know Me
Chapman, Gary, The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Gottman,
*Gottman, John, Nan Silver,
*Hendrix, Harville, Getting the Love That You Want.
Love, Patricia,
McGraw, Phil, Relationship Rescue (GQ 801 .M4878 2000)
Murkoff, Heidi, Sandee Hathaway, Arlene Eisenberg,
Weiner Davis, Michele, SELF-ESTEEM
Carnegie,
*Covey, (BF 637 .S8 C68 1989)
Dyer, Wayne,
Forward, Susan, (HV 699 .F66 1989)
McGraw, (Special Interest Collection – BF 637 .C4 M34 1999)
Seligman, Martin, Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment.
*Seligman, Martin, Learned Happiness
SEXUALITY
Diamond, Jared,
Friday, Nancy,
Hardin, Hall, and Berzon, Queer Blues: The Lesbian and Gay Guide to Overcoming Depression.”
King, J.L.,
Shlain, Leonard, (HQ 23 .S45 2003)
SPIRITUALITY
Chopra, Deepak,
Das,
*Dass, Ram, Be Here Now
*Fox, Matthew, Coming of the Cosmic Christ
Hanh, Thich Nhat,
Kurtz, Ernest, Katherine Ketchum,
*Millman,
*Moore, Thomas, (BL 624 .M663 1994)
Parker, Parker J.,
Parker, Parker J.,
*Peck, M. Scott, (BF 637 .S4 P43 1979)
*Redfield, James, (BF 1751 .R42 1993)
Talbot, John Michael, Steve Rabey,
Walsch, Neale Donald, Conversations With God (E-Book)
Walsh,
Warren, Rick, The Purpose Driven Life: 40 Days of Renewal (BV 4501.3 .W37 2002)
*Zukav,
SPORTS MOTIVATION
Baum, Kenneth, The Mental Edge: Maximize Your Sports Potential with the Mind-Body Connection
Jackson, Phil, Hugh Delehanty, Foreword by Bill Bradley,
Krzyzewski, Mike, Donald T. Phillips,
Lardon, Michael, Finding Your Zone: Ten Core Lessons for Achieving Peak Performance in Sports and Life
Loehr, James, The New Toughness Training for Sports: Mental Emotional Physical Conditioning from 1 World’s Premier Sports Psychologists
Riley, Pat,
Smith, Dean, Gerald D. Bell, John Kilgo,
STRESS MANAGEMENT
*Benson, Herbert, The Relaxation Response
Carlson, Richard, (BF 637 .B4 C35 1997)
Casey, Aggie, Herbert Benson, With Ann MacDonald,
Loehr, (BF 637 .S8 L573 2003)
McCullough, Christopher, Managing Your Anxiety: Regaining control when you feel stressed, helpless, and alone (BF 575 .A6 M39 1985)