30-Second Psychology: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Psychology Theories, Each Explained in Half a Minute - Christian Jarrett 2011

Introduction

Old School, New School

Glossary

Wundt’s introspection

Watson’s behaviourism

Psychoanalysis

profile: Sigmund Freud

The cognitive revolution

Evolutionary psychology

Positive psychology

Growth & Change

Glossary

Piaget’s stages

Vygotsky’s zone

Birth order

profile: Jean Piaget

Harlow’s monkeys

Kohlberg’s moral stages

Neuroplasticity

Decision Making & Emotions

Glossary

Ekman’s universal emotions

Festinger’s boring task

James–Lange theory of emotion

profile: William James

Damasio’s emotional decision making

Wason’s confirmation bias

Baumeister’s ego depletion

Kahneman & Tversky’s prospect theory

Social Psychology

Glossary

The bystander effect

Janis’ groupthink

Allport’s contact hypothesis

Zimbardo’s prison

profile: Stanley Milgram

Milgram’s obedience study

Stereotype threat

Follow the leader

Ways We Differ

Glossary

The Lake Wobegon effect

The big five

Fundamental attribution error

profile: Hans Eysenck

Nature via nurture

The Flynn effect

Ericsson’s 10,000-hour rule

Nominative determinism

Disordered Minds

Glossary

Sperry’s split brains

Seligman’s prepared learning

Charcot’s hysteria

Rosenhan’s insane places

profile: Aaron Beck

Kapur’s aberrant salience

Maslow’s humanistic psychology

Beck’s cognitive therapy

Extreme male brains

Thoughts & Language

Glossary

The placebo effect

Pavlov’s dogs

Sapir–Whorf hypothesis

Chomsky’s universal grammar

Loftus’ false memories

profile: Elizabeth Loftus

Embodied cognition

Broadbent’s bottleneck

Miller’s seven

Consciousness

Appendices

Resources

Notes on contributors