Introduction to psychology

Since the development of psychology, the content is extremely rich. In order to have a comprehensive understanding of psychology, it is best to start with an introduction to psychology or general psychology.

Psychology and Life is an excellent and classic psychology textbook, which has a high reputation not only in the United States, but also in many countries in the world.

Introduction to Psychology-Understanding Ways of Thought and Behavior (China Light Industry Press, 2004) is another famous American psychology textbook. This book is translated from the latest revision of the ninth edition of the original work and compiled by the personnel of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

These two books are voluminous, but they are both written in simple terms and close to life. At the same time, both of them contain the latest research results and cutting-edge information, and they are really the best introductory books for psychology lovers.

Psychology-Integrated Method (Up and Down) (East China Normal University Press, 200 1) was written by many experts under the auspices of British psychologist M.W. Eysenck This masterpiece focuses on the development and contribution of European psychology, so it can provide readers with another perspective.

General Psychology edited by Meng (Peking University Press, 2003) has been published many times since the first edition of 1994 was published. It is one of the most popular general psychology textbooks in China.

Modern Psychology by Zhang Chunxing of Taiwan Province Province (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1994)

Cui's What is Psychology (Peking University Press, 2003) is also a very good introductory book for ordinary readers.

History of psychology

An Introduction to the History of Psychology (Part I and Part II) written by B.R. Hegenhan (East China Normal University Press, 2004) examines the origin of psychology in detail and comprehensively describes various western psychological trends and schools.

In China, the famous psychologist Che's monograph History of Western Psychology (Zhejiang Education Press, 1998) can basically represent the latest level of domestic research in this field.

Zhang Chunxing's The Evolution of Psychological Thought —— A Biography of Psychologists (Shanghai Education Press, 2002) introduces the evolution of western psychological thought from the perspective of the biography of psychological celebrities.

Merton Hunt's The Story of Psychology (Hainan Publishing House, 1999) takes famous psychologists as the characters in the story and tells the history of psychology vividly and interestingly in the form of stories.

Several such books were published in the last century, such as History of Psychology by Li Hei (Zhejiang Education Press, 1998), History of Experimental Psychology by Pauline (Business Press, 198 1) and History of Modern Psychology by kovac (Business Press,/kloc-0).

For the history of China's psychological thoughts, you can read The History of China's Psychology (Zhejiang Education Press, 1998). The author describes the development of ancient psychology in China in detail through the analysis of psychological thinkers or their works in history, and deeply analyzes the development history and background of modern psychology in China. The General History of Psychology (Shandong Education Press, 2000) consists of five volumes, one and two of which are the history of ancient and modern psychological thoughts in China.

reference book

Encyclopedia of China (Psychology Volume) (China Encyclopedia Publishing House, 1994), compiled by more than 300 experts and scholars, has a comprehensive content. The entries in the book about the history of China's psychology and the psychology of Chinese characters highlight the characteristics of China.

Three famous psychologists in China, Lin Chongde, Yang Zhiliang and Huang Xiting, led the compilation of the Psychological Dictionary. Shanghai Education Press, 2003, is the largest dictionary with the latest content in China, which can reflect the frontier trends of psychology.

The new century edition of Handbook of International Psychology (Volume I and II) (East China Normal University Press, 2002) is an authoritative reference book that can reflect the international level. This is a gift to the 28th International Psychological Conference held in Beijing, China in 2004.

The branch of psychology

The theoretical research scope of psychology is very wide, forming many branches of basic psychology, such as sensory psychology and memory psychology. Among these branches, personality psychology is a branch of psychology that systematically discusses human nature, and ordinary people are more interested.

In this respect, Personality Psychology (China Light Industry Press, 2000) is novel, comprehensive and fascinating.

In the translation of Personality Science (East China Normal University Press, 200 1), the author uses the topic of personality research as the structural layout, which is worth recommending.

Developmental psychology is another branch of psychology that ordinary readers are interested in. In this regard, there are comprehensive works such as Life Development Psychology (Lin Xue Press, 1997), Development Psychology and You (Peking University Press, 2000), and some works that only take a certain stage of life development, such as Meng Zhu's Baby Psychology (Peking University Press, 200 1). Yue Xiaodong's My Youth: A Psychologist's Review and Analysis of Self-growth tells some past events of the author's primary and secondary school, and makes psychological analysis. It is a unique reading.

Intelligence is also a topic of general concern. In this regard, East China Normal University Press has published two academic masterpieces that can reflect the latest development of intelligence theory: Beyond IQ-Trilogy of Human Intelligence (200 1) and Assessment of Cognitive Process-PASS Theory of Intelligence (200 1). The world bestseller Emotional IQ (Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 1997) broadens the connotation of intelligence.

In the aspect of emotional psychology, we can recommend Emotional Psychology published by Liaoning People's Publishing House (1987) and Human Emotion written by famous domestic psychologist Meng (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 1989). A comprehensive new work in the field of consciousness psychology is Consciousness and Brain-Multidisciplinary Research and Its Significance (2003) published by People's Publishing House. In addition, how does the brain think —— Is the past lives (Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, 1996) with intelligent evolution conscious? (beijing institute of technology press, 2004) and so on are all good popular science books. In memory psychology, there are some popular books about how to improve memory, such as Memorabilia: 20 Wonderful Memory Ways Discovered by Psychology (China Youth Publishing House, 1998), and some monographs such as Memory Psychology (East China Normal University Press, 1999). In addition, there is a very durable popular science book about memory, Searching for Lost Oneself: Brain. In social psychology, Contemporary Social Psychology edited by Shi Ronghua (East China Normal University Press, 1997) is one of the more popular textbooks. There was an excellent introduction book of educational psychology: Educational Psychology: Theory and Practice (2004), and the seventh edition of the original book was introduced by People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House. Religious Psychology is the most detailed book (Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1992).

Floyd

In the development of western modern psychology, many schools and theories have emerged. So far, multi-channel research is still the status quo of modern psychology. Among them, psychoanalysis, behaviorism and humanistic psychology have the greatest influence and are called the three main forces of psychology.

Psychoanalysis was initiated by Freud and has been revised and developed since then. Its influence goes far beyond psychology, so its readership is correspondingly wider. Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Commercial Press, 1995) is a summary of Freud's early psychoanalytic theory, which can be used as the best introduction to Freud's own views. Interpretation of Dreams (Commercial Press, 200 1) is Freud's most influential classic and a must-read for a deeper understanding of Freud. In recent years, the eight-volume Collected Works of Freud (2004) published by Changchun Publishing House is the largest translation volume of Freud's works.

For Freud's biography, see irving stone's Passion for the Soul (Up and Down) (China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing Company, 1986), which is a biographical novel with a large amount of information and strong readability. Another biography that pays more attention to Freud's thoughts is the highly edited Biography of Freud (bookstore, 1986), which is a traditional version and is not easy to buy.

If you want to have a clear understanding of Freud's thoughts, you can also read some books introducing his thoughts. Charles brenner's Introduction to Psychoanalysis (Beijing Publishing House, 2000) summarizes Freud's basic ideas and the main contents of psychoanalysis, which is extremely rare in similar books. Freud and Marx (Renmin University of China Press, 2004) expounds the relationship between psychoanalysis and Marxism. Although this book was written in the 1930s, it still has its value.

Jung and Jung School

Oriental Zen Psychology-From Yijing to Zen (Social Science Literature Publishing House, 2000) is a collection of several articles by Jung. Theory and Practice of Analytical Psychology (Sanlian Bookstore, 199 1) and Modern People's Search for Soul (Guizhou People's Publishing House, 1987) were published earlier. The former is a collection of Jung's speeches, which is a good introductory book to understand Jung's early thoughts.

Jung's autobiography Memories, Dreams and Thoughts (Liaoning People's Publishing House, 1988) is the best in Jung's biography. Jung's Life and Work-Biographical Memoirs (Oriental Publishing House, 1998), written by Barbara Han, Jung's female disciple, looks a little taller. In addition, you can refer to Liu Yaozhong's Building a Temple of the Mind-A Biography of Jung, a Famous Western Psychologist (Oriental Publishing House, 1996) and Vintcent Brom's Wenchuan Translator and God (Xinhua Publishing House, 1997).

Compared with introducing the weakness of Jung's own works, it is very impressive to introduce Jung's thought and Jung's analytical school. Systematic, such as the Datura Series published by Oriental Publishing House 1998, including eight books such as Mother Goddess. In addition, The Dianjinshi Series published by China Social Sciences Publishing House includes four translations, such as The Jungian Way. The book about Jung's thought is Jung's Mysterious Psychology Series published by Heilongjiang People's Publishing House. At present, four books have been published, among which Mr. Shi Chunhua's book Mysterious Prototype is excellent, which clearly combs the most important prototype concept in Jung's theory. In addition, such books include Personality Shadow-Vitality with Destruction (Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2003), Jung Psychology and Buddhism (Oriental Publishing House, 2004) and Jung Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism (Commercial Press, 1996). James hill Hillmann, the pioneer of post-Jungian archetypal psychology, wrote Decoding the Mind (Hainan Publishing House, 200 1), which expounded his interesting "acorn theory" and explored the exciting theme of "the call of fate", which was very enlightening. Richard Noel, the author of Jung Worship (Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2002), stood on the side of Jung's criticism and tried to show "the true Jung in history". His novel ideas once caused a strong shock in Jung's research.

Adler Fromm, honey

Inferiority and Transcendence (Writers Publishing House, 1987) is Adler's most influential work, which has been published by many domestic publishing houses. Adler's latest translation is Understanding Human Nature published by Guizhou People's Publishing House (2004).

Almost all of Fromm's important works were published in the last century. For example, Escape from Freedom (China Workers Publishing House, 1987), The Art of Love (Huaxia Publishing House, 1987), For One's Own People (Sanlian Bookstore, 1988), A Sound Society (Guizhou People Publishing House,/kloc-).

In recent years, many works of honey have been published. Her self-analysis, the conflict within us and the neurotic personality of our time (2004) are included in the famous work Modern Society and People translated by Guizhou People's Publishing House. Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House has also published several important works about honey, such as Conflicts within us (1998), New Methods of Psychoanalysis (1999) and Neurosis and Human Growth (1996), which are the representative works of honey in his later years and his thoughts. Trading with Destiny (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 1997) is a new interpretation of four tragic characters of Shakespeare based on Horney's theory, which is very enlightening. Self-exploration of a psychoanalyst (1997) is a comprehensive survey of honey's life experience, inner conflict and ideological evolution, and it is really a rare work to understand honey and her thoughts.

Since Jung and Fromm, psychoanalysis has made many new developments. Postmodern Psychoanalysis (Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, 1997) is the collected works of Norman N Holland, which fully embodies the development of psychoanalysis in the postmodern period and shows the ideological charm of postmodern psychoanalysis. The Bible of Modern Psychoanalysis-Object Relationship Theory and Self-psychology (China Light Industry Press, 2002) generally introduces the progress and context of modern psychoanalysis in recent decades.

behaviourism

The theoretical system of behavioral psychology founded by Watson was very popular in the 1920s, which deeply influenced the process of psychology. Since then, behaviorism has continued to develop, and Skinner has the greatest influence. However, behaviorist works are rarely published in China, and even less interested by ordinary readers. Behaviorism (Zhejiang Education Press, 1998) is the best summary of Watson's behaviorism. Beyond Freedom and Dignity (Guizhou People's Publishing House, 1988) is an influential popular reading by Skinner. Based on the principle of behaviorism, the book puts forward many ideas about social design, and holds that citizens' behavior in society is best shaped and controlled according to various planned reward (reinforcement) systems. This book received fierce criticism and some praise. The book Shaping and Correction of Children's Behavior (Beijing Normal University Press, 1999) not only systematically expounds the principle of behaviorism, but also illustrates its application with vivid examples. Theory and application are well combined, and understanding behaviorism is a good choice.

humanitarianism

There is a very good collection of works by humanistic psychologists, Human Potential and Value (Huaxia Publishing House, 1987), but there seems to be no new edition of this book. Maslow and Post-Freudianism, a New Way of Psychology (Chinese Publishing House, 2002) and Maslow Psychology, the Third Trend of Thought (Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 200 1) comprehensively introduce Maslow's thoughts as the most important representative of humanistic psychology. Maslow's biography includes The Right to Be a Man-Maslow's Biography (Huaxia Publishing House, 2003; Reform Press, 1998). Humanistic Psychology (Zhejiang Education Press, 2002) is a monograph that comprehensively and systematically introduces humanistic psychology in China. The book Three Psychology (China Light Industry Press, 2000) introduces the theories of Freud, Skinner and Rogers. The book is not thick and the introduction is simple and clear, which can be used as a good introductory book to understand these three aspects.

In addition to the above three forces, cognitive psychology began to rise in the second half of last century and gradually became the mainstream of western psychology. In this respect, the newly introduced Cognitive Psychology (East China Normal University Press, 2004) and Cognitive Psychology edited by Wang Su and Wang Ansheng (Peking University Press, 2003) are more popular.

About the development of various schools of western psychology, some comprehensive works have been published in China. For example, Gao Juefu's New Progress in Western Psychology (People's Education Press, 2002), YeHaoSheng's History and System of Western Psychology (People's Education Press, 2000), New Progress in Western Psychology Research (People's Education Press, 2003) and Guo Benyu's New Progress in Contemporary Psychology (Shandong Education Press, 2003). In addition, Hubei Education Publishing House published a series of Review of Western Psychologists in the 20th Century in 2000, which was divided into 15 volumes, and evaluated 15 masters representing various schools and different development directions in the development history of western psychology in the 20th century, from which we can also get a glimpse of the history of western psychology.

Mental health and psychological self-help

There are also many psychological counseling or psychotherapy books published in China. The case books in this field are recommended by Classic Cases of Western Psychological Counseling (Shanghai Education Publishing House, 2003), which contains some classic psychological counseling cases of western psychologists and is worth studying carefully. Theories and Cases of Psychotherapy and Counseling (Volume I and Volume II) and Psychotherapy and Counseling published by China Light Industry Press in 2000 are also very good. In 2000, Social Science Literature Publishing House published a set of "Psychological Health Care and Treatment Series", written by Perche Qin, a famous German psychotherapist, including four books, including Heaven and Hell, and introduced his positive psychotherapy method. The popular science reading of psychological counseling is Feeling of Ascension-I am Counseling at Harvard University (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2004), which describes 10 cases of psychological counseling handled by the author during his internship in the psychological counseling center of Harvard University, and vividly introduces the basic theories and methods of counseling psychology.

With the accelerated pace of life in modern society and fierce competition in the workplace, psychological discomfort problems such as stress, depression and anxiety have become increasingly prominent, and there is a huge demand for psychological self-help books in society. There are many books in this field, and I will only list some of them here: Decompression, People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House, 2003. Are you overwhelmed by the pressure? (Shanghai People's Publishing House, 2004), Slow down the pace of life (Machinery Industry Press, 2004), Mental Health Series (Sanlian Bookstore, 2003, including four books such as Don't be afraid of depression), and so on. Generally speaking, there are too many books in this field with different contents, themes and characteristics. It is impossible for us to make a comprehensive introduction in this article. There are also a large number of successful inspirational books that also contain a lot of psychological content, but I prefer to list them as a separate book category, so this article is also lacking.

In addition, in order to solve students' mental health problems, many publishing houses have launched a series of books on mental health counseling for primary and secondary school students and college students, such as the series of textbooks on mental health education for primary and secondary schools published by East China Normal University Press (in 2004, it was divided into six volumes for primary school, junior high school and senior high school students and teachers, * * *).

other

Love is a charming word, and psychological books related to it are favored by the market. The important work in this field is The Art of Love written by Fromm. Another important work in this field is rollo may's masterpiece Love and Will (International Culture Publishing Company, 1987). Popular reading materials include: Love is a Choice (Unity Publishing House, 2000), True Love or Infatuation (Hainan Publishing House, 2000), Love Equation (Northern Literature and Art Publishing House, 2002), Do you really understand love? (Inner Mongolia People's Publishing House, 1999), Romantic Psychology (Wen Hui Publishing House, 2003), etc.

Dream interpretation books are also very popular. The introductory book in this field recommends Dream: Inner Voice (Jinghua Press, 1996). Although this book is very thin, it has a clear introduction to how to understand dream interpretation through psychoanalysis. Wang Yijia's Dream at Night (Fiona Fang Publishing House, 1998) has a summary of various dream interpretation theories, which is worth reading.

It is worth mentioning that the famous writer Bi Shumin recently published Mind Games 7 (Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House, 2004). In the book, the author gives full play to his multiple knowledge and experience in medicine, writing, reading doctoral courses in psychology, and establishing psychological consultation offices, and writes down the prescription of psychological health care for readers with prose. Readers can conduct self-psychological analysis by completing the games in the book.

Several series of books

In the publication of psychology books, many publishing houses pay attention to scale effect and series effect, so there are many sets of large psychology books.

An Introduction to Psychology in the 20th Century (Zhejiang Education Press) is based on the theory of one school, one family and one person, which has a great influence on psychology in the 20th century, and involves various schools in the history of psychology. It is the most systematic and comprehensive translation of world psychology masterpieces in China so far by selecting the most influential works of the founders or representatives of the main schools in the field of psychological science in the 20th century, comprehensively reflecting the research achievements of world psychology and various branches of psychology, and showing the academic development of world psychological science. Since its publication, this series of books has included about 30 books, such as Essays on Human and Animal Psychology, which is the largest translation of China's world famous psychological works so far.

Century Psychology Series (Zhejiang Education Press) is a large series published by Zhejiang Education Press, covering the research field of world psychology in the 20th century. The author is a well-known psychologist on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, covering a wide range of topics, including the basic theory of psychology, psychohistory and many branches of applied psychology, including management psychology and consumer psychology. At present, more than 20 books have been published. This kind of books can basically represent the academic level of cross-strait psychology at present.

Translation Series of Contemporary Psychological Science Masterpieces (East China Normal University Press) is a series based on masterpieces, with academic and authoritative selection criteria, which embodies the academic views and thoughts of psychologists. Its academic taste is very high. At present, 20 books have been published, reprinted 12 kinds, and printed 2 times/kloc-0. The content covers the main branches of psychological science, such as education and development psychology, general and experimental psychology, social psychology, management psychology and so on. The concept is broad and the scale is huge.

"Psychology Series" and "New Guide Series" (China Light Industry Press) are divided into psychological counseling and therapy, psychological reading guide and practical psychology. The new guide series is divided into mass psychology, children's education, quality education and other series. These two sets of books, especially the former, have great influence in the circle of psychology lovers. Among them, "Psychological Counseling and Therapy" series is the most systematic and influential book of its kind imported from China.

The Series of Applied Psychology (People's Education Publishing House) is a set of special textbooks edited by Professor Lin Chongde, a famous psychologist in China, and organized by academic leaders of various branches of applied psychology in China. At present, educational psychology, psychometrics, etc. 12 volumes are temporarily included. This set of books introduces the hot spots and focuses of applied psychology in a practical way in view of several disciplines that are developing rapidly and maturing in the field of applied psychology at home and abroad.