When it comes to psychology, most people think that it is about mental disorders and treatment, a very professional and mysterious subject that is not accessible to the general public. In fact, not all psychologists are therapists. Many psychologists work in education, government

When it comes to psychology, most people think that it is about mental disorders and treatment, a very professional and mysterious subject that is not accessible to the general public.

In fact, not all psychologists are therapists. Many psychologists work in education, government, private clinics, universities, etc. Psychology covers a wider range of fields than we think and is applied to all aspects of life. It's not that far away from us.

With the progress of society, contemporary young people's understanding of psychology has also changed. Everyone should know a little bit of psychology knowledge to solve the problems encountered in life. For psychology novices, the book "Zimbardo General Psychology" written by the famous American psychologist Philip Zimbardo is very suitable.

This is an introductory book on psychology, written by the famous American psychologist Philip Zimbardo, Robert Johnson, a professor at Umpqua Community College in the United States, and a teacher in the Department of Psychology at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Written by Vivian McCann.

Philip Zimbardo is the designer of the famous psychological experiment, the Stanford Prison Experiment, and the winner of the American Psychological Association's Hilgard Lifetime Achievement Award in General Psychology. He is also a professor of at Stanford University and has taught general psychology for nearly 50 years. He has written basic textbooks, teacher's guides, and student workbooks for this course for the past 35 years. He has been called "the face and voice of contemporary psychology" and "a rock star in psychology."

Robert Johnson, who taught general psychology for 28 years, founded the Pacific Northwest Masters Seminar and served as its president for 20 years.

Vivian McCann teaches a variety of courses including general psychology, interpersonal relationships, intimacy, and social psychology.

This book is the latest edition of "The Image and Voice of Contemporary Psychology", the masterpiece of the famous psychologist Philip Zimbardo. As a classic psychology textbook, this book contains 14 topics that need to be learned for introductory psychology. Including mind, biological psychology, feeling and perception, learning, memory, thinking and intelligence, life-span development, state of consciousness, motivation and emotion, personality, social psychology, psychological disorders, treatment of psychological disorders, and stress from to content such as health and happiness.

"Zimbardo's General Psychology" has always been an iconic book since its publication. Compared with the previous edition, this edition has made a series of very important updates and corrections while retaining some features of the seventh edition. , deleted and added nearly 50% of the content.

introduces many exciting new developments in the field of psychology. For example, Bandura 's "moral disengagement theory" used to explain unethical behavior; Carol Dweck's discovery of the amazing power of mindset, etc.

In addition, the translation of this book specially hired scientists from the Mental Health and Social Governance Research Support Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences/Director of the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesFu Xiaolan, and brought together 14 experts from the 14 fields of psychology in the book scholar.

The content of each chapter is led by a common problem in life, and around this problem, core concepts in the relevant field of psychology are proposed. Each core concept has a key question as the main title of the chapter.

These key questions will help readers understand the ideas and core concepts of this section. At the same time, it also connects psychology to news events and daily life to illustrate this knowledge point. Such connections will help readers critically evaluate many psychological perspectives seen in the media.

Each chapter begins with an introduction to the chapter and ends with a summary of the chapter, which summarizes the main content of each chapter. At the end of the chapter, readers are asked to think carefully about issues debated among psychologists and issues raised in the media, which is helpful for cultivating Readers' critical thinking allows readers to take a more comprehensive look at every problem they encounter in their future lives and work.

This book is not as boring as the books we read in the professional field in the past. In order to make reading and learning more interesting, this book also adds many new sections, such as "Try it", and the author arranges some active learning activities Presentation; "Key Terms", which displays important terms in the book in bold and further summarizes key terms and definitions in each chapter.

uses these sections to strengthen readers' application and in-depth thinking of psychological knowledge in daily life. In addition, compared with the previous edition, this book has made a lot of updates on new research in various psychological subdivisions, making it easier for learners and researchers to update their own knowledge system.

At the same time, the book also comes with two supporting study manuals, "Psychology Core Concepts Learning Manual" and "Top Ten Psychology Knowledge Application Manuals", and provides free downloads of charts in the book.

This book is inspired by Chinese Psychological SocietyCurrent Chairman Zhao Guoxiang, several term presidents of the Chinese Psychological SocietyBai Xuejun,Shen Mowei, Morey,You Xuqun, Zhou Xiaolin, Chairman of the Asian Psychological Association, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jointly recommended by Han Buxin, , director of the Degree Evaluation Committee, and Wu Yanhong, deputy director of the National Applied Psychology Degree Graduate Education Steering Committee. It is very suitable for psychology learners and researchers in universities and related research institutions, and is also suitable for reading and reference by all psychology enthusiasts.