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The Great Ideas of Psychology
- Narrated by: Daniel N. Robinson
- Length: 23 hrs and 27 mins
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Summary
If you’ve ever wanted to delve more deeply into the mysteries of human emotion, perception, and cognition, and of why we do what we do, these 48 lectures offer a superb place to start. With them, you’ll see the entire history of psychology unfold. In the hands of Professor Robinson, these lectures encompass ideas, speculations, and point-blank moral questions that might just dismantle and rebuild everything you once thought you knew about psychology. In fact, you’ll not only learn what psychology is, but even if it is, as Professor Robinson discusses the constantly shifting debate over the nature of psychology itself.
Lecture by lecture, Professor Robinson navigates from one subject to the next, and you’ll follow along as he recreates a Platonic dialogue; explains brain physiology; or explores the intricacies of middle ear construction, the psychological underpinnings of the Salem witch trials, and the history of the insanity defense.
Among other things, you’ll learn:
- How a brilliant young scientist’s temporary blindness led to pioneering research in sensory psychology
- How the once-prestigious, now-derided, ”sciences” of phrenology and mesmerism contributed to psychological knowledge
- What happened when a Stanford psychologist and his students decided to study “being sane in insane places” by getting themselves committed to a mental institution
- How the brain is able to “rewire” itself to compensate for particular traumas at an early age
- If high heritability determines how much the environment influences the value of a trait, and more.
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- Tony C (London)
- 18-10-14
Excellent
A well-structured course of lectures, with each lecture summarised at the start and recapped at the end. Not quite the flair of Prof. Martin's Psychology lectures,-- sometimes he gives the impression of having given the lectures on one too many occasions. Nonetheless, highly recommended. I've no background in psychology but I've now listened to two courses of Psychology lectures -- as well as the audiobook of Ruby Wax's Sane New World.
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- Mirenda
- 30-03-15
Perfect!
I'm taking an Intro to Psychology class. The Great Ideas of Psychology is the perfect supplement. I've re-listened to several chapters whilst studying relevant information in class.
This audiobook is very enjoyable. No prior knowledge of psychology is needed, however this is not an audiobook that can be listened to passively. Many of the concepts presented require your full attention. I've often had to pause the audiobook and take a moment to process the information Id just heard.
I've enjoyed this book very much and would recommend it highly to sony one with a serious interest in Psychology.
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- AOD
- 19-04-16
Fabulous
I really enjoyed the broad scope of this engaging review of the thinkers, concepts, theories, developments etc in psychology which was delivered with an amazing co-relational approach with other disciplines. Well worth the long hours of listening!!!!
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- Greg Gauthier
- 07-10-16
Engaging and Informative
As usual, Dr. Robinson does a masterful job of outlining the rough edges of a vast, complicated, and extremely difficult subject. He has a knack for negotiating the narrow passage between compelling simplicity, and oppressive exactitude.
I especially appreciated the judicious mingling of philosophy with some of the topics, as a means of highlighting the many larger questions that remain wide open in psychology. In spite of the fact that these lectures were given almost 20 years ago, the vast majority of the content remains quite relevant today.
I'm not sure if that's a testament to Dr. Robinson's lecture skill, or to the glacial pace at which knowledge of the mind moves forward.
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- Ashbal
- 17-03-19
Excellent Overview
Thoroughly enjoyed this course; Professor Robinson is my favourite teacher and lecturer. He surveys the full breadth of the psychological landscape with marked sagacity. The only thing to note is that these lectures are quite philosophically orientated; focusing a fair bit on the philosophical realities and implications of the various approaches to psychology.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-09-21
Powerful and engaging world of psychology
This was a journey full of powerful insight great arguments in the world of psychology, it’s was such a well constructed audible! Well done.
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- 02-12-15
Great introductory course
Would you consider the audio edition of The Great Ideas of Psychology to be better than the print version?
This course was structured as 30-35 minutes lectures, which each of them covers an individual topic. Perfect for my daily commute.
Who was your favorite character and why?
The lecturer,who is very articulate and has a good sense of humour.
Any additional comments?
The course covers a wide range of topics in Psychology. Since this is a relatively young discipline, the lecture also attempts to provide a historic view. In addition, prof. Robinson is enthusiastic about the subject, which make it interesting and easy to follow.
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- Gemma
- 04-01-20
Terrific Psychology Book
I loved this book. It's a great learning lessons book, but is easy to understand. He covers every subject and any questions I could've possibly had. Self-explanatory lectures. Terrific from the start.
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- Jussie
- 23-08-17
awe inspiring
clear narration and absolutely intriguing content that's mostly out of my depth of understanding but educational nonetheless.
thanks for this great compilation of talks
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- ErmNo
- 26-04-20
Great course
Whole and very thorough and thought provoking course.
Only down side is, he talks really fast, found myself skipping back on a regular basis.
Fantastic content though
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