Dr Andrea Bonoir is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor,
and writer.
She received her B.A. with distinction in psychology from Yale
University and completed her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology
at American University, with post-doctoral work at George
Washington University. She maintains a clinical practice, and
serves on the faculty of Georgetown.
"Much of my work is steeped in psychology and this book is to soon
have dog-eared pages in my library! Understanding the big ideas of
profound thinkers is made fun and easy. This will be a resource I
recommend to others as I continue to seek out ways of helping
people better understand themselves and each other."
--Shasta Nelson, author of Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships
for Lifelong Health and Happiness
"This book is an easy-to-digest, visually appealing, and witty
resource that has carved out its own little place on my bookshelf.
My favorite aspect of this resource is that it is unifying, tying
seemingly disparate schools of thought together in a concise,
well-organized manner."
--Marni Amsellem, Ph.D., clinical psychologist, writer, and
consultant
"Written in crisp prose and peppered with pop cultural references,
Psychology: Essential Thinkers, Classic Theories, and How They
Inform Your World achieves impressive breadth without ever
sacrificing depth or clarity; eye-catching graphics and a snappy
layout lend color and immediacy to an already compelling read. A
thoroughly entertaining journey through the history of our attempts
to answer the question: what makes people tick?"
--Dr. Craig Malkin, Lecturer, Harvard Medical School and author of
the internationally acclaimed, Rethinking Narcissism
At NYU in 1970, there were no courses in journalism, but I ran the
daily newspaper, which was a full time job, meaning I had to choose
a major where you could get A's without attending classes or doing
a lot of work. It turns out that was psychology. So I was a
psychology major. I learned nothing about psychology, and because
of that, I have always secretly considered myself a fraud. Then I
read Andrea Bonior's book. I am a psychologist now, and a completed
man.
--Gene Weingarten, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and nationally
syndicated humor columnist
Bonior's latest book is a fresh and relatable primer that explains
the basics of psychology, and how our everyday behaviors can be
understood in the context of classic psychological theories and
phenomena. This fun and practical book will leave readers with a
new lens through which to view themselves and others.--Dr. Samantha
Rodman, founder of DrPsychMom.com and author of How to Talk To Your
Kids About Your Divorce and 52 Emails To Transform Your
Marriage.
Clinicians and students will find this book well written and well
organized, both as a quick refresher and reliable reference. Lay
readers interested in human behavior will come away with a better
understanding of the applications of these seminal theories to
their everyday lives and relationships. --Irene S. Levine, Ph.D.,
psychologist, author and clinical professor of psychiatry at the
New York University School of Medicine
Dr. Bonior applies her scholarly eye and trademark wit to the
daunting task of boiling down hundreds of years of research and
theorizing on human behavior into concise, readable summaries of
key concepts and influential experiments. The reader will come away
with a clear understanding of the major figures in psychology and
the essentials of their work. Better still, the applicability of
these ideas to current events and our own daily lives emerges in
each chapter. --Dave Haaga, Ph.D., Department Chair and Professor
of Psychology, American University
Rare is the book that successfully distills centuries of
psychological experiment and theory into a form so educational,
accessible and enjoyable. In tracing the history of psychology
through the seminal contributions of its great masters, Bonior
skillfully imparts why their work matters to us both as students of
psychology and, more broadly, as human beings. --Matthew N.
Goldenberg, M.D., MSc, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale
University School of Medicine
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