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It's that time of year when we are thinking about assigning summer reading for ourselves and our kids and getting ready for next year. Below are some resources that I have either seen and/or read. I make these recommendations since I have positive personal experience with each one. I am certainly not saying that these are the only good resources out there, they are only a list of items on my bookshelf--that I can see/recall. I have many more. Each link below takes you to the Amazon.com site where you can order the books immediately should you wish.
(note: As I finish this list, I am kind of stunned that I've read all these books. Too bad all the info has not stayed with me. Perhaps it's time to go back to learning to play guitar.)
Books for summer reading:
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
Minds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology
The Scientific American Day in the Life of Your Brain
Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
Imagine: How Creativity Works
How We Decide
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Sleep Thieves
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
Vital Lies, Simple Truths: The Psychology of Self-Deception
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
My Lobotomy
A Natural History of the Senses
A Natural History Of Love
Thinking, Fast and Slow
An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
The Social Animal
Readings About The Social Animal
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
Influence: Science and Practice (5th Edition)
Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World
A Geography Of Time: On Tempo, Culture, And The Pace Of Life
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships
The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior
NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
The Story of Psychology
Emotions Revealed, Second Edition: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life
Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us
The Sociopath Next Door
Columbine
(on my reading list, but not yet read--highly recommended though)The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity
(I have not read this, but it looks fascinating)The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen
Who's in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
DVDs to get your hands on:
(sorry--VHS only)
Some Valuable Resources for Every Teacher:
Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology
As and A-Level Psychology Through Diagrams (Oxford Revision Guides)
Challenging Your Preconceptions: Thinking Critically About Psychology
The Human Brain Book
Forty Studies that Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research (6th Edition)
Teaching Introductory Psychology: Survival Tips from the Experts
The Critical Thinking Companion for Introductory Psychology
posted by Chuck Schallhorn
