Pop Psychology

Explore the best pop psychology books that make complex concepts easy to understand. Discover insightful reads on human behavior, mental health, and self-improvement for curious minds.

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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

by Robert M. Sapolsky

Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with nearly 90,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress. As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.
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Queen Bees and Wannabes

by Rosalind Wiseman

BESTSELLER - BASIS FOR THE POPULAR MOVE "MEAN GIRLS".
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Stumbling on Happiness

by Daniel Todd Gilbert

A witty reflection on human nature describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.
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The Seven Sins of Memory

by Daniel L. Schacter

Examines what the author terms "common memory vices," including absent-mindedness, transcience, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence, applying experimental evidence to discuss such high-visibility cases as the O.J. Simpson trial and President Clinton's grand jury testimony. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.