Bridging the gap between the theoretical and real-life, Bonior looks at the biggest names, ideas, and studies in the history of psychology and translates their meaning to everyday situations and relationships. Both accessible and applicable, this book offers a foundation for your understanding of the study of the mind, as well as compelling insight into your own thoughts and behaviors.

Introduction. The canon. Timeline ; Biological psychology: René Descartes, Charles Darwin, Paul Broca ; Behavioral psychology: Ivan Pavlov, John B. Watson, Edward Thorndike, B.F. Skinner ; Psychotherapy: Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Karen Horney, Alfred Adler, Viktor Frankl, Albert Ellis, Aaron Beck, Carl Rogers, Virginia Satir ; Cognitive psychology: Alfred Binet, Ulric Neisser, Albert Bandura, Elizabeth Loftus ; Developmental psychology: Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Harry Harlow, Erik Erikson, Noam Chomsky, Carol Dweck ; Psychology of personality: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Abraham Maslov, Hans Eysenck ; Social psychology: Kurt Lewin, Leon Festinger, Stanley Milgram, David Rosenhan, Elliot Aronson, Philip Zimbardo. -- Definitions. Major schools of thought: Structuralism, Functionalism, Psychoanalysis, Behaviorism, Humanism, Gestalt Psychology. ; A brief survey of abnormal psychology: Mood disorders, Anxiety disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders, Trauma-and Stressor-related disorders, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Psychotic disorders, Neurocognitive disorders.