Rethinking Psychology: Finding Meaning in Misconceptions

by Michael W. Eysenck

Can subliminal messages motivate behaviour? Can you train your brain to increase your intelligence? Does parenting style affect personality?

Psychologists and non-psychologists looking to understand human behaviour and cognition are forced to contend with a number of complexities unique to the field. Not least amongst these, is the fact that psychology lacks the superficially attractive precision of theories in the hard sciences. It is inevitable,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032980117
• ISBN13: 9781032980119
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 398 Pages