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 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:55 pm
Do any of you have good books on Psychology that you would reccommend? Whether it be fiction or non-fiction - doesn't matter. Just as long as it is accurate. One of my favourites I read in 8th grade- Lisa Bright & Dark -John Neufeld Quote: Lisa Shilling is 16, smart, attractive--and she is losing her mind. Some days are "light," and everything is normal; during her "dark" days, she hides deep within herself, and nothing can reach her. Her teachers ignore what is happening. Her parents deny it. Lisa's friends are the only ones who are listening--and they walk with her where adults fear to tread. This classic novel of a teenager's descent into madness, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, has remained a best seller for close to thirty years. -Amazon.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:58 pm
If your looking for fiction and entertaining reads, I'd recommend "Walden II" by BF Skinner and "The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know: Studies in Organizational Behavior" by Ritti and Levy. Walden II is a story of a fictional utopian community based on the principles of behavioral psychology. It gives a basic primer to the concept of operant conditioning, and is quite entertaining. Ropes to Skip is a series of real life stories that exemplify a particular concept of organizational behavior. Both are good and in paperback form if you want them that way. I'll wager that Walden II will be in pretty much any library you check too.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:12 pm
BF Skinner souds so disturbingly familiar. i know I've read one of Skinners' books but I can't remember for the life of me, what it was. I know it was good though. Well as far as books go, I remember reading a book called Cut. The name of the author eludes me but it was about a girl in rehab for cutting, and it tells how she reacts to those around her, and also how others had found themselves in rehab. I think it creates some insight to the mind of somone in that kind of situation. Like what makes rehab such hell.
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Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:17 pm
As you sit in your chair, watch the monitor seeing gaia online and reading my post you might naturally realize how interested you are in hypnosis , because it's easy to start to learn new things
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0911226192/sr=8-6/
And the more you think it's not something for you, the more you easily find yourself realizing it is.
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Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:09 pm
Personally, I like books about personality colors. 4laugh
Hartman's The Color Code is probably the most well-known; however, Tom Maddron's Living Your Colors is my absolute favorite. Maddron discusses, in detail, combinations of colors, as well as pure colors (I'm a green) at all stages of life and their interactions with other colors. He also relates his colors to Greek humours and Yup'ik styles of living. Easy to understand, yet goes into great depth. It's also relatively short, for a psychology book. domokun
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:49 pm
I am definately writing down some of these for my next trip to the library! I just finished The Bell Jar, which was very good. I would definately reccommend it if you are into a more existential look at madness. Quote: Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. I'm currently reading The Virgin Suicides, and it's really fascinating. It's a bit dark, the (fiction) story of 5 girls who commit suicide, but the way their nurture shapes their outlook on life is very interesting.
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 7:49 pm
fille_en_papier I am definately writing down some of these for my next trip to the library! I just finished The Bell Jar, which was very good. I would definately reccommend it if you are into a more existential look at madness. Quote: Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. I'm currently reading The Virgin Suicides, and it's really fascinating. It's a bit dark, the (fiction) story of 5 girls who commit suicide, but the way their nurture shapes their outlook on life is very interesting. I want to read it. Maybe I'll get it for my school trip.
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Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 5:40 pm
For good reading on Multiple Personality Disorder, or Dissociative Identity Disorder, I'd recommend "Three Faces of Eve" or "Sybil." Both are great books, especially "Sybil."
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Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 2:44 pm
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime" is a great book I had to read for school. It is about a boy name Christopher who has Asperger's syndrome.
It really kept me interested & I highly suggest reading it.
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Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:21 pm
Agent_Starling fille_en_papier I am definately writing down some of these for my next trip to the library! I just finished The Bell Jar, which was very good. I would definately reccommend it if you are into a more existential look at madness. Quote: Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. I'm currently reading The Virgin Suicides, and it's really fascinating. It's a bit dark, the (fiction) story of 5 girls who commit suicide, but the way their nurture shapes their outlook on life is very interesting. I want to read it. Maybe I'll get it for my school trip. Hah, I'm reading The Virgin Suicides, too. It's such a great book. Have you seen the movie? It's great. It has Kiersten Dunst in it. It's one of her many lesser-known films. I know this thread asked for "reading," but I highly recommend the movie. As far as any other books are concerned... One of my friends lent me this one book called Shadow Culture. It talked about some of the lesser-known philosophical and religious trends in American history. Some if it was quite interesting.
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:30 pm
I personally adore "Kissing Doorknobs". It's the story of a young girl who has OCD but is not diagnosed for years. I loved it so much I've read it quite a few times.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:54 pm
I loved Get Me Out Of Here.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:56 pm
I really liked The Awakening although it might not be for you if you don't like to read books with a lot of medical terminology.It was about patients with the sleeping sickness (encephalitis). The movie was quite enjoyable as well. heart
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