EPTSpecifically I am interested in understanding how to get optimal responses from the people I interact with. Whether it be friends, family, co-workers, bosses, teachers, etc. But really any book on the subject I believe I will find helpful.
Psychology/Sociology Book Recommendations!
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
Specifically I am interested in understanding how to get optimal responses from the people I interact with. Whether it be friends, family, co-workers, bosses, teachers, etc. But really any book on the subject I believe I will find helpful. | ||
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Polemarch
Canada1564 Posts
Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works or The Blank Slate will help you understand human nature (evolutionary psychology). Brafman's Sway: The irresistable pull of irrational behavior is also good, describing a number of ways people act irrational. If you're looking to optimize your interpersonal skills, I'd recommend something that focuses on self-improvement rather than more general psychology. Stephen Covey's 7 Habits is good. Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is also good. | ||
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Cygnus
United States847 Posts
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samachking
Bahrain4949 Posts
Edit: Also try: Predictably Irrational Stumbling on Happiness But in all seriousness, one of the best ways to understand psychology and man is through literature, just take into perspective the narrator life and surroundings and timeline and you will understand a whole lot about society at that time and the moral dilemmas of people at that time. Dostoevsky does a great job of establishing psychology in his psych novels, hell, Nietzche himself said the only psychologist I have learnt from is Dostoevsky, his short stories are magnificent and so is The Brothers Karamazov. Marquez has also a magical surreal grip over the human character and anthropology, check some of his novels out. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
 Also, Mihály should be pronounced as Me-High :D | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
On May 19 2009 03:37 freelander wrote: That name is not that hard to pronounce Also, Mihály should be pronounced as Me-High :D maybe cause you're both Hungarian! For the longest time I was saying "Zik Zent Me Hall-E" Until someone made fun of me for it xD | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
On May 19 2009 03:36 samachking wrote: The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, a analysis of human foolery and a spontaneous culture. Magnificent book, lets you see the foolery of mankind from a different perspective. If you did not read it, please do, for its a collaborative guide to our self identity as a race. Edit: Also try: Predictability Irrational Stumbling on Happiness But in all seriousness, one of the best ways to understand psychology and man is through literature, just take into perspective the narrator life and surroundings and timeline and you will understand a whole lot about society at that time and the moral dilemmas of people at that time. Dostoevsky does a great job of establishing psychology in his psych novels, hell, Nietzche himself said the only psychologist I have learnt from is Dostoevsky, his short stories are magnificent and so is The Brothers Karamazov. Marquez has also a magical surreal grip over the human character and anthropology, check some of his novels out. I like your thoughts there! Literature can unfold the scientific/rational mind in different ways that essays/research findings can not. I'll keep that in mind  | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
On May 19 2009 03:34 Polemarch wrote: These aren't exactly what you're asking about, but... Steven Pinker's How the Mind Works or The Blank Slate will help you understand human nature (evolutionary psychology). Brafman's Sway: The irresistable pull of irrational behavior is also good, describing a number of ways people act irrational. If you're looking to optimize your interpersonal skills, I'd recommend something that focuses on self-improvement rather than more general psychology. Stephen Covey's 7 Habits is good. Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is also good. Those first two books both seem very interesting! As far as the Covey and the Carnegie go, I never found that "self-help" books (in the sense that you'd find them in the self help section rather the psychology section), helped me much, because I spent much of my high school years reading Tony Robbins, as well as the Covey and the Carnegie book. They generally seem to have the same message as the positive psychologists do, but the way the positive psychologists break things down and conduct experiments/observations allows me to understand things more deeply. | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
Goffman: Total institutions There are so many fields in modern day psychology umm.....I'm not sure on actual books though, cuz I've only read course literature. "Psychology" by Passer & Smith is awesome though | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
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Frits
11782 Posts
Robert A. Baron, Donn Byrne & Nyla R. Branscombe Very scientific though, not really a self help book, mostly for studying. | ||
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poilord
Germany3252 Posts
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Salv
Canada3083 Posts
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ero
United States66 Posts
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
A very good book that you'll like if you liked the Flow is Ivan Ognev and Vladimir Russev's book: The psychological security. The title is a direct translation from romanian so it might not be it, i do not know it's name in english version. Anyway, it's an awesome book, one of the best reads i've ever had, really an innovation. | ||
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Sky
Jordan812 Posts
On May 19 2009 03:25 StarN wrote: Specifically I am interested in understanding how to get optimal responses from the people I interact with. Whether it be friends, family, co-workers, bosses, teachers, etc. How to Win Friends & Influence People ....by: Dale Carnegie Online copy available at Scrib'd | ||
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