Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely
$36.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships. Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics and subjective interpretations of truth. In Misbelief social scientist Dan Ariely explores the behaviour of 'misbelief ...Show more
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. Illness and trauma are defining how we live. In his new ...Show more
Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camil ...Show more
Losing Our Minds: What Mental Illness Really Is - and What It Isn't by Lucy Foulkes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Losing Our Minds provides an accessible distillation and empowering guide to the latest science of mental illness, overturning the notion that we are experiencing an 'epidemic' of mental illness, especially among young people. Much progress has been made in recent years to promote awareness and openness ...Show more
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant
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Category: Psychology
Bestselling author and TED podcast star, Adam Grant examines the critical art of rethinking -- how questioning your beliefs and knowing what you don't know can lead you to success at work and happiness at home Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Discover how rethinking can lead to excellence at work an ...Show more
The Lucifer Effect - How Good People Turn Evil by Philip Zimbardo
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Category: Psychology
In The Lucifer Effect, the award-winning and internationally respected psychologist, Philip Zimbardo, examines how the human mind has the capacity to be infinitely caring or selfish, kind or cruel, creative or destructive. He challenges our conceptions of who we think we are, what we believe we will nev ...Show more
Taming Toxic People: The Science of Identifying and Dealing with Psychopaths at Work & at Home by David Gillespie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Psychopaths are often thought of as killers and rapists, but up to 10 per cent of people are probably psychopathic without being criminals. Science suggests psychopaths don't have empathy. Although charming in the early stages of a relationship or employment, they will leave you feeling cheated and humi ...Show more
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M Sapolsky
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Category: Psychology
'Awe-inspiring ... the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired' Henry Marsh, author of Do No HarmA ground-breaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by ...Show more
All In The Mind: the new book from the popular ABC radio program and podcast by Lynne Malcolm
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Inspiring and transformational stories from the forefront of brain science -- from the popular ABC Radio program and podcast Understanding the human mind remains one of the most alluring challenges we face. Now pioneering investigations and technologies are enabling science to gain new insights into the ...Show more
How Minds Change: Making People Listen in an Argumentative World: Making People Listen in an Argumentative World by David McRaney
$29.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Genes create brains, brains create beliefs, beliefs create attitudes, attitudes create group-identities, group identities create norms, norms create values, and values create cultures. The most effective persuasion techniques work backwards. Ideas sweep across cultures in waves, beginning with early ado ...Show more
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
The highly anticipated sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the worldIn 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives- eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights hav ...Show more
Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder by Gabor Maté
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition. Gabor Maté is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology - and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained ...Show more