Psy-Q
豆瓣
A Mind-Bending Miscellany Of Everyday Psychology
Ben Ambridge
简介
Psychology is everywhere. Our emotions and desires, the decisions we make on a daily basis - absolutely every aspect of the way we think and feel has been studied by psychologists. Through dozens of interactive puzzles, IQ tests, quizzes, jokes, puns and visual illusions, Ben Ambridge guides us through this wealth of research, showing us how we can better understand ourselves.
Debunking tabloid speculation, revisiting old favourites such as the Stanford Prison Experiment and unearthing bleeding edge research unknown to the general reader, renowned psychologist Ben Ambridge blows away the received wisdom to reveal to enthusiasts and novices alike the psychology behind our daily lives.
With wit and humour aplenty, he explains whether your blue eyes make you more or less trustworthy, how analogies can help cure cancer, whether Rorschach's famous inkblot tests really work, what your love for heavy metal (or Mozart) says about you, how psychology could help solve the obesity crisis and countless other revealing, entertaining and downright astonishing tests of your Psy-Q.
Visit Ben's accompanying website, http://benambridge.wordpress.com/, and test yourself - and your friends.
目录
Acknowledgements vlif
Preface: Psychology Is Everything x
Thle Raw Shark Test 3
A Dirty Joke 7
Your Personality Profile 8
It's All Chinese to Me 14
Spot tile Deference 20
How Many Clinical Psychologists Does It Take To Change a Light Bulb? 23
Professional Psychopaths 24
I Just Can't Wait 27
Take It or Leave It? 31
Are You Stupider than a Monkey? 34
A Straightforward Question 38
The Tragic Tale of Kitty Genovese 39
Anchors Away 43
A Shocklng Experiment 45
Carrot or Stick? 53
Liar, Liar 56
Lyer, Lyer 60
Te Line-Length Illusion 65
A Barkin-Mad Test? 69
Digital Love 79
St Valentine's Day: Massacred? 81
The Tea Test 84
Reading and Righting 88
Prelude or Requiem? 91
The Patient 101
The Radiologist lo5
The Surgeon lo9
The Health Minister 114
Red or Black? 118
Track the Attacker 123
Morality Play 126
The Arts Critic 131
Card Trick 1 135
Morality Play: Agree/Stongly Agree 138
Card Trick 2 139
'All I Have To Do Is Dream' 141
The Interpretation of Dreams 144
Morality Play: Disagree/Stongly Disagree 150
It Feels So Right 157
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus 160
Focus on Your Knitting 165
The pSHEchologist 17o
Quoth the Raven's 'What's My Score?' 171
The Fool Hath Said in His Heart, 'There Is No God' 183
Idiocracy? 187
Stereo Types 190
Horoscope Horror Show? 195
Are You a Conspiracy Theorist? 198
What a Shape Sounds Like 201
What a Shape Tastes Like 204
Tips for Dancers? 211
Hitler's Sweater 217
Getting All Emotl Qnal 219
Be on Your Guard 224
What's in a Face? #2: Tae Talking Dog 228
Literacy Test 233
Roll Play 241
A Trivial Pursult 243
What's in a Faee? #3: Brown Eyed Girl 252
At My Wick's End 255
Under Pressure 256
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child? 259
Shut Your Faee(oook)? 263
Cake Addicts 265
The Vanishing Ghost 269
That Sinking Feellng 271
Can't Stand Losing You 275
Stick or Switch? 278
Mind over Matter 280
Your Memory is Limitless 282
Do Humans Dream of Electric Sheep? 286
Can Psychology Save the World? 288
Prescient Palmistry? 293
Can Psychology Save the World?: You Chose Split 296
What's in a Face? #4: Face Off 297
The Psychologyof Pain 300
A Sinister Questionaire 304
The 'I's Have It 308
Write Stuff or Write Off? 311
Can Psychology Save the World?: You Chose Steal 314
You Are the Psychologist 315
Continuing Your Psych-Odyssey 320
References 321
Credits 345
