This book explores the big ideas from all areas of psychology including psychoanalysis, intelligence, and mental disorders, simply explained, for teen readers.

Includes index.

What is psychology? -- What do psychologists do? -- Research methods -- Who needs parents, anyway? -- Can't you just grow up? -- Can you be molded? -- You don't need no education -- Biography : Ivan Pavlov -- Live and learn -- Why did you behave like that? -- Do you know what's right and wrong? -- Biography : Mary Ainsworth -- Is it never too late? -- Developmental psychology in the real world -- Is your mind different from your brain? -- What goes on in your brain? -- What can brain damage tell us? -- Biography : Santiago Ramon y Cajal -- What is consciousness? -- Biography : Vilanayur Ramachandran -- Dream on ... -- Biological psychology in the real world -- What is knowledge? -- Decisions, decisions, decisions -- Why do you remember stuff? -- Biography : Elizabeth Loftus -- How are memories stored? -- Don't trust your memory -- Information overload? -- Biography : Donald Broadbent -- Watch your language! -- Are you fooling yourself? -- How do you make sense of the world? -- Don't believe your eyes -- Cognitive psychology in the real world -- What makes you so special? -- What are you like? -- Biography : Gordon Allport -- So you think you're smart? -- Why are you so moody? -- What motivates you? -- Do personalities change? -- Feeling down? -- What makes an addict? -- Biography : Sigmund Freud -- What is normal? -- Are you insane? -- Is anyone really evil? -- It's good to talk -- Is therapy the answer? -- Don't worry, be happy! -- Psychology of difference in the real world -- Would you follow the crowd? -- Why do good people do bad things? -- Don't be so selfish -- Biography : Solomon Asch -- Attitude problem? -- The power of persuasion -- What makes you angry? -- Biography : Stanley Milgram -- Are you in the in crowd? -- What makes a winning team? -- Can you perform under pressure? -- Do guys think like girls? -- Why do people fall in love? -- Social psychology in the real world.