The complete idiot's guide to psychology

You're no idiot, of course. You know that id, ego, and superego aren't the names of characters in an intergalactic comic strip and that the Oedipus complex isn't a giant sports arena. But when it comes to understanding the ABCs of psychology, you draw a complete mental blank. Don't develop an inadequacy complex just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Psychology is an easy-to-understand primer to a field that even today remains shrouded in mystery. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: A practicing clinical psychologist shares the secrets of her profession, from Sigmund Freud to Karen Horney, defining terms such as manic depression, schizophrenia, Oedipus complex, cognitive therapy, and much more in concrete, demythologized terms. Original. An introduction to psychology that explains basic psychological theories and principles, describes the different types of therapies, and profiles the most influential psychologists Explains the basics of psychology from Sigmund Freud to Karen Horney, defining terms such as manic depression, schizophrenia, Oedipus complex, cognitive therapy, and delusion