Popular Psychology: An Encyclopedia

A lot of what is marketed to the public as psychology is actually quite unscientific. Self-help books, TV specials, and articles in the popular press all serve to obscure the true intellectual and scientific premises on which the field of psychology is based. At the same time, the serious work of the great psychological thinkers and schools of psychological thought is lost to the average person. To counteract the tide of misinformation about what psychology really is, this book provides a c...