Explores some of psychology's leading ideas and their practical relevance.

Previous edition: 1998.

What is psychology? How do you study it? -- What gets into our minds? : perception -- What stays in the mind? : learning and memory -- How do we use what is in the mind? : thinking, reasoning, and communicating -- Why do we do what we do? : motivation and emotion -- Is there a set pattern? : developmental psychology -- Can we categorize people? : individual differences -- What happens when things go wrong? : abnormal psychology -- How do we influence each other? : social psychology -- What is psychology for?.