Our First Book Goes On Sale! «Psychologically Speaking»
We kept it a bit quiet, but the three creators of the digital magazine Psychology and Mind We have been quite busy during the first months of this year.
The project we had in hand was nothing more and nothing less than the preparation of our first popular book on psychology. His name is «Psychologically Speaking: a tour of the wonders of the mind ***»***, has been edited by Paidós Editionssignature of the communicative holding company Planet Group and it is on sale both in Spanish bookstores and right here.
«Psychologically Speaking»: an introductory book to psychology
We have wanted Psychologically Speaking be an introductory book to psychology in which things begin to be explained from scratch, that is, a book suitable for all types of curious people who are not necessarily informed about the subject.
The first pages talk about basic aspects of what psychology is, what topics are studied from it and what it is for, while then its history and the leap into the scientific world are reviewed, the functioning of the brain is discussed and ends by talking about several of the most relevant studies, researchers and discoveries in psychology and neuroscience.
In short, we have imagined Psychologically Speaking like a complete book, shorter than the classic manuals of more than 600 pages and more entertaining than most of them. A true work of synthesis: We have condensed the highlights of behavioral science in this book which, by the way, you can also purchase from amazon (follow the link).
From that idea we have gotten to work uniting our words with the illustrations of Javier Pérez de Amézaga Tomás. We believe that you may like the result very much, since it offers a panoramic view of what psychology is and has been and at the same time presents these varied contents organized and related to each other so that it is difficult to get lost. After all, books on psychology can be of interest to all types of people, and it is good to make it easy for everyone without settling for explaining little.
The creation process
In Psychology and Mind We know that psychology is a discipline that covers many areas and topics. You can talk about the history of psychology, the discoveries that have been made in its field, the relationship it has with neuroscience, what it teaches us about mental processes and our way of relating and making decisions, etc. It is also interesting to talk about the philosophical themes on which the different historical currents of psychology are based, and see to what extent they are forms of science or not.
All this makes it not easy to explain what psychology is We cannot talk about a more or less fixed sequence of very important discoveries that have been accumulating on top of each other, as happens in the natural sciences, because psychology is a bridging discipline between them and the social sciences. This means that there have been few unique investigations that “demonstrate” ideas: in this science, to progress it is necessary to test the same theory many times.
Furthermore, since there is no unified theory in psychology, practically all the results obtained in research can be interpreted in radically different and opposing ways.
This basically means that the most difficult thing to carry out in this project has been the beginning: how to organize so many ideas and make them whole with meaning After much thought and modification of texts, we have decided that it is best to start from the basic definitions at the beginning, move on to the description of the historical roots of psychology afterwards, and then address different relevant topics separately on the basis erected.
A book to have a clear image of this discipline
So that, Psychologically Speaking It is not only a book in which interesting ideas are presented. It is also an effort to bring some order to this apparent chaos and give a comprehensible and structured picture of psychology.
We hope you like it and that you learn through its pages
How to acquire “Psychologically Speaking”?
Very easy. We provide you with the link to Amazon. Simply pay with your credit or debit card and you will receive it at your home in a few days. This is the complete link: https://www.amazon.es/Psicol%C3%B3gicamente-Hablando-Adri%C3%A1n-Triglia/dp/8449332427/ref=sr_1_1?tag=psicyment-21
