If you want to improve your psychological knowledge in a way that is more fun than just studying and trying to memorise, I recommend reading a popular science book. You will be surprised how often the ideas in these books pop up in your actual course! And you’re far more likely to actually understand these ideas having read about their wider context.
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My top 10 psychology(ish) books for psychology students.
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari [ Ссылка ]
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre [ Ссылка ]
The Psychopath test by Jon Ronson [ Ссылка ]
The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine [ Ссылка ]
The Brain by David Eagleman [ Ссылка ]
Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg [ Ссылка ]
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks [ Ссылка ]
Humankind: A Hopeful History By: Rutger Bregman [ Ссылка ]
The Psychology book by Nigel Benson [ Ссылка ]
Freakonomics by Steven Levitt [ Ссылка ]
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This video includes:
Endogenous Pacemakers, Exogenous Zeitgebers, Circadian Rhythms, Light as EZ, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN),
Evaluative studies discussed:
Siffre (1975) “Six Months Alone in a Cave,” National Geographic (March 1975), 426-435.
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[ Ссылка ] - Short accessable write up of Siffre's experiance.
Czeisler et al. (1999) Stability, precision, and near-24-hour period of the human circadian pacemaker. Science. Jun 25;284(5423):2177-81.
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Vetter et al. (2011) Blue-enriched office light competes with natural light as a zeitgeber. Scand J Work Environ Health. Sep;37(5):437-45.
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Ralph (1990) Transplanted suprachiasmatic nucleus determines circadian period. Science. Feb 23;247(4945):975-8.
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Miles (1977) Blind man living in normal society has circadian rhythms of 24.9 hours. Science. Oct 28;198(4315):421-3.
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