Textbook of BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

This book is a down-to-earth approach to Behavioral Sciences with many real-life examples pertaining to the topics involved. A few superb movies are also mentioned when the occasion arises. The language is plain and fluent. A cross-section of the chapters comprised goes as follows: Essentials of Education; Basic Psychological Themes (Mind-Body connection Sensation and Perception Memory Intelligence Learning processes Motivation Coping Mechanisms); A bit of Social Psychology: The Role of Groups; A “Soft” Version of Psychopathology {Neurosis versus Psychosis; Types of Paraphrenia like Megalomania; Micromania; Persecution Negation and Defense Delusions; Hypochondria; Morbid Jealousy; Mood Disorders (Depression Bipolar Disorder Phobias); Paraphilias) Impulse Control Disorders}; A Touch of Anthropology: Rites of Passage.