Psychology: The Comic Book Introduction, co-authored by cartoonist Grady Klein and cognitive psychologist Danny Oppenheimer, Ph.D.

Description

Behold the marvelous human mind! It helps us make sense of the world, ourselves, and others—yet it also fools us in fascinating, hilarious ways.

In Psychology: The Comic Book Introduction, award-winning cartoonist Grady Klein and award-winning psychologist Danny Oppenheimer team up to turn a complex scientific field into an entertaining, highly accessible graphic guide. While psychology is a serious endeavor that tracks human behavior and cognitive processes, the study of human experience is also filled with comedic quirks. After all, this is the discipline that brought us drooling dogs, snacking rats, and the infamous “Freudian slips”.

Divided into three comprehensive parts—”Making Sense of the World,” “Making Sense of Ourselves,” and “Making Sense of Others”—this book provides detailed, lighthearted observations on:
Perception & Memory — How our brains process sensory data and why working memory shortcuts occasionally fail us.Stress & Emotion — The biological and psychological drivers behind our everyday feelings and behaviors.
Cognition & Language — How we think, communicate, make decisions, and form mental habits.

Whether you are a student looking for a refreshing study companion or a curious reader wanting to understand what makes people tick, this graphic novel offers a brilliant, punchy introduction to the quirks of human nature.