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    Psychology: the Stuff You Can Really Use
    Psychology: the Stuff You Can Really Use
    Psychology: the Stuff You Can Really Use
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    Psychology: the Stuff You Can Really Use

    By Bradley W. Rasch

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    Psychology: The Stuff You Can Really Use offers a thought-provoking description of some of the basics of psychology that can be used to enhance your life and to understand yourself and others better. Having worked as a psychologist for over thirty years, and having had the opportunity to teach the subject at the college level for the same amount of time, author Brad Rasch has discovered what this field has to offer that is useful and interesting. This practical reference guide provides information that can be used to enhance your life and gain a better understanding of yourself and others.

    He examines several different topics that can aid in developing strong mental health like having a hobby that can allow us to relax, reduce stress, and improve our mental health. Hobbies can also encourage us to find and relate to others with a similar passion. Another topic he tackles is the concept that one mans fault is another mans lessonwe learn from the mistakes that others make. Psychology: The Stuff You Can Really Use facilitates learning from the vast experience and expertise of the author by offering his thoughts on a variety of topics relating to psychology in short passages.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMar 30, 2012
    ISBN9781475900866
    Psychology: the Stuff You Can Really Use
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    Bradley W. Rasch

    Bradley W. Rasch is an author, college professor, and researcher who has published a number of articles in professional journals as well as several textbooks and popular books. Rasch lives in suburban Chicago and teaches at a local college.

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      Psychology - Bradley W. Rasch

      Psychology:

      The Stuff You Can Really Use

      Bradley W. Rasch

      iUniverse, Inc.

      Bloomington

      Psychology: Th e Stuff You Can Really Use

      Copyright © 2012 Bradley W. Rasch

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-0084-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-0086-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012904950

      iUniverse rev. date: 3/27/2012

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Freud Was Right

      (About Some Things At Least)

      Christopher Cross Was Right Too

      Sorry, Paula, You Were Wrong

      Can’t We All Just Get Along?

      Self-Defeating Urination

      Your Pants and the Damn Dog

      Gomer Pyle, Vampires, and the Flying Nun

      Bob Dylan and David Bowie

      It’s Always Something.

      If It Ain’t One Thing, It’s Another.

      Memories Light the Corners of My Mind

      One Man’s Fault Is Another Man’s Lesson

      When a Man Gives His Opinion, He’s a Man. When a Woman Gives Her Opinion, She’s a Bitch

      Most People Shoot the Mule

      Confession Is Good for the Soul

      Dumb and Dumber?

      Consequences: A Forgotten Concept

      David Letterman Is on to Something: Top Ten Lists Are Good

      Shame on Us

      Depressed Veterinarian

      But He Was Wrong About the Edsel

      Stages

      Paris in the the Spring: Why We All Will Almost Hit the Guy on the Motorcycle

      I am Not a Bibliotherapist, But …

      It Is an Art and a Science

      Flying Bananas

      Not So Smart

      Is ADD a Desired Diagnosis?

      And Now the Breast of the Story

      Smile!

      Little Known Facts about Depression

      Lessons Learned

      To the reader,

      most especially students of psychology.

      You know who you are.

      Introduction

      Having worked as a psychologist for over thirty years and having had the opportunity to teach the subject at the college level for a like amount of time, I have discovered what this field has to offer that is really useful and interesting. From this book, you can gain information you can actually use to enhance your life, understand yourself and others better, and be a real asset to any group engaged in a deep discussion of psychology. Let’s get started.

      Freud Was Right

      (About Some Things At Least)

      Sigmund was, in some ways, an odd man. He was obsessed with sex and discussed things like penis envy. He used cocaine quite a bit. His beard did not flatter him. He did stumble upon something important, however, and made a valuable contribution as a result.

      Freud talked about the importance of love and work to achieving fulfillment and happiness. Indeed, in our culture, this is true for most of us (unless we are a member of the idle rich without a sense of noblesse oblige or work for the Department of Motor Vehicles). The vast majority of us seek to love and work as well as we can. We want to love and support others, and we want to contribute and excel at our work, no matter what it may be. To a great degree, we are hardwired to judge ourselves, and we derive a great degree of satisfaction if we

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