心理学导论

翻开这本教材的读者，最先被戳中的往往不是深奥理论，而是它难得的“不端着”：没有堆砌故作高深的术语，而是用接近说话的语气，把心理学讲成一件可触摸、可理解的事。它真正的分量在于“系统”二字——从心理学的起源与学科地位，到神经、内分泌、遗传如何共同塑造行为，从意识、睡眠、梦到学习机制，再到工作-组织、教育、社会等应用领域，为初次接触者勾勒出一张完整的学科蓝图。多位读者反复提到它“有知识体系”“方法和知识结合”，正说明它不止罗列知识点，更示范了心理学家如何避免凭空推测、用科学方法研究行为。它适合想要建立整体认知、又不愿被术语劝退的普通读者，以及希望快速把握心理学全貌的学习者。

Benjamin B. Lahey received his undergraduate training from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Tennessee. He has taught at both community college and university levels, including the University of Georgia and the University of Miami, before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago. Ben is an award-winning teacher and a frequent speaker at the Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. He is also an active researcher on the behavioral and emotional problems of children; his research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health for many years. Ben was a representative of the field of psychology on the DSM-IV Child Disorders Work Group and a member of the US liaison group for the mental health section of the International Classification of Diseases. He was also the editor, with Alan E. Kazdin, of the first fourteen volumes in the annual series, Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, published by Plenum Press.