In other words, being in a poor neighborhood was related to higher delinquency only for boys who were already impulsive nonimpulsive boys in poor neighborhoods were no more likely to be juvenile offenders Items of interest: In a study that tested how impulsivity and the quality of neighborhoods are related to delinquent behavior, researchers found that impulsivity predicted delinquency as expected, but only for boys who lived in poor neighborhoods.

They're simply those factoids that I thought of interest. They don't necessarily provide a summary or description of the lecture contents. You can see a description and list of lecture titles at this LINK.Īs I went through the lectures, I made note of the following items which I found of special interest.

The author of these lectures seemed pleased to be able to disown Freud from his field of study. For example I've heard people say, 'He manifests negative affect.' Well, now I sort have an idea of what they're talking about.Īnother bit of trivia I learned is that Sigmund Freud wasn't a psychologist. Hopefully it has equipped me to be a better conversationalist when I'm talking to people who throw around 'terms' used in the field. These twenty-four lectures provide a thorough review of psychology for those of us who have not studied the subject in detail.

Why we are who we are book review