Posted: Nov 01, 2010 1:17 pm
SpeedOfSound wrote:Where are the dense theoretical books? I mean without the endless mind-numbing psych 101 books? Is there a real good textbook that will rocket me into some graduate level stuff? I like books where I can't even understand the table of contents. But I hate experimental science.
Reading about designing rat experiments makes me want to do a rodent-murder/suicide sort of rampage thing.
For denser stuff I would suggest handbooks (or encyclopedias). The "Handbook of Psychology" series is quite good and has a separate volume for all major areas of psychology. I would think this would be a good place to start. If you want something else you would have to indicate what area of psychology you are interested in (educational, experimental, clinical, developmental, methodology, motivation, etc.). Tell us what area you are interested in and we can probably guide you to some more interesting books.