Heads Up Psychology
In this attractive book, Weeks takes a difficult, often misunderstood topic and breaks it into manageable, engaging chunks. Using broad, overarching questions, each of the five sections probes one specific area of psychology. Pertinent questions for teens include, What does my brain do? How does my mind work? and Where do I fit in? By interspersing explanations of topics and research studies with biographies of great thinkers, psychological pioneers, and researchers, Weeks helps readers connect fields of psychological study with names they may have heard or read. In true DK fashion, format, graphics, text boxes, pixelated portraits of scientists, bubbles, and balloons all contribute to making this a busy but appealing companion for high-school psychology textbooks. Although not in chronological or alphabetical order, the appended directory of psychologists and their theories is quite useful. Grades 7-10. --J. B. Petty