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Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior
- Narrated by: Mark Leary
- Series: The Great Courses: Psychology
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Publisher's Summary
Every day of your life is spent surrounded by mysteries that involve what appear to be rather ordinary human behaviors. What makes you happy? Where did your personality come from? Why do you have trouble controlling certain behaviors? Why do you behave differently as an adult than you did as an adolescent?
Since the start of recorded history, and probably even before, people have been interested in answering questions about why we behave the way we do. And many fields - including philosophy, psychology, and even theology - are focused on finding explanations. But it's only in recent decades that researchers can finally approach, understand, and solve the mysteries of emotion, thought, and behavior - solutions that help each of us to better know ourselves and the people around us. The result is not only a more solid understanding of what it means to be human, but a stronger foundation from which to live more effectively with others and to grasp their intricate behaviors and quirks.
Now you can gain those benefits through a series of 24 intriguing lectures from an award-winning teacher. Professor Leary takes you on a fascinating journey into the complex heart of who you are, using the latest theories, case studies, experiments, and stories to cast light on a wide variety of human behaviors, both ordinary and puzzling.
Throughout these lectures, you'll learn about the various interacting forces that influence your behavior. These include your genetic blueprint, your personal experiences, your upbringing, and the people and social groups that surround you.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-02-02
Decent overview, but unsurprising and unoriginal
I usually love the Great Courses Plus, and human behaviour is one of my favourite topics, but I found this course really difficult to get though. If you have a basic understanding of biology/psychology most of it will be familiar, and at times it seems like the author forgets he's talking to a real person, assuming the reader has never once self reflected on their behaviour. What's most frustrating is that there are really cool ways of learning about this stuff - some really great books/movies about it - I would recommend that over this course. That being said, the lecturer is fairly engaging, better than many real profs I've had.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-08-29
Great summaries.
I enjoyed the topics covered and the summaries and evidence given per topic.. Great read .
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- Selphie
- 2020-10-08
Fantastic
Mike Leary is a great presenter and creates vivid images that are clear and precise. A great listen all the way through.
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- B Cancer Unicorn Billie
- 2020-10-26
Excellent
Excellent book on human behavior, easy to listen to and great content. Well worth it
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- WAEL BEN
- 2020-10-14
It felt like a lecture hall with your best teacher
The narration is better than 90% of my teachers. I never got bored ever during this book. It was relevant, exciting and informative. I loved it!
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- Zen
- 2018-03-05
Excellent information!
This book is likely one of the best explanations behind Human Conscious.
Get it, you will be very pleased if you interested in the topic!
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- Brenda
- 2021-01-26
Thought provoking and interesting.
Very well presented and updated knowledge for myself. The chapters are well laid out and easy to review again. Loved the content.
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- Kamran
- 2020-12-07
Disapointing: pseudoscience
Starts by intriguing subjects and boasting how the author having students do researching work. But i gradually found the reasoning is flawed. The author tries to show himself such an unbiased scientist but repeatedly manupulates the narratives to his favored conclusions. He tries to persuade the readers, mind reading and super-natural events are
proven beyond doubt, by sounding scientific.
I tried to continue reading (listening) a bit harder and to give author the benefit of the doubt, but finally in lecture 17 could not stand it any longer.
It is beyond my specialty and patience therefore, I leave it to more readers to verify or debunk the book. Specially hope to get some pier reviews of this,
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- Diane Tincher
- 2018-08-06
I wanted to like this course
I have listened to hundreds of The Great Courses, starting back in the days of The Teaching Company, and it is rare for me to come across a course that doesn't enlighten. This was one.
This course seemed as it if were directed at high school freshman. Common terms were explained, which I felt was unnecessary. Professor Leary seems to paint with a broad brush, drawing conclusions from sweeping generalities.
I had trouble with the oft repeated "studies show" and "research shows." To me, such vagary lends very little weight to the words that follow them. What study? By whom? As we all know, data can be cherry-picked to support almost any view.
Perhaps listeners interested in human behavior might prefer course by Robert Sapolsky or Patrick Grim.
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- BryanW
- 2014-04-05
Nowhere near the depth of typical Great Courses
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Someone who is interested in psychology using this as the very first introduction. The lecturer did a fantastic job with voice modulation and enthusiasm, so I waited a long time for it to improve.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The course sounds fascinating, but it doesn't even go into the depth of a high school biology course when evoking biological explanations. The psychology and neurology were of similar disappointments
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment in the level and material
Any additional comments?
The Great Courses typically provide a great college lecture set finding a good level of depth and interest. One lump of coal in the diamonds.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2016-06-01
It's average but not exciting
Material not in-depth enough for my taste. Fine if you just want a brief overview.
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- Casey Digital Design Inc.
- 2014-10-09
Fascinating and Enlighting Insights
What made the experience of listening to Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior the most enjoyable?
What I liked most was the way he explained topics. It helped me to have new insights. He shared some great insights on some commonly held beliefs about how people find happiness. His analysis of how we behave in society, communicate and see ourselves was very interesting. He debunks some widely held ideas with strong, logical argument. It's interesting to see how often popular ideas on self-help are close, but not quite right. For example, the popular belief that if we can just instill in a person more self esteem, they will act and think in a more positive way. He points out that it's an individuals positive actions, that are socially valued, constructive and helpful to others, that create the persons self esteem, not creating more self esteem in the person creating more positive behavior. I love the insights I am getting from the lectures. Worth the purchase price to me.
What did you like best about this story?
The descriptions were interesting and I had many "I see!" moments.
What about Professor Mark Leary’s performance did you like?
Interested in what he is talking about makes him interesting to listen to for the audience.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Couple "I can relate" laughs. :-)
Any additional comments?
A really good combination of recreational, enjoyed listening and informational, I learned new things I can apply in life.
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- Matthew Richardson
- 2014-11-24
The title of the book is SPOT ON
Where does Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
For understanding human behavior, it is at the top of the list, a must have for anyone interested in why people behave and feel the way they do and the purposes those behaviors and feelings are trying to serve that compels us to do them.
Any additional comments?
I'll keep this simple, this is a MUST have book on human behavior and psychology, the most clear and intuitive explanations I have heard from any teacher. Not only that but he achieves a perfect balance of keeping it simple and easy to understand with giving the evidence and proofs for why those things are thought to be correct. This is a book I will listen to more than once.
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- Marie-Louise
- 2015-06-06
Not so enlightening
I expected more from this book! I was aware of most of these theories and I don't consider myself very educated about psychology in general. Radiolab and a few readings of Scientific American Minds provided me we much more. But probably a good introduction for anyone without a scientific culture. I'd recommend it to people who might be skeptical of science as it makes a good point for evolution.
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- David
- 2020-05-26
So disappointing
This book makes it clear that this guy has very little understanding of logic, reasoning and the scientific method.
Starts in chapter one. He is talking about evolutionary psychology and it's consequences. We have this fears of snakes that we have inherited from our ancestors. Until here all good. Then he explains that we are more scared of snakes than of cars. According to him this fear is irrational because way more people die in car accidents than from snake bites every year...
This has to be over of the most basic logical fallacies. According to this argument we should be more scared of getting in a car than of getting into a rocket because way more people die from car accidents than from accidents from rocket launches.
This is an example from chapter one, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt. As the book progresses he keeps using this kind of bogus examples, but rarely enough that I didn't just quit.
Then he reaches the chapter on the paranormal... I was blown away. He uses discredited studies from decades ago that have not been successfully replicated. I actually laughed out loud when he quoted "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". Indeed my friend, indeed. A few studies performed decades ago which can't even be replicated don't qualify as even the most modest evidence. I am all for publishing these studies when they appear. But dedicating a whole chapter in an introductory course to psychology is just plain sad. Forcing this stuff on students of a top University in the US is just unreal.
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- Benjamin
- 2014-07-17
The best money i've ever spent
Would you listen to Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior again? Why?
I plan to listen to this book a number of times. The amount of insight and knowledge that I've gain from this is astounding.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior?
The lectures are put together so that topics being presented in a chapter, build on the chapter before. A very good and clear way to communicate what is being said so that it is understood perfectly.
Any additional comments?
This book brought an incredible amount of insight on why we do what we do and why we do it the way we do it. I've been looking for a book like this for a long time and I think Prof Leary has put together something incredible in this audiobook. I hope to read more of his books in the future.
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- Mike
- 2013-09-05
Interesting lectures
If you could sum up Understanding the Mysteries of Human Behavior in three words, what would they be?
enlightening
Linear
Entertaining
If you’ve listened to books by The Great Courses before, how does this one compare?
This is a good course. The only issue is identifying the lectures in one continuous file. A better breakdown like the other courses is needed.
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- Khazar
- 2018-11-08
Good but too long
It's a 12 hour lecture which could have been summarized into around 7 hours. He rambles a lot and repeats himself.
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