Based on many years of counseling experience, combined with the examination syllabus and the characteristics of real questions over the years, Boren psychology postgraduate tutor recommends the following psychology postgraduate textbooks to the majority of candidates:
I. Introduction to Psychology:
(1) Peng Yuling, General Psychology, Beijing Normal University Press, whose chapters are basically the same as the examination syllabus, is the main reference book;
(2) Ye Yigan, General Psychology, East China Normal University Press, this book is different from Peng Ben in some aspects, which can be used as a reference and written in more detail in the cognitive part;
(3) "General Psychology" Meng Peking University Publishing House, which is relatively old, is very practical in the part of emotional regulation;
(4) Introduction to Psychology Liang Ningjian, Shanghai Education Press, described in detail the thinking process of problem solving, representation theory and psychoanalytic personality theory.
(5) The History and System of Western Psychology, YeHaoSheng People's Education Publishing House, focuses on important schools such as structural psychology, functional psychology, gestalt, psychoanalysis, behaviorism and humanistic cognition. This book is more useful for the second interview. This book is well worth reading if you want to study psychology systematically.
(6) Chloe Wang's translation of Psychology and Life can be used as an introductory reading, and the Department of Psychology of Peking University uses it as a general psychology textbook for undergraduates. When time permits, you can read properly and train you to apply psychological knowledge and thinking in your life;
(7) Introduction to Psychology, Huang Xiting People's Education Press, the personality part is well written.
(8) Social Psychology, Hou Yubo Peking University Press, mainly introduces social psychology, including all the knowledge points in the outline.
Summary: Peng Yuling's General Psychology and Hou Yubo's Social Psychology are required reading materials.
Second, developmental psychology:
(1) Developmental Psychology (2nd Edition) Lin Chongde People's Education Press;
(2) Developmental Psychology (paperback) Lin Chongde People's Education Press-Simplified Edition;
(3) Developmental Psychology (hardcover edition) Lin Chongde Zhejiang Education Press-Comprehensive;
(4) Child Psychology Zhu Zhixian People's Education Press;
(5) Psychology of Child Development, Liu Jinhua East China Normal University Press;
Content abstract: Lin Chongde's Developmental Psychology is a classic textbook that should not be missed. Teacher Zhu Zhixian's "Psychology of Children" tells a comprehensive and thorough story about children's psychological development process and its relationship with education. Liu Jinhua's book can complement Lin Chongde's book.
Third, educational psychology:
(1) Contemporary Educational Psychology, Liu Rude, Beijing Normal University Press, this book covers 90% of the contents of the examination syllabus, and the knowledge points are explained in great detail. This book talks about the application of many learning theories in education;
(2) Educational Psychology, Feng Zhongliang, People's Education Press. This book is comprehensive, but the details are not detailed enough;
③ Educational Psychology, edited by Liu and published by Higher Education Press, is full of teaching practice. The first half of this book is suitable for the study of psychology postgraduate education psychology, and the second half is suitable for the study of pedagogy postgraduate education psychology;
(4) Educational Psychology, Pi Liansheng, People's Education Press, this book is more suitable for teaching pedagogy than psychology, and it is more detailed in learning classification and constructivism. The two unified exams in this book each have a multiple-choice question;
Summary: The first two books must be read.
Fourth, experimental psychology:
(1) "Experimental Psychology" Yang Zhiliang Zhejiang Education Publishing House, this book has many knowledge points and can be used as a dictionary;
(2) Experimental Psychology, Zhu Ying Peking University Publishing House, this book is solid in theory and strong in logic in experimental design;
(3) "Experimental Psychology" Meng Qingmao Beijing Normal University Press, Meng Qingmao's book is very rigorous in reasoning and detailed in psychophysical methods, which can be used as a reference;
(4) "Experimental Psychology" Guo Xiuyan People's Education Publishing House, this book absorbed a lot of essence from Yang Zhiliang's "Experimental Psychology", and some knowledge was translated from foreign textbooks;
(5) Experimental Psychology, Zhang Xuemin Beijing Normal University Press;
(6) Multifactor Experimental Design in Psychological and Educational Research, Shu Hua Beijing Normal University Press;
(7) Outline of Experimental Psychology Zhang Xuemin and Shu Hua Beijing Normal University Press; Teacher Zhang Xuemin's textbook pays attention to experimental operation, focusing on the experimental design of each chapter in the book;
(8) Psychological Experiment Design and Data Processing, Jin Zhicheng Guangdong Higher Education Press;
Among them, two textbooks (6) and (8) are about experimental design and corresponding statistical methods, which can be used as auxiliary reference books when there is time.
Summary: The theoretical summary is mainly based on the textbooks of Yang Zhiliang or Guo Xiuyan; Zhu Ying and Meng Qingmao's teaching materials are supplemented to assist understanding; Teacher Zhang Xuemin's textbook is the main textbook for understanding and applying experimental design.
Five, psychological statistics:
(1) Modern Psychology and Education Statistics, Zhang Houcan Beijing Normal University Press;
(2) Education and Psychological Statistics Zhang Minqiang People's Education Publishing House;
(3) Statistics of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences Gan Yiqun Peking University Publishing House;
(4) Education Statistics Wang Xiaoling East China Normal University Press;
Summary: Zhang Houcan's statistics textbook is a classic textbook, which is required for postgraduate entrance examination. Other teaching materials can be used as reference.
Six, psychological measurement:
(1) Measurement of Psychology and Education Dai Haiqi Jinan University Press;
(2) Psychometrics Zheng Richang People's Education Press;
Summary: The content of teacher Dai Haiqi's book is quite consistent with the examination outline, and the big questions in the unified examination for two consecutive years all come from the after-school exercises of the book; Teacher Zheng Richang's books can be used for reference.