Based on many years of counseling experience, combined with the examination syllabus and the characteristics of real questions over the years, Professor Boren recommended the following psychology postgraduate textbooks to the majority of psychology postgraduate candidates:
I. Introduction to Psychology:
(1) General Psychology, Peng Yuling, Beijing Normal University Press, the chapters are basically the same as the examination syllabus, and the main reference books;
(2) General Psychology, Ye Yigan, East China Normal University Press, some contents are different from Peng Ben's, which can be used as a reference. It is written in detail in the cognitive part; (3) "General Psychology", Meng, Peking University Publishing House, is relatively old, and this book is very practical in the part of emotional regulation;
(4) Introduction to Psychology, Liang Ningjian, Shanghai Education Press, introduced the thinking process of problem solving, representation theory and psychoanalytic personality theory in detail.
(5) The History and System of Western Psychology, YeHaoSheng, People's Education Press, 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) Psychology and Life translated by Wang Lei can be used as an introductory reading. The psychology department of Peking University regards it as a general psychology textbook for undergraduates. You can read properly when time permits, and cultivate your own psychological knowledge and thinking in life; (7) Introduction to Psychology, Huang Xiting, People's Education Press, the personality part is well written. Several new knowledge points in the 08 exam syllabus come from this book;
(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, (Lite) Lin Chongde, People's Education Press-Lite;
(3) Developmental Psychology, (hardcover) 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;
Contemporary Educational Psychology, Chen Qi, Liu Rude and Educational Psychology are two books that Feng Zhongliang must read.
Fourth, experimental psychology:
(1) Experimental Psychology, Yang Zhiliang, Zhejiang Education Press, this book has many knowledge points and can be used as a dictionary;
(2) "Experimental Psychology", Zhu Ying, Peking University Publishing House, this book has a solid theory and strong logic in the experimental design part;
(3) Experimental psychology, Meng Qingmao, Beijing Normal University Press, Meng Qingmao's book reasoning and deduction are very rigorous, and the psychophysical methods are very detailed, which can be used as a reference; (4) Experimental Psychology, Guo Xiuyan, People's Education Press. This book absorbs a lot of essence from Yang Zhiliang's experimental psychology, and some knowledge is 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) Statistics of Education and Psychology, Zhang Minqiang, People's Education Press' (3) Statistics of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences, Gan Yiqun, Peking University Press; ⑷ 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) Psychology and Educational Measurement, 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.