Harshi Rao's Key Ideas from The Psychology Book
by DK Publishing, Inc

Viennese psychiatrist Viktor Frankl said that suffering ceses to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning.

We are not at the mercy of our environment or events, because we dictate how we allow them to shape us.

The Meaning is something we must discover rather than invent, and we must find it ourselves.

Learning happens mainly through interaction and experience.

Instructing a child is not a matter of getting him to commit to results, but to teach him to participate in the process.

Acquisition of knowledge should be seen as a process, not a product or end result.

Good life - pursuing personal growth.

Meaningful life - in the service of greater good

Pleasant life - socializing and seeking pleasure

Good and meaningful lives bring lasting happiness, but cannot be sustained without social relationships.

Socializing does not guarantee high happiness, but it does not appear to occur without them.

A fundamental aspect of social interaction is that we try-consciously or subconsciously - to manipulate and control the way that others perceive us.

Personality is the sum of various roles that a person plays in his life.

People try to create a favorable impression through their choice of script, setting, wardrobe, and props.

There are front stage areas for our public persons and backstage areas for private lives.

There is an audience for the performance.