Psychology for elementary/middle

[Francis Raven]

Anyone know if there are any books about psychology for elementary or middle school.  I'm looking for something that would cover key topics and maybe a history of the field.  There is a lot on philosophy that is near psychology, but I can't seem to find much on psychology.  I also made the mistake of buying a high school textbook which ended up being about 500 pages of almost zero content. 

[Loesje22000]

This?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edexcel-GCSE-Psychology-Student-Book/dp/1846904838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473190122&sr=8-1&keywords=Igcse+psychology

 

For psychology we use something Dutch, but we will use something similar for Sociology this year.

We like GCSE / IGCSE textbooks :)

[chocolate-chip chooky]

As an overview of psychology we've watched a bit of Crash Course. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOPRKzVLY0jJY-uHOH9KVU6 

 

No help with books though, sorry.

[DoubleTime]

I second the Crash Course psychology recommendation for a fast-paced lecture series...  I've looked for books also-- hard to find (also bought a college text which is great for looking up this or that but not so much for a core text at this age...).  My husband is a psychotherapist so he tends to just talk to DD about the topic, but the best two comprehensive books I've found are:

 

The Psychology Book

 

and

 

Psych 101

 

For more specific topics we turn to different books-- DD has been really interested in childhood development so she's been reading Brazelton's 'Touch Points' series, for example.

 

Hope that helps!  Let me know if you find anything neat-- always looking for more resources in this are (DD currently wants to be a "research psychologist" so it's a topic that's not going to fade here anytime soon, I don't think...

 

 

[quark]

When my son was crazy about psychology at that age, we let him devour books and articles by/ on Oliver Sacks, e.g. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. These were primarily case studies.

 

You might like Introducing Psychology: A Graphic Guide and 30-second Psychology (history and key topics).