[The author’s] aim was to create an … introduction to psychology [book], written to the students’ needs and interests. [He] aspires to help students understand and appreciate the wonder of important phenomena in their lives. [He] also wants to convey the inquisitive spirit in which psychologists do psychology. The study of psychology, [he] believes, enhances our abilities to restrain intuition with critical thinking, judgmentalism with compassion, and illusion with understanding.-Pref.