Psychology (with MindMatters 2.0 CD-ROM and Users Guide)

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Edition: 5th
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Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Summary

Provides integrated coverage of evolutionary psychology and diversity plus greater emphasis on the practical value and usefulness of psychology through increased focus on the theme Taking Psychology with You. Scholarly and research-based, Psychology, now with sixteen chapters, is filled with relevant applications and information for students. Providing a broad-based, balanced presentation of psychology, this edition covers all the core topics while continuing to introduce cutting-edge research and applications.

Table of Contents

Psychology: A Science...and a Perspective
Modern Psychology: What It Is and How It Originated
Psychology: Its Grand Issues and Key Perspectives
Psychology 2000: Trends for the New Millennium
Psychology and the Scientific Method
Research Methods in Psychology: How Psychologists Answer Questions about Behavior
Using This Book: An Overview of Its Special Features
Biological Bases of Behavior
Neurons: Building Blocks of the Nervous System
The Nervous System: Its Basic Structure and Functions
The Brain: Where Consciousness...Is
The Brain and Human Behavior: Where Biology and Consciousness Meet
Heredity and Behavior: Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
Sensation and Perception: Making Contact with the World Around Us
Sensation: The Raw Materials of Understanding
Vision
Hearing
Touch and Other Skin Senses
Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses
Kinesthesis and Vestibular Sense
Perception: Putting It All Together
The Plasticity of Perception: To What Extent Is It Innate or Learned?
Extrasensory Perception: Perception Without Sensation?
States of Consciousness
Biological Rhythms: Tides of Life — And Conscious Experience
Waking States of Consciousness
Sleep: The Pause That Refreshes?
Hypnosis: Altered State of Consciousness...or Social Role-Playing?
Consciousness-Altering Drugs: What They Are and What They Do
Learning: How We''re Changed by Experience
Classical Conditioning: Learning That Some Stimuli Signal Others
Operant Conditioning: Learning Based on Consequences
Observational Learning: Learning from the Behavior and Outcomes of Others
Memory: Of Things Remembered and Forgotten
Human Memory: Two Influential Views
Kinds of Information Stored in Memory
Forgetting: Some Contrasting Views
Memory Distortion and Memory Construction
Memory in Everyday Life
Memory and the Brain: Evidence from Memory Impairments and Other Sources
Cognition: Thinking, Deciding, and Communicating
Thinking: Forming Concepts and Reasoning to Conclusions
Making Decisions: Choosing Among Alternatives
Problem Solving: Finding Paths to Desired Goals
Language: The Communication of Information
Human Development I: The Childhood Years
Physical Growth and Development
Perceptual Development
Cognitive Development: Changes in Our Ability to Understand the World Around Us
Moral Development: Reasoning About "Right" and "Wrong."
Social and Emotional Development: Forming Relationships with Others
From Gender Identity to Sex Category Constancy: How Children Come to Understand That They Are Female or Male
Human Development II: Adolescence, Adulthood, and Aging
Adolescence: Between Child and Adult
Development During Our Adult Years
Aging, Death, and Bereavement
Motivation and Emotion
Motivation: The Activation and Persistence of Behavior
Emotions: Their Nature, Expression, and Impact
Intelligence: Cognitive, Practical, and Emotional
Intelligence: Contrasting Views of Its Nature
Measuring Intelligence
Human Intelligence: The Role of Heredity and the Role of Environment
Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores: Why They Occur
Emotional Intelligence: The Feeling Side of Intelligence
Creativity: Generating the Extraordinary
Personality: Uniqueness and Consistency in the Behavior of Individuals
Personality: Is It Real? The Psychoanalytic Approach: Messages from the Unconscious
Humanistic Theories: Emphasis on Growth
Trait Theories: Seeking the Key Dimensions of Personality
Learning Approaches to Personality
Measuring Personality
Modern Research on Personality: Applications to Personal Health and Behavior in Work Settings
Health, Stress, and Coping
Health Psychology: An Overview
Stress: Its Causes, Effects, and Control
Understanding and Communicating Our Health Needs
Behavioral and Psychological Correlates of Illness: The Effects of Thoughts and Actions on Health
Promoting Wellness: Developing a Healthier Lifestyle
Mental Disorders: Their Nature and Causes
Models of Abnormality: Changing Conceptions of Mental Disorders
Assessment and Diagnosis: The DSM-IV and Other Tools
Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence
Mood Disorders: The Downs and Ups of Life
Anxiety Disorders: When Dread Debilitates
Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders
Personality Disorders: Traits That Harm
Schizophrenia: Losing Touch with Reality
Substance-Related Disorders
Therapies: Techniques for Alleviating Mental Disorders
Psychotherapies: Psychological Approaches to Mental Disorders
Alternatives to Individual Psychotherapy: Group Therapy, Marital Therapy, Family Therapy, and Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Biological Therapies
Psychotherapy: Is It Effective? The Prevention of Mental Disorders: Community Psychology and Its Legacy
Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Mental Disorders
Social Thought and Social Behavior
Social Thought: Thinking About Other People
Social Behavior: Interacting with Others
Appendix: Statistics: Uses and Potential Abuses
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
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