Psychology
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-205-97224-1 (ISBN)
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Saundra K. Ciccarelli, Professor of Psychology for over 28 years at Gulf Coast Community College; Ph.D in developmental psychology from Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. J. Noland White, Associate Professor in the Department of Pschological Science at Georgia College and State University; Ph.D. in Education from The University of Tennessee with a major in counseling psychology and specialty focus in neuropsychology.
In this Section:
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Chapter 4: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs
Chapter 5: Learning
Chapter 6: Memories
Chapter 7: Cognition
Chapter 8: Development Across the Life Span
Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 10: Sexuality and Gender
Chapter 11: Stress and Health
Chapter 12: Social Psychology
Chapter 13: Theories of Personality
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
Chapter 15: Psychological Therapies
2. Full Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
What Is Psychology?
Psychology Then: The History of Psychology
Psychology Now: Modern Perspectives 1
Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization
Psychology: The Scientific Methodology
Ethics of Psychological Research
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
Chapter 2: The Biological Perspective
An Overview of the Nervous System
Neurons and Nerves: Building the Network
The Central Nervous System: The “Central Processing Unit”
The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge
Distant Connections: The Endocrine Glands
Looking Inside the Living Brain
From the Bottom Up: The Structures of the Brain
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Paying Attention to the Causes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
The ABCs of Sensation
The Science of Seeing
The Hearing Sense: Can You Hear Me Now?
Chemical Senses: It Tastes Good and Smells Even Better
Somesthetic Senses: What the Body Knows
The ABCs of Perception
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Beyond “Smoke and Mirrors”—The Psychological Science and Neuroscience of Magic
Chapter 4: Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs
What Is Consciousness?
Altered States: Sleep
Dreams
Altered States: The Effects of Hypnosis
Altered States: The Influence of Psychoactive Drugs
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Thinking Critically About Ghosts, Aliens, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night
Chapter 5: Learning
Definition of Learning
What’s in It for Me? Operant Conditioning
Cognitive Learning Theory
Observational Learning
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Can You Really Toilet Train Your Cat?
Chapter 6: Memories
Three Processes of Memory
Models of Memory
The Information-Processing Model: Three Memory Systems
Getting It Out: Retrieval of Long-Term Memories
The Reconstructive Nature of Long-Term Memory Retrieval: How Reliable Are Memories?
What Were We Talking About? Forgetting
Neuroscience of Memory
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Alzheimer’s Disease
Chapter 7: Cognition
How People Think
Intelligence
Language
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Mental and Physical Exercises Combine for Better Cognitive Health
Chapter 8: Development Across the Life Span
Issues in Studying Human Development
The Basic Building Blocks of Development
Prenatal Development
Infancy and Childhood Development
Adolescence
Adulthood
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Cross-Cultural Views on Death
Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
Approaches to Understanding Motivation
What, Hungry Again? Why People Eat
Emotion
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: When Motivation Is Not Enough
Chapter 10: Sexuality and Gender
The Physical Side of Human Sexuality
The Psychological Side of Human Sexuality: Gender
Human Sexual Behavior
Sexual Dysfunctions and Problems
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: The AIDS Epidemic in Russia
Chapter 11: Stress and Health
Stress and Stressors
Physiological Factors: Stress and Health
Coping With Stress
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Exercising for Mental Health
Chapter 12: Social Psychology
Social Influence: Conformity, Compliance, Obedience, and Group Behavior
Social Cognition: Attitudes, Impression Formation, and Attribution
Social Interaction: Prejudice and Aggression
Liking and Loving: Interpersonal Attraction
Aggression and Prosocial Behavior
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Anatomy of a Cult
Chapter 13: Theories of Personality
Theories of Personality
The Man and the Couch: Sigmund Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
The Behaviorist and Social Cognitive View of Personality
The Third Force: Humanism and Personality
Trait Theories: Who Are You?
The Biology of Personality: Behavioral Genetics
Assessment of Personality
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: The Biological Basis of the Big Five
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
What Is Abnormality?
Models of Abnormality
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR)
Anxiety Disorders: What, Me Worry?
Mood Disorders: The Effect of Affect
Eating Disorders
Dissociative Disorders: Altered Identities
Schizophrenia: Altered Reality
Personality Disorders: I’m Okay, It’s Everyone Else Who’s Weird
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Taking the Worry Out of Exams
Chapter 15: Psychological Therapies
Two Kinds of Therapy
The Early Days: Ice-Water Baths and Electric Shocks
Psychotherapy Begins
Humanistic Therapy: To Err Is Human
Behavior Therapies: Learning One’s Way to Better Behavior
Cognitive Therapies: Thinking Is Believing
Group Therapies: Not Just for the Shy
Does Psychotherapy Really Work?
Biomedical Therapies
Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Virtual Realities
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2014 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 1830 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-97224-1 / 0205972241 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-97224-1 / 9780205972241 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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