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Introduction to Psychology With Infotrac
ISBN: 9780534580018 | 0534580017
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 7/18/2001
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Using a unique "magazine-style" format, this THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGYoffers a modular, visually-oriented approach to the fundamentals that makes even the toughest concepts engaging and entertaining.. Incorporating the latest research updates, the text breaks concepts down into small, easily digested chunks.
| 1. DISCOVERING PSYCHOLOGY | |
| Definition and Goals | |
| Modern Approaches | |
| Historical Approaches | |
| Cultural Diversity: Early Discrimination | |
| Research Focus: Taking Class Notes | |
| Careers in Psychology | |
| Research Areas | |
| App... MORE | |
| 2. PSYCHOLOGY AND SCIENCE | |
| Answering Questions | |
| Surveys | |
| Case Study | |
| Cultural Diversity: Use of Placebos | |
| Correlation | |
| Decisions About Doing Research | |
| Scientific Method: Experiment | |
| Research Focus: ADHD Controversies | |
| Application: Research Concerns | |
| 3. BRAIN'S BUILDING BLOCKS | |
| Overview: Human Brain | |
| Neurons: Structure and Function | |
| Neurons versus Nerves | |
| Sending Information | |
| Transmitters | |
| Reflex Responses | |
| Research Focus: What is a Phantom Limb? Cultural Diversity: Plants and Drugs | |
| Application: Fetal Tissue Transplant | |
| 4. INCREDIBLE NERVOUS SYSTEM | |
| Genes and Evolution | |
| Studying the Living Brain | |
| Organization of the Brain Control Center: four Lobes | |
| Limbic System: Old Brain | |
| Endocrine System | |
| Research Focus: Sex Differences in the Brain | |
| Cultural Diversity: Brain Size and Racial Myths | |
| Application: Split Brain | |
| 5. SENSATION | |
| Eye: Vision | |
| Ear: Audition | |
| Vestibular System: Balance | |
| Chemical Senses | |
| Touch | |
| Cultural Diversity: Disgust versus Delight | |
| Research Focus: Mind Over Body? Application: Artificial Senses | |
| 6. PERCEPTION | |
| Perceptual Thresholds | |
| Sensation versus Perception | |
| Rules of Organization | |
| Perceptual Constancy | |
| Depth Perception | |
| Illusions | |
| Research Focus: Subliminal Perception | |
| Cultural Diversity: Influence on Perceptions | |
| ESP: Extrasensory Perception | |
| Application: Creating Perceptions | |
| 7. CONSCIOUSNESS, SLEEP & DREAMS | |
| Continuum of Consciousness | |
| Rhythms of Sleeping and Waking | |
| World of Sleep | |
| Research Focus: Circadian Reference | |
| Cultural Diversity: Incidence of Sad | |
| World of Dreams | |
| Application: Sleep Problems and Treatment | |
| 8. HYPNOSIS & DRUGS | |
| Hypnosis | |
| Drugs: Overview | |
| Stimulants | |
| Opiates | |
| Hallucinogens | |
| Alcohol | |
| Cultural Diversity: Alcoholism Rates | |
| Marijuana | |
| Research Focus: Drug Prevention | |
| 9. CLASSICAL CONDITIONING | |
| Three Kinds of Learning | |
| Procedure: Classical Conditioning | |
| Other Conditioning Concepts | |
| Adaptive Value and Uses | |
| Three Explanations | |
| Research Focus: Conditioning Little Albert | |
| Cultural Diversity: Conditioning Dental Fears | |
| Application: Conditioned Fear and Nausea | |
| 10. OPERANT & COGNITIVE APPROACHES | |
| Operant Conditioning | |
| Reinforcers | |
| Schedules of Reinforcement | |
| Other Conditioning Concepts | |
| Cognitive Learning | |
| Biological Factors | |
| Research Focus: Noncompliance | |
| Cultural Diversity: East Meets West | |
| Application: Behavior Modification | |
| 11. TYPES OF MEMORY | |
| Three Types of Memory | |
| Sensory Memory: Recording | |
| Short-term Memory: Working | |
| Long-term Memory: Storing | |
| Research Focus: Do Emotions Affect Memory? Encoding: Transferring | |
| Repressed Memories | |
| Cultural Diversity: Oral versus Written | |
| Application: Unusual Memories | |
| 12. REMEMBERING & FORGETTING | |
| Organization of Memories | |
| Forgetting Curves | |
| Reasons for Forgetting | |
| Biological Bases of Memory | |
| Mnemonics: Memorization Methods | |
| Cultural Diversity: Aborigines versus White Australians | |
| Research Focus: False Memories | |
| Application: Eyewitness Testimony | |
| 13. INTELLIGENCE | |
| Defining Intelligence | |
| Measuring Intelligence | |
| Potential Problems of IQ Testing | |
| Nature-Nurture Question | |
| Cultural Diversity: Races, IQ, and Immigration | |
| Research Focus: New Approaches | |
| Application: Intervention Programs | |
| 14. THOUGHT & LANGUAGE | |
| Forming Concepts | |
| Solving Problems | |
| Thinking Creatively | |
| Language: Basic Rules | |
| Acquiring Language | |
| Reason, Thought, and Language | |
| Research Focus: Dyslexia | |
| Cultural Diversity: Influences on Thinking | |
| Application: Do Animals Have Language? 15. MOTIVATION | |
| Theories of Motivation | |
| Biological and Social Needs | |
| Hunger | |
| Sexual Behavior | |
| AIDS | |
| Cultural Diversity: Female Circumcision | |
| Achievement | |
| Research Focus: Immigrant Students | |
| Application: Eating Problems & Treatment | |
| 16. EMOTION | |
| Peripheral Theories | |
| Cognitive Appraisal Theory | |
| Universal Facial Expressions | |
| Functions of Emotions | |
| Happiness | |
| Cultural Diversity: Emotions Across Culture | |
| Research Focus: Emotional Intelligence | |
| Application: Lie Detection | |
| 17. INFANCY & CHILDHOOD | |
| Prenatal Influences | |
| Newborn's Abilities | |
| Emotional Development | |
| Research Focus: Temperament | |
| Cognitive Development | |
| Social Development | |
| Cultural Diversity: Gender Roles | |
| Application: Child Abuse | |
| 18. ADOLESCENCE & ADULTHOOD | |
| Puberty & Sexual Behavior | |
| Cognitive & Emotional Changes | |
| Personality & Social Changes | |
| Gender Roles, Love & Relationships | |
| Research Focus: Happy Marriages | |
| Cultural Diversity: Preferences for Partners | |
| Physical Changes: Aging | |
| Application: Suicide | |
| 19. FREUDIAN & HUMANISTIC THEORIES | |
| Freud's Psychodynamic Theory | |
| Divisions of the Mind | |
| Developmental Stages | |
| Freud's Followers & Critics | |
| Humanistic Theories | |
| Cultural Diversity: Unexpected High Achievement | |
| Research Focus: Shyness | |
| Application: Assessment-Projective Tests | |
| 20. SOCIAL COGNITIVE & TRAIT THEORIES | |
| Social Cognitive Theory | |
| Trait Theory | |
| Genetic Influences on Trait | |
| Evaluation of Trait Theory | |
| Research Focus: 180-Degree Change | |
| Cultural Diversity: Resolving Conflicts | |
| Four Theories of Personality | |
| Application: Assessment: Assessment-Objective-Test | |
| 21. HEALTH, STRESS, & COPING | |
| Appraisal | |
| Physiological Responses | |
| Stressful Experiences | |
| Personality & Social Factors | |
| Kinds of Coping | |
| Research Focus: Coping with Trauma | |
| Cultural Diversity: Tibetan Monks | |
| Application: Stress Management Programs | |
| 22. ASSESSMENT & ANXIETY DISORDERS | |
| Three Approaches | |
| Assessing Mental Disorders | |
| Diagnosing Mental Disorders | |
| Anxiety Disorders | |
| Somatoform Disorders | |
| Cultural Diversity: An Asian Disorder | |
| Research Focus: School Shootings | |
| Application: Treating Phobias | |
| Mood Disorders | |
| Electroconvulsive Therapy | |
| Personality Disorders | |
| Schizophrenia | |
| Dissociative Disorders | |
| Cultural Diversity: Interpreting Symptoms | |
| Research Focus: Exercise versus Drugs | |
| Application: Dealing with Mild Depression | |
| 23. MOOD DISORDER & SCHIZOPHRENIA | |
| Mood Disorders | |
| Electroconvulsive Therapy | |
| Personality Disorders | |
| Schizophrenia | |
| Dissociative Disorders | |
| Cultural Diversity: Interpreting Symptoms | |
| Research Focus: Brain Imaging | |
| Application: Dealing with Mild Depression | |
| 24. THERAPIES | |
| Historical Background | |
| Questions about Psychotherapy | |
| Insight Therapies | |
| Behavior Therapy | |
| Review: Evaluation of Approaches | |
| Cultural Diversity: Different Healer | |
| Research Focus: EMDR-New Therapy | |
| Application: Cognitive-Behavior Techniques | |
| 25. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | |
| Perceiving Others | |
| Attributions | |
| Research Focus: Attribution & Grades | |
| Attitudes | |
| Social & Group Influences | |
| Aggression | |
| Cultural Diversity: National Attitudes & Behaviors | |
| Application: Controlling Aggression |
