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Introduction to Psychology Gateways to Mind and Behavior (with Gateways to Psychology: Visual Guides and Technology Tools and InfoTrac)

by: Coon, Dennis

Introduction to Psychology Gateways to Mind and Behavior (with Gateways to Psychology: Visual Guides and Technology Tools and InfoTrac)

by: Coon, Dennis

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9780534612276
ISBN 10:
053461227X
Edition: 10th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 07/21/2003
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Introduction: The Psychology of Studying. 1. Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods. 2. Brain and Behavior. 3. Child Development. 4. From Birth to Death: Lifespan Development. 5. Sensation and Reality. 6. Perceiving the World. 7. States of Consciousness. 8. Conditioning and Learning. 9. Memory. 10. Cognition and Language. 11. Intelligence. 12. Motivation and Emotion. 13. Gender and Sexuality. 14. Personality. 15. Health, Stress, and Coping. 16. Psychological Disorders. 17. Therapies. 18. Social Behavior. 19. Attitudes, Culture, and Human Relations. 20. Applied Psychology. 21. Appendix: Behavioral Statistics.

Introduction: The Psychology of Studying

(1)

The SQ4R Method---How to Tame a Textbook

(2)

How to Use Gateways to Mind and Behavior

(1)

Survey

(1)

Question

(1)

Read

(1)

Recite and Relate

(1)

Review

(1)

Effective Note-Taking---Good Students, Take Note!

(1)

Using and Reviewing Your Notes

(1)

Summary

(1)

Study Strategies---Making a Habit of Success

(1)

Study in a Specific Place

(1)

Use Spaced Study Sessions

(1)

Try Mnemonics

(1)

Test Yourself

(1)

Overlearn

(1)

Self-Regulated Learning---Academic All-Stars

(1)

Procrastination---Avoiding the Last-Minute Blues

(1)

Time Management

(1)

Goal Setting

(1)

Learning as an Adventure

(1)

Taking Tests---Are You ``Test Wise''?

(1)

General Test-Taking Skills

(1)

Objective Tests

(1)

Essay Tests

(1)

Short-Answer Tests

(1)

Using Electronic Media---Netting New Knowledge

(5)

Electronic Gateways

(1)

Using the Net

(1)

The Psychology Resource Center

(1)

Psych Sites

(1)

InfoTrac College Edition

(1)

PsyclNFO

(1)

CD-ROM Databases

(1)

PsycLIT and ClinPSYC

(1)

Multimedia CD-ROMs

(1)

PsychNow!

(1)

Using Multimedia CD-ROMs

(1)

A Final Word

(1)

Psychology on the Net

(1)

Interactive Learning

(1)

Introduction to Psychology and Research Methods

(44)

Preview: Why Study Psychology?

(1)

Psychology---Spotlight on Behavior

(5)

Defining Psychology

(1)

Empiricism

(1)

Psychological Research

(1)

Science and Critical Thinking

(1)

Thinking About Behavior

(1)

Research Specialties

(1)

Animals and Psychology

(1)

Psychology's Goals

(1)

Description

(1)

Understanding

(1)

Prediction

(1)

Control

(1)

A Brief History of Psychology---Psychology's Family Album

(5)

Into the Lab

(1)

Structuralism

(1)

Functionalism

(1)

Behaviorism

(1)

Radical Behaviorism

(1)

Cognitive Behaviorism

(1)

Gestalt Psychology

(1)

Psychoanalytic Psychology

(1)

Humanistic Psychology

(1)

Psychology Today---Five Views of Behavior

(1)

Positive Psychology

(1)

Summary

(1)

Human Diversity---Appreciating Social and Cultural Differences

(2)

The Impact of Culture

(1)

Cultural Relativity

(1)

A Broader View of Diversity

(1)

Psychologists---Guaranteed Not to Shrink

(4)

Psychologists

(1)

Other Mental Health Professionals

(1)

The Profession of Psychology

(1)

Ethics

(1)

Specialties in Psychology

(1)

Scientific Research---How to Think Like a Psychologist

(3)

The Scientific Method

(1)

Hypothesis Testing

(1)

Operational Definitions

(1)

Clever Hans

(1)

Theories

(1)

Publication

(1)

Summary

(1)

Research Methods

(1)

Naturalistic Observation---Psychology Steps Out!

(1)

Limitations

(1)

The Anthropomorphic Error

(1)

Recording Observations

(1)

Correlational Studies---In Search of the Perfect Relationship

(3)

Correlation Coefficients

(1)

Correlation and Causation

(1)

Relationships in Psychology

(1)

Graphical Data

(1)

The Psychology Experiment---Where Cause Meets Effect

(2)

Variables and Groups

(1)

Experimental Control

(1)

Cause and Effect

(1)

Evaluating Results

(1)

Meta-analysis

(1)

Placebo Effects---Sugar Pills and Saltwater

(2)

Controlling Placebo Effects

(1)

The Experimenter Effect

(1)

The Clinical Method---Data by the Case

(1)

Survey Method---Here, Have a Sample

(2)

Sampling

(1)

Internet Surveys

(1)

Social Desirability

(1)

Summary

(1)

Critical Thinking Revisited---Evaluating Claims and Evidence

(1)

A Case Study of Critical Thinking

(1)

Anecdotal Evidence

(1)

Casual Observation

(1)

Authority

(1)

Formal Evidence

(1)

Pseudo-psychologies---Palms, Planets, and Personality

(11)

Problems in the Stars

(1)

Uncritical Acceptance

(1)

Positive Instances

(1)

The Barnum Effect

(1)

Summary: Science and Critical Thinking

(1)

A Look Ahead

(1)

Psychology in Action: Psychology in the News---Separating Fact from Fiction

(3)

A Step Beyond: Research Ethics---Smile, You're on Candid Camera!

(2)

Chapter in Review

(1)

Psychology on the Net

(1)

Interactive Learning

(1)

Brain and Behavior

(36)

Preview: Finding Music in Tofu

(1)

Neurons---Building a ``Biocomputer''

(4)

Parts of a Neuron

(1)

The Nerve Impulse

(2)

Synapses and Neurotransmitters

(1)

Neural Regulators

(1)

The Nervous System---Wired for Action

(3)

Neurons and Nerves

(1)

Neural Networks

(1)

The Peripheral Nervous System

(1)

The Spinal Cord

(1)

Research Methods---Charting the Brain's Inner Realms

(4)

New Images of the Living Brain

(1)

CT Scan

(1)

MRI Scan

(1)

PET Scan

(2)

The Cerebral Cortex---My, What a Big Brain You Have!

(8)

Cerebrum

(1)

Corticalization

(1)

Cerebral Hemispheres

(1)

Hemispheric Specialization

(1)

``Split Brains''

(1)

Right Brain/Left Brain

(1)

One Brain, Two Styles

(1)

Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex

(1)

The Occipital Lobes

(1)

The Parietal Lobes

(1)

The Temporal Lobes

(1)

The Frontal Lobes

(1)

Association Areas

(3)

The Subcortex---At the Core of the (Brain) Matter

(3)

The Hindbrain

(1)

Reticular Formation

(1)

The Forebrain

(1)

The Limbic System

(1)

The Magnificent Brain

(1)

The Endocrine System---Hormones and Behavior

(13)

A Look Ahead

(1)

Psychology in Action: Handedness---If Your Brain Is Right, What's Left?

(3)

A Step Beyond: Neurogenesis and Plasticity---The Plastic, Fantastic Brain

(3)

Chapter in Review

(1)

Psychology on the Net

(1)

Interactive Learning

(2)

Child Development

(44)

Preview: A Star Is Born---Here's Amy!

(1)

Heredity and Environment---The Nurture of Nature

(7)

Heredity

(1)

Genetic Programming

(1)

Temperament

(1)

Environment

(1)

Sensitive Periods

(1)

Prenatal Influences

(1)

Fetal Vulnerability

(1)

Teratogens

(1)

Healthy Pregnancies/Healthy Babies

(1)

Childbirth

(1)

Prepared Childbirth

(1)

Deprivation and Enrichment

(1)

Enriched Environments

(1)

Summary

(1)

Nature-Nurture Interactions

(1)

Reciprocal Influences

100

(1)

The Newborn Baby---The Basic Model Comes with Options

100

(5)

The World of the Neonate

101

(2)

Maturation

103

(1)

Motor Development

103

(1)

Readiness

103

(1)

Emotional Development

104

(1)

Social Development---Baby, I'm Stuck on You

105

(6)

Social Referencing

105

(1)

Imprinting

106

(1)

Attachment

106

(2)

Attachment Quality

108

(1)

Promoting Secure Attachment

108

(1)

Motherless Monkeys

109

(1)

Contact Comfort

109

(1)

Breast-feeding

109

(1)

Day Care

110

(1)

Quality

110

(1)

Play and Social Skills

110

(1)

Affectional Needs

110

(1)

Maternal and Paternal Influences---Life with Mom and Dad

111

(4)

Optimal Caregiving

111

(1)

Parenting Styles

112

(1)

Culture

113

(1)

Ethnic Differences in Child-rearing

113

(1)

African-American Families

113

(1)

Hispanic Families

114

(1)

Asian-American Families

114

(1)

Arab-American Families

114

(1)

Implications

114

(1)

Side Effects of Child Discipline

114

(1)

Types of Discipline

114

(1)

Self-Esteem

115

(1)

Language Development---Fast-Talking Babies

115

(4)

Language Acquisition

116

(1)

Language and the Terrible Twos

116

(1)

The Roots of Language

116

(1)

Early Communication

117

(1)

Parentese

118

(1)

Cognitive Development---How Do Children Learn to Think?

119

(17)

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

120

(1)

Mental Adaptations

120

(1)

The Sensorimotor Stage (0--2 Years)

120

(1)

The Preoperational Stage (2--7 Years)

120

(1)

The Concrete Operational Stage (7--11 Years)

121

(1)

The Formal Operations Stage (11 Years and Up)

122

(1)

Piaget and Parenting

122

(1)

Drawbacks of Forced Teaching

123

(1)

Piaget Today

123

(1)

Infant Cognition

123

(1)

Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory

124

(1)

Summary

125

(1)

Psychology in Action: Effective Parenting---Raising Healthy Children

126

(3)

A Step Beyond: The Brave New World of Genetics and Reproduction

129

(4)

Chapter in Review

133

(1)

Psychology on the Net

134

(1)

Interactive Learning

134

(2)

From Birth to Death: Life-Span Development

136

(38)

Preview: The Story of a Lifetime

136

(1)

The Cycle of Life---Rocky Road or Garden Path?

137

(4)

Development Across a Life Span

137

(1)

Stage One, First Year of Life: Trust Versus Mistrust

137

(1)

Stage Two, 1 to 3 Years: Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt

138

(1)

Stage Three, 3 to 5 Years: Initiative Versus Guilt

138

(1)

Stage Four, 6 to 12 Years: Industry Versus Inferiority

138

(1)

Stage Five, Adolescence: Identity Versus Role Confusion

138

(1)

Stage Six, Young Adulthood: Intimacy Versus Isolation

138

(1)

Stage Seven, Middle Adulthood: Generativity Versus Stagnation

139

(1)

Stage Eight, Late Adulthood: Integrity Versus Despair

140

(1)

The Life Span in Perspective

140

(1)

Problems of Childhood---Why Parents Get Gray Hair

141

(4)

Normal Childhood Problems

141

(1)

Typical Difficulties

141

(1)

Rivalry and Rebellion

141

(1)

Serious Childhood Problems

142

(1)

Toilet-Training Disturbances

142

(1)

Feeding Disturbances

142

(1)

Speech Disturbances

143

(1)

Learning Disorders

143

(1)

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

143

(1)

Conduct Disorder

144

(1)

Autism

144

(1)

Child Abuse---Cycles of Violence

145

(2)

Characteristics of Abusive Parents

145

(1)

The Abuse Cycle

145

(1)

Preventing Child Abuse

146

(1)

Helpful Strategies

146

(1)

Dangerous Attitudes

147

(1)

Adolescence---The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

147

(4)

Puberty

148

(1)

Early and Late Maturation

148

(1)

Timing

148

(1)

Hurried into Adulthood?

149

(1)

The Search for Identity

149

(1)

Parents and Teens

149

(1)

Imaginary Audiences

150

(1)

Peer Groups

151

(1)

The Transition to Adulthood

151

(1)

Moral Development---Growing a Conscience

151

(2)

Moral Dilemmas

152

(1)

Justice or Caring?

153

(1)

Challenges of Adulthood---Charting Life's Ups and Downs

153

(4)

Adult Development

154

(1)

Ages 16 to 18: Escape from Dominance

154

(1)

Ages 18 to 22: Leaving the Family

154

(1)

Ages 22 to 28: Building a Workable Life

154

(1)

Ages 29 to 34: Crisis of Questions

154

(1)

Ages 35 to 43: Crisis of Urgency

154

(1)

Ages 43 to 50: Attaining Stability

154

(1)

Age 50 and Up: Mellowing

155

(1)

A Midlife Crisis?

155

(1)

Midcourse Corrections

156

(1)

Middle Age

156

(1)

The Empty Nest

156

(1)

Well-being at Midlife

156

(1)

Aging---Will You Still Need Me When I'm 64?

157

(5)

The Course of Aging

157

(2)

Mental Abilities

159

(1)

Successful Aging

159

(1)

Compensation and Optimization

160

(1)

Ageism

161

(1)

Countering Myths About Aging

161

(1)

Myth Versus Fact

161

(1)

Death and Dying---The Curtain Falls

162

(12)

Reactions to Impending Death

163

(2)

Implications

165

(1)

Bereavement and Grief

165

(1)

A Look Ahead

166

(1)

Psychology in Action: Well-being and Happiness---What Makes a Good Life?

167

(2)

A Step Beyond: Approaching Death---New Pathways

169

(3)

Chapter in Review

172

(1)

Where to Write for Info

173

(1)

Psychology on the Net

173

(1)

Interactive Learning

173

(1)

Sensation and Reality

174

(38)

Preview: Sensation---A Window on the World

174

(1)

General Properties of Sensory Systems---What You See Is What You Get

175

(2)

Psychophysics---Life at the Limit

177

(3)

Difference Thresholds

178

(1)

Perceptual Defense and Subliminal Perception

178

(1)

Subliminal Persuasion?

178

(2)

Vision---Catching Some Rays

180

(4)

Structure of the Eye

180

(1)

Visual Problems

181

(1)

Light Control

181

(2)

Rods and Cones

183

(1)

Visual Acuity

184

(1)

Peripheral Vision

184

(1)

Color Vision---There's More to It Than Meets the Eye

184

(3)

Color Theories

185

(1)

Constructing Colors

186

(1)

Color Blindness and Color Weakness

186

(1)

Dark Adaptation---Let There Be Light!

187

(2)

Hearing---Good Vibrations

189

(4)

Mechanisms of Hearing

191

(1)

Deafness

191

(2)

Smell and Taste---The Nose Knows When the Tongue Can't Tell

193

(4)

The Sense of Smell

193

(1)

Taste

194

(3)

The Somesthetic Senses---Flying by the Seat of Your Pants

197

(5)

Skin Senses

197

(2)

Pain

199

(1)

Dynamic Touch

199

(1)

The Vestibular System

200

(2)

Adaptation, Attention, and Gating---Tuning In and Tuning Out

202

(10)

Sensory Adaptation

202

(1)

Selective Attention

203

(1)

Sensory Gating

203

(1)

Pain Gates

203

(1)

Conclusion and a Look Ahead

204

(1)

Psychology in Action: Controlling Pain---This Won't Hurt a Bit

205

(2)

A Step Beyond: Synesthesia---Hearing Colors, Tasting Light

207

(2)

Chapter in Review

209

(1)

Psychology on the Net

210

(1)

Interactive Learning

210

(2)

Perceiving the World

212

(38)

Preview: Murder!

212

(1)

Perceptual Constancies---Taming an Unruly World

213

(2)

Perceptual Organization---Getting It All Together

215

(4)

Gestalt Principles

215

(4)

Depth Perception---What If the World Were Flat?

219

(4)

Muscular Cues

220

(1)

Stereoscopic Vision

221

(1)

A Bird's-Eye View

222

(1)

Pictorial Cues for Depth---A Deep Topic

223

(4)

Pictorial Depth Cues

223

(3)

The Moon Illusion

226

(1)

Perceptual Learning---What If the World Were Upside Down?

227

(7)

Perceptual Habits

229

(1)

Inverted Vision

230

(1)

Adaptation Level

230

(1)

Illusions

231

(3)

Motives and Perception---May I Have Your ... Attention!

234

(2)

Attention and Perception

235

(1)

Habituation

235

(1)

Motives

235

(1)

Perceptual Expectancies---On Your Mark, Get Set

236

(14)

Perceptual Set

237

(1)

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Introduction to Psychology Gateways to Mind and Behavior (with Gateways to Psychology: Visual Guides and Technology Tools and InfoTrac)

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