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Psychology
About the Book
Approach and Pedagogy
Charles Stangor
Acknowledgments
1. 1.0 Introduction
2. 1.1 Psychology as a Science
3. 1.2 The Evolution of Psychology: History, Approaches, and Questions
4. 1.3 Psychologists at Work
5. 1.4 Psychology in Everyday Life
6. 2.0 Introduction
7. 2.1 Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research
8. 2.2 Research Designs in Psychology
9. 2.3 Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
10. 2.4 Conducting Ethical Research
11. 3.0 Introduction
12. 3.1 Neurons, Neurotransmitters, and Hormones
13. 3.2 Our Brains Control Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour
14. 3.3 Psychologists Study the Brain Using Many Different Methods
15. 3.4 Putting It All Together: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
16. 3.5 Evolution and Psychology
17. 3.6 Genes and Environments: Nature and Nurture
18. 4.0 Introduction
19. 4.1 Sleeping and Dreaming Revitalize Us for Action
20. 4.2 Altering Consciousness With Psychoactive Drugs
21. 4.3 Altering Consciousness Without Drugs
22. 5.0 Introduction
23. 5.1 Sensation and Perception
24. 5.2 Seeing
25. 5.3 Hearing
26. 5.4 Tasting, Smelling, and Touching
27. 5.5 Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
28. 6.0 Introduction
29. 6.1 Learning by Association: Classical Conditioning
30. 6.2 Changing Behaviour Through Reinforcement and Punishment: Operant Conditioning
31. 6.3 Learning by Insight and Observation
32. 6.4 Using the Principles of Learning in Everyday Life
33. 7.0 Introduction
34. 7.1 Social Cognition: Making Sense of Ourselves and Others
35. 7.2 Interacting With Others: Helping, Hurting, and Conforming
36. 7.3 Working With Others: The Costs and Benefits of Social Groups
37. 8.0 Introduction
38. 8.1 The Elements of Cognition
39. 8.2 Problem-Solving: Heuristics and Algorithms
40. 8.3 Cognitive Processes That May Lead to Inaccuracy
41. 9.0 Introduction
42. 9.1 Defining and Measuring Intelligence
43. 9.2 Individual Differences in Intelligence
44. 9.3 Communicating With Others: Development and Use of Language
45. 10.0 Introduction
46. 10.1 Memory Models and Systems
47. 10.2 Long-Term Memory: Categories and Structure
48. 10.3 Long-Term Memory: Encoding and Storage
49. 10.4 Biology of Memory
50. 10.5 Forgetting
51. 10.6 When Memory Is Wrong
52. 11.0 Introduction
53. 11.1 The Experience of Emotion
54. 11.2 Theories of Motivation
55. 11.3 Motivation: Food and Sex
56. 12.0 Introduction
57. 12.1 The History of Positive Psychology
58. 12.2 The Science of Happiness
59. 12.3 Understanding Stress
60. 12.4 Stressors
61. 12.5 Promoting Wellness
62. 13.0 Introduction
63. 13.1 Conception and Prenatal Development
64. 13.2 Infancy and Childhood: Exploring, Learning, and Relating
65. 13.3 Development of Gender
66. 13.4 Adolescence: Developing Independence and Identity
67. 13.5 Early and Middle Adulthood: Building Effective Lives
68. 13.6 Late Adulthood: Aging, Retiring, and Bereavement
69. 14.0 Introduction
70. 14.1 Personality Measurement
71. 14.2 Personality as Traits
72. 14.3 Psychodynamic Origins of Personality
73. 14.4 Behaviourist and Social-Cognitive Perspectives on Personality
74. 14.5 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Personality
75. 14.6 Personality and Culture
76. 15.0 Introduction
77. 15.1 Psychological Disorder: The Challenges of Definition
78. 15.2 A History of Mental Illness
79. 15.3 Anxiety and Related Disorders
80. 15.4 Dissociative Disorders
81. 15.5 Mood Disorders
82. 15.6 Schizophrenia: The Edge of Reality
83. 15.7 Personality Disorders
84. 16.0 Introduction
85. 16.1 Reducing Disorder by Confronting It: Psychotherapy
86. 16.2 Psychopharmacology and Brain-Based Therapies
87. 16.3 Reducing Disorder by Changing the Social Situation
88. 16.4 Evaluating Treatment and Prevention: What Works?
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