To the Instructor and Students
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Author's Biography
Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology
Science and Psychology
Research Methods in Psychology
Psychology, Human Potential and Self-Control
Review Exercises
Chapter 2: Biology and Human Potential
Evolution: Adaptation through Natural Selection
The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Self-Control and Biological Psychology
Review Exercses
Chapter 3: Sensation, Perception and Human Potential
Sensation and Human Potential
Vision
Hearing and other Senses
Perception and Human Potential
Chapter 4: Emotion, Motivation and Human Potential
Emotion and Human Potential
Human Motivation
Motivation and Human Potential
Chapter 5: Direct Learning and Human Potential
Predictive Learning and Human Potential
Control Learning and Human Potential
Adaptive Learning Applications
Chapter 6: Indirect Learning and Human Potential
Observational Learning
Speech and Language
Memory
Chapter 7: Cognition, Intelligence and Human Potential
Knowledge, Skills and Human Potential
Tools, Technology and the Human Condition
Individual Differences
Chapter 8: Lifespan Development of Human Potential
Fetal and Infant Development
Child Development
Theories of Development
Adolescence and Adulthood
Chapter 9: Personality and Human Potential
Trait Theories of Personality
Personality and Nature/Nurture
Chapter 10: Social Influences on the Development of Human Potential
Compliance, Conformity and Obedience
Social Roles and Bystander Apathy
Group Cohesiveness, Attitudes and Prejudice
Chapter 11: Problems in the Development of Human Potential
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology
DSM 5 - Neurodevelopmental and Schizophrenic Spectrum Disorders
DSM 5 - Bipolar, Depressive and Anxiety Disorders
DSM 5 - Other Disorders
Chapter 12: The Science of Psychology and Human Potential
The Scientist Practitioner Model of Professional Psychology
Preventing Behavioral Problems and Realizing Human Potential
Afterward
References
Psychology by Jeffrey C. Levy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.