Front Matter

Front Matter

Preface

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1. Introducing Psychology

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Today's Psychological Science

1.2 Psychology as a Science of Person, Mind, and Brain

1.3 Psychology's History

Chapter 1 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 1 Key Terms

Chapter 1 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 1 Self-Test

2. Research Methods

Chapter 2 Introduction

2.1 The Challenge of Research Methods

2.2 Research Goals and Research Designs

2.3 Data: Quantitative and Qualitative

2.4 Obtaining Scientific Evidence: Psychological and Biological

2.5 Scientific Explanation

2.6 The Ethics of Research

Chapter 2 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 2 Key Terms

Chapter 2 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 2 Self-Test

3. The Brain and the Nervous System

Chapter 3 Introduction

3.1 Brain and Behavior: General Principles

3.2 Zooming In on the Brain

3.3 The Nervous System

3.4 The Endocrine System

Chapter 3 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 3 Key Terms

Chapter 3 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 3 Self-Test

4. Nature, Nurture, and Their Interaction

Chapter 4 Introduction

4.1 Thinking About Nature and Nurture: Two Tales

4.2 Nature, Nurture, and Individual Differences

4.3 Genes and Individual Development

4.4 Evolution and Psychology

4.5 Nature, Nurture, and the Brain

Chapter 4 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 4 Key Terms

Chapter 4 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 4 Self-Test

5. Sensation and Perception

Chapter 5 Introduction

5.1 Perceptual Systems

5.2 From Physical Stimulus to Psychological Experience

5.3 The Visual System

5.4 The Auditory System

5.5 The Olfactory System

5.6 The Gustatory System

5.7 The Haptic System

5.8 Sensation and Perception in a Social World

5.9 Attention

Chapter 5 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 5 Key Terms

Chapter 5 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 5 Self-Test

6. Memory

Chapter 6 Introduction

6.1 Learning from AJ and HM

6.2 Levels of Analysis: Memory and Mind

6.3 A Three-Stage Model of Memory

6.4 Models of Knowledge Representation

6.5 Memory: Imperfect But Improvable

6.6 Memory and the Brain

Chapter 6 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 6 Key Terms

Chapter 6 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 6 Self-Test

7. Learning

Chapter 7 Introduction

7.1 Classical Conditioning

7.2 Operant Conditioning

7.3 Observational Learning

Chapter 7 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 7 Key Terms

Chapter 7 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 7 Self-Test

8. Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Chapter 8 Introduction

8.1 Categorization

8.2 Language

8.3 Language and Thought

8.4 Reasoning, Judgment, and Decision Making

8.5 Problem Solving

8.6 Mental Imagery

8.7 Intelligence

Chapter 8 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 8 Key Terms

Chapter 8 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 8 Self-Test

9. Consciousness

Chapter 9 Introduction

9.1 Consciousness Studies in the History of Psychology

9.2 The "What" and "Who" of Consciousness

9.3 The Psychology of Consciousness

9.4 The Biology of Consciousness

9.5 Sleep

9.6 Dreams

9.7 Altered States of Consciousness

Chapter 9 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 9 Key Terms

Chapter 9 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 9 Self-Test

10. Emotion, Stress, and Health

Chapter 10 Introduction

10.1 Defining Emotion and Mood

10.2 Emotion

10.3 Mood

10.4 Emotion and the Brain

10.5 Stress and Health

Chapter 10 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 10 Key Terms

Chapter 10 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 10 Self-Test

11. Motivation

Chapter 11 Introduction

11.1 The Variety of Motives

11.2 Biological Needs and Motivation

11.3 Achievement Needs

11.4 Social Needs

11.5 Cognition and Motivation

11.6 Motivation in Groups

11.7 Motivation and the Brain

Chapter 11 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 11 Key Terms

Chapter 11 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 11 Self-Test

12. Social Psychology

Chapter 12 Introduction

12.1 Social Behavior

12.2 Social Cognition

12.3 Culture

12.4 Social Cognition and the Brain

Chapter 12 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 12 Key Terms

Chapter 12 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 12 Self-Test

13. Personality

Chapter 13 Introduction

13.1 What Is Personality?

13.2 Personality Theories

13.3 Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory

13.4 Humanistic Theory

13.5 Trait Theory

13.6 Social-Cognitive Theory

13.7 Personality and the Brain

Chapter 13 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 13 Key Terms

Chapter 13 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 13 Self-Test

14. Development

Chapter 14 Introduction

14.1 Cognitive Development?

14.2 Social Development: Biological and Social Foundations

14.3 Social Development Across the Life Span

14.4 Older Adulthood

14.5 Moral Development

Chapter 14 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 14 Key Terms

Chapter 14 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 14 Self-Test

15. Psychological Disorders I: Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Chapter 15 Introduction

15.1 Psychological Disorders

15.2 What "Counts" as a Psychological Disorder?

15.3 Therapy

15.4 Depressive Disorders

15.5 Anxiety Disorders

15.6 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

15.7 Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Chapter 15 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 15 Key Terms

Chapter 15 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 15 Self-Test

16. Introducing Psychology

Chapter 16 Introduction

16.1 Psychotic Disorders and Schizophrenia

16.2 Personality Disorders

16.3 Dissociative and Conversion Disorders

Chapter 16 Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 16 Key Terms

Chapter 16 Questions for Discussion

Chapter 16 Self-Test

Appendix A Statistics

Appendix A Introduction

What Does Statistics Have to Do with Psychology?

Descriptive Statistics: Summarizing Data

Inferential Statistics

Appendix A Chapter Review

Appendix A Key Terms

Appendix A Questions for Discussion

Appendix B Chapter Summaries

Appendix B Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 2 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 3 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 4 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 5 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 6 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 7 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 8 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 9 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 10 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 11 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 12 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 13 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 14 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 15 Chapter Summary

CHAPTER 16 Chapter Summary

APPENDIX A: Statistics Chapter Summary

Glossary

Glossary

References

References