Frontmatter Introduction
About the Author
Preface
Supplements
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Four Major Research Perspectives
Research Methods Used by Psychologists
How to Understand Research Results
Study Guide
Introduction
The Neuron
The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
The Brain
Study Guide
Introduction
How the Physical World Relates to the Psychological World
How We See and How We Hear
How We Make Sense of What We See
Study Guide
Introduction
Learning Through Classical Conditioning
Learning Through Operant Conditioning
Biological and Cognitive Aspects of Learning
Study Guide
Introduction
Three-Stage Model of Memory
Encoding Information into Memory
Retrieving Information from Memory
Study Guide
Introduction
Problem Solving
Thinking Under Uncertainty
Intelligent Thinking
Study Guide
Introduction
Prenatal Development and Infancy
How We Think Throughout Our Lives
Moral Development and Social Development
Study Guide
Introduction
The Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality
The Humanistic Approach and the Social Cognitive Approach to Personality
Trait Theories of Personality and Personality Assessment
Study Guide
Introduction
How Others Influence Our Behavior
How We Think About Our Own and Others' Behavior
Study Guide
Introduction
The Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Disorders
Six Major Categories of Mental Disorders
The Treatment of Mental Disorders
Study Guide
References
Glossary