PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGY

About the Author

Preface

Supplements and Instructor Resources

Acknowledgments

1 The Science of Psychology

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 The Four Major Research Perspectives

1.2 Research Methods Used by Psychologists

1.3 How to Understand Research Results

Chapter 1 Key Terms

Chapter 1 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 1 Practice Test Questions

2 Neuroscience

Chapter 2 Introduction

2.1 The Neuron

2.2 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System

2.3 The Brain

Chapter 2 Key Terms

Chapter 2 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 2 Practice Test Questions

3 Sensation and Perception

Chapter 3 Introduction

3.1 How the Physical World Relates to the Psychological World

3.2 How We See and How We Hear

3.3 How We Make Sense of What We See

Chapter 3 Key Terms

Chapter 3 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 3 Practice Test Questions

4 Learning

Chapter 4 Introduction

4.1 Learning Through Classical Conditioning

4.2 Learning Through Operant Conditioning

4.3 Biological and Cognitive Aspects of Learning

Chapter 4 Key Terms

Chapter 4 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 4 Practice Test Questions

5 Memory

Chapter 5 Introduction

5.1 Three-Stage Model of Memory

5.2 Encoding Information into Memory

5.3 Retrieving Information from Memory

Chapter 5 Key Terms

Chapter 5 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 5 Practice Test Questions

6 Thinking and Intelligence

Chapter 6 Introduction

6.1 Problem Solving

6.2 Thinking Under Uncertainty

6.3 Intelligent Thinking

Chapter 6 Key Terms

Chapter 6 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 6 Practice Test Questions

7 Developmental Psychology

Chapter 7 Introduction

7.1 Prenatal Development and Infancy

7.2 How We Think Throughout Our Lives

7.3 Moral Development and Social Development

Chapter 7 Key Terms

Chapter 7 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 7 Practice Test Questions

8 Personality Theories and Assessment

Chapter 8 Introduction

8.1 The Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality

8.2 The Humanistic Approach and the Social-Cognitive Approach to Personality

8.3 Trait Theories of Personality and Personality Assessment

Chapter 8 Key Terms

Chapter 8 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 8 Practice Test Questions

9 Social Psychology

Chapter 9 Introduction

9.1 How Others Influence Our Behavior

9.2 How We Think About Our Own and Others’ Behavior

Chapter 9 Key Terms

Chapter 9 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 9 Practice Test Questions

10 Abnormal Psychology

Chapter 10 Introduction

10.1 The Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Disorders

10.2 Six Major Categories of Mental Disorders

10.3 The Treatment of Mental Disorders

Chapter 10 Key Terms

Chapter 10 Key Terms Exercise

Chapter 10 Practice Test Questions

References

References

Glossary

Glossary