Psychology (with The
Psychology Place Website)
Summary
This newest edition of Psychology has undergone a major revision and every chapter has
been rewritten and/or reorganized, adding numerous examples designed to stimulate interest
and explain difficult concepts in a straight-forward, digestible manner.
Working to bridge the gap between psychological principles and real life, a new feature,
Experiencing Psychology, introduces interesting topics such as left-handedness, tickling,
happiness, proactive coping, the impact of managed care on therapy, and chronic fatigue
syndrome. NEW Interactivities icon in the book indicates links to relevant websites on the
Internet. Links to the site can be found at the Experience Lefton website:
(www.abacon.com/lefton). Weblinks allow the material corresponding to the text to be
constantly updated and provide immediate access to the newest information in the field.
Two full-color fold-outs aid in the study process.
For anyone interested in the general applications of psychology.
Features
Experience Psychology as it relates to everyday life!
Working to bridge the gap
between psychological principles and real life, a new feature, Experiencing Psychology,
introduces interesting topics such as left-handedness, tickling, happiness, proactive
coping, the impact of managed care on therapy, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
NEW Interactivities icon in
the text indicates links to relevant websites on the Internet. Links to the site can be
found at the Experience Lefton website: (www.abacon.com/lefton). Weblinks allow the
material corresponding to the text to be constantly updated and provide immediate access
to the newest information in the field.
Two full-color fold-outs aid
in the study process. One, in Chapter 2, provides colorful illustrations of the brain and
lobes; the other, found at the back of the book, helps the student take advantage of the
SQ3R Plus method and provides helpful study tips.
Table of Contents
Each chapter includes "Summary
and Review."
1. What Is Psychology?
What Is This Science of Psychology?
The Research Process.
Ethics in Psychological Research.
Who Are These People We Call Psychologists?
Choosing Psychology as a Career.
Applied Research, Human Services, and Experimental Psychology.
How Have Schools of Psychological Thought Developed?
2. The Brain and Behavior.
Nature versus Nurture.
Communication in the Nervous System.
Organization of the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems.
Brain Structures.
Studying the Brain.
Hormones and Glands.
3. Sensation and Perception.
The Perceptual Experience.
The Visual System.
Visual Perception.
Hearing.
Taste and Smell.
The Skin Senses.
Kinesthesis and the Vestibular Sense.
Extrasensory Perception.
4. Consciousness.
Consciousness.
Sleep.
Dreams.
Controlling Consciousness: Biofeedback, Hypnosis, and Meditation.
Altering Consciousness with Drugs.
5. Learning.
Pavlovian, or Classical, Conditioning Theory.
Key Variables in Classical Conditioning.
Operant Conditioning.
Key Variables in Operant Conditioning.
Cognitive Learning.
6. Memory.
Memory: The Brain as Information Processor.
Encoding.
Storage.
Retrieval.
Forgetting: When Memory Fails.
7. Cognition: Thought and
Language.
Cognitive Psychology: An Overview.
Concept Formation: The Process of Forming Mental Groups.
Problem Solving: Confronting Situations That Require Solutions.
Reasoning and Decision Making: Generating Ideas and Reaching Conclusions.
Artificial Intelligence.
Language.
Language Acquisition.
8. Intelligence.
What Is Intelligence?
The Process of Test Development.
Three Important Intelligence Tests.
Environmental and Biological Factors in Intelligence.
Exceptionality and Education.
9. Motivation and Emotion.
Theories of Motivation.
Hunger: A Physiological Need.
Sexual Behavior: Physiology plus Thought.
Achievement: A Social Need.
Emotion.
10. Child Development.
Key Issues, Theories, and Research Designs.
The First Ten Months.
Cognitive Development.
Moral Reasoning.
Emotional and Social Development.
11. Adolescence and
Adulthood.
Adolescence: Bridging the Gap.
Adulthood: Years of Stability and Change.
Late Adulthood: Limitations and Possibilities.
12. Personality and Its
Assessment.
Psychoanalytic Theory: Unconscious Drives and Defenses.
Humanistic Approaches: Self-Fulfillment and Self-Actualization.
Trait and Type Theories: Stable Behavioral Dispositions.
Behavioral Approaches: Learning Is Key.
Cognitive Approaches: Dynamics of Personality.
Personality Assessment.
13. Social Psychology.
Attitudes: Deeply Held Feelings and Beliefs.
Social Cognition: The Impact of Thought.
Social Interactions: The Power of People and Situations.
14. Stress and Health
Psychology.
Stress.
Coping.
Health Psychology.
15. Psychological Disorders.
What Is Abnormal Behavior?
Anxiety, Somatoform, and Dissociative Disorders.
Personality Disorders.
Mood Disorders.
Schizophrenia.
16. Therapy.
Therapy Comes in Many Forms.
Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies.
Humanistic Therapies.
Behavior Therapy.
Cognitive Therapy.
Group Therapy.
Biologically Based Therapies.
17. Applied Psychology.
Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Human Factors and Ergonomics.
Psychology and the Law.
Environmental Psychology.
Community Psychology.
Educational Psychology.
Sport Psychology.
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