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Essentials of Understanding Psychology, 7/e

Robert Feldman, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

ISBN: 0073405493
Copyright year: 2008

Table of Contents



Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology

Module 1: Psychologists at Work

Module 2: A Science that Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Module 3: Research in Psychology

Module 4: Research Challenges: Exploring the Process

Chapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Module 5: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior

Module 6: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body

Module 7: The Brain

Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception

Module 8: Sensing the World Around Us

Module 9: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye

Module 10: Hearing and Other Senses

Module 11: Perceptual Organization: Constructing our View of the World

Chapter 4: States of Consciousness

Module 12: Sleep and Dreams

Module 13: Hypnosis and Meditation

Module 14: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness

Chapter 5: Learning

Module 15: Classical Conditioning

Module 16: Operant Conditioning

Module 17: Cognitive-Social Approaches to Learning

Chapter 6: Memory

Module 18: Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval of Memory

Module 19: Recalling Long-Term Memories

Module 20: Forgetting: When Memory Fails

Chapter 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Module 21: Thinking

Module 22: Language

Module 23: Intelligence

Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion

Module 24: Explaining Motivation

Module 25: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring

Module 26: Understanding Emotional Experiences

Chapter 9: Development

Module 27: Nature, Nurture, and Prenatal Development

Module 28: Infancy and Childhood

Module 29: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult

Module 30: Adulthood

Chapter 10: Personality

Module 31: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality

Module 32: Other Major Approaches to Personality: In Search of Human Uniqueness

Module 33: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Special

Chapter 11: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being

Module 34: Stress and Coping

Module 35: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being

Module 36: Promoting Health and Wellness

Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders

Module 37: Normal versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction

Module 38: The Major Psychological Disorders

Module 39: Psychological Disorders in Perspective

Chapter 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Module 40: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive

Module 41: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment

Module 42: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment

Chapter 14: Social Psychology

Module 43: Attitudes and Social Cognition

Module 44: Social Influence

Module 45: Prejudice and Discrimination

Module 46: Positive and Negative Social Behavior

Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index

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