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  | CHAPTER 1 THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY |
| CHAPTER 2 STUDYING BEHAVIOR SCIENTIFICALLY |
| CHAPTER 3 BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BEHAVIOR: EVOLUTION, GENETICS,AND THE BRAIN |
| CHAPTER 4 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION |
| CHAPTER 5 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| CHAPTER 6 LEARNING AND ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE |
| CHAPTER 7 MEMORY |
| CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND THINKING |
| CHAPTER 9 INTELLIGENCE |
| CHAPTER 10 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION |
| CHAPTER 11 DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN |
| CHAPTER 12 PERSONALITY |
| CHAPTER 13 ADJUSTING TO LIFE: STRESS, COPING, AND HEALTH |
| CHAPTER 14 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS |
| CHAPTER 15 TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS |
| CHAPTER 16 SOCIAL THINKING AND BEHAVIOR |
| APPENDIX: Statistics in Psychology |