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Essentials of Understanding Psychology, 8/e

Robert S. Feldman, University of Massachusetts - Amherst

ISBN: 0073370207
Copyright year: 2009

Table of Contents



CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Psychology
MODULE 1: Psychologists at Work
MODULE 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
MODULE 3: Research in Psychology
MODULE 4: Research Challenges: Exploring the Proceses

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 the 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 Approaches to Learning

CHAPTER 6: Memory
MODULE 18: The Foundations of Memory
MODULE 19: Recalling Long-Term Memories
MODULE 20: Forgetting: When Memory Fails

CHAPTER 7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
MODULE 21: Thinking and Reasoning
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 and 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: Trait, Learning, Biological, Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
MODULE 33: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive

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 Approaches to Treatment
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

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