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The Science of Psychology: An Appreciative View
Laura A. King, University of Missouri at Columbia

ISBN: 007353188x
Copyright year: 2008

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CHAPTER 1 What Is Psychology? Defining Psychology
  • The Roots and Early Scientific Approaches of Psychology
  • Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
  • Areas of Specialization and Careers in Psychology
  • How to Get the Most out of Psychology
  • Psychology, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 2 Psychology's Scientific Methods
  • Psychology's Methods
  • Research Settings and Types of Research
  • Analyzing and Interpreting Data
  • The Challenges of Conducting and Evaluating Psychological Research
  • The Scientific Method, Health, and Wellness: Can the Science of Happiness Work for You?
CHAPTER 3 Biological Foundations of Behavior
  • The Nervous System
  • Neurons
  • Structures of the Brain and Their Functions
  • The Endocrine System
  • Brain Damage, Plasticity, and Repair
  • Genetic and Evolutionary Blueprints of Behavior
  • Psychology's Biological Foundations and Health and Wellness
CHAPTER 4 Human Development
  • Exploring Human Development
  • Child Development
  • Adolescence
  • Adult Development and Aging
  • Developmental Psychology, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 5 Sensation and Perception
  • How We Sense and Perceive the World
  • The Visual System
  • The Auditory System
  • Other Senses
  • Sensation, Perception, and Health and Wellness
CHAPTER 6 States of Consciousness
  • The Nature of Consciousness
  • Sleep and Dreams
  • Hypnosis Psychoactive Drugs
  • Consciousness, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 7 Learning
  • Types of Learning
  • Classical Conditioning
  • From Pavlov to Your Health: Classical Conditioning, Health, and Wellness
  • Operant Conditioning
  • Observational Learning
  • Cognitive Factors in Learning
  • Biological, Cultural, and Psychological Factors in Learning
CHAPTER 8 Memory
  • The Nature of Memory
  • Encoding
  • Retention: Storing Memory
  • Retrieval: Taking Memory Out of Storage
  • Forgetting
  • Study Tips from the Science of Memory
  • Memory, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 9 Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
  • The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology
  • Thinking
  • The Role of Concepts in Thinking
  • Problem Solving
  • Reasoning and Decision Making
  • Thinking Critically and Creatively
  • Expertise
  • Intelligence
  • Measuring Intelligence
  • Types of Intelligence
  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
  • Extremes of Intelligence
  • Language
  • The Structure of Language
  • Links Between Language and Cognition
  • Biological and Environmental Influences on Language
  • Early Development of Language
  • Language and Education
  • Thinking, Problem Solving, and Health and Wellness
CHAPTER 10 Motivation and Emotion
  • Approaches to Motivation
  • Hunger
  • Sexuality
  • Beyond Hunger and Sex: A Positive Approach to Motivation
  • Emotion
  • Motivation, Emotion, and Health and Wellness
CHAPTER 11 Personality
  • Psychodynamic Perspectives
  • Humanistic Perspectives
  • Trait Perspectives
  • The Life Story Approach
  • Social Cognitive Perspectives
  • Personality, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 12 Social Psychology
  • Social Cognition
  • Social Influence
  • Intergroup Relations
  • Relationships
  • Social Psychology, Heath, and Wellness
CHAPTER 13 Industrial and Organizational Psychology (not included in the Study Edition - available online)
  • Origins of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Industrial Psychology
  • Organizational Psychology
  • I/O Psychology, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 14 Psychological Disorders (Chapter 13 in Study Edition)
  • Defining Abnormal Behavior
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Personality Disorders
  • Psychological Disorders, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 15 Therapies (Chapter 14 in Study Edition)
  • Biological Therapies
  • Psychotherapy
  • Sociocultural Approaches and Issues in Treatment
  • The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
  • Therapies, Health, and Wellness
CHAPTER 16 Health Psychology (Chapter 15 in Study Edition)
  • What You Already Know About Health Psychology
  • Making Positive Life Changes
  • Tools for Effective Change
  • Cultivating Good Habits
  • Controlling Stress
  • Becoming Physically Active
  • Eating Right
  • Quitting Smoking
  • Practicing Safe Sex
  • Integrating Psychology, Health, and Wellness
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