Psychology /

Wade, Carole (Professor of psychology)

Psychology / Carole Wade, Carol Tavris. - 7th edition - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003. - xxxi, 766 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.


CONTENT

PART ONE: AN INVITATION TO PSYCHOLOGY
1. What is psychology

2. How psychologists do research

PART TWO: BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
3. Evolution, genes, and behavior

4. Neurons, Hormones and brain

5. Body rhythms and mental states

6. Sensation and perception

PART THREE. THE ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
7. Learning and conditioning

8. Behavior in social and cultural context

PART FOUR: THINKING AND FEELING
9. Thinking and intelligence

10. Memory

11. Emotion

12. Motivation

PART FIVE: THE DEVELOPING PERSONALITY
13. Theories of personality

14. Development over life span

PART SIX: HEALTH AND DISORDER
15. Health, stress and coping

16. Psychological disorders

17. Approaches to treatment and therapy

Epilogue


Includes bibliographical references (p. 682-729) and indexes.

0130982636

2002017098


Psychology.

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