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Trahan, Mary

Focus on psychology : a guide to mastering Peter Gray's psychology / Mary Trahan - 3rd edition - New York : Worth Publishers, 1999 - xiii, 297 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

includes bibliography

Content

PART 1: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGY
Chapter 1. Foundations for the Study of Psychology
Chapter 2. Methods of Psychology

PART 2: ADAPTIVENESS OF BEHAVIOR
Chapter 3. Genetic and Evolutionary Foundations of Behavior
Chapter 4. Basic Processes of Learning

PART 3: PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR
Chapter 5. The Nervous system
Chapter 6. Mechanisms of Motivation and Emotion
Chapter 7. Sensation

PART 4: COGNITIVE MECHANISMS OF BEHAVIOR
Chapter 8. Perception
Chapter 9. Memory
Chapter 10. The human intellect

PART 5: GROWTH OF THE MIND AND PERSON
Chapter 11. The Development of Thought and Language
Chapter 12. Social Development

PART 6: THE PERSON IN A WORLD OF PEOPLE
Chapter 13. Social Perception and Attitudes
Chapter 14. Social Influences on Behavior

PART 7: PERSONALITY AND DISORDERS
Chapter 15. Personality
Chapter 16. Mental Disorders
Chapter 17. Treatment

Statistical Appendix

ISBN: 9781572597013 1572597011

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gray, Peter

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychology

Dewey Class. No.: BF 121 T765f 1999