Psychology / Don H. Hockenbury, Sandra E. Hockenbury.

Content

Introduction and research methods
Building bridges
Introduction: origins of psychology
Contemporary psychology
The scientific method
Descriptive methods
The experimental method
etc.

The Biological foundations of behavior
Ash's story
Introduction: the scope of biological psychology
The Neuron: The basic unit of communication
The Nervous system and the endocrine system

communication throughout the body
Studying the brain: The toughest case to crack
A guide tour of the brain
Specialization in the cerebral hemispheres
Summing up: the biological foundations of behavior
Application: pumping neurons: maximizing your brain's potential
etc.

Sensation and perception
Don't ask these guys to stop and smell the roses
Introduction: What is sensation and perception
Vision: from light to sight
Hearing: from vibration to sound
The chemical and body senses: small, taste, touch and position
Perception
etc.

Consciousness and its vibrations
A scream in the night
Introduction: Consciousness: experiencing the private
Biological and environmental ''clocks'' tha regulate consciousness
Sleep
Dreams and mental activity during sleep
Hypnosis
Medication
etc

Learning
The killer attic
Introduction: what is learning
Classical conditioning: associating stimuli
Contemporary views of classical conditioning
Operant conditioning: associating behaviors and consequences
Contemporary views of operant conditioning
etc

Memory
The drowning
Introduction: What is memory
Memory processes: an overview
The stage model of memory
Retrieval: getting information from long term memory
Reconstructing memories: sources of potential errors
etc.

Thinking, language, and intelligence
Mr. and Ms. Fix it
Introduction: Thinking language, and intelligence
Problem solving: Searching for the IDEAL solution
Decisions, decisions, decisions: should I or shouldn't I
Language and thought
etc

Motivation and emotion
One step at a time
Introduction: Motivation and emotion
The study of motivation: from then to now
The motivation to eat
Arousal motives: curiosity and sensation seeking
etc

Lifespan development
Themes and variations
Introduction: your story
Genetic contributions to your life story
Parental development
Development during infancy and childhood
etc

Gender and sexuality
Soaring with angels Introduction: gender and sexuality
Gender stereotypes and gender roles
Gender roles development: blue bears and pink bunnies
Human sexuality
Sexual behavior and problems
etc.

Personality
The secret twin
Introduction: What is personality
The psychoanalytic perspective on personality
The humanistic perceptive on personality
The social cognitive perspective on personality
The trait perspective on personality
Etc.

Social psychology
The ''homeless'' man
Introduction: What is social psychology
Person perception: forming impressions of other people
Attribution : explaining behavior
The social psychology of attitude
Etc.

Stress, health and coping
Thank God its Friday
What is stress
Physical effects of stress: the mind-body connection
Individual factors that influence the response to stress
Coping: how people deal with stress
Etc.

Psychological disorders
Behind the steel door
Understanding psychological disorders
Anxiety disorders: Intense apprehension
Mood disorders: emotions gone awry
Personality disorders: Maladaptive traits
Etc.

Therapies
A clear sense of being heard
Psychotherapy and biomedical therapy
Psychoanalytic therapy
Humanistic therapy
Behavior therapy
Cognitive therapies
etc.

Statistics: understanding data
Industrial/ organizational psychology

Includes bibliographical references and indexes: P SI-I - SI-15