Media and Research update of Psychology / Stephen Davis, Joseph J. Palladino
Publication details: Upper Saddle New Jersey : Pearson Prentice hall, c2005.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xliii. 766 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 0131917595
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CONTENT
CHAPTER 1. PSYCHOLOGY, RESEARCH AND YOU
Becoming a Psychological Detective
Research Methods in Psychology
The Origins of Modern Psychology
Present-day Psychology
Psychological Specialist
CHAPTER 2. BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE.
Biology and Behavior
The Nervous System
The Endocrine
Neurons: Basic Cells
etc
CHAPTER 3. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION.
Sensation and Perception and psychophysics
Sensory System
Perception
Paranormal Phenomina
CHAPTER 4. STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
What is Consciousness
The Rhythms of Life
The Study of Sleep
Hypnosis
etc
CHAPTER 5. LEARNING.
What is learning
Classical Conditions
Operant Conditioning
Cognitive and Social perspectives on Learning
etc
CHAPTER 6. MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
What is motivation
Theories of Motivation
Specific Motives
The What and the Why of Emotion
etc
CHAPTER 7. MEMORY.
Initial studies
Traditional Models of Memory
Other Approaches of Learning and Memory
Techniques for Improving Memory
etc
CHAPTER 8. THINKING, LANGUAGE, AND INTELLIGENCE
Thinking
Language
Intelligence
CHAPTER 9. DEVELOPMENT ACROSS LIFE SPAN
Basic Issues in Developmental Psychology
Development From Conception to Birth
Development in infancy
Psychosocial development in Childhood
etc
CHAPTER 10. SEX AND GENDER
Sex and Gender an introduction
Similarities and differences between Male and Females
Social Issues
CHAPTER 11. PERSONALITY.
Analyzing personality
Trait approaches
Biological Factors in personality
The Psychodynamic perspective
The Social-Cognitive Perspective
etc
CHAPTER 12. PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS.
Abnormal Behavior
Classifying and Counting psychological Disorders
Anxiety, Somatoform and Dissociative
Mood Disorders
etc
CHAPTER 13. THERAPY.
Therapy through the ages
Psychologically Based Therapies
The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy
Biomedical Therapy etc
CHAPTER 14. HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Health Psychology: An Overview
Stress and Illness
Lifestyle Influences on Disease Risk
Coping with stress
CHAPTER 15. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY.
Social Psychology and Culture
How we view others and their behavior
Interpersonal Relations
Social Influences on Behavior
etc
CHAPTER 16. INDUSTRIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Human Resources Psychology
Organizational Psychology
Human-Factors Psychology
Other Application
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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