Psychology : themes and variations / Wayne Weiten.

Contents
Chapter 1. The Evolution of psychology
From speculation to science: How psychology developed
Psychology today: Vigorous and diversified
Putting it in perspective
Application: Improving academic performance

Chapter 2. The Research Enterprise in psychology
Looking for laws: The scientific approach to behavior
Looking for causes: Experimental research
Featured study: can hypnosis improve eyewitness memory ?
Looking for conclusions: Statistics and research
etc.

Chapter 3. The Biological Bases Behavior
Communication in the nervous system
Organizations of the nervous system
Looking inside the brain: Research methods
The brain and behavior
etc.

Chapter 4. Sensation and perception
Psychophysics : Basic concepts and issues
Featured study: Can attitudes be influenced by subliminal perception ?
Our sense of sight: The visual system
Our sense of hearing: The auditory system
etc.

Chapter 5. Variations in Consciousness
On the nature of consciousness
The sleep and waking cycle
Featured study: Manipulating biological clocks
The world of dreams
Hypnosis: Altered consciousness or role playing ?
etc.

Chapter 6. Learning through Conditioning
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
New direction in the study of conditioning
Observational learning
etc.

Chapter 7. Human Memory
Encoding: Getting information into memory
Storage: Maintaining information in memory
Retrieval: Getting information out of memory
Forgetting: When memory lapses
etc.

Chapter 8. Language and Thought
The cognitive revolution in psychology
Language; Turning thoughts into words
Features study: Can chimps learn language ?
Problem solving; In search of solutions
etc.

Chapter 9. Intelligence and psychological Testing
Key concepts in psychological testing
The evolution of intelligence testing
Basic questions about intelligence testing
Extremes of intelligence
etc.

Chapter 10. motivation and Emotion
Motivational theories and concepts
The motivation of hunger and eating
Sexual motivation and behavior
Featured study: Evolution, culture and mating preferences
etc.

Chapter 11. Human Development Across the Life Span
Progress before birth; Prenatal development
The wondrous years of childhood
Featured study: Does media violence rub off on children ?
The transition of adolescence
etc.

Chapter 12. Personality: Theory, Research and Assessment
The nature of personality
Psychodynamic perspectives
Behavioral perspectives
Humanistic perspective
Biological perspectives
etc.

Chapter 13. Stress, Coping and Health
The nature of stress
Major types of stress
Responding to stress
The effects of stress on psychological functioning
etc.

Chapter 14. Psychological Disorders
Abnormal behavior: Myths, realities and controversies
Featured study: Distinguishing between normal and abnormality
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Dissociative disorders
etc.

Chapter 15. Psychotherapy.
Chapter 16. Social Behavior

Includes bibliographical references (p. 719-767)
Indexes(p.768-787)