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Discovering psychology / Don H. Hockenbury, Sandra E. Hockenbury.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Worth Publishers, c2001.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxxviii,542p: ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 1572599642
  • 9781572599642
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150 22 HOC
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Table of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction and Research methods
Prologue: wired for wolfgang 1-37

Chapter 2 The biological foundations of behavior
Prologue Asha's story 39-79

Chapter 3 Sensation and perception
Prologue Don't ask these guys to stop and smell the roses 81-118

Chapter 4 consciousness and its variations
Prologue A scream in the night 121-161

Chapter 5 Learning
Prologue The killer Attic163-199

Chapter 6 Memory
Prologue The drowning 201-236

Chapter 7 Thinking, language, and intelligence
Prologue Mr. and Ms. Fix - It 239- 275

Chapter 8 Motivation and Emotion
Prologue Soaring with Angels277-320

Chapter 9 Lifespan Development
Prologue Themes and variations 323-364

Chapter 10 Personality
Prologue The secret Twin 367-406

Chapter 11 Social psychology
Prologue The Homeless man 409-440

Chapter 12 Stress, Health, and coping
Prologue Thank God it's Friday? 443-470

Chapter 13 Psychological disorders
Prologue Behind the steel door 473-508

Chapter 14 Therapies
Prologue " A clear sense of being heard ..." 511-542

Prologue The tables are turned: A psychologist becomes a research subject A- 1
Desriptive statistics A-2
Inferential statistics A-11
Endnote A-13
Summary A-14
Key terms
Glossary G-1 Name index NI-1
References R-1 subject Index SI-1
Illustration Credits IC-1

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes appendix, Glossary, references and index

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