Psychology : themes and variations / Wayne Weiten ; with critical thinking applications by Diane F. Halpern.
Publication details: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2005.Edition: 6th edition. briefer versionDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cmISBN:- 0534642667 (student ed.)
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Table of Content
CHAPTER 1 THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOLOGY
From speculation to science: How psychology developed
Psychology today: Vigorous and diversified
Putting it in perspective: seven key themes
Personal application: Improving academic performance
Critical thinking application. developing critical thinking skill: an introduction
Etc.
CHAPTER 2 RESEARCH ENTERPRISE IN PSYCHOLOGY
Looking for laws: The scientific approach to behavior
Looking for causes: experimental research
Looking for links: descriptive/ correctional research
Looking for laws: evaluating research
Looking at ethics: do the ends justify the means
CHAPTER 3 THE BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
Communication in the nervous system
Organization of the nervous system
The brain and behavior
Right brain/left brain: cerebral specialization
The endocrine system: another way to communicate
Etc.
CHAPTER 4 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Our sense of sight: the visual system
Our sense of hearing: the auditory system
Our other senses: taste, smell, and touch
Putting it in perspective
Etc.
CHAPTER 5 VARIATIONS CONSCIOUSNESS
On the natural of consciousness
Biological rhythms and sleep
The sleep and waking cycle
The world of dreams
Hypnosis: altered consciousness or role playing
Etc.
CHAPTER 6 LEARNING
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Changing directions in the study of conditioning
Observational learning
Putting it in perspective
CHAPTER 7 HUMAN MEMORY
Encoding: getting information into memory
Storage: Maintaining information in memory
Retrieval: getting information out of memory
Forgetting: when memory lapses
In search of the memory trace: the physiology of memory
Etc.
CHAPTER 8 COGNITION AND INTELLIGENCE
Problem solving: In search of solutions
Decision making: Choices and chances
Measuring Intelligence
Heredity and environment as determinants of Intelligence
New directions in the assessment and study of Intelligence
Etc.
CHAPTER 9 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
Motivation theories and concepts
The motivation of hunger and eating
Sexual motivation and behavior
Achievement: In search of excellence
The element of emotional experience
Etc.
CHAPTER 10 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Progress before birth: parental development
The wondrous years of childhood
The transition of adolescence
The expanse of adulthood
Putting it in perspective
Etc.
CHAPTER 10 PERSONALITY: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND ASSESSMENT
The nature of personality
Psychodynamic perspectives
Behavioral perspectives
Humanistic perspectives
Culture and personality
Etc.
CHAPTER 12 STRESS, COPING AND HEALTH
The nature of stress
Responding to stress
Stress and physical health
Health-Impairing behavior
Reactions to Illness
Etc.
CHAPTER 13 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Abnormal behavior: Myths and realities
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Dissociative disorders
Mood disorders
Schizophrenic disorders
Etc.
CHAPTER 14 TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
The element of the treatment process
Insight therapies
Behavior therapies
Biomedical therapies
Current trends and issues in treatment
Etc.
CHAPTER 15 SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Person perception: forming Impressions of other
Attribution processes: explaining behavior
Interpersonal attraction: liking and loving
Attitudes: Making social Judgments
Conformity and obedience: yielding to others
Etc.
Includes Indexes: various paging
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