Psychology : the brain, the person, the world / Stephen M. Kosslyn.

CONTENT
Chapter 1
Psychology: Yesterday and Today
The science of psychology: Getting to know you
Psychology then and now: The evolution of science
The psychological way: What today's psychologists do
Ethics; Doing it right

Chapter 2
The research process: How we find things out
The scientific methods; Designed to be valid.
The psychologist's toolbox; Techniques of scientific research
Statistics; Measuring reality
How to think about research studies
Consolidate

Chapter 3
The biology of Mind and behavior
Brain circuits; Making connections
The nervous system; An orchestra with many members
Understanding research; The hemispheric interpreter
Probing the brain
etc.

Chapter 4
Sensation and perception: How the world enters the mind
Vision
Understanding research; Two ways to specify spacial relations
Hearing
Sensing and perceiving in other ways
Etc.

Chapter 5 Consciousness
Stages of sleep: working throughout the night
Hypnosis and meditation.

Chapter 6 Learning
Classical conditioning
Understanding research; The discovery of taste aversion
Operant condition
Cognitive and social learning
Consolidate

Chapter 7 Memory: Living with yesterday
Storing information: time and space are of the essence
Encoding and retrieval Information from memory
Understanding research: a better police lineup
Fact, fiction, and forgetting: when memory goes wrong
Improving memory: Tricks and tools

Chapter 8 Language and Thinking
Language: more than meets the ear
Understanding research: Untangling Ambiguity during comprehension
Means of thoughts: words, Images, concepts
Problem solving
Logic, reasoning, and decision making

Chapter 9 Types of Intelligence: What does it mean to be smart
Is there more than one way to be smart
What makes us smart: nature and nurture
Diversity in intelligence
Understanding research: constrained creativity

Chapter 10 Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and striving
Emotion: i feel, therefore I am
Understanding research: culture and emotion.
Motivation and reward: feeling good
Hunger and eating: Not just about fueling the body
Sex: Not just about having babies

Chapter 11 Personality: Vive la difference
What is personalty
The brain: the personality organ
Understanding research: the Minnesota study of twins reared apart
The person: beliefs and behaviors
The world: social influence on personality
Etc.

Chapter 12 Psychology over the life span: growing up, growing older, growing wiser
In the beginning: from conception to birth
Understanding research: stimulating the unborn
Infancy and childhood: Taking off
Adolescence: between two worlds
Adulthood and aging: the continuously changing self

Chapter 13 Stress, health, and coping
What is stress
Stress, disease, and health
Strategies for coping
Understanding research: emotional disclosure and health

Chapter 14 Psychological disorders
Identifying psychological disorders: what is abnormal
Mood disorders
Understanding research: symptoms of depression in china and the united states
Anxiety disorders
Schizophrenia
Etc.

Chapter 15 Treatment
Behavior and Cognitive therapy
Insight-oriented therapies
Biomedical therapies
Other forms of treatment
Which therapy works best
Etc.

Chapter 16 Social Psychology: Meeting of the minds
Social cognition: thinking about people
Understanding research: how stereotypes can prime behavior
Social behavior: Interacting with people

A final word: ethnics and social psychology

Includes Index (Various paging)