Psychology : themes and variations : briefer version / Wayne Weiten.

Table of Contents
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 skills: an Introduction

CHAPTER 2 THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE IN PSYCHOLOGY
Looking for laws: the scientific approach to behavior
Looking for causes: experiment research
Looking for links: descriptive/ correlational research
Looking for flaws. Evaluating research
Looking at ethics: do the ends justify the means?
Etc.

CHAPTER 3 THE BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
Communication in the nervous system
Organization of the nervous system
Right brain/ left brain: cerebral specialization
The endocrine system: another way to communicate
Heredity and behavior: Is all in the genes
Etc.

CHAPTER 4 SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
Our sense of sight: the visual system
Our sense of hearing: The auditory system
Our chemical senses: Taste and smell
Our other senses
Putting it in perspective

CHAPTER 5 VARIATIONS IN CONSCIOUSNESS
On the nature of consciousness
Biological Rhythms and sleep
The sleep and walking 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 perceptive

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 psychology of memory
Etc.
CHAPTER 8 LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT
Language: Turning thoughts into words
Problem solving; In search of solutions
Decision making: choices and chances
Putting it in perceptive
Etc.

CHAPTER 9 INTELLIGENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING
Key concepts in psychological testing
The evolution of intelligence testing
Basic questions about intelligence testing
Heredity and environment as determinants of intelligence
New directions in the assessment and study of intelligence
Etc.

CHAPTER 10 MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
The motivation of hunger and eating
Sexual motivation and behavior
Achievement: In search of excellence
The elements of emotional experience
Theories of emotion
Putting it in perceptive
Etc.

CHAPTER 11 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
Progress before birth: Parental development
The wondrous years of childhood
The transition of adolescence
The expanse of adulthood
Putting it in perspective
Etc.

CHAPTER 12 PERSONAL: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND ASSESSMENT
The nature of personality
Psychodynamic perspectives
Behavioral perspectives
Humanistic perspectives
Biological perspective
Etc.

CHAPTER 13 STRESS, COPING, AND HEALTH
The nature of stress
Responding to stress
The effects of stress on physical health
Health-Impairing behavior
Reactions to Illness
Etc.

CHAPTER 14 PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
Abnormal behavior: myths and realities
Anxiety disorders
Somatoform disorders
Dissociative disorders
Mood disorders
Schizophrenic disorders
Etc.

CHAPTER 15 TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
The elements of the treatment process
Insight therapies
Behavior therapies
Biomedical therapies
Current trends and issues in treatment
Etc.

Includes index (Various paging)