TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiten,Wayne
AU  - Halpern,Diane F.
TI  - Psychology: themes and variations 
SN  - 0534642667 (student ed.)
U1  - 150 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Thomson/Wadsworth
KW  - Psychology
N1  - 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.








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