TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weiten,Wayne
AU  - Weiten,Wayne
TI  - Psychology: themes and variations : briefer version  
SN  - 053459400X 
U1  - 150 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning
KW  - Psychology
N1  - 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.












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