Myers, David G.

Psychology : Myers in modules / David G. Myers. - 6th edition - New York : Worth Publishers, c2001. - 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY
1 The history and scope of psychology
2 Research strategies: how psychologists ask and answer questions
Reflections on some frequently asked questions about psychology

NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR
3 Neural and hormonal systems
4 The brain , reflections on the biological revolution revolution i psychology

THE NATURE AND NURTURE OF BEHAVIOR
5 Genetic influences on behavior
6 Environmental influences on behavior

THE DEVELOPING PERSON
7 Parental development and the newborn
8 Adolescence
10Adult reflections on two major developmental issues

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
11 Introduction to sensation and perception
12 Vision
13 Hearing
14 The other scenes
15 Perceptual organization
16 Perceptual interpretation

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
17 Walking and sleeping rhythms
18 Hypnosis
19 Drugs and consciousness

LEARNING
20 Classical conditioning
21 Operant conditioning
22 Learning by observation

MEMORY
23 Introduction to memory
24 Encoding: getting information in
25 Storage: retaining information
26 Retrieval: getting information out
27 Forgetting and memory construction applying memory principles

THINKING, LANGUAGE, AND INTELLIGENCE
28 Thinking
29 Language and thought
30 Introduction to intelligence
31 Assessing intelligence
32 Genetic and environmental influence intelligence

MOTIVATION
33 Introduction
34 Hunger
35 sexual motivation
36 Achievement motivation

EMOTION
37 Theories of emotion
38 Experiencing and expressing emotion

PERSONALTY
39 The psychoanalytic perspective
40 The trait perspective
41 The humanistic perspective
42 The social-congestive perspective reflections on the four perspectives on personality

Psychological Disorders
43 Introduction to psychological disorders
44 Anxiety disorders
45 Dissociative and personality disorders
46 Mood disorders
47 Schizophrenia

Therapy
48 The Psychological therapies
49 Evaluating psychotherapies
50 The biomedical therapies

Stress and health
51 Stress and Illness
52 Promoting health

Social psychology
53 Social thinking
54 Social influence
55 Social relations







Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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