Annual editions : psychology /
Editor, Karen G. Duffy
- 37th edition
- USA : McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series c2007
- xvi, 207 P. : ill, 28 cm
- Contemporary Learning series .
Content Unit 1 The science of psychology Overview 1. Why study psychology 2.Does psychology make a significant difference in our lives 3. The 10 commandments of helping students distinguish science from pseudoscience in psychology Causes and correlations
Unit 2 Biological bases of behavior 5. The amassing brain: Is neuroscience the key to what makes us human 6. Genetic influence of human psychological traits 7. The structure of the human brain
Unit 3 Perceptual processes 8. Sensational tune-ups, 9. Eye wise: seeing into the future 10. A matter of taste 11. Extreme states,
Unit 4 Learning and remembering 12. Teaching for understanding 13. Memory flexibility 14. Theory of multiple intelligences: Is it scientific theory
Unit 5 Cognitive processes 15. Shouldn't there be a word 16. What was i thinking 17. Mysteries of mind
Unit 6 Emotional motivation 18. Unconscious emotion 19 Felling smart: the science of emotional intelligence 20. The value of positive emotion 21. Ambition: why some people are most likely to succeed 22. Obesity an epidemic of the twenty first century: an updates for psychiatrists
Unit 7 Development 23. Why Newborns cause acrimony and alimony 24. The methueslah report 25. A peaceful adolescence 26 Ageless aging: the next era of retirement 27 The borders of healing
Unit 8 Personality processes 28. Freud in our midst 29. Exploding the self esteem myth 30. The testing of America
Unit 9 Social processes 31. To Err is human 32. Deception detection 33. Mirror, mirror: seeing yourself as others see you 34. Young and restless
Unit Psychological disorders 35. The age of depression 36. Soldier support
Unit 11 Psychological treatments 37. The quandary over mental illness 38. The discover interview: Noble laureate Eric Kandel 39. Offering hope to the emotionally depressed 40. Computer and internet-based psychotherapy intervention