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100	1		_aLefton, Lester A., _d1946-
245	1	0	_aPsychology / _cLester A. Lefton.
250			_a7th edition
260			_aBoston, Mass. : _bAllyn and Bacon, _cc2000
300			_axxviii, 728 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c29 cm.
500			_aContent Chapter 1 What is psychology ? What is this science of psychology ? The research process Ethics in psychological research etc. Chapter 2 The brain and behavior Nature versus nurture Communication in the Nervous system Organization of the peripheral and central nervous systems Brain structures Studying the brain etc. Chapter 3 Sensation and perception The perceptual experience Brain and behavior: Prosopagnosia-Do i know you ? Visual perception etc. Chapter 4 Consciousness Consciousness Sleep Dreams Controlling consciousness: Biofeedback ,hypnosis and meditation etc. Chapter 5 Learning Pavlovian, or classical, conditioning theory Key variables in classical conditioning Operant conditioning Key variables in operant conditioning etc. Chapter 6 Memory Memory: The brain as information processor encoding Storage Retrieval Forgetting; When memory fails etc. Chapter 7 Cognition: Thought and Language Cognitive psychology: An overview Concept formation; The process of forming mental groups Reasoning and decision making: Generating ideas and reaching conclusions etc. Chapter 8 Intelligence What is intelligence ? The process of test development Three important intelligence tests Environmental and biological factors in intelligence etc. Chapter 9 Motivation and emotion Theories of motivation Hunger: A physical need Sexual behavior; Physiology plus thought etc. Chapter 10 Child development Key issues, theories, and research designs The first ten months Cognitive development Moral reasoning etc. Chapter 11 Adolescence and adulthood Adolescence: Bridging the gap Cognitive development in adolescence Emotional and social development in adolescence Who am i ? The search for gender identity etc. Chapter 12 Personality and its assessment Psychoanalytic theory : Unconscious drives and defenses Humanistic approaches ; Self- fulfillment and self-actualization Trait and type theories ; Stable behavioral dispositions etc. Chapter 13 Social psychology Attitudes : Deeply held feelings and beliefs Social cognition: The impact of thought Social interactions : the power of people and situations etc. Chapter 14 Stress and health psychology Stress Coping Health psychology etc. Chapter 15 Psychological disorders What if abnormal behavior ? Anxiety, somatoform and dissociative disorders Personality disorders etc. Chapter 16 Therapy Therapy comes in forms Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies Humanistic therapies Behavior therapy Cognitive therapy etc. Chapter 17 Applied psychology Industrial/organizational psychology Human factors and ergonomics Psychology and the law Environmental psychology etc.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 652-695) and indexes.
650		0	_aPsychology _vTextbooks.
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