Invitation to Psychology, Global Edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
9781292056562 (ISBN)
1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: What is Psychology?
Part One: Your Self
Chapter 2: Theories of Personality
Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span
Part Two: Your Body
Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception
Part Three: Your Mind
Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence
Chapter 8: Memory
Part Four: Your Environment
Chapter 9: Learning and Conditioning
Chapter 10: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context
Part Five: Your Mental Health
Chapter 11: Psychological Disorders
Chapter 12: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy
Part Six: Your Life
Chapter 13: Emotion, Stress, and Health
Chapter 14: The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work
2. Full Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Psychology?
The Science of Psychology
What Psychologists Do
Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology
Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts
Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships
The Experiment: Hunting for Causes
Evaluating the Findings
Part One: Your Self
Chapter 2: Theories of Personality
Psychodynamic Theories of Personality
The Modern Study of Personality
The Modern Study of Personality
Environmental Influences on Personality
Cultural Influences on Personality
The Inner Experience
Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span
From Conception Through the First Year
Language Development
Cognitive Development
Moral Development
Gender Development
Adolescence
Adulthood
The Wellsprings of Resilience
Part Two: Your Body
Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint
Communication in the Nervous System
Mapping the Brain
A Tour Through the Brain
The Two Hemispheres of the Brain
The Flexible Brain
Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States
Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience
The Rhythms of Sleep
Exploring the Dream World
The Riddle of Hypnosis
Consciousness-Altering Drugs
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception
Our Sensational Senses
Vision
Hearing
Other Senses
Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences
Perception without Awareness
Part Three: Your Mind
Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence
Thought: Using What We Know
Reasoning Rationally
Barriers to Reasoning Rationally
Measuring Intelligence: The Psychometric Approach
Dissecting Intelligence: The Cognitive Approach
The Origins of Intelligence
Animal Minds
Chapter 8: Memory
Reconstructing the Past
Memory and the Power of Suggestion
In Pursuit of Memory
The Three-Box Model of Memory
The Biology of Memory
How We Remember
Why We Forget
Autobiographical Memories
Part Four: Your Environment
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.8.2014 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Harlow |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 229 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 1560 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781292056562 / 9781292056562 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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