Essentials of Psychology
SAGE Publications Inc (Verlag)
978-1-0719-3075-5 (ISBN)
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Krisstal D. Clayton is a clinical professor, director of undergraduate programs, and associate chair of academics for the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas. She received her Ph.D. from New Mexico State University in 2009 under the advisement of Dr. David Trafimow. Her faculty career began at Western Kentucky University, where she received the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award in 2015. She is passionate about engaging and inclusive pedagogy, and regularly provides invited talks and workshops on teaching. As a professor, Dr. Clayton is a student favorite known for her gamification techniques, storytelling, and application of fascinating real-world examples to psychology, many of which you will see in this book. Her research regularly includes student involvement and authorship, as she has supervised several student research projects, including those of National Science Foundation REU scholars. Her current research addresses shifts in perspectives as a result of higher education. She is a consulting editor for the Journal of General Psychology. Dr. Clayton isn’t all work and no play. She is an avid yogi and cook who nerds out on documentaries; binges National Public Radio podcasts; collects vinyl records; roughhouses with her dogs Arya and Phoebe; and loses her voice at concerts (all hail Stevie Nicks!). When her students need a little pick-me-up, she makes them playlists. Music is her answer to just about everything. Gregory J. Privitera is a three-time national-award-winning author and a professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University where he is a recipient of its highest teaching honor, The Award for Professional Excellence in Teaching, and its highest honor for scholarship, The Award for Professional Excellence in Research and Publication. Dr. Privitera received his PhD in behavioral neuroscience in the field of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo and continued with his postdoctoral research at Arizona State University. His texts span diverse topics in psychology and the behavioral sciences and include an introductory psychology text, three statistics texts, two research methods texts, and multiple other texts bridging knowledge creation across health, health care, and analytics. In addition, Dr. Privitera has authored more than three dozen peer-reviewed papers aimed at advancing our understanding of health, health literacy, and informing policy in health care. His research has earned recognition by the American Psychological Association and in media to include Oprah’s Magazine, Time Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. He mentors a variety of undergraduate research projects at St. Bonaventure University, where dozens of students, many of whom have gone on to earn graduate and doctoral degrees at various institutions, have coauthored and presented research work. In addition to his teaching, research, and advisement, Dr. Privitera is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, is an identical twin, and is married with two daughters, Grace Ann and Charlotte Jane, and two sons, Aiden Andrew and Luca James. Saul Kassin is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Massachusetts Professor Emeritus at Williams College. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Brooklyn College in 1974. After receiving his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 1978, he spent time at the University of Kansas, Purdue University, the Federal Judicial Center, and Stanford University. He is an author or editor of several books—including Psychology, Developmental Social Psychology, The American Jury on Trial, Duped: Why Innocent People Confess – and Why We Believe Their Confessions, and most recently, The Pillars of Social Psychology. Interested in the psychology of wrongful convictions, Kassin pioneered the scientific study of false confessions for which he has received several awards—including the APA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research on Public Policy and the APS James McKeen Cattell Lifetime Achievement Award for Applied Research. He has consulted on many high-profile cases, served as an analyst on all major news networks, and appeared in several podcasts and documentaries—including Ken Burns’s 2012 film, The Central Park Five.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Student Success Guide
Chapter 1: Psychology’s Place in the World
What Is Psychology?
Psychology’s Horizons
Psychology’s Solutions
Psychology and You
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection
Key Terms
Chapter 2: Psychology and its Methods
The Scientific Method
Designing Research Studies
Statistics and Scientific Discovery
Ethical Considerations
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection
Key Terms
Chapter 3: Behavioral Neuroscience
The Body’s Communication Networks
The Neuron
The Brain
Prospects For the Future
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Research
Key Terms
Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
Measuring the Sensory Experience
Visual Sensation
Visual Perception
Auditory Sensation and Perception
Other Senses
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Design
Key Terms
Chapter 5: Consciousness
Attentional Processes
Sleep and Dreams
Hypnosis
Consciousness-Altering Drugs
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Research
Key Terms
Chapter 6: Learning
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Observational Learning
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Education
Key Terms
Chapter 7: Memory
An Information-Processing Model
The Sensory Register
Short-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory
Forgetting
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Business
Key Terms
Chapter 8: Thought, Language, and Intelligence
Thinking
Language
The Relationship Between Thought and Language
Intelligence
Competing Theories of Intelligence
The Great Intelligence Debates
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Education
Key Terms
Chapter 9: Personality
Psychoanalysis
The Cognitive Social-Learning Approach
The Humanistic Approach
The Trait Approach
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Business
Key Terms
Chapter 10: Life Span Development and Its Contexts
Genes
Prenatal Development
The Remarkable Newborn
The Infant and the Growing Child
Adolescence
Adulthood and Aging
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Health Care
Key Terms
Chapter 11: Social and Cultural Influences
Social Perception
Social Influence
Social Relations
Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Intergroup Discrimination
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Public Service
Key Terms
Chapter 12: Motivation and Emotion
What Motivates Us?
Basic Appetitive and Social Motives
Emotions
Pursuing Happiness
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Business
Key Terms
Chapter 13: Health, Stress, and Wellness
Studying Health and Wellness
Stress and Health
Coping with Stress
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Public Service
Key Terms
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
Psychological Disorders: A General Outlook
Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Suicidal Behavior
Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive, Body Dysmorphic, and Eating Disorders
Personality Disorders and Schizophrenia
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Public Service
Key Terms
Chapter 15: Treatment and Interventions
Psychological Therapies
Perspectives on Psychotherapy
Medical Interventions
Chapter Summary
Critical Thinking
Career Connection: Health Care
Key Terms
Glossary
References
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Thousand Oaks |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 212 x 276 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0719-3075-3 / 1071930753 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0719-3075-5 / 9781071930755 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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