Psychology : the hybrid science / Frank B. McMahon, Judith W. McMahon
Imprint
Chicago : Dorsey Press, 1986
Edition
5th ed
Descript
xxvi, 716 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
CONTENT
History and methods of psychology -- Psychobiological processes and activation: Biological origins of behavior -- Sensory processes: biological bases -- Processes of perception -- Motivation and emotion: biological bases -- Motivation and emotion: psychological factors -- Cognitive processes and consciousness: Principles of learning -- Acquiring and processing information -- The Memory system -- States of consciousness -- Symbolic process and language -- Developmental processes and individual differences: The Child -- Adolescence, adulthood, and aging -- Intellecutal processes -- Gender and human sexuality -- Concepts of personality -- Psychological processes and development: Coping with everyday life: stress -- Abnormal behavior: origins and types -- Abnormal behavior: treatment and issues -- Social psychology