AuthorFeldman, Robert S.
TitleEssentials of understanding psychology / Robert S. Feldman
Imprint New York : McGrawHill, 2013
Edition 10th ed
Descript xix, 566 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm

CONTENT

1. Psychologists atwork -- 2. A science evolves: the past, the present, and the future -- 3. Research in psychology -- 4. Critical research issues -- 5. Neurons: the basic elements of behavior -- 6. The nervous system and the endocrine system: communicating with in the body -- 7. The brain -- 8. Sensing the world around us -- 9. Vision: shedding light on the eye -- 10. Hearing and the other senses -- 11. Perceptual organization: constructing our view of the world -- States of conciousness -- 12. Sleep and dreams -- 13. Hypnosis and meditation -- 14. Drug use: the highs and lows of consciousness -- 15. Classical conditioning -- 16. Operat conditioning -- 17. Cognitive approaches to learning -- 18. The foundations of memory -- 19. Recalling long-term memories -- 20. Forgetting: when memory fails -- 21 Thinking and reasoning -- 22. Language -- 23. Intelligence -- 24. Explaining motivation -- 25 Human needs and motivation: eat, drink, and be daring -- 26. Understanding emotional experience -- 27. Nature and nurture: the enduring developmental issue -- 28. Infancy and childhood -- 29. Adolescence: becoming and adult -- 30. Adulthood -- 31. Psychodynamic approaches to personality -- 32.Trait, learning, biological and evolutionary, and humanistic approaches to personality -- 33. Assessing personality: determining what makes us distincitive -- 34. Stress and coping -- 35. Psychological aspects of illness and well-being -- 36. Promoting health and wellness -- 37. Normal versus abnormal: making the distinction -- 38. The major psychological disorders -- 39. Psychological disorders in perspective -- 40. Psychotherapy: psychodynamic, behavioral, and cognitive approaches to treantment -- 41. Psychotherapy: humanistic, interpersonal, and group approaches to treatment -- 42. Biomedical therapy: biological approaches to treatment -- 43. Attitudes and social cognition -- 44. Social influence and groups -- 45 Prejudice and disceimination -- 46. Positive and negative social behavior


SUBJECT

  1. Psychology

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