Fundamentals of psychology : the brain, the person, the world
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Fundamentals of psychology : the brain, the person, the world
Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005
2nd ed
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This innovative 13-chapter text examines psychological issues from the levels of the brain, person, and social world in order to help students actively apply psychology to their lives. Through their own research, clinical work, and experiences as teachers, Stephen Kosslyn and Robin Rosenberg have found that exploring psychology from multiple perspectives further enhances learning. Examining psychological concepts from the levels of the brain (biological factors), the person (beliefs, desires, and feelings) and the world (social, cultural, and environmental factors) and their interactions helps students organize and integrate topics within and across chapters and actively apply psychology to their lives
Table of Contents
1. Psychology: Yesterday and Today.
2. The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action.
3. Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind.
4. Learning: How Experience Changes Us.
5. Memory: Living with Yesterday.
6. Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best.
7. Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving.
8. Personality: Vive la Difference!
9. Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser.
10. Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing With Life.
11. Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems.
12. Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words.
13. Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds.
Appendix A: Statistics.
Appendix B: How to Read, Critically Evaluate, and Write Research Papers.
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