Psychology in context
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Psychology in context
（Pearson international edition）
Pearson/A and B, c2006
3rd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
To be the most comprehensive neuroscience introductory psychology book, every chapter contains much new research and cutting-edge coverage, all accessibly presented with engaging real-world examples that make the material relevant and interesting to students.
Table of Contents
All chapters begin with an opening story that is carried through the chapter to introduce each A-level topic. The chapters all conclude with "Review and Remember!" chapter summaries and note-taking guides.
1. Psychology: Yesterday and Today.
The Science of Psychology: Getting to Know You
Psychology Then and Now: The Evolution of a Science
The Psychological Way: What Today's Psychologists Do
The Changing Face of Psychology
Ethics: Doing It Right
2. The Research Process: How We Find Things Out.
The Scientific Method: Designed to Be Valid
The Psychologist's Toolbox: Techniques of Scientific Research
Statistics: Measuring Reality
Looking at Levels: Graph Design for the Eye and Mind
How to Think About Research Studies
3. The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action
Brain Circuits: Making Connections
The Nervous System: An Orchestra With Many Members
Spotlight on the Brain: How It Divides and Conquers
Looking at Levels: The Musical Brain
Probing the Brain
Genes, Brain, and Environment: The Brain in the World
4. Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind.
Vision
Hearing
Sensing and Perceiving in Other Ways
5. Consciousness: Focus on Awareness
The Nature of Consciousness
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Hypnosis and Meditation
Drugs and Alcohol
6. Learning: How Experience Changes Us
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Cognitive and Social Learning
7. Memory: Living with Yesterday
Encoding Information into Memory: Time and Space Are of the Essence
Storing Information: Not Just One LTM
Retrieving Information From Memory: More than Reactivating the Past
Fact, Fiction, and Forgetting: When Memory Goes Wrong
Improving Memory: Tricks and Tools
8. Language and Thinking: What Humans Do Best
Language: More Than Meets the Ear
Means of Thought: Words, Images, Concepts
Problem Solving
Logic, Reasoning, and Decision Making
9. Types of Intelligence: What Does It Mean to Be Smart?
Measuring Intelligence: What Is IQ?
Analyzing Intelligence: One Ability or Many?
What Makes Us Smart? Nature and Nurture
Looking at Levels: Stereotype Threat
Diversity in Intelligence
Creative Smarts
10. Emotion and Motivations: Feeling and Striving
Emotion: I Feel, Therefore I Am
Motivation and Reward: Feeling Good
Hunger and Eating: Not Just About Fueling the Body
Sex: Not Just About Having Babies
11. Personality: Vive la Difference!
Personality: Historical Perspectives
What Exactly Is Personality?
Biology's Influences on Personality
Learning and the Cognitive Elements of Personality
Sociocultural Influences on Personality
12. Psychology over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser.
In the Beginning: From Conception to Birth
Infancy and Childhood: Taking Off
Adolescence: Between Two Worlds
Adulthood and Aging: The Continuously Changing Self
13. Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing with Life
What Is Stress?
Stress, Disease, and Health
Strategies for Coping
14. Psychological Disorders: More Than Everyday Problems
Identifying Psychological Disorders: What's Abnormal?
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Schizophrenia
Other Axis I Disorders: Dissociative and Eating Disorders
Personality Disorders
A Cautionary Note About Diagnosis
15. Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words
Historical Influences on Psychotherapy
Behavior and Cognitive Therapy
Biomedical Therapies
Other Forms of Treatment
Which Therapy Works Best?
16. Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds.
Social Cognition: Thinking About People
Social Behavior: Interacting with People
A Final Word: Ethics and Social Psychology
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