CiNii Books - Psychology in context

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.

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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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