Psychology

Informationen zum Autor David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall; June Gruber Klappentext Myers' Psychology continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers established at the outset, to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so all students can see themselves in the text, and students see psychology in the context of a wider world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Instructor PrefaceStudent Preface: Skills for Student Success: How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life CHAPTER 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science (Modules 1-3)1 The History and Scope of Psychology2 Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions3 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life CHAPTER 2: The Biology of Mind (Modules 4-7)4 Neural and Hormonal Systems5 Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined6 Brain Regions and Structures7 Damage Responses and Brain Hemispheres CHAPTER 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind (Modules 8-10)8 Basic Consciousness Concepts9 Sleep and Dreams10 Drugs and Consciousness CHAPTER 4: Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity (Modules 11-13)11 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences12 Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture13 Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture CHAPTER 5: Developing Through the Life Span (Modules 14-17)14 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn15 Infancy and Childhood16 Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood17 Adulthood CHAPTER 6: Sensation and Perception (Modules 18-20)18 Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception19 Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing20 Hearing, Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses CHAPTER 7: Learning (Modules 21-23)21 Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning22 Operant Conditioning23 Biology, Cognition, and Learning CHAPTER 8: Memory (Modules 24-26)24 Studying and Encoding Memories25 Storing and Retrieving Memories26 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory CHAPTER 9: Thinking and Language (Modules 27-28)27 Thinking28 Language and Thought CHAPTER 10: Intelligence (Modules 29-31)29 What Is Intelligence?30 Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics31 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence CHAPTER 11: What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belongingness, and Achievement (Modules 32-35)32 Basic Motivational Concepts33 Hunger34 Sexual Motivation35 Affiliation and Achievement CHAPTER 12: Emotions, Stress, and Health (Modules 36-40)36 Introduction to Emotion37 Expressing Emotion38 Experiencing Emotion39 Stress and Illness40 Health and Coping CHAPTER 13: Social Psychology (Modules 41-44)41 Social Thinking42 Social Influence43 Antisocial Relations44 Prosocial Relations CHAPTER 14: Personality (Modules 45-47)45 Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories46 Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories47 Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self CHAPTER 15: Psychological Disorders (Modules 48-53)48 Introduction to Psychological Disorders49 Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders50 Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders51 Schizophrenia52 Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders53 Neurodevelopmental Disorders CHAPTER 16: Therapy (Modules 54-56)54 Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies55 Evaluating Psychotherapies56 The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders Appendix A: The Story of Psychology: A TimelineAppendix B: Career Fields in PsychologyAppendix C: Psychology at WorkAppendix D: Complete Module ReviewsAppendix E: Answers to Retrieval Practice and Module Test Questions ...

Autorentext

David G. Myers; C. Nathan DeWall; June Gruber

Klappentext

Myers' Psychology continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers established at the outset, to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so all students can see themselves in the text, and students see psychology in the context of a wider world.

Inhalt

Instructor Preface
Student Preface: Skills for Student Success: How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life

CHAPTER 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science (Modules 1-3)
1 The History and Scope of Psychology
2 Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
3 Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

CHAPTER 2: The Biology of Mind (Modules 4-7)
4 Neural and Hormonal Systems
5 Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
6 Brain Regions and Structures
7 Damage Responses and Brain Hemispheres

CHAPTER 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind (Modules 8-10)
8 Basic Consciousness Concepts
9 Sleep and Dreams
10 Drugs and Consciousness

**CHAPTER 4: Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity (Modules 11-13)
**11 Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences
12 Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture
13 Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture

**CHAPTER 5: Developing Through the Life Span (Modules 14-17)
**14 Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
15 Infancy and Childhood
16 Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
17 Adulthood

**CHAPTER 6: Sensation and Perception (Modules 18-20)
**18 Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
19 Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
20 Hearing, Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses

**CHAPTER 7: Learning (Modules 21-23)
**21 Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
22 Operant Conditioning
23 Biology, Cognition, and Learning

**CHAPTER 8: Memory (Modules 24-26)
**24 Studying and Encoding Memories
25 Storing and Retrieving Memories
26 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

**CHAPTER 9: Thinking and Language (Modules 27-28)
**27 Thinking
28 Language and Thought

**CHAPTER 10: Intelligence (Modules 29-31)
**29 What Is Intelligence?
30 Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
31 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

**CHAPTER 11: What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belongingness, and Achievement (Modules 32-35)
**32 Basic Motivational Concepts
33 Hunger
34 Sexual Motivation
35 Affiliation and Achievement

**CHAPTER 12: Emotions, Stress, and Health (Modules 36-40)
**36 Introduction to Emotion
37 Expressing Emotion
38 Experiencing Emotion
39 Stress and Illness
40 Health and Coping

**CHAPTER 13: Social Psychology (Modules 41-44)
**41 Social Thinking
42 Social Influence
43 Antisocial Relations
44 Prosocial Relations

**CHAPTER 14: Personality (Modules 45-47)
**45 Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories
46 Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories
47 Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self

**CHAPTER 15: Psychological Disorders (Modules 48-53)
**48 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
49 Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
50 Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
51 Schizophrenia
52 Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
53 Neurodevelopmental Disorders

**CHAPTER 16: Therapy (Modules 54-56)
**54 Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
55 Evaluating Psychotherapies
56 The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

Appendix A: The Story of Psychology: A Timeline
Appendix B: Career Fields in Psychology
Appendix C: Psychology at Work
Appendix D: Complete Module Reviews
Appendix E: Answers to Retrieval Practice and Module Test Questions