Introduction to Psychology : Exploration and Applications

by Coon, Dennis

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8th

ISBN13:

9780534349660

ISBN10:

0534349668

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Pub. Date:

11/20/1997

Publisher(s):

Wadsworth Publishing

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This top-selling book always provides current information and research, examples, and abundant applications. Dennis Coon's writing style and short chapters make the book readable and enjoyable for students. The SQ3R format, a hallmark of the text, provides an active learning method that helps students learn and remember material. For this edition, the text has been reorganized to reduce the number of chapters from 26 to 22.

Introduction: The Psychology of Studying

xxxvi

The Search for Understanding

(26)

Critical Thinking---Uncommon Sense

(2)

Pseudo-psychologies---Palms, Planets, and Personality

(4)

Research Methods and Critical Thinking

(24)

Psychology in the News---Separating Fact from Fiction

(3)

Research Ethics---Smile, You're on Candid Camera!

(5)

The Brain, Biology, and Behavior

(34)

Handedness---If Your Brain Is Right, What's Left?

(4)

Charting the Brain's Inner Realms

(6)

Child Development

(43)

Enriching Early Development---A Magic Time of Life

119

(3)

The Brave New World of Genetics and Reproduction

122

(6)

From Birth to Death: Life-Span Development

128

(40)

Effective Parenting---Raising Healthy Children

158

(5)

Approaching Death---New Pathways

163

(5)

Sensation and Reality

168

(34)

Controlling Pain---This Won't Hurt a Bit

195

(2)

Sensation in Space---Adapting to an Alien Environment

197

(5)

Perceiving the World

202

(34)

Perception and Objectivity---Believing Is Seeing

227

(3)

Extrasensory Perception---Do You Believe in Magic?

230

(6)

States of Consciousness

236

(40)

Exploring and Using Your Dreams

268

(4)

Drug Abuse---Many Questions, Few Answers

272

(4)

Conditioning and Learning

276

(38)

Behavioral Self-Management

306

(3)

Biological Constraints on Learning---Snakes, Spiders, and the Reluctant Raccoon

309

(5)

Memory

314

(33)

Mnemonics---Memory Magic

339

(3)

The Recovered-Memory/False-Memory Debate

342

(5)

Cognition and Creativity

347

(33)

Better Thinking and Problem Solving

371

(4)

Animal Intelligence

375

(5)

Intelligence

380

(26)

How Intelligent Are Intelligence Tests?

398

(3)

The Larry P. Case---``Six-Hour Retardates''

401

(5)

Motivation and Emotion

406

(43)

Behavioral Dieting---Fat Chance for a Slim Future

442

(2)

Love---Stalking an Elusive Emotion

444

(5)

Health, Stress, and Coping

449

(36)

Stress Management

476

(5)

Meditation---The 20-Minute Vacation

481

(4)

Gender and Sexuality

485

(33)

Sexual Problems---When Pleasure Fades

509

(6)

Touching---Does It Always Have Sexual Implications?

515

(3)

Personality

518

(39)

Barriers and Bridges---Understanding Shyness

551

(2)

Self-Monitoring---Which Me Do You See?

553

(4)

Abnormal Behavior: Deviance and Disorder

557

(27)

Psychiatric Labeling---On Being Sane in Insane Places

579

(2)

Psychology and the Law---The ``Twinkie Defense''

581

(3)

Major Mental Disorders

584

(28)

Suicide---Lives on the Brink

605

(3)

Who Is ``Crazy'' and What Should Be Done about It?

608

(4)

Therapies

612

(35)

Self-Management and Seeking Professional Help

637

(6)

Cultural Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy

643

(4)

Social Behavior

647

(29)

Assertiveness Training---Standing Up for Your Rights

671

(2)

Social Traps---The Tragedy of the Commons

673

(3)

Attitudes, Culture, and Human Relations

676

(30)

Multiculturalism---Living with Diversity

700

(2)

Sociobiology---Do Genes Guide Social Behavior?

702

(4)

Applied Psychology

706

Improving Communication at Work

727

Space Psychology---Life on the High Frontier

729

Appendix A: Statistics

Appendix B: Using Electronic Media in Psychology

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Index

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