Psychology In Modules

by Myers, David G.

• ISBN13: 9781429216388
• ISBN10: 1429216387
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-28
• Publisher: Worth Publishers

Summary

Why Myers? David Myers has become the world's best-selling introductory psychology author by serving the needs of instructors and students so well. Each Myers textbook offers an impeccable combination of up-to-date research, well-crafted pedagogy, and effective media and supplements. Most of all, each Myers text demonstrates why this author's style works so well for students, with his signature compassionate, companionable voice, and superb judgment about how to communicate the science of psychology and its human impact. Why Modules? This modules-based version of Myers' best-selling, full-length text, Psychology (breaking down that book's 16 chapters into 59 short modules) is yet another example of the author's ability to understand what works in the classroom. It comes from Myers' experiences with students who strongly prefer textbooks divided into briefer segments instead of lengthier chapters, and with instructors who appreciate the flexibility offered by the modular format. Modular organization presents material in smaller segments. Students can easily read any module in a single sitting. Self-standing modules. Instructors can assign modules in their own preferred order. The modules make no assumptions about what students have previously read. Illustrations and key terms are repeated as needed. This modular organization of short, stand-alone text units enhances teacher flexibility. Instead of assigning the entire Sensation and Perception chapter, instructors can assign the module on vision, the module on hearing, and/or the module on the other senses in whatever order they choose.

Table of Contents

Preface

 

Introduction to the History and Science of Psychology
Module 1 The Story of Psychology
Module 2 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 3 Research Strategies: How Psychologists
Ask and Answer Questions

The Biology of Mind
Module 4 Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 5 Tools of Discovery and Older Brain Structures
Module 6 The Cerebral Cortex and Our Divided Brain

 

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 7 The Brain and Consciousness
Module 8 Sleep and Dreams
Module 9 Hypnosis
Module 10 Drugs and Consciousness

Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity
Module 11 Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology
Module 12 Environmental Influences on Behavior Developing Through the Life Span
Module 13 Prenatal Development and the Newborn
Module 14 Infancy and Childhood
Module 15 Adolescence
Module 16 Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues Sensation and Perception
Module 17 Introduction to Sensation and Perception
Module 18 Vision
Module 19 Hearing
Module 20 Other Senses
Module 21 Perceptual Organization
Module 22 Perceptual Interpretation

 

Learning
Module 23 Classical Conditioning
Module 24 Operant Conditioning
Module 25 Learning by Observation

Memory
Module 26 Introduction to Memory
Module 27 Encoding: Getting Information In
Module 28 Storage: Retaining Information
Module 29 Retrieval: Getting Information Out
Module 30 Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

 

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 31 Thinking
Module 32 Language and Thought
Module 33 Introduction to Intelligence
Module 34 Assessing Intelligence
Module 35 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

 

Motivation and Work
Module 36 Introduction to Motivation
Module 37 Hunger
Module 38 Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong
Module 39 Motivation at Work

 

Emotions, Stress, and Health
Module 40 Introduction to Emotion
Module 41 Expressed Emotion
Module 42 Experienced Emotion
Module 43 Stress and Health
Module 44 Promoting Health

Personality
Module 45 The Psychoanalytic Perspective
Module 46 The Humanistic Perspective
Module 47 Contemporary Research on Personality

 

Psychological Disorders
Module 48 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 49 Anxiety Disorders
Module 50 Dissociative, Personality, and Somatoform Disorders
Module 51 Mood Disorders
Module 52 Schizophrenia

 

Therapy
Module 53 The Psychological Therapies
Module 54 Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 55 The Biomedical Therapies

 

Social Psychology
Module 56 Social Thinking
Module 57 Social Influence
Module 58 Antisocial Relations
Module 59 Prosocial Relations

 

Appendix A: Careers in Psychology by Jennifer Zwolinski, University of San Diego
Appendix B: Answers to Test Yourself Questions