Psychology : The Science of Behavior

by Carlson, Neil R.

• ISBN13: 9780205193455
• ISBN10: 0205193455
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This edition continues to treat the discipline as an experimental and natural science, combining a scholarly survey of research with applications of research results to problems that confront us today.KEY TOPICS:Emphasizes psychology as a science. Includes topics such as heredity, behavior genetics, sociobiology, and health psychology.

Table of Contents

The Science of Psychology

The Science of Psychology What Is Psychology?

Explaining Behavior

The Goals of Psychological Research Fields of Psychology

The Rise of Psychology as a Science Philosophical Roots of Psychology

Biological Roots of Psychology

Major Trends in the Development of Psychology

Structuralism Functionalism Freuds Psychodynamic

Theory Psychology in Transition

Behavior Humanistic Psychology

Reaction against Behavior

The Cognitive Revolution

The Biological Revolution

The Ways and Means of Psychology

The Scientific Method in Psychology

Identifying the Problem: Getting an Idea for Research

Designing an Experiment

Performing an Experiment

Performing a Correlational Study Reporting and Generalizing Studies

Evaluating Scientific Issues: Format for Critical Thinking Ethics

Research with Human Participants

Research with Animal Participants Biology and Culture: Cross-Cultural

Research Understanding

Research Results Descriptive Statistics: What Are the Results?

Inferential Statistics: Distinguishing Chance From Significance

Evolution, Heredity, and Behavior

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

The Voyage of the Beagle

The Origin of Species

Natural Selection and Evolution

Natural Selection

Natural Selection in Human Evolution

Heredity and Genetics

Basic Principles of Genetics

The Importance of Genetic

Diversity Influences of Gender on Heredity

Mutations and Chromosomal Aberrations Genetic

Disorders Heredity and Behavior Genetics

Studying Genetic

Influences Evaluating Scientific Issues

The Genetics of Alcoholism Sociobiology

Reproductive Strategies and the Biological

Basis of Parenting

The Biological Basis of Altruism Evaluation of Sociobiology

Biology and Culture

Thinking Critically about Selection

Biology of Behavior

The Brain and Its Components Structure of the Nervous System

Cells of the Nervous System

The Excitable Axon

The Action Potential Communication with Other Cells

Synapses A Simple Neural Circuit Drugs and Behavior

Effects of Drugs on Synaptic

Transmission Neurotransmitters, their Actions, and Drugs that Affect

Them Evaluating Scientific Issues: Physiological versus

Psychological Drug Addiction Study of the Brain Experimental

Ablation Visualizing the Structure of the Brain

Measuring the Brains Activity Stimulating the Brains

Activity Altering Genetics Biology and Culture

Environmental Effects on Brain Development

Control of Behavior and the Bodys Physiological

Functions Organization of the Cerebral

Cortex Lateralization of function

Vision Audition Somatosensation and Spatial Perception Planning and Moving

Episodic and Spatial Memory

Role of the Hippocampus Emotions

Role of the Amygdala

Control of Internal Functions and Automatic Behavior

Control of Internal Functions and Automatic Behavior

The Brain Stem

The Cerebellum Structures within the Cerebral Hemispheres

Learning and Behavior Procedures for

The Study Of Basic Learning Processes Pavlovs Procedure

Thorndikes Procedure Comparison between Pavlovs and Thorndikes

Procedures for Studying Learning

Conditions Required For Learning

Temporal Contiguity Conditioned Reinforcement

Effects of Temporal Contiguity on Human

Behavior Drug Addiction Behavioral

Discrepancy Blocking Biology and Culture:

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