Psychology Themes and Variations, Brief Edition (with Concept Charts and InfoTrac)

by Weiten, Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780534632885
• ISBN10: 0534632882
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-08
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Filled with exciting, current research findings, this affordable CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS version of PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS shows you the many ways that psychology applies to your life today and every day! In the book's "Featured Studies," you'll get a bird's eye view of real psychological research in action. "Critical Thinking Applications" give you specific critical thinking tools that you can use to help you think analytically and critically about what you read. Weiten also helps you excel in the psychology course by including overarching concepts--weaving these concepts throughout the book to help you see how the topics and research you are studying fit together into one understandable picture called psychology! Every chapter offers tools to help you focus on what's important--showing you how to study in ways that help you retain information and do your very best on exams.

Table of Contents

The Evolution of Psychology

The Research Enterprise in Psychology

The Biological Bases of Behavior

Sensation and Perception

Variations in Consciousness

Learning Through Conditioning

Human Memory

Language and Thought

Intelligence and Psychological Testing

Motivation and Emotion

Development Across the Life Span

Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment

Stress, Coping, and Health

Psychological Disorders

Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Social Behavior

Answers to Concept Checks

Statistical Methods

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Careers in Psychology

Critical Thinking About Internet Research Sources: What Students Need to Know Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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