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Psychsmart
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ISBN13:
9780078035289
ISBN10:
0078035287
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2012-01-11
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Are your students performing as well as they hope and expect to in your course? Are your students reading the text before they come to class? Meet PsychSmart 2e from McGraw-Hill. PsychSmart is a member of the McGraw-Hill M Series family. . . and the M Series started with YOUR students. Through extensive student research, we have created a textbook and learning system designed to meet the needs and maximize the workflow habits of today's college students. Students told us they wanted a briefer text with more visual appeal...and a less expensive price. We listened. We also listened to instructors. We learned about the challenges that they faced in their classrooms everyday and what their ideal course materials would look like. They told us they needed an engaging solution for their course needs but without sacrificing quality and content. The result is PsychSmart. Authored by master teachers, PsychSmart uses a wealth of real world examples, media and online interactivities to create a dynamic and engaging learning solution designed to reach today's students.
Table of Contents
PsychSmart, 1st edition
1. Introduction to Psychology
COPING WITH DISASTER
PSYCHOLOGISTS AT WORK
The Subfields of Psychology
Working at Psychology
A SCIENCE EVOLVES
The Roots of Psychology
Founding Mothers of Psychology
Psychology Today
Key Issues in Psychology
Psychology’s Future
THE RESEARCH PROCESS IN PSYCHOLOGY
The Scientific Method
Theories: Broad Explanations
Hypotheses: Testable Predictions
Psychological Research Methods
Descriptive Research
Experimental Research
RESEARCH CHALLENGES
The Ethics of Research
Should Animals Be Used in Research?
Experimental Bias
2. Neuroscience and Behavior
BRAIN DIET
NEURONS: THE BASIC UNITS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Structure of the Neuron
How Neurons Fire
Bridging the Gap Between Neurons
Neurotransmitters: Chemical Couriers
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: LINKING NEURONS
Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems
Evolution of the Nervous System
Behavioral Genetics
THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM: HORMONES AND GLANDS
THE BRAIN
Spying on the Brain
The Central Core: Our “Old Brain”
The Limbic System: Beyond the Central Core
The Cerebral Cortex: Our “New Brain”
The Adaptable Brain
Two Brains or One?
Human Diversity and Brain Lateralization
The Split Brain: Exploring the Two Hemispheres
Controlling Your Heart—and Mind—Through Biofeedback
3. Sensation and Perception
MET ONCE, RECOGNIZED FOREVER
SENSATION AND PERCEPTION: TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
SENSING THE WORLD AROUND US
Absolute Thresholds
Difference Thresholds
Sensory Adaptation
VISION: SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE EYE
Illuminating the Eye
Color Vision and Color Blindness
HEARING AND THE OTHER SENSES
Sensing Sound
Smell and Taste
The Skin Senses: Touch, Pressure, Temperature, and Pain
How Our Senses Interact
PERCEPTION: CONSTRUCTING OUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE WORLD
The Gestalt Laws of Organization
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing
Perceptual Constancy
Depth Perception
Perceptual Illusions
Culture and Perception
4. States of Consciousness
OUT OF CONTROL
SLEEP AND DREAMS
The Stages of Sleep
REM Sleep: The Paradox of Sleep
Why Do We Sleep and How Much Sleep is Necessary?
The Function and Meaning of Dreaming
Sleep Disturbances
Circadian Rhythms
HYPNOSIS AND MEDITATION
Hypnosis: A Trance-Forming Experience?
Meditation: Regulating Our Own Consciousness
Cross-Cultural Routes to Altered States of Consciousness
DRUG USE: THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Stimulants: Drug Highs
Depressants: Drug Lows
Narcotics
Identifying Drug and Alcohol Problems
5. Learning
I WAS A BLACKBERRY ADDICT
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
What is Classical Conditioning?
How Do Conditioning Principles Apply to Human Behavior?
Extinction of a Conditioned Response
Generalization and Discrimination
OPERANT CONDITIONING
How Operant Conditioning Works
Behavior Analysis and Behavior
Modification
COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO LEARNING
Latent Learning
Observational Learning: Learning Through Imitation
Violence in Television and Video Games: Does the Media’s Message Matter?