Introduction to Psychology | p. 1 |
Psychologists at Work | p. 2 |
A Science Evolves: Past, Present, and Future | p. 10 |
Psychology's Key Issues and Controversies | p. 15 |
Practice Tests | p. 19 |
Answer Key | p. 28 |
Psychological Research | p. 35 |
The Scientific Method | p. 36 |
Conducting Psychological Research | p. 40 |
Critical Research Issues | p. 49 |
Practice Tests | p. 55 |
Answer Key | p. 64 |
Neuroscience and Behavior | p. 71 |
Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior | p. 72 |
The Nervous System and the Endocrine System | p. 78 |
The Brain | p. 83 |
Practice Tests | p. 94 |
Answer Key | p. 102 |
Sensation and Perception | p. 109 |
Sensing the World Around Us | p. 110 |
Vision: Shedding Light on the Eyes | p. 113 |
Hearing and Other Senses | p. 117 |
Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World | p. 124 |
Practice Tests | p. 129 |
Answer Key | p. 137 |
States of Consciousness | p. 145 |
Sleep and Dreams | p. 146 |
Hypnosis and Meditation | p. 153 |
Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness | p. 157 |
Practice Tests | p. 163 |
Answer Key | p. 170 |
Learning | p. 177 |
Classical Conditioning | p. 178 |
Operant Conditioning | p. 183 |
Cognitive Approaches to Learning | p. 188 |
Practice Tests | p. 191 |
Answer Key | p. 199 |
Memory | p. 207 |
The Foundations of Memory | p. 208 |
Recalling Long-Term Memories | p. 217 |
Forgetting: When Memory Fails | p. 224 |
Practice Tests | p. 228 |
Answer Key | p. 235 |
Cognition and Language | p. 241 |
Thinking and Reasoning | p. 242 |
Problem Solving | p. 246 |
Language | p. 251 |
Practice Tests | p. 255 |
Answer Key | p. 263 |
Intelligence | p. 271 |
What is Intelligence? | p. 272 |
Variations in Intellectual Ability | p. 278 |
Group Differences in Intelligence | p. 281 |
Practice Tests | p. 284 |
Answer Key | p. 292 |
Motivation and Emotion | p. 299 |
Explaining Emotion | p. 300 |
Human Needs and Motivation | p. 305 |
Understanding Emotional Experiences | p. 311 |
Nonverbal Behavior and Expressions of Emotions | p. 317 |
Practice Tests | p. 320 |
Answer Key | p. 328 |
Sexuality and Gender | p. 335 |
Gender and Sex | p. 336 |
Understanding Human Sexual Response | p. 340 |
The Diversity of Sexual Behavior | p. 343 |
Sexual Difficulties: When Sex Goes Wrong | p. 347 |
Practice Tests | p. 350 |
Answer Key | p. 358 |
Development | p. 365 |
Nature and Nuture | p. 366 |
Prenatal Development: From Birth to Conception | p. 370 |
Infancy and Childhood | p. 374 |
Adolescence: Becoming an Adult | p. 382 |
Adulthood | p. 389 |
Practice Tests | p. 396 |
Answer Key | p. 406 |
Personality | p. 415 |
Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality | p. 416 |
Trait, Learning, Biological, Evolutionary, Humanistic Approaches to Personality | p. 422 |
Assessing Personality | p. 428 |
Practice Tests | p. 433 |
Answer Keys | p. 441 |
Health Psychology | p. 449 |
Stress and Coping | p. 450 |
Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being | p. 455 |
Promoting Health and Wellness | p. 459 |
Practice Tests | p. 463 |
Answer Key | p. 471 |
Psychological Disorders | p. 479 |
Normal versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction | p. 480 |
The Major Psychological Disorders | p. 486 |
Psychological Disorders in Perspective | p. 494 |
Practice Tests | p. 497 |
Answer Key | p. 505 |
Treatment of Psychological Disorders | p. 513 |
Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment | p. 514 |
Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment | p. 520 |
Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment | p. 526 |
Practice Tests | p. 531 |
Answer Key | p. 539 |
Social Psychology | p. 547 |
Attitudes and Social Cognition | p. 548 |
Social Influence | p. 554 |
Prejudice and Dicrimination | p. 559 |
Positive and Negative Social Behavior | p. 563 |
Practice Tests | p. 569 |
Answer Key | p. 576 |
Going by the Numbers: Statistics in Psychology | p. 583 |
Practice Tests | p. 590 |
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