Student Study Guide for use with Understanding Psychology

by Feldman, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9780073307237
• ISBN10: 0073307238
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Table of Contents

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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