Annual Editions : Psychology 06/07

by Duffy, Karen G.

• ISBN13: 9780073545820
• ISBN10: 0073545821
• Edition: 36th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-29
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

This thirty-sixth edition of ANNUAL EDITIONS: PSYCHOLOGY provides convenient, inexpensive access to current articles selected from the best of the public press. Organizational features include: an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites; an annotated table of contents; a topic guide; a general introduction; brief overviews for each section; a topical index; and an instructor's resource guide with testing materials. USING ANNUAL EDITIONS IN THE CLASSROOM is offered as a practical guide for instructors. ANNUAL EDITIONS titles are supported by our student website, www.dushkin.com/online.

Table of Contents

Preface	iv
Topic Guide	xii
Internet References	xv
UNIT 1 The Science of Psychology
Unit Overview	xviii
Why Study Psychology?	2	(3)
Linda M. Bartoshuk
Does Psychology Make a Significant Difference in Our Lives?	5	(13)
Philip G. Zimbardo
Causes and Correlations	18	(4)
Massimo Pigliucci
UNIT 2 Biological Bases of Behavior
Unit Overview	20	(2)
What Makes You Who You Are	22	(5)
Matt Ridley
Genetic Influence on Human Psychological Traits	27	(5)
Thomas J. Bouchard
The Amazing Brain: Is Neuroscience the Key to What Makes Us Human?	32	(5)
Richard Restak
UNIT 3 Perceptual Processes
Unit Overview	34	(3)
Eye Wise: Seeing Into the Future	37	(5)
Bonnie Liebman
A Matter of Taste	42	(2)
Mary Beckman
Music and the Brain	44	(5)
Norman Weinberger
What Dreams are Made Of	49	(8)
Barbara Kantrowitz
Karen Springen
UNIT 4 Learning and Remembering
Unit Overview	54	(3)
Teaching for Understanding	57	(3)
Tom Sherman
Barbara Kurshan
Memories of Things Unseen	60	(4)
Elizabeth F. Loftus
Theory of Multiple Intelligences: Is It a Scientific Theory?	64	(6)
Jie-Qi Chen
UNIT 5 Cognitive Processes
Unit Overview	68	(2)
Is Language the Key to Human Intelligence?	70	(3)
David Premack
What Was I Thinking?	73	(3)
Eric Jaffe
Mysteries of the Mind	76	(7)
Marianne Szegedy Maszak
UNIT 6 Emotion and Motivation
Unit Overview	80	(3)
Unconscious Emotion	83	(4)
Piotr Winkielman
Kent C. Berridge
The Value of Positive Emotions	87	(6)
Barbara L. Erodrickson
The Evolution of Jealousy	93	(8)
Christine R. Harris
Just Do It	101	(4)
Laurel Naversen
The Weight Is Over	105	(6)
Richard Hebert
UNIT 7 Development
Unit Overview	108	(3)
Inside the Womb	111	(4)
J. Madeleine Nash
And Now, the Hard Part: That Sweet Little Thing Is About to Commandeer Your Life	115	(2)
Lauren Picker
The Methuselah Report	117	(3)
Wayne Curtis
The Borders of Healing	120	(5)
Marianne Szegedy-Maszak
UNIT 8 Personality Processes
Unit Overview	122	(3)
The New Science of Happiness	125	(5)
Claudia Wallis
The Testing of America	130	(2)
Caroline Hsu
Guns, Lies, and Video	132	(4)
Karen Wright
UNIT 9 Social Processes
Unit Overview	134	(2)
To Err Is Human	136	(3)
Bruce Bower
Deception Detection	139	(3)
Carrie Lock
What Makes a Leader?	142	(10)
Daniel Goleman
UNIT 10 Psychological Disorders
Unit Overview	150	(2)
How We Get Labeled	152	(3)
John Cloud
The Age of Depression	155	(7)
Allan V. Horwitz
Jerome C. Wakefield
Stressed Out at the Front	162	(4)
Rod Nordland
T. Trent Gegax
UNIT 11 Psychological Treatments
Unit Overview	164	(2)
The Quandary Over Mental Illness	166	(3)
Richard E. Vatz
Drugs vs. Talk Therapy: 3079 Readers Rate Their Care for Depression and Anxiety	169	(7)
Offering Hope to the Emotionally Depressed	176	(4)
Norbert R. Myslinski
Computer- and Internet-Based Psychotherapy Interventions	180	(5)
C. Barr Taylor
Kristine H. Luce
Index	185	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	188	(1)
Article Rating Form	189