Ask Dr. Mike: Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology

by Atkinson, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780205331093
• ISBN10: 0205331092
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

A brief book containing high-interest questions and answers about a wide variety of topics in introductory psychology. Mike Atkinson is the author of the popular "Ask Dr. Mike" column on The Psychology Place Website, where he answers questions on a regular basis. This book features many of the most interesting questions and answers that have appeared on The Psychology Place Website, submitted by students from across the United States and Canada. For psychology educators, students learning the fundamentals of psychology, or other readers interested in psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
About the questions in this book. Using this book. The Psychology Place™
General Issues, History, & Methods	7	(18)
Questions on study skills, getting a degree in psychology, grades needed, when psychology began, the most famous psychologist, theory building, Freud, experimental design, statistics, APA style
Biopsychology: Foundations of Behavior	25	(22)
Questions on seizures, neurons, action potential, neurotransmitters, brain tumors, brain structure, lateralization, drugs
Sensory Mechanisms: Sensation & Perception	47	(16)
Questions on visual processes, laser surgery, audition, time perception, depth perception, illusions, touch, acupuncture
Consciousness & Motivation	63	(22)
Questions on sleep, dreams, sleep disturbances, nightmares, drugs, arousal, nonverbal behavior, deception altered states
Learning & Memory	85	(18)
Questions on imitation, learning without awareness, reinforcement, behavior therapy, influences on memory, synesthesia, anxiety, Alzheimer's, eyewitness identification
Developmental Psychology	103	(16)
Questions on critical periods, genetics, birth disorders, mental retardation, self-awareness, attachment, learning disabilities, homosexuality
Intelligence, Language, & Cognition	119	(14)
Questions on savant syndrome, theories of intelligence, IQ tests, bias, language Learning
Personality	133	(14)
Questions on psychodynamic theory, dreams, Defense mechanisms, personality inventories, Factor analysis
Social Psychology	147	(20)
Questions on attraction, attitude change, media violence, bystander intervention, group decision making, small world effect
Abnormal Psychology: Disorders & Treatment	167
Questions on ``lunacy'', normality, anxiety bipolar disorder, depression, phobias, dissociation, drug treatment, ECT, St. John's Wart, talking therapy