Essentials of Understanding Psychology

by Feldman, Robert S.

• ISBN13: 9780072285369
• ISBN10: 0072285362
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780072558494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Summary

Students First. Essentials of Understanding Psychology is written around the philosophy that an effective textbook must be oriented to students: informing them, engaging them, exciting them about the field, and expanding their intellectual capabilities because when students understand psychology, they learn psychology. No matter what brings students into the introductory course and regardless of their initial motivation, Essentials of Understanding Psychology, Seventh Edition, draws students into the field and stimulates their thinking. This revision integrates a variety of elements that foster students' understanding of psychology and its impact on their everyday lives. It also provides instructors with a fully integrated supplements package to objectively gauge their students' mastery of psychology's key principles and concepts and to create dynamic lectures.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Introduction to Psychology	2	(42)
The Biology Underlying Behavior	44	(38)
Sensation and Perception	82	(46)
States of Consciousness	128	(38)
Learning	166	(36)
Memory	202	(36)
Cognition and Language	238	(34)
Intelligence	272	(32)
Motivation and Emotion	304	(48)
Development	352	(56)
Personality	408	(32)
Psychological Disorders	440	(38)
Treatment of Psychological Disorders	478	(32)
Social Psychology	510	(41)
Glossary	551	(10)
References	561	(80)
Indexes	641