Myer's Psychology for AP

by David G. Myers

• ISBN13: 9781429244367
• ISBN10: 1429244364
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: WORTH

Summary

Already The Bestselling AP* Psychology Author, Myers Writes His First Exclusive AP* Psych TextWatch Dave G. Myers introduce this new text here.David G. Myers is best known for his top-selling college psychology texts, used successfully across North America in thousands of AP* courses. As effective as Myers' college texts have been for the AP* course, we believe his new text will be even better, becauseMyers' Psychology for AP*has been written especially for the AP* course!

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Psychology’s History and Approaches

Unit 2 Research Methods: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Unit 3 Biological Bases of Behavior

           Part A: Neural Processing and the Endocrine System

           Part B: The Brain

           Part C: Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior

Unit 4 Sensation and Perception

Unit 5 States of Consciousness

Unit 6 Learning

Unit 7 Cognition

           Part A: Memory

           Part B: Thinking, Problem Solving, Creativity, and Language

Unit 8 Motivation and Emotion

           Part A: Motivation

           Part B: Emotions, Stress, and Health

Unit 9 Developmental Psychology

Unit 10 Personality

Unit 11 Testing and Individual Differences

Unit 12 Abnormal Psychology

Unit 13 Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Unit 14 Social Psychology

Appendix A Careers in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski

Appendix B Psychology at Work

Appendix C Promoting Health

Appendix D Animal Thinking and Language

Appendix E Answers to Test Yourself Questions