Psychology, 01-02

by Duffy, Karen G.

• ISBN13: 9780072433777
• ISBN10: 0072433779
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: McGraw Hill College Div

Summary

This reader of public press articles explores the science of psychology; biological bases of behavior; perceptual processes; learning and remembering; cognitive processes; emotion and motivation; developement; personality processes; social processes; psychological disorders; and psychological treatments. Annual Editions is supported by Dushkin Online (www.dushkin.com/online/), a student Web site that provides study support tools and links to related Web sites.

Table of Contents

To the Reader	iv
Topic Guide	2	(2)
Selected World Wide Web Sites	4	(2)
UNIT 1 The Science of Psychology
Overview	6	(3)
Science and Pseudoscience, APS Observer, July/August 1999	9	(3)
Research in the Psychological Laboratory: Truth or Triviality?	12	(7)
Craig A. Anderson
James J. Lindsay
Brad J. Bushman
Psychology's Tangled Web: Deceptive Methods May Backfire on Behavioral Researchers	19	(5)
Bruce Bower
UNIT 2 Biological Bases of Behavior
Overview	22	(2)
The End of Nature Versus Nurture	24	(6)
Frans B. M. de Waal
Decoding the Human Body	30	(5)
Sharon Begley
The Future of the Brain	35	(7)
Norbert R. Myslinski
UNIT 3 Perceptual Processes
Overview	40	(2)
The Senses, U.S. News & World Report, January 13, 1997	42	(5)
Vision: A Window on Consciousness	47	(8)
Nikos K. Logothetis
Noise: A Rising Racket Threatens Our Hearing and Our Quality of Life. Why Isn't That Message Being Heard? Consumer Reports, September 1999	55	(4)
Is There a Sixth Sense?	59	(7)
Dean Radin
Colleen Rae
UNIT 4 Learning and Remembering
Overview	64	(2)
Learning Begins Even Before Babies Are Born, Scientists Show	66	(2)
Beth Azar
Different Strokes for Different Folks?	68	(6)
Steven A. Stahl
What Constitutes ``Appropriate'' Punishment?	74	(3)
Paul L. DeVito
Ralph Hyatt
Lots of Action in the Memory Game	77	(3)
George Johnson
Speak, Memory	80	(4)
Emily Mitchell
UNIT 5 Cognitive Processes
Overview	82	(2)
Smart Genes?	84	(4)
Michael D. Lemonick
Who Owns Intelligence?	88	(8)
Howard Gardner
Can Animals Think?	96	(6)
Eugene Linden
UNIT 6 Emotion and Motivation
Overview	100	(2)
The Gold Medal Mind	102	(4)
James Bauman
Why We're Fat: Gender and Age Matter More Than You May Realize	106	(4)
Stacey Schultz
What's in a Face?	110	(2)
Beth Azar
Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have It?	112	(6)
Phillip M. Perry
UNIT 7 Development
Overview	116	(2)
Fetal Psychology	118	(5)
Janet L. Hopson
Four Things You Need to Know About Raising Baby	123	(3)
Joanna Lipari
A World of Their Own	126	(3)
Sharon Begley
Live to 100? No Thanks	129	(3)
Susan L. Crowley
Start the Conversation, Modern Maturity, September/October 2000	132	(10)
UNIT 8 Personality Processes
Overview	140	(2)
The Stability of Personality: Observations and Evaluations	142	(3)
Robert R. McCrae
Paul T. Costa
Making Sense of Self-Esteem	145	(3)
Mark R. Leary
Shyness: The New Solution	148	(8)
Bernardo Carducci
UNIT 9 Social Processes
Overview	154	(2)
How to Spot a Liar	156	(3)
James Geary
Coping With Crowding	159	(5)
Frans B. M. de Waal
Filippo Aureli
Peter G. Judge
Reducing Prejudice: Combating Intergroup Biases	164	(4)
John F. Dovidio
Samuel L. Gaertner
Merits and Perils of Teaching About Other Cultures	168	(6)
Walter A. McDougall
UNIT 10 Psychological Disorders
Overviw	172	(2)
Mental Health Gets Noticed	174	(3)
David Satcher
Mental Disorders Are Not Diseases	177	(3)
Thomas Szasz
Depression: Beyond Serotonin	180	(7)
Hara Estroff Marano
The Clustering and Contagion of Suicide	187	(3)
Thomas E. Joiner
The Doubting Disease	190	(6)
Jerome Groopman
UNIT 11 Psychological Treatments
Overview	194	(2)
What You Can Change and What You Cannot Change	196	(8)
Martin E. P. Seligman
Think Like a Shrink	204	(3)
Emanuel H. Rosen
The Quest for a Cure	207	(3)
Mark Nichols
New Hope for People With Schizophrenia	210	(5)
Patrick A. McGuire
Glossary	215	(10)
Index	225	(3)
Test Your Knowledge Form	228	(1)
Article Rating Form	229