Psychology

by Zimbardo, Philip G.

• ISBN13: 9780321060518
• ISBN10: 0321060512
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Psychology, Third Edition, builds upon the experience and reputations of Phil Zimbardo and Ann Weber with the addition of a new co-author, Bob Johnson, who has a wealth of teaching experience at the community college level. This briefer, less expensive book presents psychology in a meaningful, manageable format that focuses on the key questions and core concepts of psychology. Introductory psychology covers such a wide range of topics and issues that it becomes difficult for readers to see the forest for the trees. To make key psychological concepts more meaningful, the authors found inspiration in a classic chess study. This study showed that experts did no better than novices at remembering the location of pieces on a chess board when they were placed randomly. Only when the patterns represented actual game situations did they make sense and therefore become more easily memorable for the experts. Clearly, meaningful patterns are easier to remember and understand than random arrangements, and Psychology applies this by presenting the field of psychology in meaningful patterns to enhance comprehension. These concepts are then applied to readers' own lives, study skills, and the world around them. Finally, Psychology integrates a cross-cultural and multicultural perspective to make psychology meaningful for everyone. For anyone interested in Introductory Psychology.

Table of Contents

All chapters conclude with Using Psychology to Learn Psychology
Chapter Summary
Review Test, and If You're Interested	p. 170
Mind, Behavior, and Science
What Is Psychology, and What Are Its Goals?
How Do Psychologists Do Research?
Biopsychology
How Are Genes and Behavior Linked?
How Does the Body Communicate Internally?
How Does the Brain Produce Behavior and Mental Processes?
States of Mind
What Is the Nature of Consciousness?
What Are the Cycles of Everyday Consciousness?
What Other Forms Can Consciousness Take?
Psychological Development
How Do Psychologists Explain Development?
What Capabilities Does the Newborn Possess?
What Are the Developmental Tasks of Childhood?
What Developmental Changes Occur in Adolescence and Adulthood?
Sensation and Perception
How Does Stimulation Become Sensation?
How Are the Senses Alike?
And How Are They Different?
How the Other Senses Are Like Vision and Hearing
What Is the Relationship between Perception and Sensation?
Learning and Remembering
How Does Classical Conditioning Explain Learning?
How Do We Learn New Behaviors by Operant Conditioning?
How Does Cognitive Psychology Explain Learning?
How Does Memory Work?
Cognitive Processes
How Do Cognitive Scientists Measure the Mind?
What Does Thinking Consist Of?
Do We Think Logically - Or Psychologically?
Emotion and Motivation
What Do Our Emotions Do for Us?
Where Do Our Emotions Come From?
How Much Control Do We Have Over Our Emotions?
Motivation: What Makes Us Act as We Do?
How Are Achievement, Hunger, and Sex Alike?
Different?
Stress, Health, and Well-being
Is It the Stress or the Stressor?
How Does Stress Affect Us Physically?
How Do We Respond Psychologically to Stress?
How Can We Cope Effectively with Stress?
Personality
What Forces Shape Our Personalities?
What Patterns Are Found in Personality?
What Theories Do People Use to Understand Each Other?
Intelligence and the Psychology of Differences
How Have Psychologists Described and Measured Intelligence?
What Are the Components of Intelligence?
How Do Psychologists Explain IQ Differences among Social and Racial Groups?
Social Psychology
How Does the Situation Affect Our Behavior?
How Do We Construct Our Social Reality?
What Can Psychology Tell Us about Solving Social Problems?
Psychopathology
What Is Mental Disorder?
How Are Mental Disorders Classified?
What Are the Consequences of Labeling?
Therapies for Mental Disorder
What Is Therapy?
How Do Psychologists Treat Mental Disorders?
How Do the Biomedical Therapies Approach Mental Disorders?
A Personal Endnote
Appendix
Glossary
References
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