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9780134361048

Psychology : An Introduction

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  • ISBN13:

    9780134361048

  • ISBN10:

    0134361040

  • Edition: 10th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-01-01
  • Publisher: Prentice Hall

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This best-selling, reader-friendly introduction to psychology as a science provides engaging coverage of traditional topics -- giving readers a firm grasp of the scope, vocabulary, and concepts of psychology. It treats psychology as a diverse discipline -- the way psychologists perceive it -- combining a concern for research, theory, gender, and cross-cultural issues with examples that are both familiar and applicable to readers. Provides full coverage of the core topics in psychology: biological basis of behavior; sensation and perception; consciousness; learning; memory; cognition and language; intelligence and mental abilities; life span development; motivation and emotion; personality; stress and health psychology; psychological disorders; therapies; social psychology. Contains a full chapter on Culture and Diversity and integrates the themes of diversity (e.g., gender, ethnic origin, sexual orientation) throughout. Provides an Industrial/Organizational Psychology appendix that covers topics such as personnel selection, training, performance appraisal, leadership and motivation as well as human factors, cross-cultural issues, and human resource development. For anyone wanting a solid introduction to psychology and its contemporary applications.

Table of Contents

The Science of Psychology
1(44)
The Biological Basis of Behavior
44(48)
Sensation and Perception
92(54)
States of Consciousness
146(36)
Learning
182(42)
Memory
224(34)
Cognition and Language
258(44)
Intelligence and Mental Abilities
302(42)
Motivation and Emotion
344(42)
Lfe Span Development
386(54)
Personality
440(34)
Stress and Health Psychology
474(28)
Psychological Disorders
502(38)
Therapies
540(36)
Social Psychology
576

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