Psychology: Perspectives and Connections

by Feist, Gregory; Rosenberg, Erika

• ISBN13: 9780077861872
• ISBN10: 0077861876
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-10-27
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Challenging Assumptions. Just because we “think” something doesn’t make it true. Feist’s accessible approach to science helps students challenge their assumptions, understand research, and recognize that in Psychology, it’s not all black and white.

Virtually all students enter Introductory Psychology with preconceived notions—many of them incorrect. Psychology: Perspectives and Connections is designed to move students beyond what may seem obvious to them, to have them reevaluate the thoughts and beliefs they bring to the course. Feist & Rosenberg challenge students: Don’t believe everything you think! Students are encouraged to think critically and question preconceived notions, putting their ideas—and the ideas of others—to the test and understand that no one perspective tells the whole story.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to Psychology

2 Conducting Research in Psychology

3 The Biology of Behavior

4 Sensing and Perceiving Our World

5 Human Development

6 Consciousness

7 Memory

8 Learning

9 Language and Thought

10 Intelligence, Problem Solving, and Creativity

11 Motivation and Emotion

12 Stress and Health

13 Personality: The Uniqueness of the Individual

14 Social Behavior

15 Psychological Disorders

16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders