Exploring Psychology in Modules

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Edition: 12th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2021-11-01
Publisher(s): Worth Publishers
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Table of Contents

Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 1: The History and Scope of Psychology
Module 2: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

The Biology of Behavior
Module 3: Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 4: The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
Module 5: Brain Regions and Structures
Module 6: Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres
Module 7: Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 8: Consciousness: Some Basic Concepts
Module 9: Sleep and Dreams
Module 10: Drugs and Consciousness

Developing Through the Life Span
Module 11: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 12: Infancy and Childhood
Module 13: Adolescence
Module 14: Adulthood

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Module 15: Gender Development
Module 16: Human Sexuality

Sensation and Perception
Module 17: Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 18: Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 19: Hearing, Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses

Learning
Module 20: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 21: Operant Conditioning
Module 22: Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Memory
Module 23: Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 24: Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 25: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 26: Thinking
Module 27: Language and Thought
Module 28: Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
Module 29: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Motivation and Emotion
Module 30: Basic Motivational Concepts, Affiliation, and Achievement
Module 31: Hunger
Module 32: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Module 33: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion

Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing
Module 34: Stress and Illness
Module 35: Health and Happiness

Social Psychology
Module 36: Social Thinking and Social Influence
Module 37: Antisocial Relations
Module 38: Prosocial Relations

Personality
Module 39: Classic Perspectives on Personality
Module 40: Contemporary Perspectives on Personality

Psychological Disorders
Module 41: Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders
Module 42: Anxiety-Related Disorders
Module 43: Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
Module 44: Schizophrenia
Module 45: Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
Module 46: Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Therapy
Module 47: Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Module 48: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 49: The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

Appendix A: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Describing Data

  • Measures of Central Tendency
  • Measures of Variation
  • Correlation: A Measure of Relationships

Significant Differences

Appendix B: Psychology at Work
Work and Life Satisfaction

  • Flow at Work
  • Finding Your Own Flow, and Matching Interests to Work

Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Personnel Psychology

  • Using Strengths for Successful Selection
  • Do Interviews Predict Performance?
  • Appraising Performance

Organizational Psychology

  • Satisfaction and Engagement at Work
  • Effective Leadership

Human Factors Psychology

Appendix C: The Story of Psychology: A Timeline

Appendix D: Career Fields in Psychology

Appendix E: Complete Module Reviews

Appendix F: Answers to the Retrieve It and Experience the Testing Effect Questions

Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index

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