Invitation to Psychology

Abstract

1. What Is Psychology? The Science of Psychology. What Psychologists Do. Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology. Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts. Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships. The Experiment: Hunting for Causes. Evaluating the Findings. I. YOUR SELF. 2. Theories of Personality. Psychodynamic Theories of Personality. The Modern Study of Personality. The Genetic Contribution. Environmental Influences on Personality. Cultural Influences on Personality. The Inner Experience. 3. Development over the Life Span. From Conception Through the First Year. Cognitive Development. Moral Development. Gender Development. Adolescence. Adulthood. Are Adults Prisoners of Childhood? II. YOUR BODY. 4. Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain. The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint. Communication in the Nervous System. Mapping the Brain. A Tour Through the Brain. The Two Hemispheres of the Brain. Two Stubborn Issues in Brain Research. 5. Consciousness: Body Rhythms and Mental States. Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience. The Rhythms of Sleep. Exploring the Dream World. The Riddle of Hypnosis. Consciousness-Altering Drugs. 6. Sensation and Perception. Our Sensational Senses. Vision. Hearing. Other Senses. The Mystery of Pain. Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences. Puzzles of Perception. III. YOUR MIND. 7. Thinking and Intelligence. Thought: Using What We Know. Reasoning Rationally. Barriers to Reasoning Rationally. Intelligence. The Origins of Intelligence. Animal Minds. 8. Memory. Reconstructing the Past. Memory and the Power of Suggestion. In Pursuit of Memory. The Three-Box Model of Memory. How We Remember. Why We Forget. Autobiographical Memories. IV. YOUR ENVIRONMENT. 9. Learning. Classical Conditioning. Classical Conditioning in Real Life. Operant Conditioning. Operant Conditioning in Real Life. Learning and the Mind. 10. Behavior in Social and Cultural Context. Roles and Rules. Social Influences on Beliefs. Individuals in Groups. Us Versus Them: Group Identity. Group Conflict and Prejudice. V. YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. 11. Psychological Disorders. Defining and Diagnosing Disorder. Anxiety Disorders. Mood Disorders. Personality Disorders. Drug Abuse and Addiction. Dissociative Identity Disorder. Schizophrenia. 12. Approaches to Treatment and Therapy. Biological Treatments for Mental Disorders. Kinds of Psychotherapy. Evaluating Psychotherapy. VI. YOUR LIFE. 13. Emotion, Stress, and Health. The Nature of Emotion. Emotion and Culture. The Nature of Stress. Stress and Emotion. Emotions, Stress, and Health: How to Cope. 14. The Major Motives of Life: Love, Sex, Food, and Work. The Social Animal: Motives for Love. The Erotic Animal: Motives for Sex. The Hungry Animal: Motives to Eat. The Competent Animal: Motives to Achieve. Motives, Values and Well-Being. Appendix: Statistical Methods.

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