Experience Psychology - Brossura

King, Laura

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ISBN 10: 0073405477 ISBN 13: 9780073405476

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2009

Riassunto

Do you want your students to just take psychology or to experience psychology?

Experience Psychology is a first.

Its groundbreaking adaptive questioning diagnostic and personalized study plan help students “know what they know” while guiding them to experience and learn what they don’t know through engaging interactivities, exercises, and readings.

After all, to truly understand psychology and all its wonders, one must experience it firsthand. And, luckily, there are so many natural opportunities to do so.

Psychology is all around us―in our relationships, our homes, our communities, our schools, and our work. But linking everyday experiences to the academic discipline of Psychology is not always so easy. Laura King’s Experience Psychology was built to do just that.

Experience Psychology introduces function before dysfunction, building student awareness and understanding by looking first at typical, everyday behavior before delving into the less common―and likely less personally experienced―rare and abnormal.

Experience Psychology places the science of psychology and the research that helps students see the academic underpinnings at the forefront of the course and at the same time offers an abundance of applications that helps students connect the science of psychology to the world around them. At the same time, “Intersections” ensure students experience psychology as the interconnected discipline it is.

Experience Psychology helps students to perform to their maximum potential in and out of the classroom, fully engaging them in the content and experiences that comprise the world’s most popular undergraduate major.

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L'autore:

Laura King did her undergraduate work at Kenyon College, where, an English major, she declared a second major, in psychology, during the second semester of her junior year. She completed her A.B. in English with high honors and distinction and in psychology with distinction in 1986. Laura then did graduate work at Michigan State University and the University of California, Davis, receiving her Ph.D. in personality psychology in 1991.Laura began her career at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, moving to the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 2001, where she is now a professor. In addition to seminars in the development of character, social psychology, and personality psychology, she has taught undergraduate lecture courses in introductory psychology, introduction to personality psychology, and social psychology. At SMU, she received six different teaching awards, including the M award for sustained excellence in 1999. At the University of Missouri, she received the Chancellors Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity in 2004.Her research, which has been funded by the National Institutes for Mental Health, has focused on a variety of topics relevant to the question of what it is that makes for a good life. She has studied goals, life stories, happiness, well-being, and meaning in life. In general, her work reflects an enduring interest in studying what is good and healthy in people. In 2001, her research accomplishments were recognized by a Templeton Prize in positive psychology. Lauras research (often in collaboration with undergraduate and graduate students) has been published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Cognition and Emotion, the Journal of Personality, and other publications . A new paper on the place of regrets in maturity is forthcoming in the American Psychologist.Currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Research in Personality, Laura has also served as associate editor of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, as well as on numerous grant panels. She has edited or co-edited special sections of the Journal of Personality and the American Psychologist. In real life, Laura is an accomplished cook and enjoys listening to music (mostly jazz vocalists and singer-songwriters), gardening, and chasing Sam, her 3-year-old son.

Contenuti:

CHAPTER 1 - The Science of Psychology

Defining Psychology and Exploring its Roots

Contemporary Approaches to Psychology

Psychology's Scientific Method

Types of Psychological Research

Research Samples and Settings

Conducting Ethical Research

Learning About Psychology Means Learning About You

CHAPTER 2 - The Brain and Behavior

The Nervous System

Neurons

Structures of the Brain and Their Functions

The Endocrine System

Brain Damage, Plasticity, and Repair

Genetics and Behavior

CHAPTER 3 - Sensation and Perception

How We Sense and Perceive the World

The Visual System

The Auditory System

Other Senses

CHAPTER 4 - States of Consciousness

The Nature of Consciousness

Sleep and Dreams

Psychoactive Drugs

Hypnosis

Meditation

CHAPTER 5 - Learning

Types of Learning

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Observational Learning

Cognitive Factors in Learning

Biological, Cultural, and Psychological Factors in Learning

CHAPTER 6 - Memory

The Nature of Memory

Memory Encoding

Memory Storage

Memory Retrieval

Forgetting

Tips from the Science of Memory, for Studying and for Life

CHAPTER 7 - Thinking, Intelligence, and Language

The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology

Thinking

Intelligence

Language

CHAPTER 8 - Human Development

Exploring Human Development

Child Development

Adolescence

Emerging Adulthood, Adult Development, and Aging

CHAPTER 9 - Motivation

Theories of Motivation

Hunger and Sex

Beyond Hunger and Sex: Approaches to Motivation in Everyday Life

Emotion

Motivation and Emotion: The Pursuit of Happiness

CHAPTER 10 - Personality

Psychodynamic Perspectives

Humanistic Perspectives

Trait Perspectives

Personological and Life Story Perspectives

Social Cognitive Perspectives

Biological Perspectives

Personality Assessment

CHAPTER 11 - Social Psychology

Social Cognition

Social Behavior

Social Influence

Intergroup Relations

Close Relationships

CHAPTER 12 - Psychological Disorders

Defining and Explaining Abnormal Behavior

Anxiety Disorders

Mood Disorders

Eating Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

Schizophrenia

Personality Disorders

Combating Stigma

CHAPTER 13 - Therapies

Biological Therapies

Psychotherapy

Sociocultural Approaches and Issues in Treatment

The Effectiveness of Psycho therapy

CHAPTER 14 - Health Psychology

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

Making Positive Life Changes

Resources for Effective Life Change

Toward a Healthier Mind (and Body): Controlling Stress

Toward a Healthier Body (and Mind): Behaving as If Your Life Depends upon It

Psychology and Your Good Life

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0073405477
• ISBN 13: 9780073405476
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 510