Introduction To Psychology - Brossura

Wallace, Patricia M; Goldstein, Jeffrey H

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0697235645 ISBN 13: 9780697235640

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1996

Riassunto

Authors Wallace and Goldstein present a complete introduction to psychology in a concise 16-chapter length. The fourth edition is more engaging than ever with a full color design!

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Contenuti:

1 Psychology: Applications

Chapter Outline*

Learning Objectives*

Psychology: A Subject for and about People

Guided Review*

The Psychological Approach to Behavior

Research Strategies

The Roots of Psychology

Modern Perspectives in Psychology

Applying Psychology

Guided Review*

Summary*

Action

Glossary*

Self-Test*

Thinking about Psychology*

2 Biological Bases of Behavior

Introduction*

The Neuron: Building Block of the Nervous System

The Central Nervous System

The Peripheral Nervous System

The Endocrine System

When Things Go Wrong: Malfunctions in the Nervous System

Hemispheric Asymmetry

3 The Psychology of Consciousness

The Study of Normal Consciousness

Biological Rhythms, Sleep, and Dreams

Hypnosis

Chemical Alterations in Consciousness

4 Sensation and Perception

General Features of the Sensory Systems

Vision

Audition

The Sense of Touch

Smell and Taste: The Chemical Senses

Perception

Extrasensory Perception

5 Learning

What Is Learning? Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Learning and Cognition

The Limits of Learning

6 Remembering and Forgetting

The Three Memory Systems

Retrieving Information

The Malleability of Memory

Biological Basis of Learning and Memory

Improving Your Memory

7 Communication and Cognition Cognition

Communication

Intelligence

Problem Solving

8 Motivation and Emotion

Motivation--A Description

Human Motives: Four Examples

Emotions

9 Life-Span Development: Infancy and Childhood

The Study of Human Development

The Forces that Shape Development

Birth and Infancy

Childhood

10 Life-Span Development: Adolescence and Adulthood

Adolescence

Early and Middle Adulthood

Later Adulthood

11 Personality

Personality: What Is It?

Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality

Neo-Freudian Theories of Personality

Learning Theories of Personality

Humanistic Theories of Personality

Similarities and Differences Among Theories of Personality

Assessment of Personality

12 Abnormal Psychology

Defining Abnormality

Classifying Psychological Disorders

Categories of Abnormal Behavior

13 Psychotherapy

Treating Abnormal Behavior

Psychoanalysis

Behavior Therapy

Roger's Person-Centered Therapy

Group Treatment

Biomedical Therapies

Which Treatment for Which Disorder?

Community Psychology and Prevention

14 Health Psychology

Psychology and Medicine

Stress, Coping, and Illness

Stress "Buffers"

Heart Disease, Cancer, and AIDS

Compliance and Healthy Lifestyles

15 Social Behavior

Social Comparison

Social Perception and Attribution

Interpersonal Attraction

Social Influence

Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior

Group Processes

16 Applying Psychology

Work and the Individual: Industrial and Organizational Psychology

The Nature of Organizations

Human Factors

Environmental Psychology

Sports Psychology

Psychology and Education

Product Description:

Book by Wallace Patricia M Goldstein Jeffrey H

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0697235645
• ISBN 13: 9780697235640
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 4
• Numero di pagine: 608