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- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- About Revel and This Course
- About the Authors
- Psychology in Action Secrets for Surviving College and Improving Your Grades
- PIA.1 Study Skills
- PIA.2 Managing Time and Tasks
- PIA.3 Reading the Text: Textbooks Are Not Meatloaf
- Survey
- Question
- Read
- Recite
- Recall/Review
- PIA.4 Getting the Most Out of Lectures
- PIA.5 Studying for Exams: Cramming Is Not an Option
- PIA.6 Improving Your Memory
- PIA.7 Writing Papers
- Pia.8 Your Ethical Responsibility as a Student
- 1 The Science of Psychology
- 1.1–1.2 the History of Psychology
- 1.1 In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James
- 1.2 Three Influential Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, and Behaviorism
- 1.3–1.4 the Field of Psychology Today
- 1.3 Modern Perspectives
- 1.4 Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization
- 1.5–1.10 Scientific Research
- 1.5 Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking
- 1.6 the Scientific Approach
- 1.7 Descriptive Methods
- 1.8 Correlations: Finding Relationships
- 1.9 The Experiment
- 1.10 Experimental Hazards and Controlling for Effects
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry andCritical Thinking
- 1.11–1.12 Ethics of Psychological Research
- 1.11 the Guidelines for Doing Research with People
- 1.12 Animal Research
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Critical Thinking and Social Media
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 2 The Biological Perspective
- 2.1–2.3 Neurons and Neurotransmitters
- 2.1 Structure of the Neuron: the Nervous System’s Building Block
- 2.2 Generating the Message Within the Neuron: the Neural Impulse
- 2.3 Neurotransmission
- 2.4–2.5 Looking Inside the Living Brain
- 2.4 Methods for Studying Specific Regions of the Brain
- 2.5 Neuroimaging Techniques
- 2.6–2.10 From the Bottom Up: The Structures of the Brain
- 2.6 The Hindbrain
- 2.7 Structures Under the Cortex: The Limbic System
- 2.8 The Cortex
- 2.9 The Association Areas of the Cortex
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Through the Looking Glass—Spatial Neglect
- 2.10 The Cerebral Hemispheres
- 2.11–2.12 The Nervous System: the Rest of the Story
- 2.11 The Central Nervous System: The “Central Processing Unit”
- 2.12 The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge
- 2.13–2.14 the Endocrine Glands
- 2.13 the Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe
- 2.14 Other Endocrine Glands
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Phineas Gage and Neuroplasticity
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Minimizing the Impact of Adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 3 Sensation and Perception
- 3.1–3.3 The Abcs of Sensation
- 3.1 Transduction
- 3.2 Sensory Thresholds
- 3.3 Habituation and Sensory Adaptation
- 3.4–3.6 The Science of Seeing
- 3.4 Light and the Eye
- 3.5 The Visual Pathway
- 3.6 Perception of Color
- 3.7–3.9 The Hearing Sense: Can You Hear Me Now?
- 3.7 Sound Waves and the Ear
- 3.8 Perceiving Pitch
- 3.9 Types of Hearing Impairments
- 3.10–3.11 Chemical Senses: It Tastes Good and Smells Even Better
- 3.10 Gustation: How We Taste the World
- 3.11 The Sense of Scents: Olfaction
- 3.12–3.13 The Other Senses: What the Body Knows
- 3.12 Somesthetic Senses
- 3.13 Body Movement and Position
- 3.14–3.16 The Abcs of Perception
- 3.14 How We Organize Our Perceptions
- 3.15 Depth Perception
- 3.16 Perceptual Illusions
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Perceptual Influences on Metacognition
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Using Your Senses to Be More Mindful
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 4 Consciousness
- 4.1–4.2 What Is Consciousness?
- 4.1 Definition of Consciousness
- 4.2 Altered States of Consciousness
- 4.3–4.6 Sleep
- 4.3 The Biology of Sleep
- 4.4 Why We Sleep
- 4.5 The Stages of Sleep
- 4.6 Sleep Disorders
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Weight Gain and Sleep
- 4.7–4.8 Dreams
- 4.7 Why Do We Dream?
- 4.8 What Do People Dream About?
- 4.9–4.10 Hypnosis
- 4.9 How Hypnosis Works
- 4.10 Theories of Hypnosis
- 4.11–4.14 The Influence of Psychoactive Drugs
- 4.11 Dependence
- 4.12 Stimulants: Up, Up, and Away
- 4.13 Down in the Valley: Depressants
- 4.14 Hallucinogens: Higher and Higher
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Can You Really Multitask?
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 5 Learning
- 5.1 Definition of Learning
- 5.2–5.3 It Makes Your Mouth Water: Classical Conditioning
- 5.2 Pavlov and the Salivating Dogs
- 5.3 Classical Conditioning Applied to Human Behavior
- 5.4–5.9 What’s in It for Me? Operant Conditioning
- 5.4 The Contributions of Thorndike and Skinner
- 5.5 The Concept of Reinforcement
- 5.6 Schedules of Reinforcement: Why the One-armed Bandit Is So Seductive
- 5.7 The Role of Punishment in Operant Conditioning
- 5.8 Other Aspects of Operant Conditioning
- 5.9 Applications of Operant Conditioning: Shaping and Behavior Modification
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Biological Constraints on Operant Conditioning
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child?
- 5.10–5.12 Cognitive Learning Theory
- 5.10 Tolman’s Maze-running Rats: Latent Learning
- 5.11 Köhler’s Smart Chimp: Insight Learning
- 5.12 Seligman’s Depressed Dogs: Learned Helplessness
- 5.13–5.14 Observational Learning
- 5.13 Bandura and the Bobo Doll
- 5.14 The Four Elements of Observational Learning
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Conditioning in the Real World
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 6 Memory
- 6.1–6.2 What Is Memory?
- 6.1 Three Processes of Memory
- 6.2 Models of Memory
- 6.3–6.5 The Information-processing Model: Three Memory Systems
- 6.3 Sensory Memory: Why Do People Do Double Takes?
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Sperling’s Iconic Memory Test
- 6.4 Short-Term Memory
- 6.5 Long-Term Memory
- 6.6–6.9 Getting It Out: Retrieval of Long-term Memories
- 6.6 Retrieval Cues
- 6.7 Recall and Recognition
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Elizabeth Loftus and Eyewitnesses
- 6.8 Automatic Encoding: Flashbulb Memories
- 6.9 The Reconstructive Nature of Long-Term Memory Retrieval: How Reliable Are Memories?
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Effects of Supplements on Memory
- 6.10–6.11 What Were We Talking About? Forgetting
- 6.10 Ebbinghaus and the Forgetting Curve
- 6.11 Reasons We Forget
- 6.12–6.13 Neuroscience of Memory
- 6.12 The Biological Bases of Memory
- 6.13 When Memory Fails: Organic Amnesia
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Using Elaborative Rehearsal to Make Memories More Memorable
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 7 Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
- 7.1–7.5 How People Think
- 7.1 Mental Imagery
- 7.2 Concepts and Prototypes
- 7.3 Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Strategies
- 7.4 Problems with Problem Solving and Decision Making
- 7.5 Creativity
- 7.6–7.10 Intelligence
- 7.6 Theories of Intelligence
- 7.7 Measuring Intelligence
- 7.8 Test Construction: Good Test, Bad Test?
- 7.9 Individual Differences in Intelligence
- 7.10 The Nature/nurture Issue Regarding Intelligence
- 7.11–7.14 Language
- 7.11 The Levels of Language Analysis
- 7.12 Development of Language
- 7.13 The Relationship Between Language and Thought
- 7.14 Animal Studies in Language
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: A Cognitive Advantage for Bilingual Individual
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Recognizing Cognitive Biases
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 8 Development Across the Life Span
- 8.1–8.3 Studying Human Development
- 8.1 Research Designs
- 8.2 Nature and Nurture
- 8.3 The Basic Building Blocks of Development
- 8.4–8.5 Prenatal Development
- 8.4 Fertilization
- 8.5 Three Stages of Development
- 8.6–8.8 Infancy and Childhood Development
- 8.6 Physical Development
- Classic Studies in Psychology: The Visual Cliff
- 8.7 Cognitive Development
- 8.8 Psychosocial Development
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Harlow and Contact Comfort
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: The Facts About Immunizations
- 8.9–8.11 Adolescence
- 8.9 Physical Development
- 8.10 Cognitive Development
- 8.11 Psychosocial Development
- 8.12–8.17 Adulthood and Aging
- 8.12 Physical Development: Use It or Lose It
- 8.13 Cognitive Development
- 8.14 Psychosocial Development
- 8.15 Theories of Physical and Psychological Aging
- 8.16 Stages of Death and Dying
- 8.17 Death and Dying in Other Cultures
- 9 Motivation and Emotion
- 9.1–9.5 Understanding Motivation
- 9.1 Defining Motivation
- 9.2 Early Approaches to Understanding Motivation
- 9.3 Different Strokes for Different Folks: Psychological Needs
- 9.4 Arousal and Incentive Approaches
- 9.5 Humanistic Approaches
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Cultural Differences in the Use of Praise as a
- 9.6–9.7 What, Hungry Again? Why People Eat
- 9.6 Physiological and Social Components of Hunger
- 9.7 Obesity
- 9.8–9.10 Emotion
- 9.8 The Three Elements of Emotion
- 9.9 Early Theories of Emotion
- 9.10 Cognitive Theories of Emotion
- Classic Studies in Psychology: The Angry/Happy Man
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: What Is Holding You Back from Keeping Track?
- 10 Sexuality and Gender
- 10.1–10.2 The Physical Side of Human Sexuality
- 10.1 The Primary and Secondary Sex Characteristics
- 10.2 The Development of Sex Characteristics
- 10.3–10.5 The Psychological Side of Human Sexuality: Gender
- 10.3 Gender Identity
- 10.4 Gender-Role Development
- 10.5 Sex Differences
- 10.6–10.8 Human Sexual Behavior
- 10.6 Sexual Response
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Masters and Johnson’s Observational Study of the Human Sexual Respo
- 10.7 Different Types of Sexual Behavior
- 10.8 Sexual Orientation
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Sexting and Sex in Adolescents
- 10.9 Sexual Health
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Avoiding Myths About Sexuality and Sexual Behavior
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 11 Stress and Health
- 11.1–11.3 Stress and Stressors
- 11.1 The Relationship Between Stress and Stressors
- 11.2 Environmental Stressors: Life’s Ups and Downs
- 11.3 Psychological Stressors: What, Me Worry?
- 11.4–11.9 Physiological Factors: Stress and Health
- 11.4 The General Adaptation Syndrome
- 11.5 The Immune System and Stress
- 11.6 Health Psychology
- 11.7 Cognitive Factors in Stress
- 11.8 Personality Factors in Stress
- 11.9 Social and Cultural Factors in Stress: People Who Need People
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Homeopathy: An Illusion of Healing
- 11.10–11.13 Coping with Stress
- 11.10 Coping Strategies
- 11.11 How Social Support Affects Coping
- 11.12 How Culture Affects Coping
- 11.13 How Religion Affects Coping
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Coping with Stress in College
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 12 Social Psychology
- 12.1–12.4 Social Influence
- 12.1 Conformity
- 12.2 Group Behavior
- 12.3 Compliance
- 12.4 Obedience
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Cults and the Failure of Critical Thinking
- 12.5–12.9 Social Cognition
- 12.5 Attitudes
- 12.6 Attitude Change: The Art of Persuasion
- 12.7 Cognitive Dissonance: When Attitudes and Behavior Clash
- 12.8 Impression Formation
- 12.9 Attribution
- 12.10–12.15 Social Interaction
- 12.10 Prejudice and Discrimination
- 12.11 How People Learn and Overcome Prejudice
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes
- 12.12 Interpersonal Attraction
- 12.13 Love Is a Triangle—Robert Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love
- 12.14 Aggression
- 12.15 Prosocial Behavior
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Looking at Groups
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 13 Theories of Personality
- 13.1 Theories of Personality
- 13.2–13.5 Psychodynamic Perspectives
- 13.2 Freud’s Conception of Personality
- 13.3 Stages of Personality Development
- 13.4 The Neo-Freudians
- 13.5 Current Thoughts on Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
- 13.6–13.7 The Behavioral and Social Cognitive View of Personality
- 13.6 Learning Theories
- 13.7 Current Thoughts on the Behavioral and Social Cognitive Learning Views
- 13.8–13.9 The Third Force: Humanism and Personality
- 13.8 Carl Rogers and the Humanistic Perspective
- 13.9 Current Thoughts on the Humanistic View of Personality
- 13.10–13.12 Trait Theories: Who Are You?
- 13.10 Allport and Cattell: Early Attempts to List and Describe Traits
- 13.11 Modern Trait Theories: the Big Five
- 13.12 Current Thoughts on the Trait Perspective
- 13.13–13.15 Personality: Genetics, Neuroscience, and Culture
- 13.13 The Biology of Personality: Behavioral Genetics
- 13.14 The Biology of Personality: Neuroscience
- 13.15 Current Thoughts on the Heritability and Neuroscience of Personality
- Classic Studies in Psychology: Geert Hofstede’s Four Dimensions of Cultural Personality
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Personality, Family, and Culture
- 13.16–13.17 Assessment of Personality
- 13.16 Interviews, Behavioral Assessments, and Personality Inventories
- 13.17 Projective Tests
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Informally Assessing Personality
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 14 Psychological Disorders
- 14.1–14.3 What Is Abnormality?
- 14.1 Changing Conceptions of Abnormality
- 14.2 Models of Abnormality
- 14.3 Diagnosing and Classifying Disorders
- 14.4–14.5 Disorders of Mood: the Effect of Affect
- 14.4 Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorders
- 14.5 Causes of Disordered Mood
- 14.6–14.8 Disorders of Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress: What, Me Worry?
- 14.6 Anxiety Disorders
- 14.7 Other Disorders Related to Anxiety
- 14.8 Causes of Anxiety, Trauma, and Stress Disorders
- 14.9–14.10 Dissociative Disorders: Altered Identities
- 14.9 Types of Dissociative Disorders
- 14.10 Causes of Dissociative Disorders
- 14.11–14.12 Eating Disorders and Sexual Dysfunction
- 14.11 Eating Disorders
- 14.12 Sexual Dysfunctions and Problems
- 14.13–14.14 Personality Disorders: I’m Okay, It’s Everyone Else Who’s Weird
- 14.13 Categories of Personality Disorders
- 14.14 Causes of Personality Disorders
- 14.15–14.16 Schizophrenia: Altered Reality
- 14.15 Symptoms of Schizophrenia
- 14.16 Causes of Schizophrenia
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Learning More: Psychological Disorders
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Taking the Worry Out of Exams
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- 15 Psychological Therapies
- 15.1 Treatment of Psychological Disorders: Past to Present
- 15.2–15.3 Insight Therapies: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Approaches
- 15.2 Psychotherapy Begins: Freud’s Psychoanalysis
- 15.3 Humanistic Therapy: To Err is Human
- 15.4–15.5 Action Therapies: Behavior Therapies and Cognitive Therapies
- 15.4 Behavior Therapies: Learning One’s Way to Better Behavior
- 15.5 Cognitive Therapies: Thinking Is Believing
- 15.6–15.7 Group Therapies: Not Just for the Shy
- 15.6 Types of Group Therapies
- 15.7 Evaluation of Group Therapy
- 15.8–15.9 Does Psychotherapy Really Work?
- 15.8 Studies of Effectiveness
- 15.9 Characteristics of Effective Therapy
- APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: Does It Work? Psychological Treatment
- 15.10–15.12 Biomedical Therapies
- 15.10 Psychopharmacology
- 15.11 ECT and Psychosurgery
- 15.12 Emerging Techniques
- 15.13 Lifestyle Factors: Fostering Resilience
- Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: How to Help Others: Reducing the Stigma of Seeking Help
- Chapter Summary
- Test Yourself
- Appendix A Statistics in Psychology
- Appendix B Applied Psychology and Psychology Careers
- Appendix C Industrialorganizational Psychology
- Glossary
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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