Introduction to Psychology-PSYC201

by Kristee Davis

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. Preface
  7. 1: Introduction to Psychology
  8. 1.1: Introduction
  9. 1.2: What Is Psychology?
  10. 1.3: History of Psychology
  11. 1.4: Contemporary Psychology
  12. 1.5: Careers in Psychology
  13. 1.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  14. 1.7: Key Terms
  15. 1.8: Personal Application Questions
  16. 1.9: Review Questions
  17. 1.10: Summary
  18. 2: Psychological Research
  19. 2.1: Introduction
  20. 2.2: Why Is Research Important?
  21. 2.3: Approaches to Research
  22. 2.4: Analyzing Findings
  23. 2.5: Ethics
  24. 2.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  25. 2.7: Key Terms
  26. 2.8: Personal Application Questions
  27. 2.9: Review Questions
  28. 2.10: Summary
  29. 3: Biopsychology
  30. 3.1: Introduction
  31. 3.2: Human Genetics
  32. 3.3: Cells of the Nervous System
  33. 3.4: Parts of the Nervous System
  34. 3.5: The Brain and Spinal Cord
  35. 3.6: The Endocrine System
  36. 3.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  37. 3.8: Key Terms
  38. 3.9: Personal Application Questions
  39. 3.10: Review Questions
  40. 3.11: Summary
  41. 4: States of Consciousness
  42. 4.1: Introduction
  43. 4.2: What Is Consciousness?
  44. 4.3: Sleep and Why We Sleep
  45. 4.4: Stages of Sleep
  46. 4.5: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  47. 4.6: Substance Use and Abuse
  48. 4.7: Other States of Consciousness
  49. 4.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  50. 4.9: Key Terms
  51. 4.10: Personal Application Questions
  52. 4.11: Review Questions
  53. 4.12: Summary
  54. 5: Learning
  55. 5.1: What Is Learning?
  56. 5.2: Classical Conditioning
  57. 5.3: Operant Conditioning
  58. 5.4: Observational Learning (Modeling)
  59. 5.5: Critical Thinking Questions
  60. 5.6: Introduction
  61. 5.7: Key Terms
  62. 5.8: Personal Application Questions
  63. 5.9: Review Questions
  64. 5.10: Summary
  65. 6: Thinking and Intelligence
  66. 6.1: What Is Cognition?
  67. 6.2: Language
  68. 6.3: Problem Solving
  69. 6.4: What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
  70. 6.5: Measures of Intelligence
  71. 6.6: The Source of Intelligence
  72. 6.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  73. 6.8: Introduction
  74. 6.9: Key Terms
  75. 6.10: Personal Application Questions
  76. 6.11: Review Questions
  77. 6.12: Summary
  78. 7: Lifespan Development
  79. 7.1: What Is Lifespan Development?
  80. 7.2: Lifespan Theories
  81. 7.3: Stages of Development
  82. 7.4: Death and Dying
  83. 7.5: Critical Thinking Questions
  84. 7.6: Introduction
  85. 7.7: Key Terms
  86. 7.8: Personal Application Questions
  87. 7.9: Review Questions
  88. 7.10: Summary
  89. 8: Emotion and Motivation
  90. 8.1: Motivation
  91. 8.2: Hunger and Eating
  92. 8.3: Sexual Behavior
  93. 8.4: Emotion
  94. 8.5: Critical Thinking Questions
  95. 8.6: Introduction
  96. 8.7: Key Terms
  97. 8.8: Personal Application Questions
  98. 8.9: Review Questions
  99. 8.10: Summary
  100. 9: Personality
  101. 9.1: What Is Personality?
  102. 9.2: Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
  103. 9.3: Neo-Freudians- Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
  104. 9.4: Learning Approaches
  105. 9.5: Humanistic Approaches
  106. 9.6: Biological Approaches
  107. 9.7: Trait Theorists
  108. 9.8: Cultural Understandings of Personality
  109. 9.9: Personality Assessment
  110. 9.10: Critical Thinking Questions
  111. 9.11: Introduction
  112. 9.12: Key Terms
  113. 9.13: Personal Application Questions
  114. 9.14: Review Questions
  115. 9.15: Summary
  116. 10: Social Psychology
  117. 10.1: What Is Social Psychology?
  118. 10.2: Self-presentation
  119. 10.3: Attitudes and Persuasion
  120. 10.4: Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
  121. 10.5: Prejudice and Discrimination
  122. 10.6: Aggression
  123. 10.7: Prosocial Behavior
  124. 10.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  125. 10.9: Introduction
  126. 10.10: Key Terms
  127. 10.11: Personal Application Questions
  128. 10.12: Review Questions
  129. 10.13: Summary
  130. 11: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  131. 11.1: What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
  132. 11.2: Industrial Psychology - Selecting and Evaluating Employees
  133. 11.3: Organizational Psychology - The Social Dimension of Work
  134. 11.4: Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
  135. 11.5: Critical Thinking Questions
  136. 11.6: Introduction
  137. 11.7: Key Terms
  138. 11.8: Personal Application Questions
  139. 11.9: Review Questions
  140. 11.10: Summary
  141. 12: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
  142. 12.1: What Is Stress?
  143. 12.2: Stressors
  144. 12.3: Stress and Illness
  145. 12.4: Regulation of Stress
  146. 12.5: The Pursuit of Happiness
  147. 12.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  148. 12.7: Introduction
  149. 12.8: Key Terms
  150. 12.9: Personal Application Questions
  151. 12.10: Review Questions
  152. 12.11: Summary
  153. 13: Psychological Disorders
  154. 13.1: Disorders in Childhood
  155. 13.2: Personality Disorders
  156. 13.3: What Are Psychological Disorders?
  157. 13.4: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  158. 13.5: Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
  159. 13.6: Anxiety Disorders
  160. 13.7: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  161. 13.8: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  162. 13.9: Mood and Related Disorders
  163. 13.10: Schizophrenia
  164. 13.11: Dissociative Disorders
  165. 13.12: Critical Thinking Questions
  166. 13.13: Introduction
  167. 13.14: Key Terms
  168. 13.15: Personal Application Questions
  169. 13.16: Review Questions
  170. 13.17: Summary
  171. 14: Therapy and Treatment
  172. 14.1: Mental Health Treatment - Past and Present
  173. 14.2: Types of Treatment
  174. 14.3: Treatment Modalities
  175. 14.4: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders - A Special Case
  176. 14.5: The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
  177. 14.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  178. 14.7: Introduction
  179. 14.8: Key Terms
  180. 14.9: Personal Application Questions
  181. 14.10: Review Questions
  182. 14.11: Summary
  183. 15: Supplemental Material
  184. Back Matter
  185. Index
  186. Glossary
  187. Detailed Licensing
  188. Detailed Licensing