General Psychology

by Antoniette Aizon

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Madera Community College
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Social Sciences
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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Preface of the Book
  7. 1.1: InfoPage
  8. 1.2: Preface- About the Content
  9. 1.3: Table of Contents
  10. 1.4: Licensing
  11. 2: Foundations of Psychology
  12. 2.1: Introduction
  13. 2.2: What Is Psychology?
  14. 2.3: History of Psychology
  15. 2.4: Contemporary Psychology
  16. 2.5: Careers in Psychology
  17. 2.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  18. 2.7: Key Terms
  19. 2.8: Personal Application Questions
  20. 2.9: Review Questions
  21. 2.10: Summary
  22. 3: Psychological Research
  23. 3.1: Introduction
  24. 3.2: Why Is Research Important?
  25. 3.3: Approaches to Research
  26. 3.4: Analyzing Findings
  27. 3.5: Ethics
  28. 3.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  29. 3.7: Key Terms
  30. 3.8: Personal Application Questions
  31. 3.9: Review Questions
  32. 3.10: Summary
  33. 4: Biopsychology
  34. 4.1: Introduction
  35. 4.2: Human Genetics
  36. 4.3: Cells of the Nervous System
  37. 4.4: Parts of the Nervous System
  38. 4.5: The Brain and Spinal Cord
  39. 4.6: The Endocrine System
  40. 4.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  41. 4.8: Key Terms
  42. 4.9: Personal Application Questions
  43. 4.10: Review Questions
  44. 4.11: Summary
  45. 5: Sensation and Perception
  46. 5.1: Introduction
  47. 5.2: Sensation versus Perception
  48. 5.3: Waves and Wavelengths
  49. 5.4: Vision
  50. 5.5: Hearing
  51. 5.6: The Other Senses
  52. 5.7: Gestalt Principles of Perception
  53. 5.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  54. 5.9: Key Terms
  55. 5.10: Personal Application Questions
  56. 5.11: Review Questions
  57. 5.12: Summary
  58. 6: Consciousness
  59. 6.1: Introduction
  60. 6.2: What Is Consciousness?
  61. 6.3: Sleep and Why We Sleep
  62. 6.4: Stages of Sleep
  63. 6.5: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  64. 6.6: Substance Use and Abuse
  65. 6.7: Other States of Consciousness
  66. 6.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  67. 6.9: Key Terms
  68. 6.10: Personal Application Questions
  69. 6.11: Review Questions
  70. 6.12: Summary
  71. 7: Cognition- Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
  72. 7.1: Introduction
  73. 7.2: What Is Cognition?
  74. 7.3: Language
  75. 7.4: Problem Solving
  76. 7.5: What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
  77. 7.6: Measures of Intelligence
  78. 7.7: The Source of Intelligence
  79. 7.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  80. 7.9: Key Terms
  81. 7.10: Personal Application Questions
  82. 7.11: Review Questions
  83. 7.12: Summary
  84. 8: Learning and Memory
  85. 8.1: Introduction Learning
  86. 8.2: What Is Learning?
  87. 8.3: Classical Conditioning
  88. 8.4: Operant Conditioning
  89. 8.5: Observational Learning (Modeling)
  90. 8.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  91. 8.7: Key Terms
  92. 8.8: Personal Application Questions
  93. 8.9: Review Questions
  94. 8.10: Summary
  95. 8.11: Introduction Memory
  96. 8.12: How Memory Functions
  97. 8.13: Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
  98. 8.14: Problems with Memory
  99. 8.15: Ways to Enhance Memory
  100. 8.16: Critical Thinking Questions
  101. 8.17: Key Terms
  102. 8.18: Personal Application Questions
  103. 8.19: Review Questions
  104. 8.20: Summary
  105. 9: Lifespan Development and Gender
  106. 9.1: Introduction
  107. 9.2: What Is Lifespan Development?
  108. 9.3: Lifespan Theories
  109. 9.4: Stages of Development
  110. 9.5: Death and Dying
  111. 9.6: Gender
  112. 9.7: Cultural Diversity and Gender Norms
  113. 9.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  114. 9.9: Key Terms
  115. 9.10: Personal Application Questions
  116. 9.11: Review Questions
  117. 9.12: Summary
  118. 10: Emotion, Motivation, and Sexuality
  119. 10.1: Introduction
  120. 10.2: Motivation
  121. 10.3: Hunger and Eating
  122. 10.4: Sexual Behavior
  123. 10.5: Emotion
  124. 10.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  125. 10.7: Key Terms
  126. 10.8: Personal Application Questions
  127. 10.9: Review Questions
  128. 10.10: Summary
  129. 11: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
  130. 11.1: Introduction
  131. 11.2: What Is Stress?
  132. 11.3: Stressors
  133. 11.4: Stress and Illness
  134. 11.5: Regulation of Stress
  135. 11.6: The Pursuit of Happiness
  136. 11.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  137. 11.8: Key Terms
  138. 11.9: Personal Application Questions
  139. 11.10: Review Questions
  140. 11.11: Summary
  141. 12: Theories of Personality
  142. 12.1: Introduction
  143. 12.2: What Is Personality?
  144. 12.3: Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
  145. 12.4: Neo-Freudians- Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
  146. 12.5: Learning Approaches
  147. 12.6: Humanistic Approaches
  148. 12.7: Biological Approaches
  149. 12.8: Trait Theorists
  150. 12.9: Cultural Understandings of Personality
  151. 12.10: Personality Assessment
  152. 12.11: Critical Thinking Questions
  153. 12.12: Key Terms
  154. 12.13: Personal Application Questions
  155. 12.14: Review Questions
  156. 12.15: Summary
  157. 13: Social Psychology
  158. 13.1: Introduction
  159. 13.2: What Is Social Psychology?
  160. 13.3: Self-presentation
  161. 13.4: Attitudes and Persuasion
  162. 13.5: Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
  163. 13.6: Prejudice and Discrimination
  164. 13.7: Aggression
  165. 13.8: Prosocial Behavior
  166. 13.9: Critical Thinking Questions
  167. 13.10: Key Terms
  168. 13.11: Personal Application Questions
  169. 13.12: Review Questions
  170. 13.13: Summary
  171. 14: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  172. 14.1: Introduction
  173. 14.2: What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
  174. 14.3: Industrial Psychology - Selecting and Evaluating Employees
  175. 14.4: Organizational Psychology - The Social Dimension of Work
  176. 14.5: Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
  177. 14.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  178. 14.7: Key Terms
  179. 14.8: Personal Application Questions
  180. 14.9: Review Questions
  181. 14.10: Summary
  182. 15: Psychological Disorders
  183. 15.1: Introduction
  184. 15.2: What Are Psychological Disorders?
  185. 15.3: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  186. 15.4: Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
  187. 15.5: Anxiety Disorders
  188. 15.6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  189. 15.7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  190. 15.8: Mood and Related Disorders
  191. 15.9: Schizophrenia
  192. 15.10: Disorders in Childhood
  193. 15.11: Personality Disorders
  194. 15.12: Dissociative Disorders
  195. 15.13: Critical Thinking Questions
  196. 15.14: Key Terms
  197. 15.15: Personal Application Questions
  198. 15.16: Review Questions
  199. 15.17: Summary
  200. 16: Therapy and Treatment
  201. 16.1: Introduction
  202. 16.2: Mental Health Treatment - Past and Present
  203. 16.3: Types of Treatment
  204. 16.4: Treatment Modalities
  205. 16.5: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders - A Special Case
  206. 16.6: The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
  207. 16.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  208. 16.8: Key Terms
  209. 16.9: Personal Application Questions
  210. 16.10: Review Questions
  211. 16.11: Summary
  212. Back Matter
  213. Index
  214. Glossary
  215. Detailed Licensing
  216. Detailed Licensing