PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology

by Michael Cassens

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Introduction to Psychology textbook for a 3 unit CalGETC Psychology class (PSYC C1000). This remix reorganizes the OpenStax Psychology textbook into a sequence that more closely follows the historical development of psychological thought.

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Publisher
Irvine Valley College
Subjects
Social Sciences
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. About This Book- How to Use and Who Curated It!
  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: Key Terms
  14. 1.7: Summary
  15. 1.8: Review Questions
  16. 1.9: Critical Thinking Questions
  17. 1.10: Personal Application Questions
  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: Key Terms
  25. 2.7: Summary
  26. 2.8: Review Questions
  27. 2.9: Critical Thinking Questions
  28. 2.10: Personal Application Questions
  29. 3: Freud and Psychodynamic Perspective
  30. 3.1: Introduction
  31. 3.2: Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
  32. 3.3: Neo-Freudians- Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
  33. 3.4: Key Terms
  34. 3.5: Summary
  35. 3.6: Review Questions
  36. 3.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  37. 3.8: Personal Application Questions
  38. 4: Learning
  39. 4.1: Introduction
  40. 4.2: What Is Learning?
  41. 4.3: Classical Conditioning
  42. 4.4: Operant Conditioning
  43. 4.5: Observational Learning (Modeling)
  44. 4.6: Key Terms
  45. 4.7: Summary
  46. 4.8: Review Questions
  47. 4.9: Critical Thinking Questions
  48. 4.10: Personal Application Questions
  49. 5: Emotion and Motivation
  50. 5.1: Introduction
  51. 5.2: Motivation
  52. 5.5: Hunger and Eating
  53. 5.6: Sexual Behavior
  54. 5.3: Emotion
  55. 5.4: The Pursuit of Happiness
  56. 5.10: Critical Thinking Questions
  57. 5.7: Key Terms
  58. 5.11: Personal Application Questions
  59. 5.9: Review Questions
  60. 5.8: Summary
  61. 6: Memory
  62. 6.1: Introduction
  63. 6.2: How Memory Functions
  64. 6.3: Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
  65. 6.4: Problems with Memory
  66. 6.5: Ways to Enhance Memory
  67. 6.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  68. 6.7: Key Terms
  69. 6.8: Personal Application Questions
  70. 6.9: Review Questions
  71. 6.10: Summary
  72. 7: Thinking and Intelligence
  73. 7.1: Introduction
  74. 7.2: What Is Cognition?
  75. 7.3: Language
  76. 7.4: Problem Solving
  77. 7.5: What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
  78. 7.6: Measures of Intelligence
  79. 7.7: The Source of Intelligence
  80. 7.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  81. 7.9: Key Terms
  82. 7.10: Personal Application Questions
  83. 7.11: Review Questions
  84. 7.12: Summary
  85. 8: Personality
  86. 8.1: Introduction
  87. 8.2: What Is Personality?
  88. 8.3: Learning Approaches
  89. 8.4: Humanistic Approaches
  90. 8.5: Biological Approaches
  91. 8.6: Trait Theorists
  92. 8.7: Cultural Understandings of Personality
  93. 8.8: Personality Assessment
  94. 8.9: Key Terms
  95. 8.10: Summary
  96. 8.11: Review Questions
  97. 8.12: Critical Thinking Questions
  98. 8.13: Personal Application Questions
  99. 9: Social Psychology
  100. 9.1: Introduction
  101. 9.2: What Is Social Psychology?
  102. 9.3: Self-presentation
  103. 9.4: Attitudes and Persuasion
  104. 9.5: Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
  105. 9.6: Prejudice and Discrimination
  106. 9.7: Aggression
  107. 9.8: Prosocial Behavior
  108. 9.9: Critical Thinking Questions
  109. 9.10: Key Terms
  110. 9.11: Personal Application Questions
  111. 9.12: Review Questions
  112. 9.13: Summary
  113. 10: Biopsychology
  114. 10.1: Introduction
  115. 10.2: Human Genetics
  116. 10.3: Cells of the Nervous System
  117. 10.4: Parts of the Nervous System
  118. 10.5: The Brain and Spinal Cord
  119. 10.6: The Endocrine System
  120. 10.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  121. 10.8: Key Terms
  122. 10.9: Personal Application Questions
  123. 10.10: Review Questions
  124. 10.11: Summary
  125. 11: Sensation and Perception
  126. 11.1: Introduction
  127. 11.2: Sensation versus Perception
  128. 11.3: Waves and Wavelengths
  129. 11.4: Vision
  130. 11.5: Hearing
  131. 11.6: The Other Senses
  132. 11.7: Gestalt Principles of Perception
  133. 11.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  134. 11.9: Key Terms
  135. 11.10: Personal Application Questions
  136. 11.11: Review Questions
  137. 11.12: Summary
  138. 12: States of Consciousness
  139. 12.1: Introduction
  140. 12.2: What Is Consciousness?
  141. 12.3: Sleep and Why We Sleep
  142. 12.4: Stages of Sleep
  143. 12.5: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  144. 12.6: Substance Use and Abuse
  145. 12.7: Other States of Consciousness
  146. 12.8: Critical Thinking Questions
  147. 12.9: Key Terms
  148. 12.10: Personal Application Questions
  149. 12.11: Review Questions
  150. 12.12: Summary
  151. 13: Lifespan Development
  152. 13.1: What Is Lifespan Development?
  153. 13.2: Lifespan Theories
  154. 13.3: Stages of Development
  155. 13.4: Death and Dying
  156. 13.5: Critical Thinking Questions
  157. 13.6: Introduction
  158. 13.7: Key Terms
  159. 13.8: Personal Application Questions
  160. 13.9: Review Questions
  161. 13.10: Summary
  162. 14: Psychological Disorders
  163. 14.1: Introduction
  164. 14.2: What Are Psychological Disorders?
  165. 14.3: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  166. 14.4: Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
  167. 14.5: Anxiety Disorders
  168. 14.6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  169. 14.7: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  170. 14.8: Mood and Related Disorders
  171. 14.9: Schizophrenia
  172. 14.10: Disorders in Childhood
  173. 14.11: Personality Disorders
  174. 14.12: Dissociative Disorders
  175. 14.13: Critical Thinking Questions
  176. 14.14: Key Terms
  177. 14.15: Personal Application Questions
  178. 14.16: Review Questions
  179. 14.17: Summary
  180. 15: Therapy and Treatment
  181. 15.1: Introduction
  182. 15.2: Mental Health Treatment - Past and Present
  183. 15.3: Types of Treatment
  184. 15.4: Treatment Modalities
  185. 15.5: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders - A Special Case
  186. 15.6: The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
  187. 15.7: Critical Thinking Questions
  188. 15.8: Key Terms
  189. 15.9: Personal Application Questions
  190. 15.10: Review Questions
  191. 15.11: Summary
  192. 16: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  193. 16.1: Introduction
  194. 16.2: What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
  195. 16.3: Industrial Psychology - Selecting and Evaluating Employees
  196. 16.4: Organizational Psychology - The Social Dimension of Work
  197. 16.5: Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
  198. 16.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  199. 16.7: Key Terms
  200. 16.8: Personal Application Questions
  201. 16.9: Review Questions
  202. 16.10: Summary
  203. 17: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
  204. 17.1: Introduction
  205. 17.2: What Is Stress?
  206. 17.3: Stressors
  207. 17.4: Stress and Illness
  208. 17.5: Regulation of Stress
  209. 17.6: Critical Thinking Questions
  210. 17.7: Key Terms
  211. 17.8: Personal Application Questions
  212. 17.9: Review Questions
  213. 17.10: Summary
  214. Back Matter
  215. Index
  216. Detailed Licensing
  217. Glossary
  218. Detailed Licensing