Introductory Psychology 2e

by Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett et al.

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Psychology is designed for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students, this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general psychology courses.

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OpenStax
Subjects
Social Sciences, Psychology
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
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 the Authors
  7. 1: Introduction to Psychology
  8. Introduction
  9. 1.1: What Is Psychology?
  10. 1.2: History of Psychology
  11. 1.3: Contemporary Psychology
  12. 1.4: Careers in Psychology
  13. Critical Thinking Questions
  14. Key Terms
  15. Personal Application Questions
  16. Review Questions
  17. Summary
  18. 2: Psychological Research
  19. Introduction
  20. 2.1: Why Is Research Important?
  21. 2.2: Approaches to Research
  22. 2.4: Analyzing Findings
  23. 2.4: Ethics
  24. Critical Thinking Questions
  25. Key Terms
  26. Personal Application Questions
  27. Review Questions
  28. Summary
  29. 3: Biopsychology
  30. Introduction
  31. 3.1: Human Genetics
  32. 3.2: Cells of the Nervous System
  33. 3.3: Parts of the Nervous System
  34. 3.4: The Brain and Spinal Cord
  35. 3.5: The Endocrine System
  36. Critical Thinking Questions
  37. Key Terms
  38. Personal Application Questions
  39. Review Questions
  40. Summary
  41. 4: States of Consciousness
  42. Introduction
  43. 4.1: What Is Consciousness?
  44. 4.2: Sleep and Why We Sleep
  45. 4.3: Stages of Sleep
  46. 4.4: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  47. 4.5: Substance Use and Abuse
  48. 4.6: Other States of Consciousness
  49. Critical Thinking Questions
  50. Key Terms
  51. Personal Application Questions
  52. Review Questions
  53. Summary
  54. 5: Sensation and Perception
  55. Introduction
  56. 5.1: Sensation versus Perception
  57. 5.2: Waves and Wavelengths
  58. 5.3: Vision
  59. 5.4: Hearing
  60. 5.5: The Other Senses
  61. 5.6: Gestalt Principles of Perception
  62. Critical Thinking Questions
  63. Key Terms
  64. Personal Application Questions
  65. Review Questions
  66. Summary
  67. 6: Learning
  68. Introduction
  69. 6.1: What Is Learning?
  70. 6.2: Classical Conditioning
  71. 6.3: Operant Conditioning
  72. 6.4: Observational Learning (Modeling)
  73. Critical Thinking Questions
  74. Key Terms
  75. Personal Application Questions
  76. Review Questions
  77. Summary
  78. 7: Thinking and Intelligence
  79. Introduction
  80. 7.1: What Is Cognition?
  81. 7.2: Language
  82. 7.3: Problem Solving
  83. 7.4: What Are Intelligence and Creativity?
  84. 7.5: Measures of Intelligence
  85. 7.6: The Source of Intelligence
  86. Critical Thinking Questions
  87. Key Terms
  88. Personal Application Questions
  89. Review Questions
  90. Summary
  91. 8: Memory
  92. Introduction
  93. 8.1: How Memory Functions
  94. 8.2: Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory
  95. 8.3: Problems with Memory
  96. 8.4: Ways to Enhance Memory
  97. Critical Thinking Questions
  98. Key Terms
  99. Personal Application Questions
  100. Review Questions
  101. Summary
  102. 9: Lifespan Development
  103. Introduction
  104. 9.1: What Is Lifespan Development?
  105. 9.2: Lifespan Theories
  106. 9.3: Stages of Development
  107. 9.4: Death and Dying
  108. Critical Thinking Questions
  109. Key Terms
  110. Personal Application Questions
  111. Review Questions
  112. Summary
  113. 10: Emotion and Motivation
  114. Introduction
  115. 10.1: Motivation
  116. 10.2: Hunger and Eating
  117. 10.3: Sexual Behavior
  118. 10.4: Emotion
  119. Critical Thinking Questions
  120. Key Terms
  121. Personal Application Questions
  122. Review Questions
  123. Summary
  124. 11: Personality
  125. Introduction
  126. 11.1: What Is Personality?
  127. 11.2: Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective
  128. 11.3: Neo-Freudians- Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney
  129. 11.4: Learning Approaches
  130. 11.5: Humanistic Approaches
  131. 11.6: Biological Approaches
  132. 11.7: Trait Theorists
  133. 11.8: Cultural Understandings of Personality
  134. 11.9: Personality Assessment
  135. Critical Thinking Questions
  136. Key Terms
  137. Personal Application Questions
  138. Review Questions
  139. Summary
  140. 12: Social Psychology
  141. Introduction
  142. 12.1: What Is Social Psychology?
  143. 12.2: Self-presentation
  144. 12.3: Attitudes and Persuasion
  145. 12.4: Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience
  146. 12.5: Prejudice and Discrimination
  147. 12.6: Aggression
  148. 12.7: Prosocial Behavior
  149. Critical Thinking Questions
  150. Key Terms
  151. Personal Application Questions
  152. Review Questions
  153. Summary
  154. 13: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
  155. Introduction
  156. 13.1: What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?
  157. 13.2: Industrial Psychology - Selecting and Evaluating Employees
  158. 13.3: Organizational Psychology - The Social Dimension of Work
  159. 13.4: Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design
  160. Critical Thinking Questions
  161. Key Terms
  162. Personal Application Questions
  163. Review Questions
  164. Summary
  165. 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
  166. Introduction
  167. 14.1: What Is Stress?
  168. 14.2: Stressors
  169. 14.3: Stress and Illness
  170. 14.4: Regulation of Stress
  171. 14.5: The Pursuit of Happiness
  172. Critical Thinking Questions
  173. Key Terms
  174. Personal Application Questions
  175. Review Questions
  176. Summary
  177. 15: Psychological Disorders
  178. Introduction
  179. 15.1: What Are Psychological Disorders?
  180. 15.2: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  181. 15.3: Perspectives on Psychological Disorders
  182. 15.4: Anxiety Disorders
  183. 15.5: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
  184. 15.6: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  185. 15.7: Mood and Related Disorders
  186. 15.8: Schizophrenia
  187. 15.10: Disorders in Childhood
  188. 15.11: Personality Disorders
  189. 15.9: Dissociative Disorders
  190. Critical Thinking Questions
  191. Key Terms
  192. Personal Application Questions
  193. Review Questions
  194. Summary
  195. 16: Therapy and Treatment
  196. Introduction
  197. 16.1: Mental Health Treatment - Past and Present
  198. 16.2: Types of Treatment
  199. 16.3: Treatment Modalities
  200. 16.4: Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders - A Special Case
  201. 16.5: The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization
  202. Critical Thinking Questions
  203. Key Terms
  204. Personal Application Questions
  205. Review Questions
  206. Summary
  207. Back Matter
  208. References
  209. Index
  210. Glossary
  211. Detailed Licensing