1 Psychology: ApplicationsChapter Outline*Learning Objectives*Psychology: A Subject for and about PeopleGuided Review*The Psychological Approach to BehaviorResearch StrategiesThe Roots of PsychologyModern Perspectives in PsychologyApplying PsychologyGuided Review*Summary*ActionGlossary*Self-Test*Thinking about Psychology* 2 Biological Bases of BehaviorIntroduction*The Neuron: Building Block of the Nervous SystemThe Central Nervous SystemThe Peripheral Nervous SystemThe Endocrine SystemWhen Things Go Wrong: Malfunctions in the Nervous SystemHemispheric Asymmetry 3 The Psychology of ConsciousnessThe Study of Normal ConsciousnessBiological Rhythms, Sleep, and DreamsHypnosisChemical Alterations in Consciousness 4 Sensation and PerceptionGeneral Features of the Sensory SystemsVisionAuditionThe Sense of TouchSmell and Taste: The Chemical SensesPerceptionExtrasensory Perception 5 LearningWhat Is Learning? Classical ConditioningOperant ConditioningLearning and CognitionThe Limits of Learning 6 Remembering and ForgettingThe Three Memory SystemsRetrieving InformationThe Malleability of MemoryBiological Basis of Learning and MemoryImproving Your Memory 7 Communication and Cognition CognitionCommunicationIntelligenceProblem Solving 8 Motivation and EmotionMotivation--A DescriptionHuman Motives: Four ExamplesEmotions9 Life-Span Development: Infancy and ChildhoodThe Study of Human DevelopmentThe Forces that Shape DevelopmentBirth and InfancyChildhood10 Life-Span Development: Adolescence and AdulthoodAdolescenceEarly and Middle AdulthoodLater Adulthood 11 PersonalityPersonality: What Is It?Psychoanalytic Theories of PersonalityNeo-Freudian Theories of PersonalityLearning Theories of PersonalityHumanistic Theories of PersonalitySimilarities and Differences Among Theories of PersonalityAssessment of Personality 12 Abnormal PsychologyDefining AbnormalityClassifying Psychological DisordersCategories of Abnormal Behavior 13 PsychotherapyTreating Abnormal BehaviorPsychoanalysisBehavior TherapyRoger's Person-Centered TherapyGroup TreatmentBiomedical TherapiesWhich Treatment for Which Disorder?Community Psychology and Prevention 14 Health PsychologyPsychology and MedicineStress, Coping, and IllnessStress "Buffers"Heart Disease, Cancer, and AIDSCompliance and Healthy Lifestyles 15 Social BehaviorSocial ComparisonSocial Perception and AttributionInterpersonal AttractionSocial InfluenceProsocial and Antisocial BehaviorGroup Processes 16 Applying PsychologyWork and the Individual: Industrial and Organizational PsychologyThe Nature of OrganizationsHuman FactorsEnvironmental PsychologySports PsychologyPsychology and Education
