
Psychology
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 26. March 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
734 pages
978-1-119-94126-2 (ISBN)
Description
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E-Bundle
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 27.9 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Thickness: 2.7 cm
Weight
1804 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-119-94126-2 (9781119941262)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Professors Ronald Comer and Elizabeth Gould are at Princeton University, US and Professor Adrian Furnham is at University College London.
Author
Princeton University
Princeton University
University College London, UK
Content
About the Authors
List of Contributors
To the Instructor
To the Student
CHAPTER 1 Psychology: Yesterday and Today
What Is Psychology?
Psychology?s Roots in Philosophy
The Founding of Psychology
Psychology in the 21st Century: Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience and Evolution
The Diversity of Psychology and Psychological Literacy
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 2 Psychology as a Science
What Is a Science?
Is Psychology a Science?
How Do Psychologists Conduct Research?
How Do Psychologists Make Sense of Research Results?
What Ethical Research Guidelines Do Psychologists Follow?
Summary
Key Terms
CHAPTER 3 Biological and Cognitive Development
Understanding How We Develop
How Is Developmental Psychology Investigated?
Before We Are Born
Infancy
Early and Middle Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 4 Social and Emotional Development
Before We Are Born
Infancy
Childhood
Adolescence
Adulthood and Old Age
Atypical Development
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 5 Behavioural Neuroscience
How Do Scientists Study the Nervous System and the Brain?
How Does the Nervous System Work?
The Brain?s Structural and Functional Organization
Neurons and the Communication Systems of the Brain, Nervous System and Body
Building the Brain
Brain Side and Brain Size
Neurological Diseases
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 6 Genes, Environment and Evolution
The History of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology
The Principles Behind Evolutionary Psychology
Main Areas of Research in Evolutionary Psychology
Criticisms and Misunderstandings of Evolutionary Approaches to Human Behaviour
The Future of Evolutionary Psychology
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 7 Perception and the Senses
Introducing Perception: Common Features of the Senses
The Chemical Senses: Smell and Taste
The Tactile Senses: Touch, Pressure, Pain, Vibration
The Auditory Sense: Hearing
The Visual Sense: Sight
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 8 Consciousness
PART 1: THE PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Defining Consciousness
Is Consciousness ?Mysterious??
What?s in the World? Part 1: Material Stuff or Mental Stuff
What?s in the World? Part 2: Material Stuff and Mental Stuff
Summary of Part 1
PART 2: STUDYING CONSCIOUS STATES
When We Are Awake: Conscious Awareness
Preconscious and Unconscious States
Hypnosis
When We Are Asleep
Psychoactive Drugs
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 9 Learning
What Is Learning?
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning
Observational Learning
Factors that Facilitate Learning
When We Learn
Prenatal and Postnatal Learning
Learning and Gender
Learning Difficulties
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 10 Memory
What Is Memory?
How Do We Encode Information into Memory?
How Do We Store Memories?
How Do We Retrieve Memories?
Why Do We Forget and Misremember?
Memory and the Brain
Memories in the Young and Old
Disorders of Memory
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 11 Language and Thought
Language
Language and Thought
Thought
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 12 Intelligence
What Do We Mean by Intelligence?
Additional Types of Intelligence
How Do We Measure Intelligence?
Is Intelligence Governed by Genetic or Environmental Factors?
The Brain and Intelligence
Extremes in Intelligence
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 13 Motivation
Theories of Motivation
Biological Motivations: Hunger
Biological Motivations: Sex
Psychological Motivations: Affiliation and Achievement
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 14 Emotion
What Is Emotion?
Where Do Emotions Come From?
The Range of Emotional Experiences
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 15 Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective
The Humanistic Perspective
The Trait Perspective
The Situationist and Interactionist Perspectives
Biological Foundations of Personality
Personality and Group Differences
Personality Disorders
Personality Assessment
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 16 Social Cognition, Social Relations and Social Functioning
Social Cognition: Attitudes
Social Cognition: Attributions
Social Relations
Social Functioning
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 17 Social Forces, Group Processes and Language
Social Forces
Intragroup Processes
Intergroup Relations
Language and Social Groups
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 18 Stress, Coping and Health
What Is Stress?
Responding to and Coping with Stress
Stress and Health
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 19 Psychological Disorders
Defining, Classifying and Diagnosing Psychological Disorders
Models of Psychological Disorder
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Schizophrenia
Other Psychological Disorders
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
CHAPTER 20 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Treatment in the Modern Context
Biological Treatments
Behavioural Therapies
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies
Non-Empirical Therapies
Humanistic and Existential Therapies
Psychodynamic Approaches
Formats of Therapy
Does Therapy Work?
Some Final Thoughts about the Field of Psychology
Summary
TYING IT TOGETHER
Key Terms
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index