Invitation to Psychology, Global Edition
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Emphasizes critical thinking, culture, and gender
Invitation to Psychology, 6/e , shows students why scientific and critical thinking is so important in the decisions they make. In clear, lively, warm prose, this edition continues the title's integration of gender, culture, and ethnicity. By the end, readers will learn how to interpret research and to address and resolve controversies.
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1. Brief Table of Contents
2. Full Table of Contents
1. Brief Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: What is Psychology?
Part One: Your Self
Chapter 2: Theories of Personality
Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span
Part Two: Your Body
Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception
Part Three: Your Mind
Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence
Chapter 8: Memory
Part Four: Your Environment
Chapter 9: Learning and Conditioning
Chapter 10: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context
Part Five: Your Mental Health
Chapter 11: Psychological Disorders
Chapter 12: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy
Part Six: Your Life
Chapter 13: Emotion, Stress, and Health
Chapter 14: The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work
2. Full Table of Contents
Chapter 1: What is Psychology?
The Science of Psychology
What Psychologists Do
Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology
Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts
Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships
The Experiment: Hunting for Causes
Evaluating the Findings
Part One: Your Self
Chapter 2: Theories of Personality
Psychodynamic Theories of Personality
The Modern Study of Personality
The Modern Study of Personality
Environmental Influences on Personality
Cultural Influences on Personality
The Inner Experience
Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span
From Conception Through the First Year
Language Development
Cognitive Development
Moral Development
Gender Development
Adolescence
Adulthood
The Wellsprings of Resilience
Part Two: Your Body
Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint
Communication in the Nervous System
Mapping the Brain
A Tour Through the Brain
The Two Hemispheres of the Brain
The Flexible Brain
Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States
Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience
The Rhythms of Sleep
Exploring the Dream World
The Riddle of Hypnosis
Consciousness-Altering Drugs
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception
Our Sensational Senses
Vision
Hearing
Other Senses
Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences
Perception without Awareness
Part Three: Your Mind
Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence
Thought: Using What We Know
Reasoning Rationally
Barriers to Reasoning Rationally
Measuring Intelligence: The Psychometric Approach
Dissecting Intelligence: The Cognitive Approach
The Origins of Intelligence
Animal Minds
Chapter 8: Memory
Reconstructing the Past
Memory and the Power of Suggestion
In Pursuit of Memory
The Three-Box Model of Memory
The Biology of Memory
How We Remember
Why We Forget
Autobiographical Memories
Part Four: Your Environment