Test File to Accompany Essentials of Psychology
2nd Edition
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Content
- Front Cover
- Test File to Accompany Essentials of Psychology
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
- The Many Faces of Psychology
- Areas of Specialization
- Defining Psychology and Its Goals
- Methods of Psychology
- Exploring the Roots of Psychology
- CHAPTER 2. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
- Level One : The Neuron
- Level Two: Functional Groups of Neurons
- Level Three: The Nervous System
- The Brain
- The Cortex and Behavior
- The Endocrine System
- Behavioral Genetics
- Genetic Management
- CHAPTER 3. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
- Sensory Thresholds
- Sensory Adaptation
- The Minor Senses
- The Major Senses I: Hearing
- The Major Senses II: Vision
- Perception Isn't Perfect: Illusions
- Two Perceptual Processes
- Information Processing: Complex Perceptual Abilities
- Perceptual Constancy
- Perceptual Expectations
- Perceptual Development and Learning
- CHAPTER 4. LEARNING AND CONDITIONING
- A Definition of Learning
- Classical Conditioning
- Instrumental Conditioning
- Classical and Instrumental Conditioning Compared: Biofeedback and Reinforcement
- Verbal Learning
- Basic Conditioning and Learning Phenomena
- Reinforcement
- Basic Conditioning and Learning Phenomena
- Transfer of Training
- Learning by Observing Models
- Biological Limits
- CHAPTER 5. MEMORY
- Learning and Memory: Intertwined Processes
- Measures of Retention
- The Three Components of Memory
- Interference Theory
- Decay Theory
- Information Processing I: Separate-Store Models
- Information Processing II: Levels of Processing
- Issues in Memory
- CHAPTER 6. COGNITION: LANGUAGE, CONCEPTS, AND PROBLEMS
- Emerging Field of Cognition
- Language
- Concept Formation
- Problem Solving
- CHAPTER 7. MOTIVATION
- The Definition of Motivation
- Approaches to Motivation
- Biological Motives I: Hunger
- Biological Motives II: Thirst
- Biological Motives III: Sex
- Complex Human Motives
- CHAPTER 8. EMOTION
- The Study of Emotion
- The Physiology of Emotion
- Theories of Emotion
- Innate Versus Learned Expression
- Nonverbal Expression of Emotion
- Anxiety
- Frustration
- Conflict
- CHAPTER 9. DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN
- Basic Processes and Major Theories of Development
- The Prenatal Period
- Infancy: The First Two Years
- The Preschooler: From Two to Five
- The Early School Years: From Five to Twelve
- Adolescence: From Twelve to Eighteen
- The Basic Developmental Processes: A Second Look
- Adulthood and Aging
- Dying and Death: The Final Stage
- CHAPTER 10. PERSONALITY THEORY
- Subdivisions of the Area
- Definition of Personality
- Approach #1: Freudian Theory
- Approach #2: The Trait Approach
- Approach #3: Personality as Learned Behavior
- Approach #4: Self Theories
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 11. ASSESSING PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR
- The Problems of Reliability and Validity
- Assessment of Personality
- Measures of Intellectual Ability
- Achievement Tests
- The Difference Between Intelligence and Achievement Tests
- CHAPTER 12. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
- What is Abnormality?
- Contemporary Views of Psychological Abnormality
- Diagnostic Categories of Abnormal Behavior
- Anxiety Disorders
- Somatoform Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders
- The Psychoses
- Organic Mental Disorders
- Addictive Disorders
- Psychosexual Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- CHAPTER 13. TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
- A Psychodynamic Approach: Psychoanalysis
- Existential-Humanistic Therapies
- Behavior Therapy
- The Eclectic Approach
- Comparing the Psychological Approaches
- Some Other Alternatives
- Medical Approaches
- CHAPTER 14. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
- What is Social Psychology?
- Some Basic Intrapersonal Processes That Affect Social Interactions
- An Interpersonal Process: Attraction
- The Effects of Groups
