PSYCH 5, Introductory Psychology, 5th Edition

Cover......Page 1
Brief Contents......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Chapter 1: What Is Psychology?......Page 11
Psychology As A Science......Page 13
Historical Foundations Of Psychology......Page 16
Contemporary Perspectives In Psychology......Page 20
How Psychologists Study Behavior And Mental Processes......Page 24
Methods Of Research......Page 27
Ethics In Psychological Research......Page 32
Critical Thinking......Page 33
Chapter 2: Biology And Psychology......Page 39
The Nervous System: On Being Wired......Page 41
The Divisions Of The Nervous System......Page 47
The Brain: Wider Than The Sky......Page 50
A Voyage Through The Brain......Page 52
The Cerebral Cortex......Page 55
The Endocrine System......Page 58
Evolution And Heredity......Page 61
Chapter 3: Sensation And Perception......Page 71
Sensation And Perception......Page 72
Vision......Page 76
Visual Perception......Page 82
Hearing......Page 89
The Other Senses......Page 93
ESP: Is There Perception Without Sensation?......Page 96
Chapter 4: Consciousness......Page 101
What Is Consciousness?......Page 102
Sleep And Dreams......Page 105
Altering Consciousness: Hypnosis, Meditation, And Biofeedback......Page 111
Altering Consciousness Through Drugs......Page 115
Depressants......Page 117
Stimulants......Page 119
Hallucinogenics......Page 123
Chapter 5: Learning......Page 129
Learning, Experience, And Change......Page 130
Classical Conditioning: Learning What Is Linked To What......Page 131
Applications Of Classical Conditioning......Page 135
Operant Conditioning: Learning What Does What To What......Page 138
Applications Of Operant Conditioning......Page 145
Cognitive Factors In Learning......Page 147
Chapter 6: Memory: Remembrance Of Things Past—and Future......Page 155
Kinds Of Memory......Page 156
Processes Of Memory......Page 159
Sensory Memory......Page 162
Short-Term Memory......Page 163
Long-Term Memory......Page 166
Forgetting......Page 170
The Biology Of Memory......Page 176
Chapter 7: Thinking, Language, And Intelligence......Page 183
Thinking......Page 184
Language......Page 190
Language Development: The Two-Year Explosion......Page 194
Theories Of Intelligence......Page 198
The Measurement Of Intelligence......Page 202
Nature And Nurture In Intelligence......Page 207
Chapter 8: Motivation And Emotion......Page 213
The Psychology Of Motivation......Page 214
Theories Of Motivation......Page 215
Hunger......Page 218
Sexual Motivation And Sexual Orientation......Page 223
Achievement Motivation......Page 228
Emotion......Page 229
Theories Of Emotion......Page 233
Chapter 9: The Voyage Through The Life Span......Page 241
Prenatal Development......Page 242
Childhood: Physical Development......Page 244
Childhood: Cognitive Development......Page 246
Childhood: Social And Emotional Development......Page 253
Adolescence......Page 256
Emerging Adulthood......Page 260
Adulthood......Page 261
Chapter 10: Personality: Theory And Measurement......Page 269
The Psychodynamic Perspective......Page 271
The Trait Perspective......Page 277
Learning-Theory Perspectives......Page 280
The Humanistic–Existential Perspective......Page 282
The Sociocultural Perspective......Page 286
Measurement Of Personality......Page 288
Chapter 11: Stress, Health, And Coping......Page 295
Stress: What It Is, Where It Comes From......Page 297
Psychological Moderators Of Stress......Page 302
Stress And The Body......Page 304
Psychology And Chronic Health Problems......Page 308
Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders......Page 317
What Are Psychological Disorders?......Page 318
Anxiety Disorders......Page 321
Obsessive–Compulsive And Related Disorders......Page 324
Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders......Page 325
Dissociative Disorders......Page 326
Somatic Symptom And Related Disorders......Page 327
Mood Disorders......Page 328
Schizophrenia And Other Psychotic Disorders......Page 333
Personality Disorders......Page 337
Chapter 13: Methods Of Therapy......Page 343
What Is Psychotherapy?......Page 345
Psychodynamic Therapies......Page 347
Humanistic Therapies......Page 348
Behavior Therapy......Page 350
Cognitive Therapies......Page 354
Group Therapies......Page 356
Does Psychotherapy Work?......Page 358
Biological Therapies......Page 361
Chapter 14: Social Psychology......Page 367
Attitudes......Page 369
Prejudice And Discrimination......Page 373
Attraction And Love......Page 374
Social Perception......Page 377
Social Influence......Page 379
Aggression......Page 384
Group Behavior......Page 386
Appendix: Statistics......Page 395
Statistics......Page 396
Descriptive Statistics......Page 397
The Normal Curve......Page 402
The Correlation Coefficient......Page 404
Inferential Statistics......Page 405
Answers to Study Tools Questions......Page 409
References......Page 411
Index......Page 436
Chapter Review......Page 452