Psychology in Your Life

Cover (Psychology in Your Life, Third Edition)
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Half Title......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright
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Dedication
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Contents in Brief
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Contents......Page 22
Mission of Psychology in Your Life......Page 9
Introducing the Third Edition......Page 17
Appreciation for Contributors and Reviewers......Page 18
1 - Introducing the World of Psychology......Page 35
Why Is Psychology Important to You?......Page 38
What Do Psychologists Investigate?......Page 45
How Do Psychologists Conduct Research?......Page 55
2 - The Role of Biology in Psychology......Page 77
How Does Your Nervous System Affect You?......Page 79
How Do the Parts of Your Brain Function?......Page 91
How Does Your Brain Communicate with Your Body?......Page 104
How Do Nature and Nurture Affect Your Brain?......Page 109
3 - Consciousness......Page 119
What Does It Mean to Be Conscious?......Page 121
How Does Sleep Affect Consciousness?......Page 132
How Do Hypnosis, Meditation, and Flow Alter Consciousness?......Page 143
How Do Drugs Alter Consciousness?......Page 149
4 - Development Across the Life Span......Page 161
How Does Development Happen in the Womb?......Page 163
How Do Infants and Children Develop?......Page 169
How Do Adolescents Develop?......Page 184
How Do Adults Develop?......Page 191
5 - Sensation and Perception......Page 203
How Do Sensation and Perception Affect You?......Page 205
How Do You See?......Page 210
How Do You Hear?......Page 223
How Are You Able to Taste and Smell?......Page 229
How Do You Feel Touch and Pain?......Page 236
6 - Learning......Page 245
How Do You Learn?......Page 247
How Do You Learn Through Classical Conditioning?......Page 251
How Do You Learn Through Operant Conditioning?......Page 261
How Do You Learn by Watching Others?......Page 274
7 - Memory......Page 283
How Do You Create Memories?......Page 285
How Do You Maintain Memories over Time?......Page 290
What Are Your Different Long-Term Storage Systems?
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How Do You Retrieve Memories?......Page 311
8 - Thinking and Intelligence......Page 325
What Is Thinking?......Page 327
How Do You Use Thinking?......Page 334
What Is Intelligence?......Page 345
How Is Intelligence Measured?......Page 352
9 - Motivation and Emotion......Page 367
What Motivates Your Behavior?......Page 369
What Are Your Most Important Motivated Behaviors?......Page 377
How Do You Experience Emotions?......Page 386
How Do Emotions Affect You?......Page 398
10 - Sex, Gender, and Sexuality......Page 409
How Does Biology Make People More Male or Female?......Page 411
Why Do People Act Masculine or Feminine?......Page 419
How Do People Vary in Sexual Orientation?......Page 429
What Motivates People to Have Sexual Relations (or Not To)?......Page 437
11 - Health and Well- Being......Page 453
What Affects Your Health?......Page 455
How Does Stress Affect Your Health?......Page 472
How Do Mediating Factors Affect Your Stress?......Page 478
Can a Positive Attitude Keep You Healthy?......Page 484
12 - Social Psychology......Page 495
How Do You Think About Other People?......Page 497
How Do Your Attitudes Affect You?......Page 504
How Do Other People Influence You?......Page 511
How Can You Develop Strong Relationships?......Page 524
13 - Self and Personality......Page 535
How Do You Know Yourself?......Page 537
How Can You Understand Personality?......Page 546
How Does Biology Affect Personality?......Page 558
How Can Personality Be Assessed?......Page 566
14 - Psychological Disorders......Page 577
What Is a Psychological Disorder?......Page 579
How Do People Experience Disorders of Emotion?......Page 588
How Do People Experience Disorders of Thought?......Page 602
How Do People Experience Disorders of Self?......Page 607
What Disorders Affect Children?......Page 614
15 - Psychological Treatments......Page 625
How Are Psychological Disorders Treated?......Page 627
What Are the Most Effective Treatments?......Page 641
Can Personality Disorders Be Treated?......Page 653
How Can Disorders Be Treated in Children and Adolescents?......Page 656
A.1 Descriptive Statistics Summarize the Data......Page 670
A.2 Inferential Statistics Rule Out Chance Findings......Page 675
Appendix B: Answers to Red Q Questions and Self- Quiz Questions......Page 678
Glossary......Page 694
References......Page 706
Permissions Acknowledgments......Page 742
Name Index......Page 746
Subject Index......Page 756