About this book
Weiten's PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, 11th Edition immerse you in the excitement of this fascinating field while helping you study and retain what you learn. Filled with practical ways that you can apply psychology to your everyday life, this bestselling textbook is an experience in learning that you'll remember long after you complete your Introductory Psychology course. Critical Thinking Applications in every chapter give you specific strategies you can apply in all of your courses and in your personal life. Reality Checks, many of which may surprise you, address common misconceptions about psychology. Every chapter of this book offers tools -- such as Concept Charts that provide colorful visual snapshots of key points -- to help you focus on what's important, showing you how to maximize your study time and course success.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- About the Author
- To the Instructor
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter Consultants
- Reviewers
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- To the Student
- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Psychology
- Chapter 2: The Research Enterprise in Psychology
- Chapter 3: The Biological Bases of Behavior
- Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
- Chapter 5: Variations in Consciousness
- Chapter 6: Learning
- Chapter 7: Human Memory
- Chapter 8: Cognition and Intelligence
- Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
- Chapter 10: Human Development across the Life Span
- Chapter 11: Personality
- Chapter 12: Social Behavior
- Chapter 13: Stress, Coping, and Health
- Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
- Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
- Appendix A: Practice Tests, Answers to the Concept Checks, and Answers to Indentifying Independent and Dependent Variables
- Appendix B: Statistical Methods
- Glossary
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Integrated Coverage Index
