Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students
eBook - PDF

Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students

About this book

Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students deals with general psychology aimed for medical undergraduate students. The book discusses psychology and its relevance to medicine, particularly on the relation of the mind and the treatment of physical diseases. The authors explain perceiving and imagining; and how perception is dependent on past experience or learning, and the effects of motivation and of mood on perception. The authors also discuss abstract and concrete thinking, emotional use of words, unconscious thinking, creative thinking, learning, and remembering. The unconscious process of forgetting of unwelcome memories is repression, while consciously trying to forget them is suppression. The authors also explain normal conflict, frustration, and reaction to stress including the physical aspects of emotions causing increases in blood pressure, in adrenaline flow, or in blood glucose level. The authors also discuss the hypnotic states, individual susceptibility, the induction of hypnotic states, and their clinical applications. This book is intended for medical undergraduate students, as well as to general readers interested in psychology and human behavior.

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Yes, you can access Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students by R. R. Hetherington,D. H. Miller,J. G. Neville in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & History & Theory in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. PREFACE
  7. Chapter 1. Scientific Psychology and its Relevance to Medicine
  8. Chapter 2. Perceiving and Imagining
  9. Chapter 3. Thinking and Language
  10. Chapter 4. Learning and Remembering
  11. Chapter 5. Intelligence
  12. Chapter 6. Physiological Aspects of Perception, Speech and Memory
  13. Chapter 7. Motivation
  14. Chapter 8. Normal Conflict, Frustration and Reaction to Stress
  15. Chapter 9. Personality Traits, Types and Dimensions
  16. Chapter 10. Physical Aspects of Emotions
  17. Chapter 11. Physique, Temperament and Psychosomatic Relationships
  18. Chapter 12. Orientation and Disorientation
  19. Chapter 13. Sleep
  20. Chapter 14. The Experience of Pain
  21. Chapter 15. Hypnotic States
  22. Chapter 16. The Development of Skills in the First Three Years of Life
  23. Chapter 17. Childhood
  24. Chapter 18. Adolescence, Maturity and Old Age
  25. Chapter 19. Psychological Reactions to Illness and Treatment
  26. Chapter 20. Interpersonal Relationships in the Hospital
  27. Glossary of Technical Terms
  28. Index