Invitation to Psychology
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Invitation to Psychology

  1. 773 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Invitation to Psychology

About this book

Invitation to Psychology provides an introduction to fundamental concepts in psychology. It seeks to address the need of both teachers and students by offering two different kinds of chapters. The first variety covers the basic data and research within each of the traditional areas of psychology. In these "basic" chapters, the authors provide up-to-date and complete coverage of important developments in each area. The second type of chapter is innovative. These "exploring" chapters examine some of the practical applications and implications of the findings discussed in the basic chapters. These describe how basic psychological data are being used in the outside world, and discuss ongoing, often controversial explorations into some frontier areas of psychology. In other words, information about explorations and applications that is often scattered through the pages of other texts is brought together into systematic chapters in this text. The dual-chapter approach helps resolve the dilemma of differing expectations of teachers and students. Key topics covered include the definition of psychology; the psychological basis of behavior; sensation and perception; states of awareness; learning, memory, and cognition; motivation and emotion; abnormal psychology and social behavior.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780123568700
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9781483262970
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
History & Theory in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Invitation to Psychology
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?
  6. CHAPTER 2. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
  7. CHAPTER 3. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
  8. CHAPTER 4. EXPLORING STATES OF AWARENESS
  9. CHAPTER 5. LEARNING
  10. CHAPTER 6. MEMORY
  11. CHAPTER 7. COGNITION
  12. CHAPTER 8. EXPLORING LEARNING, MEMORY, AND COGNITION
  13. CHAPTER 9. MOTIVATION
  14. CHAPTER 10. EMOTION
  15. CHAPTER 11. EXPLORING EVERYDAY EMOTIONS AND MOTIVES
  16. CHAPTER 12. DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN
  17. CHAPTER 13. EXPLORING DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES
  18. CHAPTER 14. PERSONALITY THEORY
  19. CHAPTER 15. ASSESSING PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR
  20. CHAPTER 16. EXPLORING THE USES AND MISUSES OF TESTS
  21. CHAPTER 17. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY
  22. CHAPTER 18. TREATING PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
  23. CHAPTER 19. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
  24. CHAPTER 20. EXPLORING SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
  25. STATISTICS APPENDIX
  26. GLOSSARY
  27. REFERENCES
  28. NAME INDEX
  29. SUBJECT INDEX

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