Preface
Using Essentials of Understanding Psychology
1: Introduction to Psychology
Module 1: Psychologists at Work
Module 2: A Science that Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Module 3: Research in Psychology
Module 4: Research Challenges: Exploring the Process Mastering the Experimental Method: The Difference between Dependent and Independent Variables
2: Neuroscience and Behavior
Module 5: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior
Module 6: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body
Module 7: The Brain Mastering the Action Potential
3: Sensation and Perception
Module 8: Sensing the World Around Us
Module 9: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
Module 10: Hearing and Other Senses
Module 11: Perceptual Organization: Constructing our View of the World Mastering the Difference between Sensation and Perception
4: States of Consciousness
Module 12: Sleep and Dreams
Module 13: Hypnosis and Meditation
Module 14: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness
5: Learning
Module 15: Classical Conditioning
Module 16: Operant Conditioning
Module 17: Cognitive-Social Approaches to Learning Mastering the Distinction between Reinforcement and Punishment
6: Memory
Module 18: The Foundations of Memory
Module 19: Recalling Long-Term Memories
Module 20: Forgetting: When Memory Fails
7: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 21: Thinking
Module 22: Language
Module 23: Intelligence
8: Motivation and Emotion
Module 24: Explaining Motivation
Module 25: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring
Module 26: Understanding Emotional Experiences
9: Development
Module 27: Nature, Nurture, and Prenatal Development
Module 28: Infancy and Childhood
Module 29: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult
Module 30: Adulthood
10: Personality
Module 31: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality
Module 32: Trait, Learning, Biological, Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
Module 33: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive
11: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
Module 34: Stress and Coping
Module 35: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being
Module 36: Promoting Health and Wellness
12: Psychological Disorders
Module 37: Normal versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction
Module 38: The Major Psychological Disorders
Module 39: Psychological Disorders in Perspective
13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Module 40: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment
Module 41: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment
Module 42: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment
14: Social Psychology
Module 43: Attitudes and Social Cognition
Module 44: Social Influence
Module 45: Prejudice and Discrimination Module 46: Positive and Negative Social Behavior Mastering Attitude Change
Glossary
References
Credits
Name Index
Subject Index
