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BRIEF TOC    CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Psychology CHAPTER 2: Biology and Behavior CHAPTER 3: Sensation and Perception CHAPTER 4: States of Consciousness CHAPTER 5: Learning CHAPTER 6: Memory CHAPTER 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence CHAPTER 8: Child Development CHAPTER 9: Adolescence and Adulthood CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion CHAPTER 11: Human Sexuality and Gender CHAPTER 12: Health and Stress CHAPTER 13: Personality Theory and Assessment CHAPTER 14: Psychological Disorders CHAPTER 15: Therapies CHAPTER 16: Social Psychology   APPENDIX A: Statistical Methods APPENDIX B: Psychology in the Workplace     DETAILED TOC:   CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Psychology An Introduction to the World of Psychology  APPLY IT: Best Practices for Effective Studying  The Scientific Method  The Goals of Psychology Exploring Psychology's Roots  Structuralism  Funtionalism  The Changing Face of Psychology Schools of Thought in Psychology  Behaviorism  Psychoanalysis  Humanistic Psychology  Cognitive Psychology  Evolutionary Psychology  Biological (Physiological) Psychology  The Sociocultural Approach  Psychological Perspectives and Eclecticism Thinking about Theories and Research  Evaluating Theories  Evaluating Research Descriptive Research Methods  Naturalistic and Laboratory Observation  The Case Study  Survey Research  TRY IT: Can Small Samples Really Be Representative?  The Correlational Method The Experimental Method  Experiments and Hypothesis Testsing  Independent and Dependent Variables  Experimental and Control Groups  Sources of Bias in Experimental Research  Limitations of the Experimental Method Participants in Psychological Research  Participant-Related Bias in Psychological Research  Protecting Research Participants' Rights  The Use of Animals in Research Psychologists at Work  Specialties in Psychology  Majoring in Psychology     CHAPTER 2: Biology and Behavior The Neurons and the Neurotransmitters  The Structure of the Neuron  Communication between Neurons  Neurotransmitters: The Neuron's Messengers  The Variety of Neurotransmitters The Human Nervous System  Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord  Central Nervous System: The Hindbrain  Central Nervous System: The Midbrain  Central Nervous System: The Forebrain  The Peripheral Nervous System A Closer Look at the Brain  Components of the Cerebrum  The Cerebral Hemispheres  TRY IT: A Balancing Act  The Frontal Lobes  The Parietal Lobes  The Occipital Lobes  The Temporal Lobes  The Brain across the Life Span  Gender Differences in the Adult Brain Discovering the Brain's Mysteries  The EEG and the Microelectrode  The CT Scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging  The PET Scan, fMRI, and Other Imaging Techniques The Endocrine System Genes and Behavioral Genetics  The Mechanisms of Heredity  APPLY IT: Should You Consult a Genetic Counselor?  Behavioral Genetics   CHAPTER 3: Sensation and Perception The Process of Sensation  The Absolute and Difference Thresholds  Transduction and Adaptation  TRY IT: Sensory Adaptation Vision  The Eye  Vision and the Brain  TRY IT: Vision  Color Vision  Theories of Color Vision  TRY IT: A Negative Afterimage Hearing  Sound  The Ear  Theories of Hearing  Hearing Loss The Other Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch, and Balance  Smell  Taste  Touch  Pain  Balance and Movement Principles of Perception  Perceptual Organization  Depth Perception  Motion Perception  Puzzling Perceptions Influences on Perception  Attention  Prior Knowledge  APPLY IT: How Dangerous Is It to Talk on a Cell Phone While Driving?  TRY IT: Bottom-Up Processing  Social Perception  Unusual Perceptual Experiences   CHAPTER 4: States of Consciousness What is Consciousness?  Changing Views of Consciousness  Culture and Altered States of Consciousness Circadian Rhythms  The Biology of Circadian Rhythms  Disruptions in Circadian Rhythms  Circadian Timing and Neurological Disorders Sleep  Why Do We Sleep?  Types of Sleep: NREM and REM  Sleep Cycles  REM Sleep and Memory  Variations in Sleep  Sleep Deprivation  Sleep Disorders  APPLY IT: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep Dreams  The Content of Dreams  Interpreting Dreams Meditation and Hypnosis  Meditation  TRY IT: The Relaxation Response  Hypnosis Psychoactive Drugs  How Drugs Affect the Brain  The Behavioral Effects of Stimulants  The Behavioral Effects of Depressants  The Behavioral Effects of Hallucinogens  Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Abuse  Drug Addiction  Herbal Remedies and Supplements   CHAPTER 5: Learning Classical Conditioning: The Original View  Pavlov and Classical Conditioning  The Process of Classical Conditioning  Changing Conditioned Responses  John Watson and Emotional Conditioning Classical Conditioning: The Contemporary View  The Cognitive Perspective  Biological Predispositions  Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life  TRY IT: Cues in Commercials  Factors Influencing Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning  Thorndike and the Law of Effect  The Process of Operant Conditioning  Reinforcement  Schedules of Reinforcement  Factors Influencing Operant Conditioning  Punishment  Escape and Avoidance Learning  APPLY IT: How to Win the Battle Against Procrastination  Applications of Operant Conditioning  TRY IT: Using Behavior Modification Cognitive Learning  Learning by Insight  Latent Learning and Cognitive Maps  Observational Learning  Learning from Media   CHAPTER 6: Memory The Structure of Human Memory  The Information-Processing Approach  Sensory Memory  Short-Term Memory  Long-Term Memory  APPLY IT: Improving Memory with Mnemonic Devices The Nature of Remembering  Three Types of Memory Tasks  The Serial Position Effect  Context and Memory    Memory as Reconstruction Memory in Everyday Life  Flashbulb and Photographic Memories  Memory and Culture  Eyewitness Testimony  The Repressed Memory Controversy Biology and Memory  The Hippocampus and Hippocampal Region  Neuronal Changes and Memory  Hormones and Memory  Memory Loss Forgetting  Ebbinghaus and the First Experimental Studies on Forgetting  The Causes of Forgetting  TRY IT: A Penny for Your Thoughts Improving Memory  TRY IT: Organizing for Memory Improvement   CHAPTER 7: Cognition, Language, and Intelligence Cognition  Reasoning  Imagery  Concepts  Decision Making  Problem Solving  TRY IT: Water Lily Problem  TRY IT: Duncker's Candle Problem  Artificial Intelligence Language  The Structure of Language  Language and Thinking  Learning a Second Language  Animal Communication Intelligence  The Nature of Intelligence  Measuring Intelligence  Requirements of Good Tests  APPLY IT: How to Build a Powerful Vocabulary  The Bell Curve  Giftedness  Mental Retardation  Learning Disabilities Explaining Difference in Cognitive Abilities  The Heritability of Intelligence  Intelligence: Fixed or Changeable?  Race and IQ  Culture, IQ, and Achievement Beyond Intelligence  Emotional Intelligence  TRY IT: Find Your EQ  Creativity  Savant Syndrome   CHAPTER 8: Child Development Developmental Psychology: Basic Issues and Methodology  Controversial Issues in Developmental Psychology  Approaches to Studying Developmental Change Prenatal Development  The Milestones of Prenatal Development  Fetal Behavior  Negative Influences on Prenatal Development Infancy  Reflexes and Motor Development  Sensory and Perceptual Development  Learning  Temperament  Attachment  The Father-Child Relationship Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development  Schemes: The Foundation of Cognitive Development  Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development  TRY IT: Conservation of Volume  An Evaluation of Piaget's Contribution Other Approaches to Cognitive Development  Vygotsky's Sociocultural View  The Information-Processing Approach Language Development  The Sequence of Language Development  Theories of Language Development  Learning to Read Social Development  The Parents' Role in the Socialization Process  Peer Relationships  Television as a Socializing Agent  Culture and Child Development  APPLY IT: Choosing a Nonparental Care Arrangement   CHAPTER 9: Adolescence and Adulthood  The Lifespan Perspective  Erikson's Psychosocial Theory  The Identity Crisis  Generativity Adolescence  Puberty  Cognitive Development  Moral Development  Parental Relationships  The Peer Group  Emerging Adulthood  TRY IT: Emerging Adulthood Early and Middle Adulthood  Physical Changes  Intellectual Abilities  The Impact of College Attendance  Lifestyle Patterns in Adulthood  APPLY IT: Where Are You in the Career Development Process? Later Adulthood  Physical Changes in Later Adulthood  TRY IT: Stereotypes about Later Adulthood  Cognitive Changes in Later Adulthood  Alzheimer's Disease-The Most Common Dementia  Social Development and Adjustment in Later Adulthood  Cultural Differences in Care for the Elderly  Death and Dying   CHAPTER 10: Motivation and Emotion  Foundations of Motivation  The Components of Motivation  Types of Motivation  Biological Approaches to Motivation  Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Approaches to Motivation  TRY IT:  What is Your N Ach?  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Two Primary Drives: Thirst and Hunger  Thirst  Internal and External Hunger Cues  Explaining Variations in Body Weight  Weight Loss Strategies  Eating Disorders Understanding Emotion  Explainin the Components of Emotions  Theories of Emotion  Emotion and the Brain Expressing Emotion  The Range of Emotion  The Development of Facial Expressions  The Universality of Facial Expressions  TRY IT: Recognizing Basic Emotions  Cultural Rules for Displaying Emotion  Emotion as a Form of Communication  The Art and Science of Lie Detection Experiencing Emotion  The Facial-Feedback Hypothesis  APPLY IT: The Quest for Happiness  Gender Differences in Experiencing Emotion  Emotion and Cognition  Love   CHAPTER 11: Human Sexuality and Gender Sex, Gender, and Gender Roles  Biological Sex  Psychological Gender  Early Theories of Gender Role Development  The Multidimensional Approach to Gender Roles  Gender Schema Theory  Evolutionary Theory  TRY IT:  Waist-Hip Ratios Gender Differences  Thinking about Gender Differences  Cognitive Abilities  Gender Differences in Social Behavior and Personality Sexual Attitudes and Behavior  Influences on Sexual Attitudes and Behavior  APPLY IT: Rules for Internet Dating  Sexual Desire and Arousal Sexual Orientation  Determinants of Sexual Orientation  Social Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians  Gay and Lesbian Relationships Sexual Dysfunctions  Sexual Desire Disorders  Sexual Arousal Disorders  Orgasmic and Sexual Pain Disorders Sexually Transmitted Diseases  TRY IT: Mayo Clinic STD Quiz: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You  Bacterial STDs  Viral STDs  Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)  TRY IT:  Knowledge About AIDS   CHAPTER 12: Health and Stress  Sources of Stress  Life Events: Big and Small  Daily Hassles and Uplifts  TRY IT: Finding a Life Stress Score  Conflicts and Controllability  Stress in the Workplace  TRY IT: Sources of Stress in Your Life  Catastrophic Events  Racism and Stress  Socioeconomic Status and Stress Responding to Stress  Selye and the General Adaptation Syndrome  Lazarus's Cognitive Theory of Stress  Coping Strategies Health and Illness  Two Approaches to Health and Illness  Coronary Heart Disease  Cancer  The Immune System and Stress  Personal Factors Reducing the Impact of Stress and Illness  Gender and Health  Race and Health Lifestyle and Health  Smoking and Health  APPLY IT: Interpreting Health Information on the Internet  Alcohol Abuse  Diet  Exercise  Alternative Medicine   CHAPTER 13: Personality Theory and Assessment Psychoanalytic Theories  The Conscious, the Preconscious, and the Unconscious  The Id, the Ego, and the Superego  The Psychosexual Stages of Development  Evaluating Freud's Contribution  The Neo-Freudians Humanistic Theories  Two Humanistic Theories  Self-Esteem  TRY IT: Gauging Your Self-Esteem Trait Theories  Early Trait Theories  TRY IT: Allport's Trait Theory  The Five-Factor Model  Origins and Stability of the Five Factors  Culture and Personality Traits Social-Cognitive Theories  The Situation-Trait Debate  Reciprocal Determinism  Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control Personality Assessment  Observation, Interviews, and Rating Scales  Personality Inventories  APPLY IT: Put Your Best Foot Forward Projective Tests   CHAPTER 14: Psychological Disorders  Defining Psychological Disorders  What is Abnormal?  Classifying Psychological Disorders  Explaining Psychological Disorders  Prevalence of Psychological Disorders Anxiety Disorders  Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia.  Generalized Anxiety Disorders and Phobias  APPLY IT: Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking  TRY IT: Phobia Names  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Mood Disorders  Major Depressive Disorder  Culture, Gender, and Depression  Bipolar Disorder  Explaining Mood Disorders  Suicide and Race, Gender, and Age Schizophrenia  Age, Gender, and Schizophrenia  Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia  Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia  Types of Schizophrenia  Explaining Schizophrenia Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders  Somatoform Disorders  Dissociative Disorders Personality Disorders  Characteristics of Personality Disorders  Types of Personality Disorders Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood  Pervasive Developmental Disorders  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder   CHAPTER 15: Therapies Insight Therapies  Psychodynamic Therapies  Interpersonal Therapy  Humanistic Therapies  Gestalt Therapy Relationship Therapies  Couple Therapy  Family Therapy  Group Therapy Behavior Therapies  Behavior Modification Techniques Based on Operant Conditioning  Behavior Therapies Based on Other Learning Theories  TRY IT: A Possible Hierarchy of Fears Cognitive Therapies  Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy  Beck's Cognitive Therapy Biomedical Therapies  Drug Therapy  Psychiatric Drugs for Children and Adolescents  Electroconvulsive Therapy  Psychosurgery Evaluating the Therapies The Therapeutic Relationship  Choosing a Therapist  APPLY IT:  Is E-Therapy Right for You?  Culturally-Sensitive and Gender-Sensitive Therapy   CHAPTER 16: Social Psychology  Social Perception  Impression Formation  Attribution Attraction  Factors Influencing Attraction  Physical Attractiveness  Romantic Attraction and Mating  TRY IT: Choosing a Life Partner Conformity, Obedience, and Compliance  Conformity  Obedience  Compliance Group Influence  Social Facilitation  Social Loafing  Social Roles Attitudes and Attitude Change  Attitudes  Cognitive Dissonance  Persuasion Prosocial Behavior  Reasons for Helping  The Bystander Effect Aggression  Biological Factors in Aggression  Other Influences on Aggression  The Social Learning Theory of Aggression  Sexual Aggression Prejudice and Aggression  The Roots of Prejudice and Discrimination  Is Prejudice Decreasing?  APPLY IT: "Unlearning" Prejudice   Answer Key Appendix A Appendix B References Glossary Name Index Subject Index