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Exploring Psychology excels as the top choice for introductory psychology courses due to its up-to-date research, engaging writing and focus on critical thinking. Authored by Myers, DeWall, and Gruber, it blends cutting-edge psychological science with a diverse range of perspectives, making complex concepts accessible and relevant. This approach helps students apply psychological principles to real-life situations, enhancing their understanding and fostering personal development. The textbook's thorough and consistent review process ensures depth and coherence, while its relatable presentation helps students become better learners, friends, co-workers, and parents.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

  • The History and Scope of Psychology
  • Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
Chapter 2: The Biology of Mind
  • Neural and Hormonal Systems
  • Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
  • Brain Regions and Structures
  • Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres
  • Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior
Chapter 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
  • Consciousness: Some Basic Concepts
  • Sleep and Dreams
  • Drugs and Their Effects
Chapter 4: Developing Through the Life Span
  • Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
  • Infancy and Childhood
  • Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
  • Adulthood
Chapter 5: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
  • Gender Development
  • Human Sexuality
Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception
  • Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
  • Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
  • Hearing, Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses
Chapter 7: Learning
  • Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
  • Operant Conditioning
  • Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Chapter 8: Memory
  • Studying and Encoding Memories
  • Storing and Retrieving Memories
  • Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Chapter 9: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
  • Thinking
  • Language and Thought
  • Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
  • Basic Motivational Concepts, Affiliation, and Achievement
  • Hunger
  • Theories and Physiology of Emotion
  • Expressing and Experiencing Emotion
Chapter 11: Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing
  • Stress and Illness
  • Health and Happiness
Chapter 12: Social Psychology
  • Social Thinking and Social Influence
  • Antisocial Relations
  • Prosocial Relations
Chapter 13: Personality
  • Classic Perspectives on Personality
  • Contemporary Perspectives on Personality
Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
  • Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders
  • Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
  • Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
  • Schizophrenia
  • Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chapter 15: Therapy
  • Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
  • Evaluating Psychotherapies
  • The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
Appendix A: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday LifeAppendix B: Psychology at WorkAppendix C: The Story of Psychology: A TimelineAppendix D: Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer ZwolinskiAppendix E: Complete  ReviewsAppendix F: Answers to the Retrieve It and Experience the Testing Effect Questions


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781319589929
  • Publisher: MacMillan Learning
  • Publisher Imprint: Worth Publishers Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 274 mm
  • No of Pages: 880
  • Weight: 1980 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1319589928
  • Publisher Date: 15 Feb 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Width: 232 mm


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