Psychology

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ISBN: 9780764134210 | 0764134213
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2006

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Summary

Updated and expanded, this subject review book takes the form of classroomecture notes, with emphasis on key facts students must know to answer examuestions. Topics summarized are compatible with material in introductorysychology textbooks, and include methods of psychology research,iopsychology, developmental psychology, and much more.

Foreword

vii

Psychology then and now

(10)

Defining psychology

(2)

Psychology before the 20th century

(2)

Psychoanalysis: The first force in modern psychology

(1)

Behaviorism: The second force

(1)

Humanistic psychology: The third force

(1)

Other approaches and where psychology is today

(2)

Research methods in psychology

(16)

Experimental methods in psychology

(2)

Methodological considerations in experiments

(2)

Nonexperimental methods in psychology

(2)

Correlation

(3)

Psychological research and the real world

(3)

Ethical considerations in psychological research

(3)

Physiological psychology and the biology of behavior

(17)

Neurons and the nervous system

(2)

The peripheral nervous system

(2)

The central nervous system (CNS)

(3)

The cerebral cortex

(2)

Altering and monitoring CNS functioning

(3)

Genetics and heredity

(3)

Sensation and perception

(14)

Measuring and describing sensations

(2)

Vision

(3)

Visual perception

(3)

Hearing and auditory perception

(3)

Sensation and perception in the other senses

(2)

Developmental psychology

(19)

Life span developmental psychology

(4)

Heredity and environment in interaction

(2)

Prenatal development

(2)

Development during infancy and early childhood

(3)

Piaget's theory of cognitive development

(4)

Erikson's psychosocial theory

(3)

Motivation and emotion

(13)

Primary and secondary motives

(2)

Hunger, obesity, and eating disorders

(3)

Sexual motives

(2)

Stimulation motives

(1)

Theories of emotion

(2)

Stress and adjustment disorders

(2)

States of consciousness

(15)

Levels of consciousness

(2)

Sleep, dreams, and sleep disorders

(4)

Hypnosis and hypnotic trances

(2)

Physically addictive drugs

(4)

Psychedelic drugs

103

(2)

Conditioning and learning

105

(16)

Pavlov and classical conditioning

107

(2)

Skinner and operant conditioning

109

(2)

Positive and negative reinforcement and punishment

111

(3)

Applications and interpretations of conditioning

114

(3)

Ethological factors in conditioning and learning

117

(2)

Early cognitive approaches to learning

119

(2)

Thought, memory, and language

121

(15)

Stages and types of memory

123

(3)

Remembering and forgetting

126

(3)

Problem solving and related processes

129

(2)

Structures and functions in language

131

(2)

Early language development

133

(3)

Intelligence and assessment

136

(16)

Defining intelligence

138

(2)

Intelligence quotient (IQ) and assessment

140

(3)

IQ tests and what they measure

143

(3)

The extremes: Mental retardation and giftedness

146

(3)

Environmental effects on intelligence

149

(3)

Personality and assessment

152

(17)

Freud's psychoanalytic theory

154

(4)

Defense mechanisms

158

(2)

Psychodynamic theories

160

(3)

Humanistic psychology

163

(2)

Trait theories

165

(2)

Personality assessment

167

(2)

Abnormal psychology

169

(16)

Defining abnormal behavior

171

(2)

Explaining abnormal behavior

173

(2)

Classifying abnormal behavior

175

(2)

Anxiety disorders

177

(2)

Dissociative disorders

179

(1)

Mood disorders

180

(2)

Schizophrenia

182

(2)

Personality disorders

184

(1)

Approaches to treatment

185

(18)

A brief history of treatment

187

(2)

Medical/psychiatric treatment approaches

189

(3)

Psychodynamic and insight therapies

192

(3)

Humanistic therapies

195

(2)

Behavior therapies

197

(3)

Cognitive therapies

200

(3)

Social psychology

203

(19)

Beliefs, attitudes, and schemas

205

(2)

Impressions and attributions

207

(3)

Persuasion and attitude change

210

(2)

Conformity, compliance, and obedience

212

(3)

Aggression and observational learning

215

(3)

Group dynamics and group behavior

218

(4)

Glossary

222

(5)

Index

227

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