Psychology in Action

Engaging and Inspiring Today’s Students! Xiii

What’s New in the Tenth Edition? Xiv

Continuing Features xix

Supplements xxv

Acknowledgments xxviii

Prologue xxxiii

Student Engagement Through Critical Thinking xxxiii

Chapter One. Introduction to Psychology and Its Research Methods 3

Chapter Two. Neuroscience and Biological Foundations 51

Chapter Three. Stress and Health Psychology 93

Chapter Four. Sensation and Perception 125

Chapter Five. States of Consciousness 167

Chapter Six. Learning 205

Chapter Seven. Memory 247

Chapter Eight. Thinking, Language, and Intelligence 283

Chapter Nine. Life Span Development I 323

Chapter Ten. Life Span Development 359

Chapter Eleven. Gender and Human Sexuality 387

Chapter Twelve. Motivation and Emotion 421

Chapter Thirteen. Personality 457

Chapter Fourteen. Psychological Disorders 491

Chapter Fifteen. Therapy 531

Chapter Sixteen. Social Psychology 567

Chapter Seventeen. Industrial/Organizational Psychology 607

Chapter Eighteen Psychology at Work in the Global Economy 637

Appendix A. Statistics and Psychology

Appendix B. Answers to Review Questions and Other Activities

Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Text and Illustration Credits

Name Index

Subject Index

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