Psychology Around Us

RONALD J. COMER is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA. He is also a Practicing Clinical Psychologist and serves as a Consultant to the Eden Institute for Persons with Autism, USA, to hospitals, and to family practice residency programs throughout New Jersey. Elizabeth Gould is an American neuroscientist and the Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. She was an early investigator of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus, a research area that continues to be controversial.

CHAPTER 1 Psychology: Yesterday and Today 3

CHAPTER 2 Psychology as a Science 35

CHAPTER 3 Human Development 61

CHAPTER 4 Neuroscience 113

CHAPTER 5 Sensation and Perception 149

CHAPTER 6 Consciousness 189

CHAPTER 7 Learning 229

CHAPTER 8 Memory 269

CHAPTER 9 Language and Thought 313

CHAPTER 10 Intelligence 349

CHAPTER 11 Motivation 391

CHAPTER 12 Emotion, Stress, and Health 427

CHAPTER 13 Personality 483

CHAPTER 14 Social Psychology 523

CHAPTER 15 Psychological Disorders 567

CHAPTER 16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders 615

Appendix A-1

Glossary G-1

References R-1

Text and Illustration Credits T-1

Photo Credits P-1

Name Index NI-1

Subject Index SI-1

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