Psychology A Concise Introduction

With brevity and clarity,Psychology: A Concise Introductionexplores the broad territory of the introductory psychology course while answering the growing need for a shorter, less expensive book. Award-winning teacher Richard Griggs, draws on his own classroom experience and his extensive research on the introductory course in his careful choice of the core concepts in psychology.

PART ONE: THE SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY The Four Major Research Perspectives Research Methods Used by Psychologists How to Understand Research Results PART TWO: NEUROSCIENCE The Neuron The Nervous System and The Endocrine System The Brain Neuroscience of Motivation, Sleep and Emotion The Emotional Brain PART THREE: SENSATION AND PERCEPTION How the Physical World Relates to the Psychological World How We See and How We Hear How We Make Sense of What We See PART FOUR: LEARNING Learning Through Classical Conditioning Learning Through Operant Conditioning Biological and Cognitive Aspects of Learning PART FIVE: MEMORY Three-Stage Model of Memory Encoding Information into Memory Retrieving Information from Memory PART SIX: THINKING AND INTELLIGENCE Problem Solving Thinking Under Uncertainty Intelligent Thinking PART SEVEN: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY Prenatal Development and Development Through Infancy How We Think Throughout Our Lives Moral Development and Social Development PART EIGHT: PERSONALITY THEORIES AND ASSESSMENT The Psychoanalytic Approach to Personality The Humanistic Approach and the Social-Cognitive Approach Trait Theories of Personality and Personality Assessment PART NINE: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY How Others Influence Our Behavior How We Think About Our Own and Others' Behavior PART TEN: ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY The Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Disorders Three Major Categories of Mental Disorders The Treatment of Mental Disorders