Thinking About Psychology (High School)

Module 1    Thinking About Psychology
Module 2      History and Perspectives
Module 3     Research Strategies
Module 4     Psychology’s Statistics

Pillar #1: Biology
Module 5     The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
Module 6     The Brain
Module 7      Sensation
Module 8     Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms
Module 9     Psychoactive Drugs

Pillar #2: Development and Learning
Module 10   Prenatal and Childhood Development
Module 11   Adolescence
Module 12   Adulthood and Aging
Module 13   Language Development
Module 14   Classical Conditioning
Module 15   Operant Conditioning
Module 16   Observational Learning

Pillar #3: Cognition
Module 17   Perception
Module 18   Information Processing
Module 19   Forgetting and Memory Construction
Module 20   Thinking
Module 21   Intelligence and Intelligence Testing

Pillar #4: Social Psychology and Personality
Module 22   Social Thinking and Social Influence
Module 23   Social Relations
Module 24   Nature and Nurture in Psychology
Module 25   The Psychology of Culture
Module 26   Motivation
Module 27   Emotion
Module 28   Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspectives on Personality
Module 29   Trait and Social-Cognitive Perspectives on Personality

Pillar #5: Mental and Physical Health
Module 30   Introduction to Psychological Disorders
Module 31   Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Bipolar Disorder
Module 32   Dissociative Disorders, Schizophrenia, and Personality Disorders
Module 33   Psychological Therapies
Module 34   Biomedical Therapies
Module 35   Effects of Stress
Module 36   Promoting Wellness

Appendix A Careers in Psychology
Appendix B Answers to Summative Assessment Questions
Glossary/Glosario
References
Name Index
Subject Index