Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-475) and indexes

1. Introduction to psychology -- An introduction -- Descriptive research methods -- The experimental method -- The correlational method -- Participants in psychological research -- Exploring psychology's roots -- Schools of thought in psychology -- Current trends in psychology -- Psychologists at work -- 2. Biology and behavior -- The neurons and the neurotransmitters -- The central nervous system -- Discovering the brain's mysteries -- The peripheral nervous system -- The endocrine system -- 3. Sensation and perception -- The process of sensation -- Vision -- Hearing -- Smell and taste -- The other senses -- Perception -- Additional influences on perception -- 4. States of consciousness -- What is consciousness? -- Circadian rhythms -- Sleep -- Altering consciousness through concentration and suggestion -- Altered states of consciousness and psychoactive drugs -- 5. Learning -- Classical conditioning -- Contemporary views of classical conditioning -- Operant conditioning -- Cognitive learning --

6. Memory -- Remembering -- The nature of remembering -- Factors influencing retrieval -- Biology and memory -- Forgetting -- Improving memory -- 7. Cognition, language, and creativity -- Imagery and concepts -- Decision making -- Problem solving -- Language -- The nature of intelligence -- Measuring intelligence -- The IQ controversy -- Emotional intelligence -- Creativity -- 8. Human development -- Issues in developmental psychology -- Stage theories of development -- Heredity and prenatal development -- Infancy -- Early and middle childhood -- Adolescence -- Early and middle adulthood -- Later adulthood -- 9. Motivation and emotion -- What is motivation? -- Hunger -- Sexual motives -- Sexual orientation -- Social motives -- The what and why of emotions -- The expression of emotion --

10. Health and stress -- Sources of stress -- Responding to stress -- Health and illness -- Lifestyle and health -- 11. Personality theory and assessment -- Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis -- The neo-Freudians -- Learning theories and personality -- Humanistic personality theories -- Trait theories -- Nature, nurture, and personality -- Personality assessment -- 12. Psychological disorders -- What is abnormal? -- Schizophrenia -- Mood disorders -- Anxiety disorders -- Somatoform and dissociative disorders -- Other psychological disorders -- 13. Therapies -- Insight therapies -- Relationship therapies -- Behavior therapies -- Cognitive therapies -- Biological therapies -- Evaluating the therapies -- Culturally sensitive and gender-sensitive therapy -- 14. Social psychology -- Social perception -- Attraction -- Social influence -- Group influence -- Attitudes and attitude change -- Prosocial behavior -- Aggression -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Appendix. Statistical methods

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