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Understanding Psychology, 14th Edition
ISBN10: 1260194523 | ISBN13: 9781260194524
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Students First. Designed for student success, Understanding Psychology provides students with a comprehensive and powerful learning framework to help them connect, engage, and feel excited about psychology.
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
MODULE 1: Psychologists at Work
MODULE 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
MODULE 3: Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies
Chapter 2: Psychological Research
MODULE 4: The Scientific Method
MODULE 5: Conducting Psychological Research
MODULE 6: Critical Research Issues
Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
MODULE 7: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior
MODULE 8: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body
MODULE 9: The Brain
Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
MODULE 10: Sensing the World Around Us
MODULE 11: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
MODULE 12: Hearing and the Other Senses
MODULE 13: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World
Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
MODULE 14: Sleep and Dreams
MODULE 15: Hypnosis and Meditation
MODULE 16: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness
Chapter 6: Learning
MODULE 17: Classical Conditioning
MODULE 18: Operant Conditioning
MODULE 19: Cognitive Approaches to Learning
Chapter 7: Memory
MODULE 20: The Foundations of Memory
MODULE 21: Recalling Long-Term Memories
MODULE 22: Forgetting: When Memory Fails
Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
MODULE 23: Thinking and Reasoning
MODULE 24: Problem Solving
MODULE 25: Language
Chapter 9: Intelligence
MODULE 26: What Is Intelligence?
MODULE 27: Variations in Intellectual Ability
MODULE 28: Group Differences in Intelligence: Genetic and Environmental Determinants
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
MODULE 29: Explaining Motivation
MODULE 30: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring
MODULE 31: Understanding Emotional Experiences
Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
MODULE 32: Gender and Sex
MODULE 33: Understanding Human Sexual Response: The Facts of Life
MODULE 34: The Diversity of Sexual Behavior
Chapter 12: Development
MODULE 35: Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Issue
MODULE 36: Prenatal Development: Conception to Birth
MODULE 37: Infancy and Childhood
MODULE 38: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult
MODULE 39: Adulthood
Chapter 13: Personality
MODULE 40: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality
MODULE 41: Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
MODULE 42: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive
Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
MODULE 43: Stress and Coping
MODULE 44: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being
MODULE 45: Promoting Health and Wellness
Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
MODULE 46: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction
MODULE 47: The Major Psychological Disorders
MODULE 48: Psychological Disorders in Perspective
Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
MODULE 49: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment
MODULE 50: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment
MODULE 51: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment
Chapter 17: Social Psychology
MODULE 52: Attitudes and Social Cognition
MODULE 53: Social Influence and Groups
MODULE 54: Prejudice and Discrimination
MODULE 55: Positive and Negative Social Behavior
EPILOGUE: Diversity, Culture, Conflict, and Cooperation
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MODULE 1: Psychologists at Work
MODULE 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future
MODULE 3: Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies
Chapter 2: Psychological Research
MODULE 4: The Scientific Method
MODULE 5: Conducting Psychological Research
MODULE 6: Critical Research Issues
Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior
MODULE 7: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior
MODULE 8: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body
MODULE 9: The Brain
Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
MODULE 10: Sensing the World Around Us
MODULE 11: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye
MODULE 12: Hearing and the Other Senses
MODULE 13: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World
Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
MODULE 14: Sleep and Dreams
MODULE 15: Hypnosis and Meditation
MODULE 16: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness
Chapter 6: Learning
MODULE 17: Classical Conditioning
MODULE 18: Operant Conditioning
MODULE 19: Cognitive Approaches to Learning
Chapter 7: Memory
MODULE 20: The Foundations of Memory
MODULE 21: Recalling Long-Term Memories
MODULE 22: Forgetting: When Memory Fails
Chapter 8: Cognition and Language
MODULE 23: Thinking and Reasoning
MODULE 24: Problem Solving
MODULE 25: Language
Chapter 9: Intelligence
MODULE 26: What Is Intelligence?
MODULE 27: Variations in Intellectual Ability
MODULE 28: Group Differences in Intelligence: Genetic and Environmental Determinants
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
MODULE 29: Explaining Motivation
MODULE 30: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring
MODULE 31: Understanding Emotional Experiences
Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender
MODULE 32: Gender and Sex
MODULE 33: Understanding Human Sexual Response: The Facts of Life
MODULE 34: The Diversity of Sexual Behavior
Chapter 12: Development
MODULE 35: Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Issue
MODULE 36: Prenatal Development: Conception to Birth
MODULE 37: Infancy and Childhood
MODULE 38: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult
MODULE 39: Adulthood
Chapter 13: Personality
MODULE 40: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality
MODULE 41: Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality
MODULE 42: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive
Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being
MODULE 43: Stress and Coping
MODULE 44: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being
MODULE 45: Promoting Health and Wellness
Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders
MODULE 46: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction
MODULE 47: The Major Psychological Disorders
MODULE 48: Psychological Disorders in Perspective
Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
MODULE 49: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment
MODULE 50: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment
MODULE 51: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment
Chapter 17: Social Psychology
MODULE 52: Attitudes and Social Cognition
MODULE 53: Social Influence and Groups
MODULE 54: Prejudice and Discrimination
MODULE 55: Positive and Negative Social Behavior
EPILOGUE: Diversity, Culture, Conflict, and Cooperation
MHE CONNECT: McGraw-Hill Education Psychology APA Documentation Style Guide
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