Opis: Psychology 6e - Philip G. Zimbardo, Robert L. Johnson, Vivian McCann

Psychology: Core Concepts represents the marriage of great science with great teaching--Applying the principles of psychology to the teaching of psychology. Within this fourteen-chapter text, the authors focus on the core topics the majority of introductory psychology instructors cover--all while applying the principles of psychology to the teaching of psychology. Psychology: Core Concepts focuses on a manageable number of core concepts (usually three to five) in each chapter, allowing students to attain a deeper level of understanding of the material. Learning is reinforced through focused application and critical thinking activities, and connections between concepts are drawn across chapters to help students see the big picture of psychology as a whole. The 6th Edition features an enhanced critical thinking emphasis, with new chapter-opening "Problems" and new end-of-chapter critical thinking applications that promote more active learning of the content.Brief Table of Contents Chapter 1: Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science Chapter 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature Chapter 3: Learning and Human Nurture Chapter 4: Memory Chapter 5: Thinking and Intelligence Chapter 6: Development Over the Lifespan Chapter 7: Sensation and Perception Chapter 8: States of Consciousness Chapter 9: Emotion and Motivation Chapter 10: Personality: Theories of the Whole Person Chapter 11: Social Psychology Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders Chapter 13: Therapies for Psychological Disorders Chapter 14: Stress, Health, and Well-Being Detailed Table of Contents Chapter 1: Mind, Behavior, and Psychological Science 1.1 What Is Psychology -- and What Is It Not? Psychology: It's More than You Think Psychology is Not Psychiatry PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Thinking Critically about Psychology and Pseudopsychology 1.2 How Do Psychologists Develop New Knowledge? The Five Steps of the Scientific Method Five Types of Psychological Research Controlling Biases in Psychological Research Ethical Issues in Psychological Research Questions Science Cannot Answer PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 1.3 What Are Psychology's Main Perspectives? Separation of Mind and Body and the Modern Biological Perspective The Founding of Scientific Psychology and the Modern Cognitive Perspective The Behavioral Perspective: Rejection of Introspection and a Focus on Observable Behavior Whole-Person Perspective: Psychodynamic, Humanistic, Trait & Temperament The Developmental Perspective: Changes Arising from Nature and Nurture The Sociocultural Perspective: The Individual in Context The Changing Face of Psychology PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Psychology as a Major CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Facilitated Communication Chapter 2: Biopsychology, Neuroscience, and Human Nature 2.1 How are Genes and Behavior Linked? Evolution and Natural Selection Genetics and Inheritance PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Choosing Your Children's Genes 2.2 How Does the Body Communicate Internally? The Neuron: Building Block of the Nervous System The Nervous System The Endocrine System PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: How Psychoactive Drugs Affect the Nervous System 2.3 How Does the Brain Produce Behavior and Mental Processes? Windows on the Brain Three Layers of the Brain Lobes of the Cerebral Cortex The Cooperative Brain Cerebral Dominance The Split Brain: "I've Half a Mind to!" PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Left Brain vs. Right Brain Chapter 3: Learning and Human Nurture 3.1 What Sort of Learning Does Classical Conditioning Explain? The Essentials of Classical Conditioning Applications of Classical Conditioning PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Taste Aversions and Chemotherapy 3.2 How Do We Learn New Behaviors By Operant Conditioning? Skinner's Radical Behaviorism The Power of Reinforcement The Problem of Punishment Operant and Classical Conditioning Compared A Checklist for Modifying Operant Behavior PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 3.3 How Does Cognitive Psychology Explain Learning? Insight Learning: Kohler in the Canaries with the Chimps Cognitive Maps: Tolman Finds out What's on a Rat's Mind Observational Learning: Bandura's Challenge to Behaviorism Rethinking Behavioral Learning in Cognitive Terms Brain Mechanisms and Learning "Higher" Cognitive Learning PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Do Different People Have Different "Learning Styles"? Chapter 4: Memory 4.1 What is Memory? Metaphors for Memory Memory's Three Basic Tasks PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Would You Want a "Photographic" Memory? 4.2 How Do We Form Memories? The First Stage: Sensory Memory The Second Stage: Working Memory The Third Stage: Long-Term Memory PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: "Flashbulb" Memories: Where Were You When!? 4.3 How Do We Retrieve Memories? Implicit and Explicit Memory Retrieval Cues Other Factors Affecting Retrieval PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: On the Tip of Your Tongue 4.4 Why Does Memory Sometimes Fail Us? Transience: Fading Memories Cause Forgetting Absent-Mindedness: Lapses of Attention Cause Forgetting Blocking: Access Problems Misattribution: Memories in the Wrong Context Suggestibility: External Cues Distort or Create Memories Bias: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Opinions Distort Memories Persistence: When We Can't Forget The Advantages of the "Seven Sins" of Memory Improving Your Memory with Mnemonics PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology USING PSYCHOLOGY TO LEARN PSYCHOLOGY: How to Avoid Memory Failure on Exams CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: The Recovered Memory Controversy Chapter 5: Thinking and Intelligence 5.1 What are the Components of Thought? Concepts Imagery and Cognitive Maps Thought and the Brain Intuition PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Schemas and Scripts Help You Know What to Expect 5.2 What Abilities Do Good Thinkers Possess? Problem Solving Judging and Making Decisions On Becoming a Creative Genius PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 5.3 How is Intelligence Measured? Binet and Simon Invent a School Abilities Test American Psychologists Borrow Binet and Simon's Idea Problems with the IQ Formula Calculating IQs "on the Curve" IQ Testing Today PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: What Can You Do for an Exceptional Child? 5.4 Is Intelligence One or Many Abilities? Psychometric Theories of Intelligence Cognitive Theories of Intelligence Cultural Definitions of Intelligence Animals Can Be Intelligent--But Do They Think? PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Test Scores and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy 5.5 How Do Psychologists Explain IQ Differences Among Groups? Intelligence and the Politics of Immigration What Evidence Shows That Intelligence Is Influenced by Heredity? What Evidence Shows That Intelligence is Influenced by Environment? Heritability (Not Heredity) and Group Differences PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Stereotype Threat USING PSCYHOLOGY TO LEARN PSYCHOLOGY: Developing Expertise in Psychology -- or Any Other Subject CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: The Question of Gender Differences Chapter 6: Development Over the Lifespan 6.1 What Innate Abilities Does the Infant Possess? Prenatal Development The Neonatal Period: Abilities of the Newborn Child Infancy: Building on the Neonatal Blueprint PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Psychological Traits in Your Genes 6.2 What are the Developmental Tasks of Childhood? How Children Acquire Language Cognitive Development: Piaget's Theory Social and Emotional Development PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: The Puzzle of ADHD 6.3 What Changes Mark the Transition of Adolescence? Adolescence and Culture Physical Maturation in Adolescence Sexual Issues in Adolescence Cognitive Development in Adolescence Social and Emotional Issues in Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 6.4 What Developmental Challenges Do Adults Face? Early Adulthood: Explorations, Autonomy, and Intimacy The Challenges of Midlife: Complexity and Generativity Late Adulthood: The Age of Integrity PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: A Look Back at the Twin Studies CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: The Mozart Effect Chapter 7: Sensation and Perception 7.1 How Does Stimulation Become Sensation? Transduction: Changing Stimulation to Sensation Thresholds: The Boundaries of Sensation Signal Detection Theory PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Sensory Adaptation 7.2 How Are the Senses Alike? And How Are They Different? Vision: How the Nervous System Processes Light Hearing: If a Tree Falls in the Forest! How the Other Senses are Like Vision and Hearing Synesthesia: Sensations Across the Senses PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: The Experience of Pain 7.3 What is the Relationship Between Sensation and Perception? Perceptual Processing: Finding Meaning in Sensation Perceptual Ambiguity and Distortion Theoretical Explanations for Perception Seeing and Believing PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Thinking Critically about Subliminal Persuasion Chapter 8: States of Consciousness 8.1 How is Consciousness Related to Other Mental Processes? Tools for Studying Consciousness Models of the Conscious and Nonconscious Minds What Does Consciousness Do for Us? Levels of Consciousness PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 8.2 What Cycles Occur in Everyday Consciousness? Daydreaming Sleep: The Mysterious Third of Our Lives Dreaming: The Pageants of the Night PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Sleep Disorders 8.3 What Other Forms Can Consciousness Take? Hypnosis Meditation Psychoactive Drug States PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Dependence and Addiction CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: The Unconscious--Reconsidered Chapter 9: Emotion and Motivation 9.1 What Do Our Emotions Do For Us? The Evolution of Emotions Counting the Emotions Cultural Universals in Emotional Expression PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Emotional Differences Between Men and Women Depend on Both Biology and Culture 9.2 Where Do Our Emotions Come From? The Neuroscience of Emotion Psychological Theories of Emotion: Resolving Some Persistent Issues PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Arousal, Performance, and the Inverted U 9.3 How Much Control Do We Have Over Our Emotions? Developing Emotional Intelligence Detecting Deception PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Controlling Anger 9.4 Motivation: What Makes Us Act As We Do? How Psychologists Use the Concept of Motivation Types of Motivation Theories of Motivation The Unexpected Effects of Rewards on Motivation PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 9.5 How Are Achievement, Hunger, and Sex Alike? Different? Achievement Motivation Hunger Motivation Sexual Motivation PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: A Question of Will Power, Laughter, and Chocolate Cakes CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Do "Lie Detectors" Really Detect Lies? Chapter 10: Personality: Theories of the Whole Person 10.1 What Forces Shape Our Personalities? Biology and Human Nature The Effects of Nurture: Personality and the Environment Inside the Person: Dispositions and Mental Processes Social and Cultural Contributions to Personality PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Explaining Unusual People and Unusual Behavior 10.2 What Persistent Patterns, or Dispositions, Make Up Our Personalities? Personality and Temperament Personality as a Composite of Traits Personality Disorders PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Finding Your Type 10.3 What Mental Processes Are at Work Within Our Possibilities? Psychodynamic Theories: Emphasis on Motivation and Mental Disorder Humanistic Theories: Emphasis on Human Potential and Mental Health Social-Cognitive Theories: Emphasis on Social Learning Current Trends: The Person in a Social System PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 10.4 What "Theories" Do People Use to Understand Themselves and Others? Implicit Personality Theories Self Narratives: The Stories of Our Lives The Effects of Culture on Our Views of Personality PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Developing Your Own Theory of Personality CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: The Person-Situation Controversy Chapter 11: Social Psychology 11.1 How Does the Social Situation Affect Our Behavior? Social Standards of Behavior Conformity Conformity and Independence Light Up the Brain Differently Obedience to Authority Cross-Cultural Tests of Milgram's Research Some Real World Extensions of the Milgram Obedience to Authority Paradigm The Bystander Problem: The Evil of Inaction Need Help? Ask for It! PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: On Being "Shoe" at Yale U. 11.2 Constructing Social Reality: What Influences Our Judgments of Others? Interpersonal Attraction Making Cognitive Attributions Loving Relationships Cross-Cultural Research on the Need for Positive Self-Regard Prejudice and Discrimination PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: The Sweet Smells of Attraction 11.3 How Do Systems Create Situations that Influence Behavior? The Stanford Prison Experiment Chains of System Command Understanding The Abuses at Abu Ghraib Prison: Bad Apples or Bad Barrels? PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Is Terrorism "A Senseless Act of Violence, Perpetrated by Crazy Fanatics"? Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders 12.1 What Is Psychological Disorder? Changing Concepts of Psychological Disorder Indicators of Abnormality A Caution to Readers PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: The Plea of Insanity 12.2 How Are Psychological Disorders Classified in the DSM-IV? Overview of the DSM-IV Classification System Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Somatoform Disorders Dissociative Disorders Schizophrenia Developmental Disorders Adjustment Disorders and Other Conditions Gender Differences in Mental Disorders PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Shyness 12.3 What Are the Consequences of Labeling People? Diagnostic Labels, Labeling, and Depersonalization The Cultural Context of Psychological Disorder PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Insane Places Revisited--Another Look at the Rosenhan Study Chapter 13: Therapies for Psychological Disorders 13.1 What Is Therapy? Entering Therapy The Therapeutic Alliance and the Goals of Therapy Therapy in Historical and Cultural Context PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Paraprofessionals Do Therapy, Too. 13.2 How Do Psychologists Treat Psychological Disorders? Insight Therapies Behavior Therapies Cognitive--Behavioral Therapy: A Synthesis Evaluating the Psychological Therapies PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Where Do Most People Get Help? 13.3 How Is the Biomedical Approach Used to Treat Psychological Disorders? Drug Therapy Other Medical Therapies for Psychological Disorders Hospitalization and the Alternatives PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: What Sort of Therapy Would You Recommend? 13.4 How Do The Psychological Therapies and Biomedical Therapies Compare? Depression: Psychological vs Medical Treatment Anxiety Disorders: Psychological vs Medical Treatment "The Worried Well": Not Everyone Needs Drugs PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 14: Stress, Health, and Well-Being 14.1 What Causes Stress? Traumatic Stressors Chronic Stressors PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Student Stress 14.2 How Does Stress Affect Us Physically? Physiological Responses to Stress Stress and the Immune System PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Drugs for Stress Relief: A Costly Defense 14.3 Who Is Most Vulnerable to Stress? Type A Personality and Hostility Locus of Control Hardiness Optimism Resilience PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Using Psychology to Learn Psychology 14.4 How Can We Reduce the Impact of Stress on our Health? Psychological Coping Strategies Lifestyle Choices: A "Two-for-One" Benefit to Your Health Putting It All Together: Developing Happiness and Subjective Well-Being PSYCHOLOGY MATTERS: Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine CRITICAL THINKING APPLIED: Is Change Really Hazardous to Your Health?

Szczegóły: Psychology 6e - Philip G. Zimbardo, Robert L. Johnson, Vivian McCann

Tytuł: Psychology 6e
Autor: Philip G. Zimbardo, Robert L. Johnson, Vivian McCann
Producent: Pearson
ISBN: 9780205687893
Rok produkcji: 2008
Ilość stron: 768
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.35 kg

Recenzje: Psychology 6e - Philip G. Zimbardo, Robert L. Johnson, Vivian McCann