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- ISBN-10 : 113395782X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1133957829
- Author: Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer
A psychology text that you’ll actually want to read! PSYCHOLOGY: A JOURNEY is guaranteed to spark your curiosity, insight, imagination, and interest. Using the proven SQ4R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Reflect, and Review) active learning system to help you study smarter, Coon leads you to an understanding of major concepts as well as how psychology relates to the challenges of everyday life. Each chapter of this book takes you into a different realm of psychology, such as personality, abnormal behavior, memory, consciousness, and human development. Each realm is complex and fascinating, with many pathways, landmarks, and detours to discover. Take the journey and find yourself becoming actively involved with the material as you develop a basic understanding of psychology that will help you succeed in this course and enrich your life.
Table of contents
- Ch 1: Thinking Critically about Psychology and Research Methods
- Journey into Psychology: Death Valley
- Psychology – Behave!
- Critical Thinking – Take It with a Grain of Salt
- Pseudopsychologies – Palms, Planets, and Personality
- Scientific Research – How to Think Like a Psychologist
- A Brief History of Psychology – Psychology’s Family Album
- Psychology Today – Three Complementary Perspectives on Behavior
- Psychologists – Guaranteed Not to Shrink
- The Psychology Experiment – Where Cause Meets Effect
- Double Blind – On Placebos and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
- Nonexperimental Research Methods – Different Strokes
- Psychology in Action: Psychology in the Media – Are You Fluent in Klingon?
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 2: Brain and Behavior
- Journey into Psychology: Punch-Drunk
- The Nervous System – Wired for Action
- Neurons – Building a “Biocomputer”
- Research Methods – Charting the Brain’s Inner Realms
- The Cerebral Cortex – My, What a Wrinkled Brain You Have!
- The Subcortex – At the Core of the (Brain) Matter
- The Endocrine System – My Hormones Made Me Do It
- Psychology in Action: Handedness – Are You Sinister or Dexterous?
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 3: Human Development
- Journey into Psychology: It’s a Girl!
- Nature and Nurture – It Takes Two to Tango
- Emotional and Social Development in Infancy – Baby, I’m Stuck on You
- Parental Influences – Life with Mom and Dad
- Language Development – Who Talks Baby Talk?
- Cognitive Development in Children – Think Like a Child
- Adolescence and Young Adulthood – The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
- Moral Development – Growing a Conscience
- The Story of a Lifetime – Rocky Road or Garden Path?
- Middle and Late Adulthood: You’re an Adult Now!
- Psychology in Action: Well-Being and Happiness – What Makes a Good Life?
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 4: Sensation and Perception
- Journey into Psychology: The Trees Have Eyes
- Sensory Processes – The First Step
- Vision – Catching Some Rays
- Hearing – Good Vibrations
- Smell and Taste – The Nose Knows When the Tongue Can’t Tell
- The Somesthetic Senses – Flying by the Seat of Your Pants
- Perception – The Second Step
- Selective Attention – Tuning In and Tuning Out
- Depth Perception – What If the World Were Flat?
- Perceptual Learning – Believing Is Seeing
- Extrasensory Perception – Do You Believe in Ghosts?
- Psychology in Action: Pay Attention! – Becoming a Better Eyewitness to Life
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 5: States of Consciousness
- Journey into Psychology: Grand, Indeed!
- States of Consciousness – The Many Faces of Awareness
- Sleep – Catching a Few ZZZs
- Stages of Sleep – The Nightly Roller-Coaster
- Sleep Disturbances – The Sleepy Time Blues
- Dreams – A Separate Reality?
- Hypnosis – Look into My Eyes
- Meditation and Mindfulness – Chilling, the Healthy Way
- Drug-Altered Consciousness – The High and Low of It
- Uppers – Amphetamines, Cocaine, MDMA, Caffeine, Nicotine
- Downers – Narcotics, Sedatives, Tranquilizers, and Alcohol
- Hallucinogens – Tripping the Light Fantastic
- Psychology in Action: Exploring and Using Dreams
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 6: Conditioning and Learning
- Journey into Psychology: Rats!
- What Is Learning – Does Practice Make Perfect?
- Classical Conditioning – Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell?
- Principles of Classical Conditioning – Leonard Studies Lemon Juice
- Classical Conditioning in Humans – An Emotional Topic
- Operant Conditioning – Ping-Pong-Playing Pigeons
- Operant Reinforcers – What’s Your Pleasure?
- Partial Reinforcement – Las Vegas, a Human Skinner Box?
- Stimulus Control – Red Light, Green Light
- Punishment – Putting the Brakes on Behavior
- Cognitive Learning – Beyond Conditioning
- Modeling – Do as I Do, Not as I Say
- Psychology in Action: Behavioral Self-Management – A Rewarding Project
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 7: Memory
- Journey into Psychology: Fuhgeddaboudit
- Stages of Memory – Do You Have a Mind Like a Steel Trap? Or a Sieve?
- Short-Term Memory – Do You Know the Magic Number?
- Long-Term Memory – A Blast from the Past
- Measuring Memory – The Answer Is on the Tip of My Tongue
- Forgetting – Why We, Uh, Let’s See; Why We, Uh…Forget!
- Memory and the Brain – Some “Shocking” Findings
- Exceptional Memory – Wizards of Recall
- Improving Memory – Keys to the Memory Bank
- Psychology in Action: Mnemonics – Memory Magic
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 8: Cognition, Language, Creativity, and Intelligence
- Journey into Psychology: Homo sapiens
- What Is Thinking? – Brains over Brawn
- Mental Imagery – Does a Frog Have Lips?
- Concepts – I’m Positive, It’s a Whatchamacallit
- Language – Say What?
- Problem Solving – Figure It Out
- Creative Thinking – Down Roads Less Traveled
- Intuition – Mental Shortcut? Or Dangerous Detour?
- Human Intelligence – The IQ and You
- Variations in Intelligence – Curved Like a Bell
- Questioning Intelligence – How Intelligent Is the Idea of Intelligence?
- Psychology in Action: Enhancing Creativity – The Road Less Travelled
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 9: Motivation and Emotion
- Journey into Psychology: No Need to Tell Lady Gaga
- Motivation – Forces That Push and Pull
- Hunger and Thirst – Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
- Sex – Mapping the Erogenous Zones
- Stimulus Motives – Monkey Business
- Learned Motives – The Pursuit of Excellence
- Motives in Perspective – A View from the Pyramid
- Inside an Emotion – Caught in That Feeling?
- Physiology and Emotion – Arousal, Sudden Death, and Lying
- Expressing Emotions – Making Faces and Talking Bodies
- Theories of Emotion – Several Ways to Fear a Bear
- Psychology in Action: Emotional Intelligence – The Fine Art of Self-Control
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 10: Personality
- Journey into Psychology: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
- The Psychology of Personality – Do You Have Personality?
- The Trait Approach – Describe Yourself in 18,000 Words or Less
- Psychoanalytic Theory – Id Came to Me in a Dream
- Humanistic Theory – Peak Experiences and Personal Growth
- Learning Theories of Personality – Habit I Seen You Before?
- Nature and Nurture – The Great Personality Debate
- Personality Assessment – Psychological Yardsticks
- Psychology in Action: Barriers and Bridges – Understanding Shyness
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 11: Health, Stress, and Coping
- Journey into Psychology: Mee Jung’s Amazing Race
- Health Psychology – Here’s to Your Good Health
- STDs and Safer Sex – Choice, Risk, and Responsibility
- Stress – Threat or Thrill?
- Frustration – Blind Alleys and Lead Balloons
- Conflict – Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, Well, Maybe
- Psychological Defense – Mental Karate?
- Learned Helplessness and Depression – Is There Hope?
- Stress and Health – Unmasking a Hidden Killer
- Psychology in Action: Stress Management – Winning the Stress Game
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 12: Psychological Disorders
- Journey into Psychology: At Least She Didn’t Give Him Any Soda
- Normality – What’s Normal?
- Classifying Mental Disorders – Problems by the Book
- Disorders in Perspective – Psychiatric Labeling
- Psychotic Disorders – The Dark Side of the Moon
- Delusional Disorders – An Enemy Behind Every Tree
- Schizophrenia – Shattered Reality
- Mood Disorders – Peaks and Valleys
- Anxiety-Based Disorders – When Anxiety Rules
- Anxiety and Disorder – Four Pathways to Trouble
- Personality Disorders – Blueprints for Maladjustment
- Psychology in Action: Suicide – Lives on the Brink
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 13: Therapies
- Journey into Psychology: Paddle Like a Duck
- Origins of Therapy – Bored Out of Your Skull
- Psychoanalysis – The Talking Cure
- Psychotherapy – Let Me Count the Ways
- Humanistic Therapies – Liberating Human Potential
- Cognitive Therapy – Think Positive!
- Behavior Therapies Based on Classical Conditioning – Healing by Learning
- Operant Therapies – All the World Is a Skinner Box?
- Medical Therapies – Psychiatric Care
- Therapies – Human to the Core
- The Future of Therapy – Back to the Future
- Psychology in Action: Self-Management and Seeking Professional Help
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Ch 14: Social Behavior
- Journey into Psychology: Six Degrees of Separation
- Humans in a Social Context – Mind Your Manners
- Social Comparisons and Attributions – Behind Our Masks
- Social Cognition: Attitudes and Attitude Change – Copping a ‘Tude
- Attitude Change – Meet the “Seekers”
- Degrees of Social Influence – Follow the Leader?
- Compliance – A Foot in the Door
- Obedience – Would You Electrocute a Stranger?
- Coercion – Do It!
- Assertiveness – Stand Up for Your Rights
- Affiliation and Attraction – Come Together
- Liking and Loving – The Love Triangle
- Prosocial Behavior: Helping Others – The Kindness of Strangers
- Antisocial Behavior: Aggression – The World’s Most Dangerous Animal
- Prejudice – Attitudes That Injure
- Intergroup Conflict – The Roots of Prejudice
- Psychology in Action: Multiculturalism – Living with Diversity
- Chapter in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Appendix 1 Behavioral Statistics
- Journey into Psychology: Why Numbers?
- Descriptive Statistics – Psychology by the Numbers
- Correlation – Rating Relationships
- Inferential Statistics – Significant Numbers
- Appendix: Behavioral Statistics in Review
- Test Your Knowledge
- Appendix 2 Life After School
- Journey into Psychology: What Her Professor Told Her
- It’s Off to Work We Go – Hi Ho, Hi Ho
- Careers in Psychology – Are You Reading My Mind?
- Applied Psychology – Making Psychology Work for People
- Appendix: Life After School
- Test Your Knowledge
- References
- Name Index
- Subject Index/Glossary
