Published by Pearson (April 17, 2015) © 2015

Carole Wade | Carol Tavris | Maryanne Garry
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    ISBN-13: 9781292070438R365

    Invitation to Psychology Global Edition ,6th edition

    Language: English

    1. Brief Table of Contents

    2. Full Table of Contents

     

     

    1. Brief Table of Contents:

     

    Chapter 1: What is Psychology?

     

    Part One: Your Self

    Chapter 2: Theories of Personality

    Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span

     

    Part Two: Your Body

    Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain

    Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States

    Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception

     

    Part Three: Your Mind

    Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence

    Chapter 8: Memory

     

    Part Four: Your Environment

    Chapter 9: Learning and Conditioning

    Chapter 10: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context

     

    Part Five: Your Mental Health

    Chapter 11: Psychological Disorders

    Chapter 12: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy

     

    Part Six: Your Life

    Chapter 13: Emotion, Stress, and Health

    Chapter 14: The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work

     

     

     

    2. Full Table of Contents

     

    Chapter 1: What is Psychology?

    The Science of Psychology

    What Psychologists Do

    Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology

    Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts

    Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships

    The Experiment: Hunting for Causes

    Evaluating the Findings

     

    Part One: Your Self

    Chapter 2: Theories of Personality

    Psychodynamic Theories of Personality

    The Modern Study of Personality

    The Modern Study of Personality

    Environmental Influences on Personality

    Cultural Influences on Personality

    The Inner Experience

     

    Chapter 3: Development Over the Life Span

    From Conception Through the First Year

    Language Development

    Cognitive Development

    Moral Development

    Gender Development

    Adolescence

    Adulthood

    The Wellsprings of Resilience

     

    Part Two: Your Body

    Chapter 4: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain

    The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint

    Communication in the Nervous System

    Mapping the Brain

    A Tour Through the Brain

    The Two Hemispheres of the Brain

    The Flexible Brain

     

    Chapter 5: Body Rhythms and Mental States

    Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience

    The Rhythms of Sleep

    Exploring the Dream World

    The Riddle of Hypnosis

    Consciousness-Altering Drugs

     

    Chapter 6: Sensation and Perception

    Our Sensational Senses

    Vision

    Hearing

    Other Senses

    Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences

    Perception without Awareness

     

    Part Three: Your Mind

    Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence

    Thought: Using What We Know

    Reasoning Rationally

    Barriers to Reasoning Rationally

    Measuring Intelligence: The Psychometric Approach

    Dissecting Intelligence: The Cognitive Approach

    The Origins of Intelligence

    Animal Minds

     

    Chapter 8: Memory

    Reconstructing the Past

    Memory and the Power of Suggestion

    In Pursuit of Memory

    The Three-Box Model of Memory

    The Biology of Memory

    How We Remember

    Why We Forget

    Autobiographical Memories

     

    Part Four: Your Environment