Psychology Interactive Book

Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Psychology

1.1. What Is Psychology?

1.2. History of Psychology

1.3. Contemporary Psychology

1.4. Careers in Psychology

2. Psychological Research

2.1. Why Is Research Important?

2.2. Approaches to Research

2.3. Analyzing Findings

2.4. Ethics

3. Biopsychology

3.1. Human Genetics

3.2. Cells of the Nervous System

3.3. Parts of the Nervous System

3.4. The Brain and Spinal Cord

3.5. The Endocrine System

4. States of Consciousness

4.1. What Is Consciousness?

4.2. Sleep and Why We Sleep

4.3. Stages of Sleep

4.4. Sleep Problems and Disorders

4.5. Substance Use and Abuse

4.6. Other States of Consciousness

5. Sensation and Perception

5.1. Sensation versus Perception

5.2. Waves and Wavelengths

5.3. Vision

5.4. Hearing

5.5. The Other Senses

5.6. Gestalt Principles of Perception

6. Learning

6.1. What Is Learning?

6.2. Classical Conditioning

6.3. Operant Conditioning

6.4. Observational Learning (Modeling)

7. Thinking and Intelligence

7.1. What Is Cognition?

7.2. Language

7.3. Problem Solving

7.4. What Are Intelligence and Creativity?

7.5. Measures of Intelligence

7.6. The Source of Intelligence

8. Memory

8.1. How Memory Functions

8.2. Parts of the Brain Involved with Memory

8.3. Problems with Memory

8.4. Ways to Enhance Memory

9. Lifespan Development

9.1. What Is Lifespan Development?

9.2. Lifespan Theories

9.3. Stages of Development

9.4. Death and Dying

10. Emotion and Motivation

10.1. Motivation

10.2. Hunger and Eating

10.3. Sexual Behavior

10.4. Emotion

11. Personality

11.1. What Is Personality?

11.2. Freud and the Psychodynamic Perspective

11.3. Neo-Freudians: Adler, Erikson, Jung, and Horney

11.4. Learning Approaches

11.5. Humanistic Approaches

11.6. Biological Approaches

11.7. Trait Theorists

11.8. Cultural Understandings of Personality

11.9. Personality Assessment

12. Social Psychology

12.1. What Is Social Psychology?

12.2. Self-presentation

12.3. Attitudes and Persuasion

12.4. Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience

12.5. Prejudice and Discrimination

12.6. Aggression

12.7. Prosocial Behavior

13. Industrial-Organizational Psychology

13.1. What Is Industrial and Organizational Psychology?

13.2. Industrial Psychology: Selecting and Evaluating Employees

13.3. Organizational Psychology: The Social Dimension of Work

13.4. Human Factors Psychology and Workplace Design

14. Stress, Lifestyle, and Health

14.1. What Is Stress?

14.2. Stressors

14.3. Stress and Illness

14.4. Regulation of Stress

14.5. The Pursuit of Happiness

15. Psychological Disorders

15.1. What Are Psychological Disorders?

15.2. Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders

15.3. Perspectives on Psychological Disorders

15.4. Anxiety Disorders

15.5. Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

15.6. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

15.7. Mood Disorders

15.8. Schizophrenia

15.9. Dissociative Disorders

15.10. Personality Disorders

15.11. Disorders in Childhood

16. Therapy and Treatment

16.1. Mental Health Treatment: Past and Present

16.2. Types of Treatment

16.3. Treatment Modalities

16.4. Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders: A Special Case

16.5. The Sociocultural Model and Therapy Utilization