Description
Psychology / Edition 8 by Henry Gleitman EBOOK PDF Instant Download
Table of Contents
Psychology, 8th edition
Contents in Brief
Contents
Preface
Prologue: What is Psychology
The Breadth of Psychology’s Content
Psychology’s Diverse Methods and Perspectives
What Unites Psychology?
Chapter 1 Research Methods
Making Observations
Working with Data
Observational Studies
Establishing Cause and Effect: The Power of Experiments
Research Ethics
The Power of Science
Some Final Thoughts: Methodological Eclecticism
Summary
Chapter 2 The Genetic and Evolutionary Roots of Behavior
Genetics and DNA
Evolution by Natural Selection
The Genetics and Evolution of Behavior
Some Final Thoughts: The Strengths and the Limits of Evolutionary Theorizing
Summary
Chapter 3 The Brain and the Nervous System
The Organism as a Machine
Building Blocks of the Nervous System
Communication Among Neurons
Communication Through the Bloodstream
Methods for Studying the Nervous System
The Architecture of the Nervous System
The Cerebral Cortex
Plasticity
Some Final Thoughts: Do All Pyschological Questions Have Biological Answers?
Summary
Chapter 4 Sensation
The Origins of Knowledge
Psychophysics
A Survey of the Senses
Hearing
Vision
Some Final Thoughts: The Active Perceiver
Summary
Chapter 5 Perception
Form Perception: What Is It?
Network Models of Perception
The Neuroscience of Vision
Perceptual Constancy
Distance Perception: Where Is It?
Motion Perception: What Is It Doing?
Perceptual Selection: Attention
Other Modalities
Some Final Thoughts: Seeing, Knowing, and the Percei ver’s Active Role
Summary
Chapter 6 Consciousness
Introspection and the Functions of Consciousness
The Neural Basis for Consciousness
Varieties of Consiousness
Some Final Thoughts: The Unsolved Mysteries
Summary
Chapter 7 Learning
The Perspective of Learning Theory
Habituation
Classical Conditioning
Instrumental Conditioning
Observational Learning
Varieties of Learning
The Neural Basis for Learning
Some Final Thoughts: Learning Theory and Beyond
Summary
Chapter 8 Memory
Acquistion, Storage, Retrieval
Acquistion
Storage
Retrieval
Memory Gaps, Memory Errors
Varieties of Memory
Some Final Thoughts: DIfferent Types, But Common Principles
Summary
Chapter 9 Thinking
Mental Representations
Judgment: Drawing Conclusions from Experience
Reasoning: Drawing Implications From Our Beliefs
Decision Making: Choosing Among Options
Problem Solving: Finding a Path Toward a Goal
Some Final Thoughts: Better Thinking
Summary
Chapter 10 Language
The Building Blocks of Language
How Language Conveys Meaning
How We Learn Language
Language Learning in Changed Enviroments
Language Learning with Changed Endowments
Language and Thought
Some Final Thoughts: Language and Cognition
Summary
Chapter 11 Intelligence
Intelligence Testing
What is Intelligence? The Psychometric Approach
The Building Blocks of Intelligence
Intelligence Beyond the IQ Test
The Roots of Intelligence
Some Final Thoughts: Scientific Evidence and Democratic Values
Summary
Chapter 12 Motivation and Emotion
Motivational States
Thermoregulation
Hunger, Eating, and Obesity
Threat and Aggression
Sexual Behavior
Motives Beyond Drives
The Diversity of Motives
Emotion and Emotion Regulation
Some Final Thoughts: The “Why” of Behavior
Summary
Chapter 13 Social Psychology
Social Cogniton
Social Influence
Social Relations
Some Final Thoughts: The Social Animal?
Summary
Chapter 14 Development
Prenatal Development
Infancy and Childhood
Adolescense
Adulthood and Older Age
Some Final Thoughts: Avoiding Dichotomies
Summary
Chapter 15 Personality
The Trait Approach: Defining Our Differences
The Psychodynamic Approach: Probing the Depths
The Humanistic Approach: Appreciating Our Potential
The Social-Cognitive Approach: The Power of Beliefs
Some Final Thoughts: The Need for Multiple Approaches
Summary
Chapter 16 Psychopathology
Conceptions of Mental Disorders
Defining, Assessing, and Diagnosing Mental Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Mood Disorders
Schizophrenia
Other Axis I and Axis II Disorders
Some Final Thoughts: Syndromes Without Stigma?
Summary
Chapter 17 Treatment of Mental Disorders
Treatments Past and Present
Psychological Treatments
Biomedical Treatments
Common Factors and Combined Treatments
Evaluating Treatments
Some Final Thoughts: Far, but Not Yet Far Enough
Summary
Appendix Statistics: The Description, Organization, and Interpretation of Data
Describing the Data
Organizing the Data
Describing the Relation between Two Variables: Correlation
Interpreting the Data
Summary
Credits
References
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index
