Contents:
Preface ix
1 Introduction:The Foundations of Psychology 1
2 Research Methods in Psychology:Gathering Data 17
3 The Biology of Behavior:Is the Brain the Organ of Mental Life? 30
4 Sensation:Studying the Gateways of Experience 45
5 Perception:Why Do Things Look the Way They Do? 57
6 Learning:Understanding Acquired Behavior 72
7 Motivation:Why Do We Do What We Do? 90
8 Emotions:Riding Life’s Roller Coaster 107
9 Thinking:Exploring Mental Life 120
10 Intelligence:In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 136
11 Developmental Psychology:How Children Become Adults 153
12 Sex and Love:Are You in the Mood? 174
13 Personality:Psychological Factors That Make You an Individual 191
14 Abnormal Psychology:Exploring Mental Disorders 212
15 Therapy:Helping Troubled People 231
16 Social Psychology:Interacting with Other People 247
Index 263
Preface ix
1 Introduction:The Foundations of Psychology 1
2 Research Methods in Psychology:Gathering Data 17
3 The Biology of Behavior:Is the Brain the Organ of Mental Life? 30
4 Sensation:Studying the Gateways of Experience 45
5 Perception:Why Do Things Look the Way They Do? 57
6 Learning:Understanding Acquired Behavior 72
7 Motivation:Why Do We Do What We Do? 90
8 Emotions:Riding Life’s Roller Coaster 107
9 Thinking:Exploring Mental Life 120
10 Intelligence:In Pursuit of Rational Thought and Effective Action 136
11 Developmental Psychology:How Children Become Adults 153
12 Sex and Love:Are You in the Mood? 174
13 Personality:Psychological Factors That Make You an Individual 191
14 Abnormal Psychology:Exploring Mental Disorders 212
15 Therapy:Helping Troubled People 231
16 Social Psychology:Interacting with Other People 247
Index 263
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