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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Psychology? | |
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| The History of Psychology | |
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| Subfields of Psychology | |
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| Research Methods in Psychology | |
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| Looking at the Numbers: Statistical Analysis | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News | |
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| Biology and Behavior | |
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| History and Scope of Behavioral Neuroscience | |
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| Neurons: Basic Units of the Nervous System | |
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| Anatomy of the Nervous System | |
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| Hemispheric Specialization | |
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| Functional Subdivisions of the Nervous System | |
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| The Endocrine System | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: Subtle but Intriguing Differences Found in Brain Anatomy of Men and Women | |
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| Sensation | |
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| History and Scope of the Study of Sensation | |
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| Exploring the Limits of Our Sensations | |
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| Seeing | |
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| Hearing | |
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| Other Senses | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: Research on Noise Disappears in the Din | |
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| Perception | |
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| History and Scope of the Study of Perception, Cognition, and Action | |
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| Perceptual Development | |
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| The Role of Organization in Perception | |
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| The Role of Constancies in Perception | |
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| Depth Perception | |
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| Visual Illusions | |
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| Speech Perception | |
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| Reading | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: New Breed of Robots Have the Human Touch | |
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| Alternate States of Consciousness | |
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| History and Scope of Studying Alternate States of Consciousness | |
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| Methods for Studying States of Consciousness | |
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| Sleep and Dreams | |
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| Visions During Drowsiness | |
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| Daydreams | |
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| Drug-Induced States | |
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| Hypnosis | |
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| Meditation | |
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| Sensory Deprivation | |
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| Hidden Mental Powers | |
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| Near-Death Experiences | |
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| A Final Comment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: Feeling Sleepy? An Urge to Nap Is Built In | |
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| Learning | |
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| History and Scope of the Study of Learning | |
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| Classical Conditioning | |
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| Operant Conditioning | |
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| Cognitive Learning Theory | |
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| Psychobiological Analyses of Learning: Issues and Applications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: Embattled Giant of Psychology Speaks His Mind | |
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| Memory and Cognition | |
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| History and Scope of the Study of Memory | |
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| How Memory Is Studied | |
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| Types of Memory | |
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| Encoding | |
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| Retaining and Recoding | |
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| Retrieval | |
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| Forgetting | |
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| The Neurobiological Basis of Learning and Memory | |
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| Improving Your Memory | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Studies Offer Fresh Clues to Memory | |
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| Language, Thought, and Intelligence | |
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| Scope and History | |
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| Language | |
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| Thought | |
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| Problem Solving: Creativity, Planning, and Decision Making | |
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| Intelligence | |
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| A Final Comment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Humor Found to Aid Problem Solving | |
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| Infancy and Childhood | |
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| History and Scope of the Study of Human Development | |
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| Prenatal Development | |
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| Birth to 1 Year | |
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| Childhood | |
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| Childhood Disorders | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Sensing Silent Cues Emerges as Key Skill | |
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| Adolescence, Adulthood, and Aging | |
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| History and Scope of a Life-Span Approach to Development | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Young Adulthood | |
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| Middle Adulthood | |
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| Late Adulthood | |
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| Death and Dying | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: Tracking the Life of the New Father | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Motivation: Scope and History | |
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| Hunger and Eating | |
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| Thirst | |
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| Sexual Behavior | |
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| Stimulus-Seeking Motives | |
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| Social Motives | |
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| The Achievement Motive | |
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| A Hierarchy of Motives? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Mating for Life? It's Not for the Birds or the Bees | |
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| Emotions, Stress, and Coping | |
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| The Study of Emotions: History and Scope | |
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| Getting That Feeling: Theories of Emotion | |
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| Nonverbal Communication: Saying It Silently | |
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| The Influence of Emotions | |
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| Specific Emotions | |
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| Stress | |
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| Coping Effectively With Stress | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Studies Point to Power of Nonverbal Signals | |
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| Personality: Theories and Assessment | |
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| Personality Defined | |
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| Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory | |
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| Humanistic Theories | |
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| Learning Theories | |
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| Types and Traits | |
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| Personality Theories: A Concluding Remark | |
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| Personality Assessment | |
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| Summary | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Psychology in the News: New Techniques Help Millions of Wallflowers Overcome Their Fears | |
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| Abnormal Psychology | |
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| Abnormal Behavior: History and Scope | |
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| The Medical Student Syndrome | |
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| Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | |
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| Phobia | |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | |
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| Somatoform Disorders | |
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| Dissociative Disorders | |
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| Mood Disorders | |
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| Sexual Disorders | |
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| Psychosis | |
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| Personality Disorders | |
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| Substance Use Disorders: Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Delusion, Benign and Bizarre, Is Recognized as Common | |
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| Therapy | |
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| Therapy: Its History and Scope | |
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| The Therapists | |
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| Psychotherapy | |
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| Biomedical Therapy | |
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| Does Therapy Work? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: The Self: From Tokyo to Topeka, It Changes | |
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| Interpersonal Relations | |
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| The Scope and History of Social Psychology | |
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| Perceiving and Evaluating Others | |
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| Our Beliefs and Attitudes | |
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| When Behaving Is Believing | |
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| Liking: Positive Attitudes About People | |
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| Helping Behavior | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: Great Altruists: Science Ponders Soul of Goodness | |
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| The Individual in Groups | |
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| Studying Individuals in Groups: History and Scope | |
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| Why Belong to a Group? | |
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| The Structure of Groups | |
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| Conformity: Dancing to the Group's Tune | |
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| Leadership | |
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| Resisting Influence | |
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| Group Decision Making | |
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| Group Performance | |
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| Intergroup Relations, Prejudice, and Discrimination | |
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| Summary | |
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| Psychology in the News: As Bias Crime Seems to Rise, Scientists Study Roots of Racism | |
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| Appendix: Statistical Methods | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |