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| Brief TOC | |
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| Introduction to Psychology | |
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| Biology and Behavior | |
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| Sensation and Perception | |
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| States of Consciousness | |
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| Learning | |
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| Memory | |
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| Cognition, Language, and Intelligence | |
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| Child Development | |
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| Adolescence and Adulthood | |
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| Motivation and Emotion | |
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| Human Sexuality and Gender | |
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| Health and Stress | |
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| Personality Theory and Assessment | |
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| Psychological Disorders | |
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| Therapies | |
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| Social Psychology | |
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| Statistical Methods | |
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| Psychology in the Workplace | |
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| DETAILED TOC | |
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| Introduction to Psychology | |
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| An Introduction to the World of Psychology | |
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| APPLY IT: Best Practices for Effective Studying | |
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| The Scientific Method | |
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| The Goals of Psychology | |
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| Exploring Psychology's Roots | |
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| Structuralism | |
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| Funtionalism | |
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| The Changing Face of Psychology | |
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| Schools of Thought in Psychology | |
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| Behaviorism | |
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| Psychoanalysis | |
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| Humanistic Psychology | |
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| Cognitive Psychology | |
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| Evolutionary Psychology | |
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| Biological (Physiological) Psychology | |
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| The Sociocultural Approach | |
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| Psychological Perspectives and Eclecticism | |
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| Thinking about Theories and Research | |
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| Evaluating Theories | |
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| Evaluating Research | |
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| Descriptive Research Methods | |
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| Naturalistic and Laboratory Observation | |
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| The Case Study | |
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| Survey Research | |
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| TRY IT: Can Small Samples Really Be Representative? | |
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| The Correlational Method | |
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| The Experimental Method | |
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| Experiments and Hypothesis Testsing | |
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| Independent and Dependent Variables | |
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| Experimental and Control Groups | |
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| Sources of Bias in Experimental Research | |
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| Limitations of the Experimental Method | |
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| Participants in Psychological Research | |
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| Participant-Related Bias in Psychological Research | |
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| Protecting Research Participants' Rights | |
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| The Use of Animals in Research | |
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| Psychologists at Work | |
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| Specialties in Psychology | |
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| Majoring in Psychology | |
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| Biology and Behavior | |
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| The Neurons and the Neurotransmitters | |
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| The Structure of the Neuron | |
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| Communication between Neurons | |
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| Neurotransmitters: the Neuron's Messengers | |
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| The Variety of Neurotransmitters | |
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| The Human Nervous System | |
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| Central Nervous System: the Spinal Cord | |
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| Central Nervous System: the Hindbrain | |
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| Central Nervous System: the Midbrain | |
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| Central Nervous System: the Forebrain | |
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| The Peripheral Nervous System | |
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| A Closer Look at the Brain | |
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| Components of the Cerebrum | |
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| The Cerebral Hemispheres | |
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| TRY IT: A Balancing Act | |
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| The Frontal Lobes | |
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| The Parietal Lobes | |
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| The Occipital Lobes | |
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| The Temporal Lobes | |
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| The Brain across the Life Span | |
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| Gender Differences in the Adult Brain | |
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| Discovering the Brain's Mysteries | |
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| The EEG and the Microelectrode | |
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| The CT Scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
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| The PET Scan, fMRI, and Other Imaging Techniques | |
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| The Endocrine System | |
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| Genes and Behavioral Genetics | |
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| The Mechanisms of Heredity | |
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| APPLY IT: Should You Consult a Genetic Counselor? | |
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| Behavioral Genetics | |
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| Sensation and Perception | |
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| The Process of Sensation | |
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| The Absolute and Difference Thresholds | |
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| Transduction and Adaptation | |
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| TRY IT: Sensory Adaptation | |
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| Vision | |
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| The Eye | |
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| Vision and the Brain | |
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| TRY IT: Vision | |
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| Color Vision | |
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| Theories of Color Vision | |
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| TRY IT: A Negative Afterimage | |
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| Hearing | |
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| Sound | |
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| The Ear | |
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| Theories of Hearing | |
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| Hearing Loss | |
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| The Other Senses: Smell, Taste, Touch, and Balance | |
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| Smell | |
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| Taste | |
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| Touch | |
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| Pain | |
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| Balance and Movement | |
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| Principles of Perception | |
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| Perceptual Organization | |
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| Depth Perception | |
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| Motion Perception | |
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| Puzzling Perceptions | |
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| Influences on Perception | |
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| Attention | |
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| Prior Knowledge | |
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| APPLY IT: How Dangerous Is It to Talk on a Cell Phone While Driving? | |
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| TRY IT: Bottom-Up Processing | |
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| Social Perception | |
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| Unusual Perceptual Experiences | |
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| States of Consciousness | |
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| What is Consciousness? | |
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| Changing Views of Consciousness | |
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| Culture and Altered States of Consciousness | |
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| Circadian Rhythms | |
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| The Biology of Circadian Rhythms | |
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| Disruptions in Circadian Rhythms | |
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| Circadian Timing and Neurological Disorders | |
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| Sleep | |
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| Why Do We Sleep? | |
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| Types of Sleep: NREM and REM | |
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| Sleep Cycles | |
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| REM Sleep and Memory | |
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| Variations in Sleep | |
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| Sleep Deprivation | |
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| Sleep Disorders | |
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| APPLY IT: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep | |
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| Dreams | |
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| The Content of Dreams | |
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| Interpreting Dreams | |
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| Meditation and Hypnosis | |
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| Meditation | |
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| TRY IT: the Relaxation Response | |
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| Hypnosis | |
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| Psychoactive Drugs | |
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| How Drugs Affect the Brain | |
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| The Behavioral Effects of Stimulants | |
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| The Behavioral Effects of Depressants | |
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| The Behavioral Effects of Hallucinogens | |
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| Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Abuse | |
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| Drug Addiction | |
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| Herbal Remedies and Supplements | |
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| Learning | |
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| Classical Conditioning: the Original View | |
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| Pavlov and Classical Conditioning | |
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| The Process of Classical Conditioning | |
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| Changing Conditioned Responses | |
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| John Watson and Emotional Conditioning | |
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| Classical Conditioning: the Contemporary View | |
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| The Cognitive Perspective | |
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| Biological Predispositions | |
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| Classical Conditioning in Everyday Life | |
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| TRY IT: Cues in Commercials | |
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| Factors Influencing Classical Conditioning | |
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| Operant Conditioning | |
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| Thorndike and the Law of Effect | |
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| The Process of Operant Conditioning | |
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| Reinforcement | |
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| Schedules of Reinforcement | |
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| Factors Influencing Operant Conditioning | |
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| Punishment | |
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| Escape and Avoidance Learning | |
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| APPLY IT: How to Win the Battle Against Procrastination | |
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| Applications of Operant Conditioning | |
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| TRY IT: Using Behavior Modification | |
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| Cognitive Learning | |
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| Learning by Insight | |
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| Latent Learning and Cognitive Maps | |
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| Observational Learning | |
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| Learning from Media | |
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| Memory | |
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| The Structure of Human Memory | |
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| The Information-Processing Approach | |
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| Sensory Memory | |
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| Short-Term Memory | |
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| Long-Term Memory | |
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| APPLY IT: Improving Memory with Mnemonic Devices | |
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| The Nature of Remembering | |
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| Three Types of Memory Tasks | |
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| The Serial Position Effect | |
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| Context and Memory | |
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| Memory as Reconstruction | |
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| Memory in Everyday Life | |
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| Flashbulb and Photographic Memories | |
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| Memory and Culture | |
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| Eyewitness Testimony | |
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| The Repressed Memory Controversy | |
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| Biology and Memory | |
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| The Hippocampus and Hippocampal Region | |
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| Neuronal Changes and Memory | |
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| Hormones and Memory | |
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| Memory Loss | |
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| Forgetting | |
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| Ebbinghaus and the First Experimental Studies on Forgetting | |
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| The Causes of Forgetting | |
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| TRY IT: A Penny for Your Thoughts | |
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| Improving Memory | |
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| TRY IT: Organizing for Memory Improvement | |
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| Cognition, Language, and Intelligence | |
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| Cognition | |
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| Reasoning | |
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| Imagery | |
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| Concepts | |
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| Decision Making | |
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| Problem Solving | |
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| TRY IT: Water Lily Problem | |
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| TRY IT: Duncker's Candle Problem | |
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| Artificial Intelligence | |
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| Language | |
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| The Structure of Language | |
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| Language and Thinking | |
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| Learning a Second Language | |
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| Animal Communication | |
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| Intelligence | |
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| The Nature of Intelligence | |
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| Measuring Intelligence | |
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| Requirements of Good Tests | |
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| APPLY IT: How to Build a Powerful Vocabulary | |
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| The Bell Curve | |
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| Giftedness | |
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| Mental Retardation | |
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| Learning Disabilities | |
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| Explaining Difference in Cognitive Abilities | |
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| The Heritability of Intelligence | |
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| Intelligence: Fixed or Changeable? | |
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| Race and IQ | |
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| Culture, IQ, and Achievement | |
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| Beyond Intelligence | |
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| Emotional Intelligence | |
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| TRY IT: Find Your EQ | |
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| Creativity | |
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| Savant Syndrome | |
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| Child Development | |
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| Developmental Psychology: Basic Issues and Methodology | |
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| Controversial Issues in Developmental Psychology | |
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| Approaches to Studying Developmental Change | |
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| Prenatal Development | |
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| The Milestones of Prenatal Development | |
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| Fetal Behavior | |
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| Negative Influences on Prenatal Development | |
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| Infancy | |
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| Reflexes and Motor Development | |
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| Sensory and Perceptual Development | |
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| Learning | |
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| Temperament | |
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| Attachment | |
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| The Father-Child Relationship | |
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| Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development | |
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| Schemes: the Foundation of Cognitive Development | |
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| Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development | |
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| TRY IT: Conservation of Volume | |
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| An Evaluation of Piaget's Contribution | |
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| Other Approaches to Cognitive Development | |
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| Vygotsky's Sociocultural View | |
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| The Information-Processing Approach | |
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| Language Development | |
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| The Sequence of Language Development | |
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| Theories of Language Development | |
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| Learning to Read | |
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| Social Development | |
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| The Parents' Role in the Socialization Process | |
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| Peer Relationships | |
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| Television as a Socializing Agent | |
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| Culture and Child Development | |
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| APPLY IT: Choosing a Nonparental Care Arrangement | |
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| Adolescence and Adulthood | |
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| The Lifespan Perspective | |
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| Erikson's Psychosocial Theory | |
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| The Identity Crisis | |
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| Generativity | |
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| Adolescence | |
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| Puberty | |
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| Cognitive Development | |
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| Moral Development | |
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| Parental Relationships | |
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| The Peer Group | |
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| Emerging Adulthood | |
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| TRY IT: Emerging Adulthood | |
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| Early and Middle Adulthood | |
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| Physical Changes | |
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| Intellectual Abilities | |
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| The Impact of College Attendance | |
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| Lifestyle Patterns in Adulthood | |
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| APPLY IT: Where Are You in the Career Development Process? | |
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| Later Adulthood | |
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| Physical Changes in Later Adulthood | |
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| TRY IT: Stereotypes about Later Adulthood | |
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| Cognitive Changes in Later Adulthood | |
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| Alzheimer's Disease-The Most Common Dementia | |
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| Social Development and Adjustment in Later Adulthood | |
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| Cultural Differences in Care for the Elderly | |
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| Death and Dying | |
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| Motivation and Emotion | |
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| Foundations of Motivation | |
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| The Components of Motivation | |
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| Types of Motivation | |
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| Biological Approaches to Motivation | |
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| Behavioral and Social-Cognitive Approaches to Motivation | |
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| TRY IT: What is Your N Ach? | |
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| Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | |
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| Two Primary Drives: Thirst and Hunger | |
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| Thirst | |
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| Internal and External Hunger Cues | |
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| Explaining Variations in Body Weight | |
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| Weight Loss Strategies | |
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| Eating Disorders | |
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| Understanding Emotion | |
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| Explainin the Components of Emotions | |
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| Theories of Emotion | |
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| Emotion and the Brain | |
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| Expressing Emotion | |
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| The Range of Emotion | |
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| The Development of Facial Expressions | |
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| The Universality of Facial Expressions | |
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| TRY IT: Recognizing Basic Emotions | |
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| Cultural Rules for Displaying Emotion | |
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| Emotion as a Form of Communication | |
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| The Art and Science of Lie Detection | |
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| Experiencing Emotion | |
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| The Facial-Feedback Hypothesis | |
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| APPLY IT: the Quest for Happiness | |
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| Gender Differences in Experiencing Emotion | |
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| Emotion and Cognition | |
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| Love | |
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| Human Sexuality and Gender | |
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| Sex, Gender, and Gender Roles | |
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| Biological Sex | |
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| Psychological Gender | |
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| Early Theories of Gender Role Development | |
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| The Multidimensional Approach to Gender Roles | |
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| Gender Schema Theory | |
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| Evolutionary Theory | |
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| TRY IT: Waist-Hip Ratios | |
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| Gender Differences | |
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| Thinking about Gender Differences | |
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| Cognitive Abilities | |
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| Gender Differences in Social Behavior and Personality | |
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| Sexual Attitudes and Behavior | |
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| Influences on Sexual Attitudes and Behavior | |
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| APPLY IT: Rules for Internet Dating | |
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| Sexual Desire and Arousal | |
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| Sexual Orientation | |
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| Determinants of Sexual Orientation | |
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| Social Attitudes toward Gays and Lesbians | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Relationships | |
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| Sexual Dysfunctions | |
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| Sexual Desire Disorders | |
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| Sexual Arousal Disorders | |
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| Orgasmic and Sexual Pain Disorders | |
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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | |
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| TRY IT: Mayo Clinic STD Quiz: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You | |
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| Bacterial STDs | |
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| Viral STDs | |
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| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) | |
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| TRY IT: Knowledge About AIDS | |
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| Health and Stress | |
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| Sources of Stress | |
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| Life Events: Big and Small | |
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| Daily Hassles and Uplifts | |
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| TRY IT: Finding a Life Stress Score | |
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| Conflicts and Controllability | |
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| Stress in the Workplace | |
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| TRY IT: Sources of Stress in Your Life | |
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| Catastrophic Events | |
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| Racism and Stress | |
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| Socioeconomic Status and Stress | |
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| Responding to Stress | |
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| Selye and the General Adaptation Syndrome | |
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| Lazarus's Cognitive Theory of Stress | |
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| Coping Strategies | |
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| Health and Illness | |
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| Two Approaches to Health and Illness | |
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| Coronary Heart Disease | |
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| Cancer | |
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| The Immune System and Stress | |
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| Personal Factors Reducing the Impact of Stress and Illness | |
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| Gender and Health | |
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| Race and Health | |
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| Lifestyle and Health | |
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| Smoking and Health | |
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| APPLY IT: Interpreting Health Information on the Internet | |
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| Alcohol Abuse | |
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| Diet | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Alternative Medicine | |
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| Personality Theory and Assessment | |
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| Psychoanalytic Theories | |
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| The Conscious, the Preconscious, and the Unconscious | |
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| The Id, the Ego, and the Superego | |
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| The Psychosexual Stages of Development | |
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| Evaluating Freud's Contribution | |
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| The Neo-Freudians | |
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| Humanistic Theories | |
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| Two Humanistic Theories | |
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| Self-Esteem | |
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| TRY IT: Gauging Your Self-Esteem | |
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| Trait Theories | |
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| Early Trait Theories | |
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| TRY IT: Allport's Trait Theory | |
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| The Five-Factor Model | |
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| Origins and Stability of the Five Factors | |
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| Culture and Personality Traits | |
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| Social-Cognitive Theories | |
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| The Situation-Trait Debate | |
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| Reciprocal Determinism | |
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| Self-Efficacy and Locus of Control | |
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| Personality Assessment | |
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| Observation, Interviews, and Rating Scales | |
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| Personality Inventories | |
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| APPLY IT: Put Your Best Foot Forward | |
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| Projective Tests | |
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| Psychological Disorders | |
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| Defining Psychological Disorders | |
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| What is Abnormal? | |
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| Classifying Psychological Disorders | |
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| Explaining Psychological Disorders | |
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| Prevalence of Psychological Disorders | |
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| Anxiety Disorders | |
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| Panic Attacks, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia | |
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| Generalized Anxiety Disorders and Phobias | |
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| APPLY IT: Overcoming the Fear of Public Speaking | |
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| TRY IT: Phobia Names | |
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| Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | |
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| Mood Disorders | |
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| Major Depressive Disorder | |
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| Culture, Gender, and Depression | |
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| Bipolar Disorder | |
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| Explaining Mood Disorders | |
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| Suicide and Race, Gender, and Age | |
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| Schizophrenia | |
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| Age, Gender, and Schizophrenia | |
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| Positive Symptoms of Schizophrenia | |
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| Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia | |
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| Types of Schizophrenia | |
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| Explaining Schizophrenia | |
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| Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders | |
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| Somatoform Disorders | |
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| Dissociative Disorders | |
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| Personality Disorders | |
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| Characteristics of Personality Disorders | |
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| Types of Personality Disorders | |
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| Disorders Diagnosed in Childhood | |
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| Pervasive Developmental Disorders | |
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| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | |
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| Therapies | |
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| Insight Therapies | |
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| Psychodynamic Therapies | |
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| Interpersonal Therapy | |
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| Humanistic Therapies | |
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| Gestalt Therapy | |
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| Relationship Therapies | |
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| Couple Therapy | |
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| Family Therapy | |
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| Group Therapy | |
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| Behavior Therapies | |
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| Behavior Modification Techniques Based on Operant Conditioning | |
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| Behavior Therapies Based on Other Learning Theories | |
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| TRY IT: A Possible Hierarchy of Fears | |
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| Cognitive Therapies | |
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| Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy | |
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| Beck's Cognitive Therapy | |
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| Biomedical Therapies | |
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| Drug Therapy | |
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| Psychiatric Drugs for Children and Adolescents | |
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| Electroconvulsive Therapy | |
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| Psychosurgery | |
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| Evaluating the Therapies | |
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| The Therapeutic Relationship | |
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| Choosing a Therapist | |
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| APPLY IT: Is E-Therapy Right for You? | |
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| Culturally-Sensitive and Gender-Sensitive Therapy | |
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| Social Psychology | |
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| Social Perception | |
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| Impression Formation | |
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| Attribution | |
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| Attraction | |
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| Factors Influencing Attraction | |
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| Physical Attractiveness | |
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| Romantic Attraction and Mating | |
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| TRY IT: Choosing a Life Partner | |
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| Conformity, Obedience, and Compliance | |
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| Conformity | |
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| Obedience | |
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| Compliance | |
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| Group Influence | |
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| Social Facilitation | |
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| Social Loafing | |
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| Social Roles | |
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| Attitudes and Attitude Change | |
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| Attitudes | |
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| Cognitive Dissonance | |
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| Persuasion | |
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| Prosocial Behavior | |
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| Reasons for Helping | |
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| The Bystander Effect | |
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| Aggression | |
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| Biological Factors in Aggression | |
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| Other Influences on Aggression | |
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| The Social Learning Theory of Aggression | |
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| Sexual Aggression | |
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| Prejudice and Aggression | |
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| The Roots of Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Is Prejudice Decreasing? | |
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| APPLY IT: "Unlearning" Prejudice | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| References | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |