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Psychology and Scientific Thinking | |
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Research Methods | |
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Biological Psychology | |
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Sensation and Perception | |
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Consciousness | |
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Learning | |
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Memory | |
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Thinking, Reasoning, and Language | |
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Intelligence and IQ Testing | |
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Human Development | |
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Emotion and Motivation | |
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Stress, Coping, and Health | |
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Social Psychology | |
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Personality | |
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Psychological Disorders | |
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Psychological and Biological Treatments | |
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Psychology and Scientific Thinking | |
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What Is Psychology? Science Versus Intuition | |
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Psychological Pseudoscience: Imposters of Science | |
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Scientific Thinking: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction | |
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Scientific Skepticism | |
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Psychology's Past and Present: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been | |
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Research Methods | |
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The Beauty and Necessity of Good Research Design | |
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The Scientific Method: Toolbox of Skills | |
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Ethical Issues in Research Design | |
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Statistics: The Language of Psychological Research | |
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Evaluating Psychological Research | |
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Biological Psychology | |
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Nerve Cells: Communication Portals | |
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The Brain-Behavior Network | |
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The Endocrine System | |
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Mapping the Mind: The Brain in Action | |
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Nature and Nurture: Did your Genes--or Parents--Make You Do It? | |
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Sensation and Perception | |
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Two Sides of the Coin: Sensation and Perception | |
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Seeing: The Visual System | |
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Hearing: The Auditory System | |
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Smell and Taste: The Sensual Senses | |
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Our Body Senses: Touch, Body Position, and Balance | |
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Perception: When Our Senses Meet Our Brain | |
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Consciousness | |
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The Biology of Sleep | |
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Dreams | |
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Other Alterations of Consciousness and Unusual Experiences | |
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Drugs and Consciousness | |
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Learning | |
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Classical Conditioning | |
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Operant Conditioning | |
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Cognitive Models of Learning | |
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Biological Influences on Learning | |
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Learning Fads: Do They Work? | |
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Memory | |
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How Memory Operates: The Memory Assembly Line | |
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The Three Processes of Memory | |
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The Biology Of Memory | |
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The Development of Memory: Acquiring a Personal History | |
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False Memories: When Good Memory Goes Bad | |
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Thinking, Reasoning, and Language | |
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Thinking and Reasoning | |
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Thinking At Its Hardest: Decision Making and Problem Solving | |
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How Does Language Work? | |
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Communication and the Mind: Connecting Thinking, Language, and Reading | |
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Intelligence and IQ Testing | |
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What Is Intelligence? Definitional Confusion | |
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Intelligence Testing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |
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Genetic and Environmental Influences on IQ | |
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Group Differences in IQ: The Science and the Politics | |
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The Rest of the Story: Other Dimensions of Intellect | |
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Human Development | |
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Special Considerations in Human Development | |
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The Developing Body: Physical and Motor Development | |
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The Developing Mind: Cognitive Development | |
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The Developing Personality: Social and Moral Development | |
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Emotion and Motivation | |
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Theories of Emotion: What Causes Our Feelings? | |
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Nonverbal Expression of Emotion: The Eyes, Bodies, and Cultures Have It | |
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Happiness and Self-Esteem: Science Confronts Pop Psychology | |
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Motivation: Our Wants and Needs | |
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Attraction, Love, and Hate: The Greatest Mysteries of Them All | |
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Stress, Coping, and Health | |
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What Is Stress? | |
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How We Adapt to Stress: Change and Challenge | |
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The Brain-Body Reaction to Stress | |
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Coping with Stress | |
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Promoting Good Health--And Less Stress! | |
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Social Psychology | |
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What Is Social Psychology? | |
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Social Influence: Conformity and Obedience | |
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Helping and Harming Others: Prosocial Behavior and Aggression | |
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Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Minds | |
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Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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Personality | |
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Personality: What Is It and How Can We Study It? | |
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Psychoanalytic Theory: The Controversial Legacy of Sigmund Freud and His Followers | |
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Behavioral and Social Learning Theories of Personality | |
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Humanistic Models of Personality: The Third Force | |
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Trait Models of Personality: Consistencies in Our Behavior | |
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Personality Assessment: Measuring and Mismeasuring the Psyche | |
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Psychological Disorders | |
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Conceptions of Mental Illness: Yesterday and Today | |
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Anxiety-Related Disorders: The Many Faces of Worry and Fear | |
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Mood Disorders and Suicide | |
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Personality and Dissociative Disorders: The Disrupted and Divided Self | |
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The Enigma of Schizophrenia | |
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Childhood Disorders: Recent Controversies | |
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Psychological and Biological Treatments | |
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Psychotherapy: Clients and Practitioners | |
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Insight Therapies: Acquiring Understanding | |
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Group Therapies: The More, the Merrier | |
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Behavioral Approaches: Changing Maladaptive Actions | |
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Is Psychotherapy Effective? | |
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Biomedical Treatments: Medications, Electrical Stimulation, and Surgery | |