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Introduction to the Science of Psychology | |
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The World of Psychology: An Overview | |
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Approaches to the Science of Psychology | |
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Human Diversity and Psychology | |
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Thinking Critically About Psychology (or Anything Else) | |
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Research Methods in Psychology | |
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Focus on Research: Studying EMDR | |
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Linkages: Psychological Research and Behavioral Genetics | |
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Statistical Analysis of Research Results | |
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Ethical Guidelines for Psychologists | |
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Biology and Behavior | |
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Cells of the Nervous System | |
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The Peripheral Nervous System: Keeping in Touch with the World | |
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The Central Nervous System: Making Sense of the World | |
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Thinking Critically: What Can fMRI Tell Us About Behavior and Mental Processes | |
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Focus on Research: The Case of the Disembodied Woman | |
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Linkages: Human Development and the Changing Brain | |
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The Chemistry of Behavior: Neurotransmitters | |
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The Endocrine System: Coordinating the Internal World | |
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Sensation and Perception | |
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Sensing and Perceiving the World | |
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Sensory Systems | |
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Seeing | |
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Hearing | |
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The Chemical Senses: Taste and Smell | |
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Sensing Your Body | |
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Thinking Critically: Does Acupuncture Relieve Pain | |
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Perception | |
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Organizing the Perceptual World | |
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Recognizing the Perceptual World | |
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Linkages: Perception and Human Development | |
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Attention | |
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Focus on Research: Attention and the Brain | |
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Consciousness | |
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The Scope of Consciousness | |
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Thinking Critically: Can Subliminal Messages Change Your Behavior | |
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Focus on Research: Subliminal Messages in Rock Music | |
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Sleeping and Dreaming | |
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Hypnosis | |
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Linkages: Meditation, Health, and Stress | |
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Psychoactive Drugs | |
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Learning | |
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Classical Conditioning: Learning Signals and Associations | |
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Instrumental and Operant Conditioning: Learning the Consequences of Behavior | |
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Linkages: Networks of Learning | |
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Cognitive Processes in Learning | |
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Focus on Research: The "I Can't Do It" Attitude | |
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Thinking Critically: Does Watching Violence on Television Make People More Violent | |
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Using Research on Learning to Help People Learn | |
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Memory | |
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The Nature of Memory | |
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Storing New Memories | |
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Retrieving Memories | |
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Constructing Memories | |
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Focus on Research: I Could Swear I Heard It | |
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Linkages: Memory and Perception in the Courtroom | |
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Forgetting | |
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Thinking Critically: Can Traumatic Memories Be Repressed, Then Recovered | |
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Biological Bases of Memory | |
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Improving Your Memory | |
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Thought, Language, and Intelligence | |
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Basic Functions of Thought | |
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Mental Representations: The Ingredients of Thought | |
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Thinking Strategies | |
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Problem Solving | |
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Focus on Research: Problem-Solving Strategies in the Real World | |
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Decision Making | |
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Linkages: Group Processes in Problem Solving and Decision Making | |
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Language | |
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Testing Intelligence | |
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Evaluating Intelligence Tests | |
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Thinking Critically: Are Intelligence Tests Unfairly Biased Against Certain Groups | |
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Diversity in Intelligence | |
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Motivation and Emotion | |
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Concepts and Theories of Motivation | |
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Eating | |
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Sexual Behavior | |
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Focus on Research: Tell Me About Your Sex Life | |
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Thinking Critically: What Shapes Sexual Orientation | |
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Achievement Motivation | |
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Relations and Conflicts Among Motives | |
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Linkages: Conflicting Motives and Stress | |
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The Nature of Emotions | |
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Theories of Emotions | |
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Communicating Emotions | |
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Human Development | |
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Exploring Human Development | |
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Beginnings | |
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Infancy and Childhood: Cognitive Development | |
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Focus on Research: What Do Infants Know About Physics | |
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Linkages: Development and Memory | |
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Infancy and Childhood: Social and Emotional Development | |
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Focus on Research: Exploring Developing Minds Thinking Critically: Does Day Care arm the Emotional Development of Infants | |
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Adolescence | |
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Adulthood | |
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Health, Stress, and Coping | |
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Health Psychology | |
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Understanding Stress and Stressors | |
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Stress Responses | |
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Linkages: Stress and Psychological Disorders | |
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Stress Mediators | |
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Focus on Research: Personality and Health | |
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The Physiology and Psychology of Health and Illness | |
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Thinking Critically: Does Hostility Increase the Risk of Heart Disease | |
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Promoting Healthy Behavior | |
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Personality | |
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The Psychodynamic Approach | |
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The Trait Approach | |
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Thinking Critically: Are Personality Traits Inherited | |
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The Social-Cognitive Approach | |
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The Humanistic Approach | |
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Linkages: Personality, Culture, and Human Development | |
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Focus on Research: Personality Development over Time | |
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Assessing Personality | |
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Psychological Disorders | |
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Defining Psychological Disorders | |
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Explaining Psychological Disorders | |
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Classifying Psychological Disorders | |
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Thinking Critically: Is Psychological Diagnosis Biased | |
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Anxiety Disorders | |
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Linkages: Anxiety Disorders and Learning | |
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Somatoform Disorders | |
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Dissociative Disorders | |
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Affective Disorders | |
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Schizophrenia | |
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Personality Disorders | |
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Focus on Research: Exploring Links Between Child Abuse and Antisocial Personality | |
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Disorder | |
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A Sampling of Other Psychological Disorders | |
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Mental Illness and the Law | |
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Treatment of Psychological Disorders | |
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Basic Features of Treatment | |
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Psychodynamic Psychotherapy | |
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Humanistic Psychotherapy | |
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Behavior Therapy and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy | |
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Group, Family, and Couples Therapy | |
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Evaluating Psychotherapy | |
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Thinking Critically: Are All Forms of Therapy Equally Effective | |
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Focus on Research: Which Therapies Work Best for Which Problems | |
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Biological Treatments | |
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Linkages: Biology, Behavior, and the Treatment of Psychological Disorders | |
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Community Psychology | |
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Social Psychology | |
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Social Influences on the Self | |
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Focus on Research: Self-Esteem and the Ultimate Terror | |
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Social Perception | |
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Attitudes | |
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Prejudice and Stereotypes | |
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Interpersonal Attraction | |
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Social Influence | |
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Obedience | |
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Aggression | |
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Thinking Critically: Does Pornography Cause Aggression | |
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Altruism and Assistance | |
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Group Processes | |
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Linkages: Biological and Social Psychology | |
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology. (Available upon request as custom pre-set) | |
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An Overview of Industrial and Organizational Psychology | |
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Assessing People, Jobs, and Job Performance | |
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Recruiting and Selecting Employees | |
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Training Employees | |
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Employee Motivation | |
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Job Satisfaction | |
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Thinking Critically: Is Job Satisfaction Genetic | |
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Linkages: Aggression in the Workplace | |
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Occupational Health Psychology | |
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Work Groups and Work Teams | |
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Focus on Research: Can People Learn to Be Charismatic Leaders | |
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Neuropsychology (Available upon request as custom pre-set | |
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Foundations of Neuropsychology | |
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Mechanisms of Brain Dysfunction Neuropsychological Disorders | |
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Thinking Critically: Can Someone Be Partially Paralyzed and Not Know It | |
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Focus on Research: Studying Hemineglect | |
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Linkages: Language Disorders and the Brain | |