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Principles of Psychology for Life 1e

Principles of Psychology for Life is a textbook designed to introduce students to the field of psychology and immediately implement that knowledge in practical ways. Material is organized around 5 units focused on understanding the field of psychology (Unit I) and developing evidence-based skills to learn effectively (Unit II), think critically (Unit III), work well with others (Unit IV), and take care of one's health (Unit V).

Social Sciences
Author
Emily J. Hangen
Publisher
SUNY Brockport
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 128 sections
  1. 01: Introducing Psychology
  2. 01: Introducing Psychology
  3. 1.01: Why value psychology
  4. 1.02: What is psychology
  5. 1.03: The beginning of psychology
  6. 1.04: History of Psychology
  7. 1.4.01: Introduction to the History of Psychology
  8. 1.4.02: Wundt And Structuralism
  9. 1.4.03: James And Functionalism
  10. 1.4.04: Freud And Psychoanalytic Theory
  11. 1.4.05: Wertheimer Koffka Kohler Aad Gestalt Psychology
  12. 1.4.06: Pavlov Watson Skinner And Behaviorism
  13. 1.4.07: Maslow Rogers And Humanism
  14. 1.4.08: The Cognitive Revolution
  15. 1.4.09: Multicultural Psychology
  16. 1.05: Psychology as a Science
  17. 1.06: Subfields of Psychology
  18. 1.07: Skills and Careers
  19. 02: How to learn effectively
  20. 02: Memory
  21. 2.01: Introducing memory
  22. 2.02: Types and stages of memory
  23. 2.03: Memory as a process
  24. 2.04: Biggest Myth in Education
  25. 2.05: Memory Tips for Learning
  26. 03: Forgetting and Misremembering
  27. 3.01: Forgetting
  28. 3.02: Misremembering
  29. 04: Intelligence and Motivation
  30. 4.01: What does it mean to be intelligent
  31. 4.02: Defining intelligence and creativity
  32. 4.03: Measuring intelligence
  33. 4.04: Motivation
  34. 05: Goals and Habits
  35. 5.01: Goals
  36. 5.02: Forming habits
  37. 06: Conditioning
  38. 6.01: Learning
  39. 6.02: Classical conditioning
  40. 6.03: Operant conditioning
  41. 6.04: Observational learning (modeling)
  42. 6.05: Conditioning in everyday life
  43. 6.06: Optional videos
  44. 03: How to be a savvy information consumer
  45. 07: Heuristics and Biases
  46. 7.01: Judgement and Decision Making
  47. 7.02: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory and Cognition
  48. 08: Psychology as a Science
  49. 8.01: Using data
  50. 8.02: Why Research is Important
  51. 8.03: Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research
  52. 09: Research Methods
  53. 9.01: You Can Be an Informed Consumer of Psychological Research
  54. 10: Statistical Thinking
  55. 10.01: Statistical Thinking
  56. 10.02: Avoid being fooled
  57. 11: Finding Research Articles
  58. 11.01: Article Quality
  59. 11.02: Practical helps
  60. 04: How to work well with others
  61. 12: Personality
  62. 12.01: Personality
  63. 12.02: The Origins of Personality
  64. 12.03: Is Personality More Nature or More Nurture Behavioral and Molecular Genetics
  65. 12.04: Personality (Summary)
  66. 13: Development and Aging
  67. 13.01: Development and Aging
  68. 13.02: Lifespan Theories
  69. 13.03: Late Adulthood- Aging Retiring and Bereavement
  70. 14: Social Influence
  71. 14.01: Social Influence
  72. 14.02: Conformity Compliance and Obedience
  73. 14.03: Working With Others- The Costs and Benefits of Social Groups
  74. 14.04: Types Of Power
  75. 15: Prejudice and Discrimination
  76. 15.01: Introduction
  77. 15.02: Understanding Prejudice And Discrimination
  78. 15.03: Types Of Prejudice And Discrimination
  79. 15.04: Why Do Prejudice And Discrimination Exist
  80. 15.05: Stereotypes And Self-fulfilling Prophecy
  81. 15.06: In-groups And Out-groups
  82. 16: Helping and Conflict
  83. 16.01: Latane And Darleys Model Of Helping
  84. 16.02: Reactions To Receiving Help
  85. 16.03: Interacting With Others- Helping Hurting and Conforming
  86. 16.04: Aggression
  87. 16.05: Handling Conflict
  88. 05: How to be healthy and thrive
  89. 17: Emotions
  90. 17.01: Emotions
  91. 17.02: Emotion
  92. 17.03: Positive Emotions - The Power of Happiness
  93. 18: Stress Resiliency
  94. 18.01: Stress Resiliency
  95. 18.02: What Is Stress
  96. 18.03: Stressors
  97. 18.04: Stress and Illness
  98. 18.05: Regulation of Stress
  99. 19: Sleep
  100. 19.01: Sleep
  101. 19.02: Why Do We Sleep
  102. 19.03: Sleeping and Dreaming Revitalize Us for Action
  103. 19.04: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  104. 20: Understanding Your Brain
  105. 20.01: Parts of the Nervous System
  106. 20.02: The Neuron is the Building Block of the Nervous System
  107. 20.03: The Brain and Spinal Cord
  108. 20.04: Debunking a common brain myth
  109. 21: Understanding Your Senses
  110. 21.01: Sensation versus Perception
  111. 21.02: Waves and Wavelengths
  112. 21.03: Seeing
  113. 21.04: Hearing
  114. 21.05: The Other Senses
  115. 21.06: Sensation and Perception
  116. 22: Mental Health
  117. 22.01: Mental Health
  118. 22.02: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
  119. 22.03: Anxiety Disorders
  120. 22.04: Mood and Related Disorders
  121. 22.05: Schizophrenia- The Edge of Reality and Consciousness
  122. 22.06: Relationships and Well-being
  123. 22.07: Personality Disorders
  124. 23: Treatment
  125. 23.01: Treatment
  126. 23.02: Reducing Disorder by Confronting It - Psychotherapy
  127. 23.03: Reducing Disorder Biologically- Drug and Brain Therapy
  128. 23.04: Practice skills