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Introduction to Psychology

Psychology Social Sciences

Author: Jorden A. Cummings
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Source: LibreTexts
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN
Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 136 sections

01: Introducing Psychology
1.01: Introduction
1.02: Psychology as a Science
1.03: The Evolution of Psychology- History Approaches and Questions
1.04: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
02: Introduction to Major Perspectives
2.01: Introduction
2.02: Biological Psychology
2.03: Psychodynamic Psychology
2.04: Behaviourist Psychology
2.05: Humanist Cognitive and Evolutionary Psychology
2.06: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
03: Psychological Science and Research
3.01: Introduction
3.02: Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research
3.03: Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
3.04: From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
3.05: Putting Ethics into Practice
3.06: Psychologists Use Descriptive Correlational and Experimental Research Designs to Understand Behaviour
3.07: You Can Be an Informed Consumer of Psychological Research
3.08: The Replication Crisis in Psychology
3.09: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
04: Genetics and Evolution
4.01: Introduction
4.02: The Nature-Nurture Question
4.03: Evolutionary Theories in Psychology
4.04: Epigenetics in Psychology
4.05: Is Personality More Nature or More Nurture Behavioural and Molecular Genetics
4.06: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
05: Brains Bodies and Behaviour
5.01: Introduction
5.02: The Neuron Is the Building Block of the Nervous System
5.03: Our Brains Control Our Thoughts Feelings and Behaviour
5.04: Putting It All Together- The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
5.05: Psychologists Study the Brain Using Many Different Methods
5.06: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
06: Sensing and Perceiving
6.01: Introduction
6.02: We Experience Our World through Sensation
6.03: Seeing
6.04: Hearing
6.05: Tasting Smelling and Touching
6.06: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
6.07: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
07: States of Consciousness
7.01: Introduction
7.02: States of Consciousness
7.03: Attention
7.04: Sleeping and Dreaming Revitalize Us for Action
7.05: Altering Consciousness with Psychoactive Drugs
7.06: Altering Consciousness without Drugs
7.07: The Unconscious
7.08: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
08: Remembering and Judging
8.01: Introduction
8.02: Memories as Types and Stages
8.03: How We Remember- Cues to Improving Memory
8.04: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory and Cognition
8.05: Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases
8.06: Summary Key Terms Self-Test
09: Intelligence and Language
9.01: Introduction
9.02: Defining and Measuring Intelligence
9.03: The Social Cultural and Political Aspects of Intelligence
9.04: Communicating with Others- The Development and Use of Language
9.05: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
10: Learning
10.01: Introduction
10.02: Learning by Association- Classical Conditioning
10.03: Changing Behaviour through Reinforcement and Punishment- Operant Conditioning
10.04: Learning by Insight and Observation
10.05: Using the Principles of Learning to Understand Everyday Behaviour
10.06: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
11: Emotions and Motivations
11.01: Introduction
11.02: The Experience of Emotion
11.03: Functions of Emotions
11.04: Positive Emotions- The Power of Happiness
11.05: Drive States
11.06: Motives and Goals
11.07: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
12: Stress Health and Coping
12.01: Introduction
12.02: Stress- The Unseen Killer
12.03: Health and Stress
12.04: Stress and Coping
12.05: The Healthy Life
12.06: Positive Psychology
12.07: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
13: Psychology in Our Social Lives
13.01: Introduction
13.02: An Introduction to the Science of Social Psychology
13.03: Social Cognition and Attitudes
13.04: Conformity and Obedience
13.05: Prejudice Discrimination and Stereotyping
13.06: Helping and Prosocial Behavior
13.07: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
14: Growing and Developing
14.01: Introduction
14.02: Conception and Prenatal Development
14.03: Infancy and Childhood- Exploring and Learning
14.04: Adolescence- Developing Independence and Identity
14.05: Early and Middle Adulthood- Building Effective Lives
14.06: Late Adulthood- Aging Retiring and Bereavement
14.07: Gender
14.08: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
15: Culture
15.01: Introduction
15.02: Culture
15.03: Culture and Emotion
15.04: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
16: Personality
16.01: Introduction
16.02: Personality Traits
16.03: Personality Assessment
16.04: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
17: Defining Psychological Disorders
17.01: Introduction
17.02: Psychological Disorder- What Makes a Behaviour Abnormal
17.03: Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders- Fearing the World Around Us
17.04: Mood Disorders- Emotions as Illness
17.05: Schizophrenia- The Edge of Reality and Consciousness
17.06: Personality Disorders
17.07: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
18: Treating Psychological Disorders
18.01: Introduction
18.02: Reducing Disorder by Confronting It- Psychotherapy
18.03: Reducing Disorder Biologically- Drug and Brain Therapy
18.04: Reducing Disorder by Changing the Social Situation
18.05: Evaluating Treatment and Prevention- What Works
18.06: Summary Key Terms and Self-Test
19: Appendix
19.01: About the Book
19.02: Source Chapter Attributions
19.03: Acknowledgments
19.04: Glossary