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Introduction to Psychology

Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to introductory students. This book aims to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level.

Social Sciences
Author
Michelle Pilati
Publisher
Foothill College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Basic Sciences
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Contents· 83 sections
  1. 01: The Science of Psychology
  2. 1.0S: 1.S: Introducing Psychology (Summary)
  3. 1.01: Psychology as a Science
  4. 1.02: The Evolution of Psychology- History Approaches and Questions
  5. 1.03: Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research
  6. 1.04: Psychologists Use Descriptive Correlational and Experimental Research Designs to Understand Behavior
  7. 1.05: You Can Be an Informed Consumer of Psychological Research
  8. 1.06: Psychological Science (Summary)
  9. 02: Brains Bodies and Behavior
  10. 2.0S: 2.S: Brains Bodies and Behavior (Summary)
  11. 2.01: The Neuron is the Building Block of the Nervous System
  12. 2.02: Our Brains Control Our Thoughts Feelings and Behavior
  13. 2.03: Psychologists Study the Brain Using Many Different Methods
  14. 2.04: Putting It All Together- The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
  15. 03: Learning
  16. 3.0S: 3.S: Learning (Summary)
  17. 3.01: Learning by Insight and Observation
  18. 3.02: Using the Principles of Learning to Understand Everyday Behavior
  19. 3.03: Learning by Association- Classical Conditioning
  20. 3.04: Changing Behavior Through Reinforcement and Punishment- Operant Conditioning
  21. 04: Remembering and Judging
  22. 4.0S: 4.S: Remembering and Judging (Summary)
  23. 4.01: Memories as Types and Stages
  24. 4.02: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory and Cognition
  25. 4.03: How We Remember - Cues to Improving Memory
  26. 05: Growing and Developing
  27. 5.0S: 5.S: Growing and Developing (Summary)
  28. 5.01: Conception and Prenatal Development
  29. 5.02: Infancy and Childhood- Exploring and Learning
  30. 5.03: Adolescence - Developing Independence and Identity
  31. 5.04: Early and Middle Adulthood- Building Effective Lives
  32. 5.05: Late Adulthood- Aging Retiring and Bereavement
  33. 06: Sensing and Perceiving
  34. 6.0S: 6.S: Sensing and Perceiving (Summary)
  35. 6.01: We Experience Our World Through Sensation
  36. 6.02: Seeing
  37. 6.03: Hearing
  38. 6.04: Tasting Smelling and Touching
  39. 6.05: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
  40. 07: States of Consciousness
  41. 7.0E: 7.E: States of Consciousness (Exercises)
  42. 7.01: Prelude to States of Consciousness
  43. 7.02: What Is Consciousness
  44. 7.03: Sleep and Why We Sleep
  45. 7.04: Stages of Sleep
  46. 7.05: Sleep Problems and Disorders
  47. 7.06: Substance Use and Abuse
  48. 7.07: Other States of Consciousness
  49. 08: Intelligence and Language
  50. 8.0S: 8.S: Intelligence and Language (Summary)
  51. 8.01: Defining and Measuring Intelligence
  52. 8.02: The Social Cultural and Political Aspects of Intelligence
  53. 8.03: Communicating With Others- The Development and Use of Language
  54. 09: Emotions and Motivations
  55. 9.0S: 9.S: Emotions and Motivations (Summary)
  56. 9.01: Stress- The Unseen Killer
  57. 9.02: Positive Emotions- The Power of Happiness
  58. 9.03: Two Fundamental Human Motivations- Eating and Mating
  59. 9.04: The Experience of Emotion
  60. 10: Personality
  61. 10.0S: 10.S: Personality (Summary)
  62. 10.01: Personality and Behavior- Approaches and Measurement
  63. 10.02: The Origins of Personality
  64. 10.03: Is Personality More Nature or More Nurture Behavioral and Molecular Genetics
  65. 11: Defining Psychological Disorders
  66. 11.0S: 11.S: Defining Psychological Disorders (Summary)
  67. 11.01: Psychological Disorder- What Makes a Behavior Abnormal
  68. 11.02: Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders- Fearing the World Around Us
  69. 11.03: Mood Disorders- Emotions as Illness
  70. 11.04: Schizophrenia- The Edge of Reality and Consciousness
  71. 11.05: Personality Disorders
  72. 11.06: Somatoform Factitious and Sexual Disorders
  73. 12: Treating Psychological Disorders
  74. 12.0S: 12.S: Treating Psychological Disorders (Summary)
  75. 12.01: Reducing Disorder by Confronting It- Psychotherapy
  76. 12.02: Reducing Disorder Biologically- Drug and Brain Therapy
  77. 12.03: Evaluating Treatment and Prevention- What Works
  78. 12.04: Reducing Disorder by Changing the Social Situation
  79. 13: Psychology in Our Social Lives
  80. 13.0S: 13.S: Psychology in Our Social Lives (Summary)
  81. 13.01: Social Cognition- Making Sense of Ourselves and Others
  82. 13.02: Interacting With Others- Helping Hurting and Conforming
  83. 13.03: Working With Others- The Costs and Benefits of Social Groups