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