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Author: Noba
Publisher: LibreTexts
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License: CC BY-NC-SA
Language: EN
Category: Basic Sciences

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Contents· 115 sections

Chapter 1: Biological Basis of Behavior
1.1: The Brain
1.2: The Nervous System
1.3: Neurons
1.4: The Brain and Nervous System
1.5: Hormones and Behavior
1.6: Evolutionary Theories in Psychology
1.7: The Nature-Nurture Question
1.8: Epigenetics in Psychology
1.9: Human Sexual Anatomy and Physiology
1.10: The Psychology of Human Sexuality
1.11: Biochemistry of Love
Chapter 2: Psychology as Science
2.1: Why Science
2.2: Thinking like a Psychological Scientist
2.3: Statistical Thinking
2.4: Research Designs
2.5: Conducting Psychology Research in the Real World
2.6: History of Psychology
2.7: Psychophysiological Methods in Neuroscience
2.8: The Replication Crisis in Psychology
Chapter 3: Personality
3.01: Personality Assessment
3.02: Personality Traits
3.03: Creativity
3.04: Gender
3.05: Self and Identity
3.06: Self-Regulation and Conscientiousness
3.07: Intellectual Abilities Interests and Mastery
3.08: Self-Efficacy
3.09: The Psychodynamic Perspective
3.10: Personality Stability and Change
Chapter 4: Emotions and Motivation
4.1: Affective Neuroscience
4.2: Functions of Emotions
4.3: Emotion Experience and Well Being
4.4: Emotional Intelligence
4.5: Drive States
4.6: Motives and Goals
4.7: Knowledge Emotions: Feelings that Foster Learning Exploring and Reflecting
4.8: Culture and Emotion
Chapter 5: Learning and Memory
5.1: Conditioning and Learning
5.2: Factors Influencing Learning
5.3: Memory (Encoding Storage Retrieval)
5.4: Forgetting and Amnesia
Chapter 6: Development
6.1: Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
6.2: Cognitive Development in Childhood
6.3: Social and Personality Development in Childhood
6.4: Adolescent Development
6.5: Emerging Adulthood
6.6: The Developing Parent
6.7: Aging
6.8: Attachment Through the Life Course
Chapter 7: Cognition and Language
7.1: Consciousness
7.2: The Unconscious
7.3: States of Consciousness
7.4: Theory of Mind
7.5: Intelligence
7.6: Language and Language Use
7.7: Judgement and Decision Making
7.8: Categories and Concepts
7.9: Attention
Chapter 8: Sensation and Perception
8.1: Sensation and Perception
8.2: Vision
8.3: Taste and Smell
8.4: Hearing
8.5: Touch and Pain
8.6: The Vestibular System
8.7: Time and Culture
8.8: Failures of Awareness - The Case of Intentional Blindness
8.9: Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases
8.10: Multi-Modal Perception
Chapter 9: Psychological Disorders and Treatments
9.01: History of Mental Illness
9.02: Therapeutic Orientations
9.03: ADHD and Behavior Disorders in Children
9.04: Anxiety and Related Disorders
9.05: Social Anxiety
9.06: Dissociative Disorders
9.07: Mood Disorders
9.08: Personality Disorders
9.09: Psychopathy
9.10: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
9.11: Autism: Insights from the Study of the Social Brain
9.12: Psychopharmacology
Chapter 10: Well Being
10.1: Positive Psychology
10.2: Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being
10.3: Optimal Levels of Happiness
10.4: The Healthy Life
Chapter 11: Social Part I
11.01: An Introduction to the Science of Social Psychology
11.02: The Psychology of Groups
11.03: Culture
11.04: Research Methods in Social Psychology
11.05: Social Cognition and Attitudes
11.06: Cooperation
11.07: The Family
11.08: Love Friendship and Social Support
11.09: Relationships and Well-being
11.10: Positive Relationships
Chapter 12: Social Part II
12.1: Industrial Organizational (I O) Psychology
12.2: Helping and Prosocial Behavior
12.3: Conformity and Obedience
12.4: Persuasion: So Easily Fooled
12.5: Attraction and Beauty
12.6: Prejudice Discrimination and Stereotyping
12.7: Social Comparison
12.8: Aggression and Violence
12.9: Social Neuroscience