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Invitation to Psychology, Global Edition

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Pearson Education | e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781292056562
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Emphasizes critical thinking, culture, and gender

Invitation to Psychology, 6/e, shows students why scientific and critical thinking is so important in the decisions they make. In clear, lively, warm prose, this edition continues the title’s integration of gender, culture, and ethnicity. By the end, readers will learn how to interpret research and to address and resolve controversies.

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ISBN13:9781292056562
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback

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<p>1. Brief Table of Contents</p> <p>2. Full Table of Contents</p> <div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>1. Brief Table of Contents:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 1:&nbsp;What is Psychology?</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part One: Your Self</u></p> <p>Chapter 2:&nbsp;Theories of Personality</p> <p>Chapter 3:&nbsp;Development Over the Life Span</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part Two: Your Body</u></p> <p>Chapter 4:&nbsp;Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain</p> <p>Chapter 5:&nbsp;Body Rhythms and Mental States</p> <p>Chapter 6:&nbsp;Sensation and Perception</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part Three: Your Mind</u></p> <p>Chapter 7:&nbsp;Thinking and Intelligence</p> <p>Chapter 8:&nbsp;Memory</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part Four: Your Environment</u></p> <p>Chapter 9:&nbsp;Learning and Conditioning</p> <p>Chapter 10:&nbsp;Behavior in Social and Cultural Context</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part Five: Your Mental Health</u></p> <p>Chapter 11:&nbsp;Psychological Disorders</p> <p>Chapter 12:&nbsp;Approaches to Treatment and Therapy</p> <p><u>&nbsp;</u></p> <p><u>Part Six: Your Life</u></p> <p>Chapter 13:&nbsp;Emotion, Stress, and Health</p> <p>Chapter 14:&nbsp;The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>&nbsp; <p>&nbsp;</p> <div></div> <p>2. Full Table of Contents</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 1:&nbsp;What is Psychology?</p> <p>The Science of Psychology</p> <p>What Psychologists Do</p> <p>Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology</p> <p>Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts</p> <p>Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships</p> <p>The Experiment: Hunting for Causes</p> <p>Evaluating the Findings</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u>Part One: Your Self</u></p> <p>Chapter 2:&nbsp;Theories of Personality</p> <p>Psychodynamic Theories of Personality</p> <p>The Modern Study of Personality</p> <p>The Modern Study of Personality</p> <p>Environmental Influences on Personality</p> <p>Cultural Influences on Personality</p> <p>The Inner Experience</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 3:&nbsp;Development Over the Life Span</p> <p>From Conception Through the First Year</p> <p>Language Development</p> <p>Cognitive Development</p> <p>Moral Development</p> <p>Gender Development</p> <p>Adolescence</p> <p>Adulthood</p> <p>The Wellsprings of Resilience</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u>Part Two: Your Body</u></p> <p>Chapter 4:&nbsp;Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain</p> <p>The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint</p> <p>Communication in the Nervous System</p> <p>Mapping the Brain</p> <p>A Tour Through the Brain</p> <p>The Two Hemispheres of the Brain</p> <p>The Flexible Brain</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 5:&nbsp;Body Rhythms and Mental States</p> <p>Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience</p> <p>The Rhythms of Sleep</p> <p>Exploring the Dream World</p> <p>The Riddle of Hypnosis</p> <p>Consciousness-Altering Drugs</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 6:&nbsp;Sensation and Perception</p> <p>Our Sensational Senses</p> <p>Vision</p> <p>Hearing</p> <p>Other Senses</p> <p>Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences</p> <p>Perception without Awareness</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u>Part Three: Your Mind</u></p> <p>Chapter 7:&nbsp;Thinking and Intelligence</p> <p>Thought: Using What We Know</p> <p>Reasoning Rationally</p> <p>Barriers to Reasoning Rationally</p> <p>Measuring Intelligence: The Psychometric Approach</p> <p>Dissecting Intelligence: The Cognitive Approach</p> <p>The Origins of Intelligence</p> <p>Animal Minds</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Chapter 8:&nbsp;Memory</p> <p>Reconstructing the Past</p> <p>Memory and the Power of Suggestion</p> <p>In Pursuit of Memory</p> <p>The Three-Box Model of Memory</p> <p>The Biology of Memory</p> <p>How We Remember</p> <p>Why We Forget</p> <p>Autobiographical Memories</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u>Part Four: Your Environment&lt;/</u></p>

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