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Thinking about Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior

by Charles Blair-broeker

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Publisher Comments:

Written to promote critical thinking, captivate students, and satisfy the APA standards for high school psychology, Thinking About Psychology is an introduction to high school psychology unlike any other.  In a convenient and effective modular format, it presents psychological science in a rigorous yet non-threatening way, with immediate examples that help high school students bridge the abstract to the familiar.

Table of Contents

Methods Domain

Introductory Chapter

Module 1: Introduction and Careers

Module 2: History and Perspectives

Module 3: Nature and Nurture in Psychology

Research Strategies and Statistics Chapter

Module 4: Research Strategies

Module 5: Statistics  Biopsychological Domain

Biological Bases of Behavior Chapter

Module 6: Neural and Hormonal Systems

Module 7: The Brain

Sensation and Perception Chapter

Module 8: Sensation

Module 9: Perception

Motivation and Emotion Chapter

Module 10: Motivation

Module 11: Emotion

Stress and Health Chapter

Module 12: Effects of Stress

Module 13: Promoting Wellness Developmental Domain

Lifespan Development Chapter

Module 14: Prenatal and Childhood Development

Module 15: Adolescence

Module 16: Adulthood and Aging

Personality Chapter

Module 17: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Perspective

Module 18: Trait and Social-Cognitive Perspectives  Cognitive Domain

Learning Chapter

Module 19: Classical Conditioning

Module 20: Operant Conditioning

Module 21: Observational Learning

Memory Chapter

Module 22: Information Processing

Module 23: Forgetting and Memory Construction

Consciousness Chapter

Module 24: Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms

Module 25: Hypnosis

Module 26: Drugs

Intelligence Chapter

Module 27: Thinking and Language

Module 28: Intelligence and Intelligence Testing Variations in Individual and Group Behavior Domain

Psychological Disorders Chapter

Module 29: Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Module 30: Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Module 31: Dissociative, Schizophrenia, and Personality Disorders

Therapy Chapter

Module 32: Psychological Therapies

Module 33: Biomedical Therapies

Social Psychology Chapter

Module 34: Social Thinking and Social Influence

Module 35: Social Relations

Module 36: Cross-cultural Psychology

Product Details

ISBN:
9780716785002
Subtitle:
The Science of Mind and Behavior
Author:
Blair-broeker, Charles
Contributor:
Ernst, Randal M.
Contributor:
Myers, David G. (CON)
Author:
Blair-Broeker, Charles T.
Author:
Blair-Broeker, Charles
Author:
Myers, David G.
Author:
Ernst, Randal M.
Publisher:
Worth Publishers
Subject:
General Psychology & Psychiatry
Subject:
Psychology
Subject:
General
Copyright:
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
10-12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
712
Dimensions:
10.00x7.90x1.20 in. 3.55 lbs.

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