About the Author
Benjamin B. Lahey received his undergraduate training from Davidson College and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Tennessee. He has taught at both community college and university levels, including the University of Georgia and the University of Miami, before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago. Ben is an award-winning teacher and a frequent speaker at the Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology. He is also an active researcher on the behavioral and emotional problems of children; his research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health for many years. Ben was a representative of the field of psychology on the DSM-IV Child Disorders Work Group and a member of the US liaison group for the mental health section of the International Classification of Diseases. He was also the editor, with Alan E. Kazdin, of the first fourteen volumes in the annual series, Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, published by Plenum Press.
Table of Contents
Part I Introduction and Foundations1 What Is Psychology?2 Research Methods in Psychology3 Biological Foundations of BehaviorPart II Awareness4 Sensation and Perception5 States of ConsciousnessPart III Learning and Cognition6 Basic Principles of Learning7 Memory8 Cognition, Language, and IntelligencePart IV Developmental Psychology9 Developmental PsychologyPart V The Self10 Motivation and Emotion11 Gender and Sexuality12 Personality Theories and AssessmentPart VI Health and Adjustment13 Stress and Health14 Abnormal Behavior15 TherapiesPart VII Social Context16 Social Psychology17 Psychology Applied to Business and Other Professions