Psychology

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The science of psychology ....2 The history of psychology .....3 Culture an psychological processes .....9 Psychology in india .....14 Background and philosophical origins .....14 Psychology in modern india .....15 Internationalization of psychology ....16 The field of psychology today ....17 Fields off psychology ....22 Concept of science: Positivism and beyond ....23 Scientific research .....28 APA Goal 2: scientific inquiry and critical thinking: A sample experiment ....42 Ethics of psychological research .....43 Applying psychology to everyday life: Thinking critically about critical thinking .....45 2. The biological perspective .....50 Neurons and nerves: Building the network ....51 An overview of the nervous system ...60 Distant connections: The endocrine glands ....66 Looking inside the living brain .....69 From the bottom up: The structures of the brain .....73 Classic stuies in psychology: Through the looking glass - spatial neglect ....81 APA Goal 2: scientific reasoning and critical thinking: Phineas gage and neuroplasticity .....84 Applying psychology to everyday life: Paying attention to attention deficit/Hyperactivity disorder ....85 3 Sensation and perception .....92 The ABCs of sensation .....93 Scope of attention ....96 The science of seeing ....100 The hearing sense: Can you hear me now ....108 Chemical senses: It tstes good and smells even better .....111 The other senses: what the body knows ....115 The ABCs of perception ....118 Scientific inquiry and critical thinking: perceptual influences on metacognition ....127 4 Consciousness ....132 The puzzle of consciousness ....133 What is consciousness ..... 136 Sleep .....138 Scientific inquiry and critical thinking: Weight gain and sleep .....150 Dreams ....151 Hypnosis .....154 The influence of psychoactive drugs .....157 Applying psychology to everyday life: Thinking critically about ghosts, aliens and other things that go brump in the night .....170 5 Learning ....176 Definition of learning ....177 It makes your mouth water: classical conditioning .....178 What`s in it for me? Operant conditioning .....185 Classic studies in psychology: Biological constraints on operant conditioning .....197 Spare the rod, spoil the child .....200 Cognitive learning theory .....201 Observational learning .....205 Challenges of learning in contrmporary life .....207 Why study how tostudy ? .....207 study skills ....208 Managingtime .....209 Applied psychology of learning in classroom setting .....210 Getting the most out of lectures ....212 Studying for exams: creamming is not an option ....214 Improving your memory ....217 Writing papers ....219 Your ethical respinsibility as a student ....220 6 Memory ....228 What is memory ....229 The information-processing model: Three memory systems .....231 Classic studies in psychology: Sperling`s lconic memory test .....233 Getting it out: retrieval of long-term memories ....243 Classic studies in psychology: Elizabeth loftus and eyewitnesses ....246 Effects of supplements on memory ....251 Neuroscience of memory .....256 Applying psychology to everyday life: health and memory ......263 7 Cognition: Thinking, intelligence, and language ....268 How people think ....269 Intelligence ....278 Classic studies in psychology: Terman`s termites ....295 Language ....300 A cognitive advantake for bilingual individuals? Applying psychology to everyday life: Mental and physical exercises for better cognitive healh ....308 8 Development across the life span ....314 Studying human development ....315 Prenatal development ....320 Infancy and childhood development .....324 Classic studies in psychology: The visual cliff .....327 9 Motivation and emotion .....360 10 Sexuality and gender ....396 11 Stress and health ....426 12 Social psychology ...458 13 Theories of personality ....506 14 Psychological disorders .....550 15 Psychological therapics .....588