Psychology Its Principles and Meanings

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The nature of psychology ...3 What psychologists do Goals of psychology Psychology in historical perspective The definition of behavior Summary Recommended additional readings 2 Bological foundations of behavior ...29 The neuron The unctional organization of the nervous system The endocrine system What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 3 Perception ...59 An analysis of vision Detection of visual features Color perception Sensitivity to light intensity Pattern acuity Perception of objects Space perception Perceptual constancy iiiusions Other sensory systems Attention What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 4 Learning and memory ...87 Learning and behavior Rudimentary forms of learning Effects of conditioning Verbal learning and memory What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 5 Language and thought ...131 Theories of thinking Problem solving Language and congnition Other examples of thinking What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 6 Motivation and emotion ...173 Motivation as an explanatory concept Free will verus determinism Innate versus learned motives Interal and external determinants of behavior Emotions and emotional experience What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 7 Developmental psychology ...209 Maturation and experience Kinds of developmental studies Individual differences Intellectual developmnt Social and emotional development What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 8 Altered states of consciousness ...247 Problems with studying consciousness Ordinary dreaming Hypbagogic and hypnopomic states The high dream The lucid dream Out -of- body experiences Hypnosis Possesion states Alcohol intoxication Marijuana experience Meditation Biofeedback induced states States of consciousnessand you Summary Recommended additional readings 9 Personality ...283 What is a personality theory? Psychoanalysis Self theory Cognitive theory Trait theories : The factor analytic approach Learning theory approaches to personality What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 10 Social psychology ...313 Areas of social psychology Research on attitudes Individuals within groups What does it mean ? Summary Recommmended additional readings 11 Psychopathology ...346 A definition of psychopathology Models of psychopathology Classification of psychopathology Reactions to stress Neurosis Psyvhosomatic iiiness Personality disorders Psychosis What does it mean ? Summary Recommended additional readings 12 Psychotherapy ...379 A definition for psychotherapy Insight oriented therapy Behavior therapies Group anmd social approaches To emotional Problems What does it mean? Summary Recommended additional readings A Elementary statistics ...417 Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics Advanced statistical techniques commonly Used in psychology B The neuron building block of the nervous system ...433 Structual properties of the neuron Functional properties of the neuron c Test construction ...446 Selecting test items Trial test administration Standardization Reliability Validity d Personality assessment ...449 Uses of personality tests Types of personality assessment Rationale in test construction Critique