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584p.: col. ill. 27cm. Using experiential exercises and activities, career-oriented text examples, and features, this title correlate psychology concepts to the professional and personal lives of readers. It reinforces why a basic understanding of psychology is relevant to students. Psychology and Your Life Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology Module 1: Psychologists at Work Module 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future Module 3: Research in Psychology Module 4: The Ethics of Research Chapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior Module 5: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior Module 6: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body Module 7: The Brain Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception Module 8: Sensing the World Around Us Module 9: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye Module 10: Hearing and the Other Senses Module 11: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World Chapter 4: States of Consciousness Module 12: Sleep and Dreams Module 13: Hypnosis and Meditation Module 14: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness Chapter 5: Learning Module 15: Classical Conditioning Module 16: Operant Conditioning Module 17: Cognitive Approaches to Learning Chapter 6: Thinking: Memory, Cognition, and Language Module 18: The Foundations of Memory Module 19: Recall and Forgetting Module 20: Thinking, Reasoning, and Problem Solving Module 21: Language Chapter 7: Motivation and Emotion Module 22: Explaining Motivation Module 23: Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring Module 24: Understanding Emotional Experiences Chapter 8: Development Module 25: Nature and Nurture, and Prenatal Development Module 26: Infancy and Childhood Module 27: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult Module 28: Adulthood Chapter 9: Personality and Individual Differences Module 29: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality Module 30: Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality Module 31: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive Module 32: Intelligence? Chapter 10: Psychological Disorders Module 33: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making a Distinction Module 34: The Major Psychological Disorders Module 35: Psychological Disorders in Perspective Chapter 11: Treatment of Psychological Disorders Module 36: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment Module 37: Psychotherapy: Humanistic and Group Approaches to Treatment Module 38: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment Chapter 12: Social Psychology Module 39: Attitudes and Social Cognition Module 40: Social Influence and Groups Module 41: Prejudice and Discrimination Module 42: Positive and Negative Social Behavior Module 43: Stress and Coping Robert S. Feldman. Includes bibliographic references and index English Psychology 150 F33p c2010 978-0-07-016711-7 251212 20260803094037.0