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Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods
1.1
The Science of Psychology: Getting to Know You
1.2
Psychology Then and Now
1.3
The Research Process: How We Find Things Out
1.4
Review and Test Yourself
2
The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action
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Brain Circuits: Making Connections
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2.2
The Nervous System: An Orchestra with Many Members
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Spotlight on the Brain: How It Divides and Conquers
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2.4
Probing the Brain
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2.5
Genes, Brain, and Environment: The Brain in the World
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2.6
Review and Test Yourself
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Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind
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3.1
Vision
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3.2
Hearing
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3.3
Sensing and Perceiving in Other Ways
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Learning: How Experience Changes Us
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4.1
Classical Conditioning
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Operant Conditioning
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Cognitive and Social Learning
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Memory: Living with Yesterday
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5.1
Encoding Information into Memory Stores: Time and Space Are of the Essence
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Retaining Information: Not Just One LTM
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Retrieving Information from Memory: More Than Reactivating the Past
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When Memory Goes Wrong and What to Do About It
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Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best
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Language: More Than Meaningful Sounds
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Means of Thinking: The Mental Tool Kit
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Problem Solving and Reasoning: From Mental Processes to Behavior
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Intelligence: What Is It and How Does It Arise?
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6.5
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Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving
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Emotion: I Feel, Therefore I Am
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Motivation and Reward: Being Guided to Our Goals
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Hunger and Sex: Two Important Motivations
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Personality: Vive La Difference!
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Personality: Historical Perspectives
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What Exactly Is Personality?
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Biological Influences on Personality
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Contributions of Learning and Cognition to Personality
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Sociocultural Influences on Personality
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Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser
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9.1
In the Beginning: From Conception to Birth
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Infancy and Childhood: Taking Off
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Adolescence: Between Two Worlds
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Adulthood and Aging: The Continuously Changing Self
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Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing with Life
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10.1
What Is Stress?
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Stress, Disease, and Sleep
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Strategies for Coping
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Psychological Disorders: More than Everyday Problems
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Identifying Psychological Disorders: What's Abnormal?
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11.2
An Overview of Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Schizophrenia
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An Overview of Other Selected Disorders
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A Cautionary Note About Diagnosis
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Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words
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Insight-Oriented Therapies
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Treatments that Focus on Behavior, and More
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Innovations in Psychotherapy
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Biologically-Based Treatments
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Treatment Issues
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Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds
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Social Cognition: Thinking About People
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Social Behavior: Interacting with People
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A Final Word: Ethics and Social Psychology
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Statistics and How to Think About Research Studies
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A.2
How to Think About Research Studies
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Answers to Practice Tests
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C.1
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods
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Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action
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Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind
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Chapter 4 Learning: How Experience Changes Us
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Chapter 5 Memory: Living with Yesterday
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Chapter 6 Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best
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Chapter 7 Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving
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Chapter 8 Personality: Vive La Difference!
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Chapter 9 Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser
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Chapter 10 Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing with Life
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Chapter 11 Psychological Disorders: More than Everyday Problems
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Chapter 12 Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words
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Chapter 13 Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds
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Appendix
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