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Table of Contents

    • About the Authors
    • Acknowledgments
    • Dedication
    • Preface
    • 1Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods
      • 1.1The Science of Psychology: Getting to Know You
      • 1.2Psychology Then and Now
      • 1.3The Research Process: How We Find Things Out
      • 1.4Review and Test Yourself
    • 2The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action

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      • 2.1Brain Circuits: Making Connections

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      • 2.2The Nervous System: An Orchestra with Many Members

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      • 2.3Spotlight on the Brain: How It Divides and Conquers

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      • 2.4Probing the Brain

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      • 2.5Genes, Brain, and Environment: The Brain in the World

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      • 2.6Review and Test Yourself

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    • 3Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

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      • 3.1Vision

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      • 3.2Hearing

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      • 3.3Sensing and Perceiving in Other Ways

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      • 3.4Review and Test Yourself

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    • 4Learning: How Experience Changes Us

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      • 4.1Classical Conditioning

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      • 4.2Operant Conditioning

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      • 4.3Cognitive and Social Learning

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      • 4.4Review and Test Yourself

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    • 5Memory: Living with Yesterday

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      • 5.1Encoding Information into Memory Stores: Time and Space Are of the Essence

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      • 5.2Retaining Information: Not Just One LTM

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      • 5.3Retrieving Information from Memory: More Than Reactivating the Past

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      • 5.4When Memory Goes Wrong and What to Do About It

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      • 5.5Review and Test Yourself

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    • 6Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

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      • 6.1Language: More Than Meaningful Sounds

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      • 6.2Means of Thinking: The Mental Tool Kit

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      • 6.3Problem Solving and Reasoning: From Mental Processes to Behavior

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      • 6.4Intelligence: What Is It and How Does It Arise?

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      • 6.5Review and Test Yourself

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    • 7Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

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      • 7.1Emotion: I Feel, Therefore I Am

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      • 7.2Motivation and Reward: Being Guided to Our Goals

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      • 7.3Hunger and Sex: Two Important Motivations

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      • 7.4Review and Test Yourself

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    • 8Personality: Vive La Difference!

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      • 8.1Personality: Historical Perspectives

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      • 8.2What Exactly Is Personality?

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      • 8.3Biological Influences on Personality

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      • 8.4Contributions of Learning and Cognition to Personality

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      • 8.5Sociocultural Influences on Personality

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      • 8.6Review and Test Yourself

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    • 9Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

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      • 9.1In the Beginning: From Conception to Birth

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      • 9.2Infancy and Childhood: Taking Off

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      • 9.3Adolescence: Between Two Worlds

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      • 9.4Adulthood and Aging: The Continuously Changing Self

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      • 9.5Review and Test Yourself

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    • 10Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing with Life

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      • 10.1What Is Stress?

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      • 10.2Stress, Disease, and Sleep

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      • 10.3Strategies for Coping

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      • 10.4Review and Test Yourself

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    • 11Psychological Disorders: More than Everyday Problems

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      • 11.1Identifying Psychological Disorders: What's Abnormal?

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      • 11.2An Overview of Mood and Anxiety Disorders and Schizophrenia

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      • 11.3An Overview of Other Selected Disorders

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      • 11.4A Cautionary Note About Diagnosis

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      • 11.5Review and Test Yourself

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    • 12Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

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      • 12.1Insight-Oriented Therapies

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      • 12.2Treatments that Focus on Behavior, and More

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      • 12.3Innovations in Psychotherapy

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      • 12.4Biologically-Based Treatments

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      • 12.5Treatment Issues

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      • 12.6Review and Test Yourself

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    • 13Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

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      • 13.1Social Cognition: Thinking About People

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      • 13.2Social Behavior: Interacting with People

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      • 13.3A Final Word: Ethics and Social Psychology

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      • 13.4Review and Test Yourself

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    • AStatistics and How to Think About Research Studies

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      • A.1Statistics

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      • A.2How to Think About Research Studies

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    • BAnswers to Practice Tests

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    • CReferences

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      • C.1Chapter 1 Introduction to the Science of Psychology: History and Research Methods

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      • C.2Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind and Behavior: The Brain in Action

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      • C.3Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception: How the World Enters the Mind

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      • C.4Chapter 4 Learning: How Experience Changes Us

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      • C.5Chapter 5 Memory: Living with Yesterday

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      • C.6Chapter 6 Language, Thinking, and Intelligence: What Humans Do Best

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      • C.7Chapter 7 Emotion and Motivation: Feeling and Striving

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      • C.8Chapter 8 Personality: Vive La Difference!

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      • C.9Chapter 9 Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

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      • C.10Chapter 10 Stress, Health, and Coping: Dealing with Life

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      • C.11Chapter 11 Psychological Disorders: More than Everyday Problems

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      • C.12Chapter 12 Treatment: Healing Actions, Healing Words

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      • C.13Chapter 13 Social Psychology: Meeting of the Minds

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      • C.14Appendix

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