Exploring Psychology In Modules - 7th edition

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY

Module 1: The History and Scope of Psychology

Module 2: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

Module 3: Neural and Hormonal Systems

Module 4: The Brain Module 5: Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology Module 6: Environmental Influences on Behavior

THE DEVELOPING PERSON
Module 7: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Module 8: Infancy and Childhood Module 9: Adolescence Module 10: Adulthood

SENSATION AND PERCEPTION

Module 11: Introduction to Sensation and Perception: Vision Module 12: The Other Senses Module 13: Perceptual Organization

Module 14: Perceptual Interpretation

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Module 15: Waking and Sleeping Rhythms

Module 16: Hypnosis

Module 17: Drugs and Consciousness

LEARNING

Module 18: Classical Conditioning Module 19: Operant Conditioning Module 20: Learning by Observation

MEMORY

Module 21: Information Processing Module 22: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

THINKING, LANGUAGE, AND INTELLIGENCE

Module 23: Thinking Module 24: Language and Thought Module 25: Intelligence

MOTIVATION
Module 26: Introduction to Motivation: Hunger Module 27: Sexual Motivation

Module 28: Motivation at Work

EMOTIONS, STRESS, AND HEALTH

Module 29: Theories and Physiology of Emotion Module 30: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion Module 31: Stress and Illness Module 32: Promoting Health

PERSONALITY

Module 33: The Psychoanalytic Perspective Module 34: The Humanistic Perspective

Module 35: Contemporary Research on Personality

PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Module 36: Introduction to Psychological Disorders Module 37: Anxiety, Dissociative, and Personality Disorders Module 38: Mood Disorders Module 39: Schizophrenia

THERAPY

Module 40: The Psychological Therapies Module 41: Evaluating Psychotherapies

Module 42: The Biomedical Therapies

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Module 43: Social Thinking Module 44: Social Influence Module 45: Social Relations

Appendix A, Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Appendix B, Careers in Psychology