ABSTRACT
Aimed at those new to the subject,Fundamentals of Psychologyis a clear and reader-friendly textbook that will help students explore and understand the essentials of psychology. This text offers a balanced and accurate representation of the discipline through a highly accessible synoptic approach, which seamlessly brings together all the various related topics.
Fundamentals of Psychologycombines an authoritative tone, a huge range of psychological material and an informal, analogy-rich style. The text expertly blends admirably up-to-date empirical research and real-life examples and applications, and is both readable and factually dense. The book introduces all the main approaches to psychology, including social, developmental, cognitive, biological, individual differences, and abnormal psychology, as well as psychological research methods. However, it also includes directions for more detailed and advanced study for the interested student.
Fundamentals of Psychologyincorporates many helpful textbook features which will aid students and reinforce learning, such as:
- Key-term definitions
- Extremely clear end-of-chapter summaries
- Annotated further reading sections
- Evaluations of significant research findings
- Numerous illustrations presented in attractive full color.
This textbook is also accompanied by a comprehensive program of resources for both students and instructors, which is available free to qualifying adopters. The resources include a web-based Student Learning Program, as well as chapter-by-chapter lecture slides and an interactive chapter-by-chapter multiple-choice question test bank.
Combining exceptional content, abundant pedagogical features, and a lively full-color design,Fundamentals of Psychologyis an essential resource for anyone new to the subject and more particularly those beginning undergraduate courses. The book will also be ideal for students studying psychology within education, nursing and other healthcare professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter
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17pages
Introduction
chapter
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27pages
Historical and conceptual issues
part
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77pages
Introduction to Biological Psychology
chapter
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21pages
Human motivation
chapter
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25pages
Emotion, stress, and coping
chapter
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23pages
States of awareness
part
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135pages
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
chapter
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33pages
Visual perception and attention
chapter
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25pages
Conditioning and learning
chapter
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23pages
Human memory
chapter
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19pages
Thinking: Problem solving and decision making
chapter
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25pages
Language
part
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45pages
Introduction to Individual Differences
chapter
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19pages
Intelligence
chapter
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21pages
What does personality look like?
part
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91pages
Introduction to Developmental Psychology
chapter
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23pages
Cognitive development: Specific abilities
chapter
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17pages
Theories of cognitive development
chapter
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21pages
Social development in everyday life
chapter
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23pages
丙氨酸achments and friendships
part
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105pages
Introduction to Social Psychology
chapter
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23pages
Social cognition
chapter
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25pages
Social behavior and relationships
chapter
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29pages
Group processes
chapter
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21pages
Intergroup processes
part
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31pages
Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
chapter
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11pages
Approaches to abnormality
chapter
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15pages
Therapeutic approaches
part
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87pages
Introduction to Research Methods