Psychology: brain, behavior & culture

By:

Westen, Drew

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2002 John Wiley & Sons New YorkEdition: 3Description: xxix,656p 28 cm ; Hard BoundISBN:

978-0471387541

Subject(s):

Psychology

Contents:

Chapter 1 Psychology: The Study of Mental Processes and Behavior 1 -- The Boundaries and Borders of Psychology 3 -- Perspectives in Psychology 9 -- Central Questions: Facts, Theories, and Perspectives in Psychology 25 -- Chapter 2 Research Methods in Psychology 27 -- Characteristics of Good Psychological Research 29 -- Experimental Research 35 -- Descriptive Research 41 -- Correlational Research 44 -- How to Evaluate a Study Critically 49 -- Central Questions: How Do We Know When We Know Something? 52 -- Supplement: Statistical Principles in Psychological Research 55 -- Summarizing the Data: Descriptive Statistics 55 -- Testing the Hypothesis: Inferential Statistics 58 -- Central Questions: What Does It Mean to Say That a Finding Is "Significant"? 61 -- Chapter 3 Biological Bases of Mental Life and Behavior 64 -- Neurons: Basic Units of the Nervous System 66 -- The Endocrine System 74 -- The Peripheral Nervous System 75 -- The Central Nervous System 78 -- Brain, Gene, Behavior 96 -- Central Questions: Brain-Behavior Relationships 98 -- Chapter 4 Sensation and Perception 101 -- Sensing the Environment 105 -- Vision 112 -- Hearing 124 -- Other Senses 130 -- Perception 139 -- Central Questions: Physical Reality and Psychological Reality 156 -- Chapter 5 Learning 159 -- Classical Conditioning 162 -- Operant Conditioning 171 -- Cognitive-Social Theory 184 -- Central Questions: What Have We Learned About Learning? 190 -- Chapter 6 Memory 193 -- Memory and Information Processing 195 -- Working Memory 201 -- Varieties of Long-Term Memory 206 -- Encoding and Organization of Long-Term Memory 213 -- Remembering, Misremembering, and Forgetting 223 -- Central Questions: What Is Memory? 229 -- Chapter 7 Thought and Language 233 -- Units of Thought 235 -- Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Decision Making 242 -- Implicit and Everyday Thinking 249 -- Language 259 -- Language Development 266 -- Central Questions: What Is So Rational about Reason? 274 -- Chapter 8 Intelligence 277 -- The Nature of Intelligence 279 -- Intelligence Testing 281 -- Approaches to Intelligence 288 -- Heredity and Intelligence 294 -- Central Questions: What Is Intelligence and How Can We Measure It? 300 -- Chapter 9 Consciousness 302 -- The Nature of Consciousness 303 -- Perspectives on Consciousness 307 -- Sleep and Dreaming 315 -- Altered States of Consciousness 323 -- Central Questions: Perspectives on Consciousness 331 -- Chapter 10 Motivation 334 -- Perspectives on Motivation 336 -- Eating 347 -- Sexual Motivation 355 -- Psychosocial Motives 361 -- Central Questions: The Nature and Causes of Human Motives 365 -- Chapter 11 Emotion, Stress, and Coping 367 -- Central Questions: Thinking about Feeling 399 -- Chapter 12 Personality 402 -- Psychodynamic Theories 404 -- Cognitive-Social Theories 416 -- Trait Theories 421 -- Humanistic Theories 430 -- Personality and Culture 433 -- Central Questions: What Are the Elements of Personality, and How Stable Are They? 436 -- Chapter 13 Physical and Cognitive Development 439 -- Central Questions in Developmental Psychology 441 -- Studying Development 444 -- Physical Development and Its Psychological Consequences 445 -- Cognitive Development in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence 452 -- Cognitive Development and Change in Adulthood 465 -- Central Questions: The Nature of Development 470 -- Chapter 14 Social Development 473 -- Attachment 475 -- Socialization 482 -- Peer Relationships 487 -- Development of Social Cognition 490 -- Moral Development 498 -- Social Development Across the Life Span 506 -- Central Questions: Nature and Nurture, Cognition and Emotion 512 -- Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders 515 -- The Cultural Context of Psychopathology 516 -- Contemporary Approaches to Psychopathology 519 -- Descriptive Diagnosis: DSM-IV and Psychological Syndromes 526 -- Central Questions: When Nurture Becomes Nature 555 -- Chapter 16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders 558 -- Psychodynamic Therapies 560 -- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies 565 -- Humanistic, Group, and Family Therapies 571 -- Biological Treatments 578 -- Evaluating Psychological Treatments 584 -- Central Questions: What Works for Whom? 588 -- Chapter 17 Attitudes and Social Cognition 591 -- Attitudes 593 -- Social Cognition 603 -- The Self 617 -- Central Questions: Social and Nonsocial Cognition 622 -- Chapter 18 Interpersonal Processes 625 -- Relationships 627 -- Altruism 635 -- Aggression 639 -- Social Influence 646 -- Central Questions: Individuals, Groups, and the Nature of Human Nature 654.

Summary: This high level introductory psychology text covers both the biological basis of psychology and the role of culture in shaping basic biological processes. Theories are provided in a conceptual framework that captures the excitement of the Field.

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Chapter 1 Psychology: The Study of Mental Processes and Behavior 1 --
The Boundaries and Borders of Psychology 3 --
Perspectives in Psychology 9 --
Central Questions: Facts, Theories, and Perspectives in Psychology 25 --
Chapter 2 Research Methods in Psychology 27 --
Characteristics of Good Psychological Research 29 --
Experimental Research 35 --
Descriptive Research 41 --
Correlational Research 44 --
How to Evaluate a Study Critically 49 --
Central Questions: How Do We Know When We Know Something? 52 --
Supplement: Statistical Principles in Psychological Research 55 --
Summarizing the Data: Descriptive Statistics 55 --
Testing the Hypothesis: Inferential Statistics 58 --
Central Questions: What Does It Mean to Say That a Finding Is "Significant"? 61 --
Chapter 3 Biological Bases of Mental Life and Behavior 64 --
Neurons: Basic Units of the Nervous System 66 --
The Endocrine System 74 --
The Peripheral Nervous System 75 --
The Central Nervous System 78 --
Brain, Gene, Behavior 96 --
Central Questions: Brain-Behavior Relationships 98 --
Chapter 4 Sensation and Perception 101 --
Sensing the Environment 105 --
Vision 112 --
Hearing 124 --
Other Senses 130 --
Perception 139 --
Central Questions: Physical Reality and Psychological Reality 156 --
Chapter 5 Learning 159 --
Classical Conditioning 162 --
Operant Conditioning 171 --
Cognitive-Social Theory 184 --
Central Questions: What Have We Learned About Learning? 190 --
Chapter 6 Memory 193 --
Memory and Information Processing 195 --
Working Memory 201 --
Varieties of Long-Term Memory 206 --
Encoding and Organization of Long-Term Memory 213 --
Remembering, Misremembering, and Forgetting 223 --
Central Questions: What Is Memory? 229 --
Chapter 7 Thought and Language 233 --
Units of Thought 235 --
Reasoning, Problem Solving, and Decision Making 242 --
Implicit and Everyday Thinking 249 --
Language 259 --
Language Development 266 --
Central Questions: What Is So Rational about Reason? 274 --
Chapter 8 Intelligence 277 --
The Nature of Intelligence 279 --
Intelligence Testing 281 --
Approaches to Intelligence 288 --
Heredity and Intelligence 294 --
Central Questions: What Is Intelligence and How Can We Measure It? 300 --
Chapter 9 Consciousness 302 --
The Nature of Consciousness 303 --
Perspectives on Consciousness 307 --
Sleep and Dreaming 315 --
Altered States of Consciousness 323 --
Central Questions: Perspectives on Consciousness 331 --
Chapter 10 Motivation 334 --
Perspectives on Motivation 336 --
Eating 347 --
Sexual Motivation 355 --
Psychosocial Motives 361 --
Central Questions: The Nature and Causes of Human Motives 365 --
Chapter 11 Emotion, Stress, and Coping 367 --
Central Questions: Thinking about Feeling 399 --
Chapter 12 Personality 402 --
Psychodynamic Theories 404 --
Cognitive-Social Theories 416 --
Trait Theories 421 --
Humanistic Theories 430 --
Personality and Culture 433 --
Central Questions: What Are the Elements of Personality, and How Stable Are They? 436 --
Chapter 13 Physical and Cognitive Development 439 --
Central Questions in Developmental Psychology 441 --
Studying Development 444 --
Physical Development and Its Psychological Consequences 445 --
Cognitive Development in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence 452 --
Cognitive Development and Change in Adulthood 465 --
Central Questions: The Nature of Development 470 --
Chapter 14 Social Development 473 --
Attachment 475 --
Socialization 482 --
Peer Relationships 487 --
Development of Social Cognition 490 --
Moral Development 498 --
Social Development Across the Life Span 506 --
Central Questions: Nature and Nurture, Cognition and Emotion 512 --
Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders 515 --
The Cultural Context of Psychopathology 516 --
Contemporary Approaches to Psychopathology 519 --
Descriptive Diagnosis: DSM-IV and Psychological Syndromes 526 --
Central Questions: When Nurture Becomes Nature 555 --
Chapter 16 Treatment of Psychological Disorders 558 --
Psychodynamic Therapies 560 --
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies 565 --
Humanistic, Group, and Family Therapies 571 --
Biological Treatments 578 --
Evaluating Psychological Treatments 584 --
Central Questions: What Works for Whom? 588 --
Chapter 17 Attitudes and Social Cognition 591 --
Attitudes 593 --
Social Cognition 603 --
The Self 617 --
Central Questions: Social and Nonsocial Cognition 622 --
Chapter 18 Interpersonal Processes 625 --
Relationships 627 --
Altruism 635 --
Aggression 639 --
Social Influence 646 --
Central Questions: Individuals, Groups, and the Nature of Human Nature 654.

This high level introductory psychology text covers both the biological basis of psychology and the role of culture in shaping basic biological processes. Theories are provided in a conceptual framework that captures the excitement of the Field.

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