Presenting Psychology 2nd Edition by Deborah M Licht, Misty G Hull, Coco Ballantyne ISBN 1319094163 9781319094164

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ISBN 10: 1319094163
ISBN 13: 9781319094164
Author: Deborah M Licht, Misty G Hull, Coco Ballantyne

Presenting Psychology 2nd Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 0 Are You Ready for This?
Welcome to Psychology
How Is It Relevant?
This Is the Field, and These Are the Players
Isn’t Psychology Just Common Sense?
It’s a Science
This Is Critical
Are You a Critical Thinker?
Why Psychology Is Important
What’s In It for You?
Getting Your Bang for the Buck
Here We Go
Chapter 1 Introduction to the Science of Psychology
What Is Psychology and How Did It Begin?
This Is Psychology
What’s the End Game?
What Are Psychology’s Roots?
Psychology Is Born
Psychology’s Evolution: An Overview
How Do Psychologists Do Research?
The Scientific Method
Research Basics
Descriptive and Correlational Methods
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
Survey Method
Correlations: Is There a Relationship?
The Experimental Method
Control Is the Goal
Is the Research Ethical?
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 2 Biology and Behavior
Introducing the Brain
A Complex Communication Network
From Bumps to Brain Scans
Neurons and Neural Communication
What Do You Really Need to Know About Neurons?
What Language Do Neurons Speak?
How Do Neurotransmitters Influence Our Behavior?
Agonists and Antagonists
The Brain Can’t Do It Alone
The Spinal Cord and Simple Reflexes
The Peripheral Nervous System
The Endocrine System
The Amazing Brain
The Two Hemispheres
The Split-Brain Operation
Roles of the Left and the Right
Neuroplasticity
The Cortex: A Peek Beneath the Skull
The Lobes: Up Close and Personal
Let’s Dig a Little Deeper
Drama Central: The Limbic System
What Roles Do the Brainstem and Cerebellum Play?
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 3 Sensation and Perception
An Introduction to Sensation and Perception
Where Does Sensation End and Perception Begin?
Sensation: It Just Depends
Vision
Light and Color
You Won’t Believe Your Eyes
The Retina
Is That Oprah Over There?
What Color Do You See?
Hearing
Listen, Hear
All Ears
How Is Pitch Processed?
I Can’t Hear You
Smell, Taste, Touch
Smell: Nosing Around
Taste: Just Eat It
Touch: Can You Feel It?
Pain: It Hurts
Your Body in Space
Perception: Is It All in Your Head?
Perception Deception
The Whole Is Greater
Depth Perception
Is That What I Think It Is?
Extrasensory Perception: Where’s the Evidence?
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 4 Consciousness
An Introduction to Consciousness
What Is Consciousness?
Studying Consciousness
Are You Paying Attention?
Sleep
We’ve Got Rhythm
The Stages of Sleep
Have Trouble Sleeping?
Losing Sleep?
Dreams
What Are Dreams?
Dream a Little Dream
What Are Altered States?
Psychoactive Drugs: From Caffeine to Heroin
Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens, Club Drugs, and Marijuana
Overuse and Dependence
Hypnosis
Fade to Black
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 5 Learning
An Introduction to Learning
What Is Learning?
Classical Conditioning
Mouth-Watering Science
What Do You Need to Know?
Yuck: Conditioned Taste Aversion
Lessons from Little Albert
Do You Buy It?
Operant Conditioning
Consequences Matter
Types of Reinforcement
Shaping and Successive Approximations
Continuous or Partial?
Timing Is Everything: Reinforcement Schedules
In the Doghouse: Punishment
Let’s Compare
Let’s Contrast
Observational Learning and Cognition
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Latent Learning
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 6 Memory
What Is Memory?
Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
How Deep Are Your Memories?
Stages of Memory
The Information-Processing Model
Sensory Memory
Short-Term Memory
Working Memory
Long-Term Memory
What’s the Best Way to Make Memories?
Retrieval and Forgetting
What Can You Retrieve?
The Encoding Specificity Principle
Memory Savings: Easier the Second Time Around
Why Do We Forget?
Can Memories Be Trusted?
Can Memories Be . . . Fake?
Repressed Memories?
The Biology of Memory
Amnesia
Memories in the Brain: A Macro Perspective
Memories in the Brain: A Micro Perspective
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 7 Cognition, Language, and Intelligence
What Is Cognition?
Cognition Versus Thinking
Can You Grasp This Concept?
Picture This
What’s Happening in the Brain?
Problem Solving and Decision Making
What’s the Problem?
How Do We Solve It?
We’ve Hit a Roadblock
Decisions, Decisions
Why Do We Make Bad Decisions?
The Problem with the Problem
The Power of Language
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Let’s Get Down to Basics
Thinking What We Say?
Intelligence
What Is Intelligence?
Measuring Intelligence
Let’s Test the Intelligence Tests
The Diversity of Human Intelligence
Is Intelligence Genetic?
Let’s Get Creative
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 8 Human Development
Why Study Human Development?
Three Categories of Change
Three Debates
Three Designs
Inside the Womb
What Are Chromosomes and Genes?
From Single Cell to Full-Fledged Person
Infants and Children
Newborns
What’s Going On in the Brain?
The Language Explosion
Lessons from Piaget
Lessons from Vygotsky
Temperament and Attachment
Erikson’s Psychosocial Stages
The Teenage Years
A Time of Change
Social, Emotional Teens
How Does Morality Develop?
What Role Does Gender Play?
When Do We Become Adults?
Adulthood
Aging Bodies
Aging Minds
Social, Emotional Adults
The Many Shades of Parenting
Growing Old with Grace
Dying and Death
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 9 Motivation and Emotion
Motivation
What Is Motivation?
Do Humans Have Instincts?
Just Stayin’ Alive
Looking for Some Excitement?
Needs and More Needs
Sexuality
The Birds and the Bees
Sexual Orientation: It’s a Continuum
How Does Sexual Orientation Develop?
“Normal” Is Relative
Problems with Sex
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Hunger
Hungry Brain, Hungry Body
Let’s Have a Meal: Cultural and Social Context
Obesity
Emotion
What Are Emotions?
Feel It in Your Body?
How Does Cognition Fit In?
Face Value
Types of Emotions
The Biology of Fear
Happiness
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 10 Personality
An Introduction to Personality
What Is Personality?
Psychoanalytic Theories
Does the Mind Have Three Levels?
Id, Ego, and Superego
Defense Mechanisms
Stages of Development
Who Are the Neo-Freudians?
Freud’s Legacy: It’s Complicated
Humanistic, Learning, and Trait Theories
The Brighter Side: Maslow and Rogers
Can Personality Be Learned?
What Are Personality Traits?
Personality Testing
Are They Reliable, Valid?
What Brings You Here Today?
What Do You See? Projective Tests
Objective Tests
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 11 Social Psychology
An Introduction to Social Psychology
What Is Social Psychology?
Why Do People Do the Things They Do?
What’s With the Attitude?
Social Influence
Power of Others
Persuasion
Compliance
Conformity
Obedience
Groups and Aggression
Better Together?
When Two Heads Are Not Better Than One
Aggression
Stereotypes and Discrimination
Prosocial Behavior, Attraction, and Love
On the Upside
The Psychology of Sexiness
What Is Love?
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 12 Stress and Health
What Is Stress?
Stressors Are to Blame
Major Life Events
It’s Nonstop: Chronic Stressors
Hassles, Uplifts, and Conflicts
Stress and Your Health
Fight or Flight
Is Stress Making You Sick?
Substances Don’t Help
Too Much Cortisol
Can You Deal?
Coping with Stress
I Am in Control
Tools for Healthy Living
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders
An Introduction to Psychological Disorders
What’s Normal, What’s Not
Classifying Psychological Disorders
“Abnormal,” but Not Uncommon
What Causes Psychological Disorders?
When Anxiety Is Extreme
Anxiety Disorders
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
From Depression to Mania
Major Depressive Disorder
What Role Does Biology Play?
Psychological Factors
Bipolar Disorders
Schizophrenia and Autism
Schizophrenia: A Complex Disorder
The Roots of Schizophrenia
Autism
Personality, Dissociative, and Eating Disorders
Personality Disorders
Dissociative Disorders
Eating Disorders
Summary of Concepts
Key Terms
Test Prep Are You Ready?
Chapter 14 Treatment of Psychological Disorders
An Introduction to Treatment
A Primitive Past
Where to Now?
Treatment Today
Insight Therapies
Taking It to the Couch: Psychoanalysis
Goodbye, Couch: Psychodynamic Therapy
You Can Do It! Humanistic Therapy
Behavior and Cognitive Therapies
Get to Work! Behavior Therapy
You Are What You Think: Cognitive Therapies
Biomedical Therapies
Medicines That Help
Other Biomedical Therapies
Psychotherapy: Who’s in the Mix?
Let’s Get Through This Together
Does Psychotherapy Work?
Help When You Need It
From Self-Help to Smartphones

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