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An introduction to psychology for the Middle East (and beyond) /
An Introduction to Psychology for the Middle East (and Beyond) is more than the average psychology textbook. Written in simple English by local contributors in the field of psychology and academia, it not only covers broad concepts and major theories, but also provides students in the Middle East wi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction and Welcome; Chapter One; Chapter Outline; What is Organizational Psychology?; What is Educational Psychology?; What is Clinical Psychology?; What is Health Psychology?; What is Neuropsychology?; Approaches to the Science of Psychology by Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam; Cognitive; Behavioural; Social; Positive; Islamic; Studying Psychology!; Meet Mona Al-Ghamdi, Saudi Arabia; Meet Meera Al Budoor, United Arab Emirates; Psychology is a Science by Dr. Louise Lambert; Applied and Basic Research; The Scientific Method; Step 1: Conduct a Literature Review
- Step 2: Develop a HypothesisStep 3: Choose a Research Design; Step 4: Collect, Analyze and Interpret Data; Step 5: Publish in Peer Reviewed Journals; Generalizability and Bias; Research Ethics by Dr. Katharina A. Azim; Over to you now ... ; Chapter Two; Chapter Outline; What is Indigenous Psychology? by Dr. Nahal Kaivan; A Brief Overview of Islamic Psychology by Dr. Amber Haque; The Concept of Al-Fitrah; Nafs: The Nature of the Human Soul; Qalb and Aql; The Concept of Jinn, Satan and Evil Eye; Perspectives of Early Muslim Scholars; Six-Step Model for Self-Improvement
- Psychology in the Western World by Reham Al-TaherPsychoanalytic Psychology; Behavioural Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Humanistic Psychology; Positive Psychology; Topic Box; Over to you now ... ; Chapter Three; Chapter Outline; The Nervous System; The Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Systems; What are Neurons and How Do They Work?; Neurotransmitters; Brain Parts and Functions; The Hindbrain; The Midbrain; The Forebrain; Topic Box; Neurogenesis and Plasticity by Fiza Hameed; Topic Box; Types of Drugs and their Effects on the Brain by Anum Virani; Stimulants; Depressants; Topic Box; Hallucinogens
- Topic BoxOver to you now; Chapter Four; Chapter Outline; The Circadian Rhythm; Types of Sleep; Non-REM Sleep; REM sleep; Stages of Sleep; How Much Sleep Do I Need?; Topic Box; Dreams; Continuity Hypothesis; Reverse Learning Theory; Activation-Synthesis Theory; AIM Model; Sleep Difficulties; Electronics and Blue Light; Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome; Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome; Jet Lag; Shift Work; Parenting; Learning and Sleep; Is Lack of Sleep a Big Deal?; Sleep Disorders; Insomnia; Sleep Apnea; Narcolepsy; Restless Legs Syndrome; Personal Sleep Assessment; Over to you now ... ; Chapter Five
- Chapter OutlineTopic Box; The Structure of Memory; Sensory Memory; Short-Term Memory; Long-Term Memory; Topic Box; Evaluation and Changes to the Atkinson and Shiffrin Model; Topic Box; Remembering; Encoding; Storage; Forgetting; Recall and Recognition; Topic Box; Topic Box; Forgetting and Memory Failures; Topic Box; Over to you now ... ; Chapter Six; Chapter Outline; Some Theory to Get Us Started; Classical Conditioning; Pavlov's Experiment; Little Albert Experiment and Emotional Conditioning; Unlearning Phobias via Systematic Desensitization; Operant Conditioning and Reinforcement