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Introduction to psychology for medical students

Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students deals with general psychology aimed for medical undergraduate students. The book discusses psychology and its relevance to medicine, particularly on the relation of the mind and the treatment of physical diseases. The authors explain perceiving and ima...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hetherington, R. R., Miller, Dennis Harold (Autor), Neville, Joseph Godfrey (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : W. Heinemann Medical Books, [1964]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Introduction to Psychology for Medical Students; Copyright Page; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Scientific Psychology and its Relevance to Medicine; Scientific Psychology; Cognition, Affection and Conation; Methods of Study; Relevance of Psychology to Medicine; Chapter 2. Perceiving and Imagining; A Definition of Perception; Change or Discontinuity of Sensory Stimulation is Essential to Perception; Perception is Dependent on Past Experience and Learning; Sense Data are Organised by the Perceptual Process; Perception is Selective
  • The Effects of Motivation and Mood on PerceptionPercepts and Images; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 3. Thinking and Language; Thinking in Images; Abstract and Concrete Thinking; Associations; Emotional Use of Words; Unconscious and Creative Thinking; Problem-solving; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 4. Learning and Remembering; Learning, Instinct and Maturation; Classical Conditioning; Instrumental Conditioning; Remembering; The Work of Ebbinghaus; Factors in Impression; Factors in Retention; Factors in Reproduction; Remembering as a Reconstructive Process; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Chapter 5. IntelligenceMental Age and Intelligence Quotient; The Nature of Intelligence; Definitions of Intelligence; An Intelligence Test; Distribution of Intelligence; Changes of Intelligence with Age; Difficulties in the Use of Mental Ages
  • Inheritance of Intelligence; Clinical Applications of Intelligence Tests; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 6. Physiological Aspects of Perception, Speech and Memory; Physiological Aspects of Perception; Physiological Aspects of Speech; The Physical Basis of Memory; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 7. Motivation; Determinism and Free-will
  • Feelings and EmotionDeficit Motives; Growth Motives; Hierarchy of Motives; Motivation and Learning; Unconscious Motives; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 8. Normal Conflict, Frustration and Reaction to Stress; Unconscious Motivation and the Rise of Psychoanalysis; Frustration and Conflict of Motives; Reactions to Stress; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 9. Personality Traits, Types and Dimensions; Personality Traits; The Person and Personality; Trait Clusters and Personality Types; Personality Dimensions; Assessing Personality; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 10. Physical Aspects of Emotions
  • Components of EmotionsPhysiological Changes in the Body Excluding the C.N.S.; Physiological Changes in the C.N.S.; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 11. Physique, Temperament and Psychosomatic Relationships; Psychosomatic Relationships; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 12. Orientation and Disorientation; Psychological Orientation; Dimensions of Orientation; Essential Factors in Achieving Orientation; Psychological Disorientation; Causes of Disorientation; The Characteristics of Disorientated Behaviour; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Chapter 13. Sleep; Control of Sleep/Waking Rhythm