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Test file to accompany essentials of psychology /
Test File to Accompany Essentials of Psychology.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
1985.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Test File to Accompany Essentials of Psychology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents ; CHAPTER 1. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGY?; The Many Faces of Psychology; Areas of Specialization; Defining Psychology and Its Goals; Methods of Psychology; Exploring the Roots of Psychology; CHAPTER 2. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR; Level One : The Neuron; Level Two: Functional Groups of Neurons; Level Three: The Nervous System; The Brain; The Cortex and Behavior; The Endocrine System; Behavioral Genetics; Genetic Management; CHAPTER 3. SENSATION AND PERCEPTION; Sensory Thresholds; Sensory Adaptation.
- The Minor SensesThe Major Senses I: Hearing; The Major Senses II: Vision; Perception Isn't Perfect: Illusions; Two Perceptual Processes; Information Processing: Complex Perceptual Abilities; Perceptual Constancy; Perceptual Expectations; Perceptual Development and Learning; CHAPTER 4. LEARNING AND CONDITIONING; A Definition of Learning; Classical Conditioning; Instrumental Conditioning; Classical and Instrumental Conditioning Compared: Biofeedback and Reinforcement; Verbal Learning; Basic Conditioning and Learning Phenomena; Reinforcement; Basic Conditioning and Learning Phenomena.
- Transfer of TrainingLearning by Observing Models; Biological Limits; CHAPTER 5. MEMORY; Learning and Memory: Intertwined Processes; Measures of Retention; The Three Components of Memory; Interference Theory; Decay Theory; Information Processing I: Separate-Store Models; Information Processing II: Levels of Processing; Issues in Memory; CHAPTER 6. COGNITION: LANGUAGE, CONCEPTS, AND PROBLEMS; Emerging Field of Cognition; Language; Concept Formation; Problem Solving; CHAPTER 7. MOTIVATION; The Definition of Motivation; Approaches to Motivation; Biological Motives I: Hunger.
- Biological Motives II: ThirstBiological Motives III: Sex; Complex Human Motives; CHAPTER 8. EMOTION; The Study of Emotion; The Physiology of Emotion; Theories of Emotion; Innate Versus Learned Expression; Nonverbal Expression of Emotion; Anxiety; Frustration; Conflict; CHAPTER 9. DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LIFE SPAN; Basic Processes and Major Theories of Development; The Prenatal Period; Infancy: The First Two Years; The Preschooler: From Two to Five; The Early School Years: From Five to Twelve; Adolescence: From Twelve to Eighteen; The Basic Developmental Processes: A Second Look.
- Adulthood and AgingDying and Death: The Final Stage; CHAPTER 10. PERSONALITY THEORY; Subdivisions of the Area; Definition of Personality; Approach #1: Freudian Theory; Approach #2: The Trait Approach; Approach #3: Personality as Learned Behavior; Approach #4: Self Theories; Conclusion; CHAPTER 11. ASSESSING PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR; The Problems of Reliability and Validity; Assessment of Personality; Measures of Intellectual Ability; Achievement Tests; The Difference Between Intelligence and Achievement Tests; CHAPTER 12. ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY; What is Abnormality?