Psychology in Action Study Guide

Description

The fourth edition of this best-selling text brings students up-to-date with the latest in psychology. Its central, guiding principle of active learning encourages students to think critically, work through problems logically, and make connections with the real world. In addition to the earlier editions' time-tested coverage of all the basics, the new edition features over 800 new citations from 1994-1996 and new and expanded coverage on industrial/organizational psychology, repressed memory, brain efficiency and neural pruning, language and animal language, melatonin, nicotine addiction, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Active Learning Edition
Prologue: Critical Thinking/Active Learning
Module 1 Understanding Psychology 4
Module 2 Doing Research in Psychology 10
Module 3 Perspectives in Psychology 32
Module 4 Tools for Student Success 41
Module 5 Biological Foundations 54
Module 6 A Tour Through the Brain 69
Module 7 Genetics and Evolution 86
Module 8 Stress and Its Role in Health 98
Module 9 Stress and Serious Illness 108
Module 10 Coping with Stress 114
Module 11 Health Psychology in Action 120
Module 12 Sensation 132
Module 13 Perception 151
Module 14 Consciousness and Sleep and Dreams 176
Module 15 Drugs and Other Routes to ASCs 194
Module 16 Classical Conditioning 218
Module 17 Operant Conditioning 229
Module 18 Cognitive-Social Learning 244
Module 19 Neuroscience and Evolution 249
Module 20 What Is Memory? 258
Module 21 Memory Failures 277
Module 22 Thinking 300
Module 23 Language 313
Module 24 Intelligence 321
Module 25 Topics in Development 342
Module 26 Cognitive Development 363
Module 27 Moral and Personality Development 378
Module 28 Additional Influences on Development 388
Module 29 Sex and Gender 406
Module 30 Sexual Behavior and Problems 419
Module 31 Motivation 438
Module 32 Emotion 455
Module 33 Personality Assessment 474
Module 34 Trait Theories 480
Module 35 Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Theories 486
Module 36 Other Major Theories 498
Module 37 Studying Psychological Disorders 512
Module 38 Anxiety Disorders 522
Module 39 Mood Disorders 528
Module 40 Schizophrenia 534
Module 41 Other Disorders 544
Module 42 Therapy Essentials 556
Module 43 Biomedical Therapies 560
Module 44 Psychotherapy 566
Module 45 Issues in Therapy 585
Module 46 Our Thoughts About Others 598
Module 47 Our Feelings About Others 604
Module 48 Our Actions Toward Others 616
App. A Statistics and Psychology
App. B: Answers to Review Questions
Glossary
References
Photo Credits
Text and Illustration Credits
Name Index
Subject Index