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1. About the Book

2. Source Chapter Attributions

3. Acknowledgments

4. Chapter 1. Introducing Psychology

   1. Chapter 1 Introduction

   2. 1.1 Psychology as a Science

   3. 1.2 The Evolution of Psychology: History, Approaches, and Questions

   4. Chapter 1 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

5. Chapter 2. Introduction to Major Perspectives

   1. Chapter 2 Introduction

   2. 2.1 Biological Psychology

   3. 2.2 Psychodynamic Psychology

   4. 2.3 Behaviourist Psychology

   5. 2.4 Humanist, Cognitive, and Evolutionary Psychology

   6. Chapter 2 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

6. Chapter 3. Psychological Science & Research

   1. Chapter 3 Introduction

   2. 3.1 Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research

   3. 3.2 Moral Foundations of Ethical Research

   4. 3.3 From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes

   5. 3.4 Putting Ethics Into Practice

   6. 3.5 Psychologists Use Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental Research Designs to Understand Behaviour

   7. 3.6 You Can Be an Informed Consumer of Psychological Research

   8. 3.7 The Replication Crisis in Psychology

   9. Chapter 3 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

7. Chapter 4. Genetics and Evolution

   1. Chapter 4 Introduction

   2. 4.1 The Nature-Nurture Question

   3. 4.2 Evolutionary Theories in Psychology

   4. 4.3 Epigenetics in Psychology

   5. 4.4 Is Personality More Nature or More Nurture? Behavioural and Molecular Genetics

   6. Chapter 4 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

8. Chapter 5. Brains, Bodies, and Behaviour

   1. Chapter 5 Introduction

   2. 5.1 The Neuron Is the Building Block of the Nervous System

   3. 5.2 Our Brains Control Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviour

   4. 5.3 Putting It All Together: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System

   5. 5.4 Psychologists Study the Brain Using Many Different Methods

   6. Chapter 5 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

9. Chapter 6. Sensing and Perceiving

   1. Chapter 6 Introduction

   2. 6.1 We Experience Our World through Sensation

   3. 6.2 Seeing

   4. 6.3 Hearing

   5. 6.4 Tasting, Smelling, and Touching

   6. 6.5 Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception

   7. Chapter 6 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

10. Chapter 7. States of Consciousness

    1. Chapter 7 Introduction

    2. 7.1 States of Consciousness

    3. 7.2 Attention

    4. 7.3 Sleeping and Dreaming Revitalize Us for Action

    5. 7.4 Altering Consciousness with Psychoactive Drugs

    6. 7.5 Altering Consciousness without Drugs

    7. 7.6 The Unconscious

    8. Chapter 7 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

11. Chapter 8. Remembering and Judging

    1. Chapter 8 Introduction

    2. 8.1 Memories as Types and Stages

    3. 8.2 How We Remember: Cues to Improving Memory

    4. 8.3 Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory and Cognition

    5. 8.4 Eyewitness Testimony and Memory Biases

    6. Chapter 8 Summary, Key Terms, Self-Test

12. Chapter 9. Intelligence and Language

    1. Chapter 9 Introduction

    2. 9.1 Defining and Measuring Intelligence

    3. 9.2 The Social, Cultural, and Political Aspects of Intelligence

    4. 9.3 Communicating with Others: The Development and Use of Language

    5. Chapter 9 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

13. Chapter 10. Learning

    1. Chapter 10 Introduction

    2. 10.1 Learning by Association: Classical Conditioning

    3. 10.2 Changing Behaviour through Reinforcement and Punishment: Operant Conditioning

    4. 10.3 Learning by Insight and Observation

    5. 10.4 Using the Principles of Learning to Understand Everyday Behaviour

    6. Chapter 10 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

14. Chapter 11. Emotions and Motivations

    1. Chapter 11 Introduction

    2. 11.1 The Experience of Emotion

    3. 11.2 Functions of Emotions

    4. 11.3 Positive Emotions: The Power of Happiness

    5. 11.4 Drive States

    6. 11.5 Motives and Goals

    7. Chapter 11 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

15. Chapter 12. Stress, Health, and Coping

    1. Chapter 12 Introduction

    2. 12.1 Stress: The Unseen Killer

    3. 12.2 Health and Stress

    4. 12.3 Stress and Coping

    5. 12.4 The Healthy Life

    6. 12.5 Positive Psychology

    7. Chapter 12 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

16. Chapter 13. Psychology in Our Social Lives

    1. Chapter 13 Introduction

    2. 13.1 An Introduction to the Science of Social Psychology

    3. 13.2 Social Cognition and Attitudes

    4. 13.3 Conformity and Obedience

    5. 13.4 Prejudice, Discrimination, and Stereotyping

    6. 13.5 Helping and Prosocial Behavior

    7. Chapter 13 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

17. Chapter 14. Growing and Developing

    1. Chapter 14 Introduction

    2. 14.1 Conception and Prenatal Development

    3. 14.2 Infancy and Childhood: Exploring and Learning

    4. 14.3 Adolescence: Developing Independence and Identity

    5. 14.4 Early and Middle Adulthood: Building Effective Lives

    6. 14.5 Late Adulthood: Aging, Retiring, and Bereavement

    7. 14.6 Gender

    8. Chapter 14 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

18. Chapter 15. Culture

    1. Chapter 15 Introduction

    2. 15.1 Culture

    3. 15.2 Culture and Emotion

    4. Chapter 15 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

19. Chapter 16. Personality

    1. Chapter 16 Introduction

    2. 16.1 Personality Traits

    3. 16.2 Personality Assessment

    4. Chapter 16 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

20. Chapter 17. Defining Psychological Disorders

    1. Chapter 17 Introduction

    2. 17.1 Psychological Disorder: What Makes a Behaviour Abnormal?

    3. 17.2 Anxiety and Dissociative Disorders: Fearing the World Around Us

    4. 17.3 Mood Disorders: Emotions as Illness

    5. 17.4 Schizophrenia: The Edge of Reality and Consciousness

    6. 17.5 Personality Disorders

    7. Chapter 17 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

21. Chapter 18. Treating Psychological Disorders

    1. Chapter 18 Introduction

    2. 18.1 Reducing Disorder by Confronting It: Psychotherapy

    3. 18.2 Reducing Disorder Biologically: Drug and Brain Therapy

    4. 18.3 Reducing Disorder by Changing the Social Situation

    5. 18.4 Evaluating Treatment and Prevention: What Works?

    6. Chapter 18 Summary, Key Terms, and Self-Test

22. Glossary

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