Authors: Robert S. Feldman
ISBN-13: 9780072954609, ISBN-10: 0072954604
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: 7th Edition
The fourth edition of Understanding Psychology constitutes a thorough revision of a very successful text for the general psychology course. This edition retains the book's well received,flexible organizational structure (i. e. each chapter is divided into three or four self-contained modules),and effective integration of applied topics with traditional core material. This book encompasses a combination of pedagogical features with a clear and inviting writing style. In addition the book has a strong multi-cultural perspective,as well as significant material on gender issues.
List of Boxes | ||
Reviewers | ||
Preface | ||
To the Student | ||
Ch. 1 | Introduction to Psychology | 2 |
Ch. 2 | Research Methods | 30 |
Ch. 3 | The Biology Underlying Behavior | 56 |
Ch. 4 | Sensation and Perception | 94 |
Ch. 5 | States of Consciousness | 142 |
Ch. 6 | Learning | 180 |
Ch. 7 | Memory | 216 |
Ch. 8 | Cognition and Language | 252 |
Ch. 9 | Intelligence | 288 |
Ch. 10 | Motivation and Emotion | 318 |
Ch. 11 | Gender and Human Sexuality | 356 |
Ch. 12 | Development: The Beginnings of Life | 394 |
Ch. 13 | Development: Adolescence to the End of Life | 428 |
Ch. 14 | Personality | 462 |
Ch. 15 | Health Psychology | 496 |
Ch. 16 | Psychological Disorders | 530 |
Ch. 17 | Treatment of Psychological Disorders | 570 |
Ch. 18 | Social Psychology | 602 |
Ch. 19 | Psychology in a Diverse World | 638 |
Appendix: Statistics | 665 | |
Glossary | 679 | |
References | 690 | |
Indexes | 735 |