Thinking about Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior » (1st Edition)

Special Consultant: David G. Myers, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
Appropriate Course: High school-level psychology [not Advanced Placement]

In a convenient and effective modular format, Thinking About Psychology offers a rigorous presentation of psychological science in a non-threatening way with numerous and immediate examples that help high school students bridge the abstract to the familiar. This book closely follows the American Psychological Association (APA) National Standards for the Teaching of High School Psychology, for which both Blair-Broeker and Ernst served as Task Force members.

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS METHODS DOMAIN
Chapter 1: Introduction, History, and Research Methods
Module 1: Introduction, History, Perspectives, and Careers Module 2: Research Strategies Module 3: Nature and Nurture in Psychology

DEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN
Chapter 2: Lifespan Development
Module 4: Prenatal and Childhood Development Module 5: Adolescence Module 6: Adulthood and Aging

BIOPSYCHOLOGICAL DOMAIN
Chapter 3: Biological Basis of Behavior
Module 7: Neural and Hormonal Systems Module 8: The Brain

Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception
Module 9: Sensation Module 10: Perception

Chapter 5: Motivation and Emotion
Module 11: Motivation Module 12: Emotion

Chapter 6: Stress and Health
Module 13: Effects of Stress Module 14: Promoting Wellness

COGNITIVE DOMAIN
Chapter 7: Learning
Module 15: Classical Conditioning Module 16: Operant Conditioning Module 17: Observational Learning

Chapter 8: Memory
Module 18: Information Processing Module 19: Forgetting and Memory Construction

Chapter 9: States of Consciousness
Module 20: Sleep, Dreams, and Body Rhythms Module 21: Hypnosis Module 22: Drugs

Chapter 10: Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 23: Thinking and Language Module 24: Intelligence and Intelligence Testing

CLINICAL AND SOCIOCULTURAL DOMAIN
Chapter 11: Personality and its Assessment
Module 25: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Perspectives Module 26: Trait and Social-Cognitive Perspectives

Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders
Module 27: Introduction to Psychological Disorders Module 28: Anxiety and Mood Disorders Module 29: Dissociative, Schizophrenic, and Personality Disorders

Chapter 13: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
Module 30: Psychological Therapies Module 31: Biomedical Therapies

Chapter 14: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Behavior
Module 32: Social Thinking and Social Influence Module 33: Social Relations Module 34: Culture and Gender

Appendix: Psychology's Statistics