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Romero, Anna and Kemp, Steven. Psychology Demystified. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006.

Psychology Demystified

Authors: Anna Romero and Steven Kemp

Published:  September 2006

eISBN: 9780071490559 0071490558 | ISBN: 9780071460309
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Research Methods
  • Overview
  • What Is Science?
  • How Do Psychologists Do Science?
  • Issues in Psychological Research
  • Statistics
  • Types of Research
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Part One: Actions in the World
  • Chapter 2 Social Psychology
  • Overview
  • Social Cognition: Thinking in the Social Setting
  • Social Influence
  • Social Relations
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 3 Developmental Psychology
  • Overview
  • Cognitive Development
  • Social Development
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 4 Intelligence
  • Overview
  • Test Construction and Evaluation
  • Assessing Intelligence
  • Influences on Intelligence
  • Types of Intelligence
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 5 Personality
  • Overview
  • Personality Theories
  • Trait Theories of Personality
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 6 Health Psychology
  • Overview
  • Theories of Health
  • Health-impairing Behavior
  • Stress
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 7 Psychological Disorders
  • Overview
  • The DSM Classification System
  • Specific Disorders
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 8 Psychotherapy
  • Overview
  • Individual Psychologically Based Therapies
  • Biomedical Therapies
  • Nonindividual Therapies
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Part One: Test
  • Part Two: The World of the Mind
  • Chapter 9 Emotion
  • Overview
  • Types of Emotions
  • Theories
  • Expression
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 10 Motivation
  • Overview
  • Biological Motives
  • Psychosocial Motives
  • Applications
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 11 Learning
  • Overview
  • Conditioning and Animal Learning
  • Cognitive Learning
  • Ethology
  • Computational Approaches
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 12 Psycholinguistics: The Psychology of Language
  • Overview
  • The Nature of Language
  • Language Development
  • Language Acquisition
  • Other Forms of Communication
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 13 Memory
  • Overview
  • Memory Systems
  • Memory Processes
  • Memory Failures
  • The Physiology of Memory
  • Improving Memory
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 14 Cognitive Psychology: The Study of Thinking
  • Overview
  • Organizing Information
  • Problem Solving
  • Reasoning
  • Decision-making
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Part Two: Test
  • Part Three: From the Outside In
  • Chapter 15 The Study of Sensation
  • Overview
  • Psychophysics
  • Vision
  • Hearing
  • Location-based Senses
  • The Chemical Senses
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 16 The Study of Perception
  • Overview
  • Perceptual Organization
  • Perceptual Interpretation
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Chapter 17 Neuroscience and Genetics
  • Overview
  • The Nervous System
  • Genetics
  • Methods: Old and New
  • Summary
  • Quiz
  • Part Three: Test
  • Final Exam
  • Answers
  • Appendix: Resources for Learning
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Index