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Year: 2,009
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Edition: 8th Edition
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Pages: 755
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Pages In File: 755
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Language: English
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Topic: 198
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Issue: 2011 12 30
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Identifier: 1429238267,9781429238267
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Ddc: 150
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 35,214,965
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Психологические дисциплины Популярная психология Популярно об общей психологии
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Toc: Cover Page......Page 1Half-Title Page......Page 3Title Page......Page 5Copyright Page......Page 6Dedication Page......Page 7ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 8BRIEF CONTENTS......Page 9CONTENTS......Page 10What Continues?......Page 17Goals for the Eighth Edition......Page 19What’s New?......Page 20Increased Coverage of Cultural and Gender Diversity......Page 21Greater Sensitivity to the Clinical Perspective......Page 22APA Learning Goals and Outcomes for Psychology Majors......Page 23PsychPortal......Page 24Scientific American Resources......Page 26In Appreciation......Page 27CHAPTER 1: Thinking Critically With Psychological Science......Page 31Psychology’s Roots......Page 32Contemporary Psychology......Page 35Why Do Psychology?......Page 39What About Intuition and Common Sense?......Page 40The Scientific Attitude......Page 41Critical Thinking......Page 43The Scientific Method......Page 44Description......Page 45Correlation......Page 48Experimentation......Page 51Frequently Asked Questions About Psychology......Page 55Tips for Studying Psychology......Page 59Neurons......Page 65How Neurons Communicate......Page 66How Neurotransmitters Influence Us......Page 68The Peripheral Nervous System......Page 69The Central Nervous System......Page 70The Endocrine System......Page 72Older Brain Structures......Page 74Close up: The Tools of Discovery—Having Our Head Examined......Page 75The Cerebral Cortex......Page 80Our Divided Brain......Page 87Right-Left Differences in the Intact Brain......Page 90CHAPTER 3: Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind......Page 95Dual Processing......Page 96Selective Attention......Page 98Biological Rhythms and Sleep......Page 100Why Do We Sleep?......Page 105Sleep Disorders......Page 108Dreams......Page 110Facts and Falsehoods......Page 114Explaining the Hypnotized State......Page 116Dependence and Addiction......Page 118Psychoactive Drugs......Page 119Influences on Drug Use......Page 127Drugs and Consciousness......Page 132Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences......Page 135Twin and Adoption Studies......Page 136Temperament, Heredity, and Personality......Page 140Gene-Environment Interactions......Page 141Natural Selection and Adaptation......Page 143Evolutionary Success Helps Explain Similarities......Page 144An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality......Page