Toc: Cover......Page 1Title Page......Page 7Copyright......Page 8Dedication......Page 9About the Authors......Page 10Contents......Page 14Preface......Page 20Time Management Or, How to Be a Great Student and Still Have a Life......Page 52The Story of Psychology......Page 62Psychological Science Is Born......Page 63Psychological Science Develops......Page 65Contemporary Psychology......Page 67Thinking Critically With Psychological Science......Page 80Did We Know It All Along? Hindsight Bias......Page 81Overconfidence......Page 82Perceiving Order in Random Events......Page 83The Scientific Attitude: Curious, Skeptical, and Humble......Page 84Critical Thinking......Page 85The Scientific Method......Page 87Description......Page 88Correlation......Page 92Experimentation......Page 96Psychology’s Research Ethics......Page 100Module 4: Statistical Reasoning inEveryday Life......Page 103Describing Data......Page 104Significant Differences......Page 107The Biology of Mind......Page 112Biology, Behavior, and Mind......Page 113Neural Communication......Page 114The Nervous System......Page 121The Endocrine System......Page 124The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined......Page 127Older Brain Structures......Page 130The Cerebral Cortex......Page 135Our Divided Brain......Page 143THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: Handedness......Page 147Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind......Page 152Defining Consciousness......Page 153The Biology of Consciousness......Page 154Selective Attention......Page 156Biological Rhythms and Sleep......Page 161Why Do We Sleep?......Page 166Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders......Page 168Dreams......Page 173Tolerance and Addiction......Page 178THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: Addiction......Page 179Types of Psychoactive Drugs......Page 180Influences on Drug Use......Page 187Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity......Page 194Genes: Our Codes for Life......Page 195Twin and Adoption Studies......Page 196Heritability......Page 201Gene–Environment Interaction......Page 203THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: Prenatal Testing to Predict Future Traits......Page 204