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Toc: Title......Page 2Copyright......Page 4Brief Contents......Page 10Contents......Page 13Preface......Page 33Time Management: Or, How to Be a Great Student and Still Have a Life......Page 76CHAPTER 1 Psychology’s Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools......Page 91Psychology’s Roots......Page 95Psychological Science’s Birth and Development......Page 96THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: The Scientific Attitude......Page 98Contemporary Psychology......Page 104Four Big Ideas in Psychology......Page 109Big Idea 1: Critical Thinking Is Smart Thinking......Page 110Big Idea 2: Behavior Is a Biopsychosocial Event......Page 111Big Idea 3: We Operate With a Two-Track Mind (Dual Processing)......Page 116Big Idea 4: Psychology Explores Human Strengths as Well as Challenges......Page 117Why Do Psychology?......Page 118The Limits of Intuition and Common Sense......Page 119How Do Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions?......Page 124The Scientific Method......Page 125Description......Page 129Correlation......Page 136Experimentation......Page 140How Would You Know Which Research Design to Use?......Page 147Predicting Everyday Behavior......Page 149Psychology’s Research Ethics......Page 151Studying and Protecting Animals......Page 152Studying and Protecting Humans......Page 153Values in Psychology......Page 155Use Psychology to Become a Stronger Person—and a Better Student......Page 157CHAPTER 2 The Biology of Mind and Consciousness......Page 170The Brain: A Work in Progress......Page 174A Neuron’s Structure......Page 177How Neurons Communicate......Page 181How Neurotransmitters Influence Us......Page 184The Nervous System......Page 187The Peripheral Nervous System......Page 188The Central Nervous System......Page 193The Endocrine System......Page 195Tools of Discovery—Having Our Head Examined......Page 199Older Brain Structures......Page 204The Cerebral Cortex......Page 215THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: Using More Than 10 Percent of Our Brain......Page 225The Power of Plasticity: Responding to Damage......Page 228Our Divided Brain......Page 230Brain States and Consciousness......Page 236Selective Attention......Page 238Sleep and Dreams......Page 244CHAPTER 3 Developing Through the Life Span......Page 281Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues......Page 285