Toc: Copyright Page......Page 1Title Page......Page 2Brief Contents......Page 3Contents......Page 4Learner-Centered Approach......Page 9Acknowledgments......Page 18About the Authors......Page 20Psychology in Action Secrets for Surviving College and Improving Your Grades......Page 22Study Skills......Page 24Managing Time......Page 25Reading the Text: Textbooks Are Not Meatloaf......Page 27Getting the Most Out of Lectures......Page 30Studying for Exams: Cramming Is Not an Option......Page 31Improving Your Memory......Page 35Writing Papers......Page 37Your Ethical Responsibility as a Student......Page 39Psychology in Action Summary......Page 40Test Yourself......Page 411 The Science of Psychology......Page 42The History of Psychology......Page 44In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James......Page 45Three Influential Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, and Behaviorism......Page 47Modern Perspectives......Page 51Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization......Page 55The Scientific Approach......Page 58Descriptive Methods......Page 63Correlations: Finding Relationships......Page 66The Experiment......Page 68Experimental Hazards and Controlling for Effects......Page 71APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: A Sample Experiment......Page 74The Guidelines for Doing Research with People......Page 75Animal Research......Page 77Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking......Page 78Chapter Summary......Page 81Test Yourself......Page 822 The Biological Perspective......Page 84Structure of the Neuron: The Nervous System’s Building Block......Page 86Generating the Message within the Neuron: The Neural Impulse......Page 88Neurotransmission......Page 90An Overview of the Nervous System......Page 95The Central Nervous System: The “Central Processing Unit”......Page 96The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge......Page 99Distant Connections: The Endocrine Glands......Page 103The Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe......