Exploring Psychology (8th Edition)

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• Edition: 8th Edition

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• Issue: 2011 12 30

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