Psychology: The Science Of Mind And Behavior
E-Book Overview
Psychology: The Science of Mind and Behavior imparts students with a scientific understanding of the field of psychology while showing them the impact on their day-to-day existence. A simple conceptual framework within the text emphasizes relations between biological, psychological, and environmental levels of analysis and portrays the focus of modern psychology. Together with Research Close-Ups in each chapter and Beneath the Surface discussions and What Do You Think? questions, the text challenges students to think critically about psychology as a science and its impact on their lives.
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,007
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Edition: 4
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Pages: 822
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Pages In File: 822
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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: 0073382760,9780073382760
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Ddc: 150
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Lcc: BF121 .P348 2008
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 43,299,121
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Extension: pdf
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Tags:
Психологические дисциплины
Общая психология
Общая психология (теория)
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Toc: Cover Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 About the Authors......Page 6 Brief Contents......Page 10 Preface......Page 28 Contents......Page 12 CHAPTER 1: The Science of Psychology......Page 38 THE NATURE OF PSYCHOLOGY......Page 39 Psychology as a Basic and Applied Science......Page 40 Psychology’s Broad Scope: A Levels of-Analysis Framework......Page 41 Psychology’s Intellectual Roots......Page 43 Early Schools: Structuralism and Functionalism......Page 44 The Psychodynamic Perspective: The Forces Within......Page 45 The Behavioral Perspective: The Power of the Environment......Page 46 The Humanistic Perspective: Self-Actualization and Positive Psychology......Page 47 The Cognitive Perspective: The Thinking Human......Page 48 The Sociocultural Perspective: The Embedded Human......Page 50 RESEARCH CLOSE-UP Love and Marriage in Eleven Cultures......Page 51 The Biological Perspective: The Brain, Genes, and Evolution......Page 52 An Example: Understanding Depression......Page 55 Summary of Major Themes......Page 56 BENEATH THE SURFACE What Did You Expect?......Page 57 A Global Science and Profession......Page 58 Psychology and Public Policy......Page 59 APPLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE How to Enhance Your Academic Performance......Page 60 CHAPTER 2: Studying Behavior Scientifically......Page 64 SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES IN PSYCHOLOGY......Page 65 Gathering Evidence: Steps in the Scientific Process......Page 66 Two Approaches to Understanding Behavior......Page 68 Defining and Measuring Variables......Page 70 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN RESEARCH......Page 72 Ethical Standards in Human Research......Page 73 Descriptive Research: Recording Events......Page 74 Correlational Research: Measuring Associations Between Events......Page 78