Psychology In Everyday Life
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David Myers' and Nathan DeWall’s best-selling and briefest introduction to psychology speaks to all students regardless of their background or level of preparedness, with no assumptions made in the vocabulary, examples, or presentation. Students of all kinds are comfortable with Myers' manageable chapters, which include careful connections to associated visuals, comparative tables, and research-based pedagogy
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Year: 2,016
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Edition: 4th
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Pages: 2,170
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Language: English
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Topic: 198
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Toc: Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 4 Brief Contents......Page 10 Contents......Page 13 Preface......Page 33 Time Management: Or, How to Be a Great Student and Still Have a Life......Page 76 CHAPTER 1 Psychology’s Roots, Big Ideas, and Critical Thinking Tools......Page 91 Psychology’s Roots......Page 95 Psychological Science’s Birth and Development......Page 96 THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: The Scientific Attitude......Page 98 Contemporary Psychology......Page 104 Four Big Ideas in Psychology......Page 109 Big Idea 1: Critical Thinking Is Smart Thinking......Page 110 Big Idea 2: Behavior Is a Biopsychosocial Event......Page 111 Big Idea 3: We Operate With a Two-Track Mind (Dual Processing)......Page 116 Big Idea 4: Psychology Explores Human Strengths as Well as Challenges......Page 117 Why Do Psychology?......Page 118 The Limits of Intuition and Common Sense......Page 119 How Do Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions?......Page 124 The Scientific Method......Page 125 Description......Page 129 Correlation......Page 136 Experimentation......Page 140 How Would You Know Which Research Design to Use?......Page 147 Predicting Everyday Behavior......Page 149 Psychology’s Research Ethics......Page 151 Studying and Protecting Animals......Page 152 Studying and Protecting Humans......Page 153 Values in Psychology......Page 155 Use Psychology to Become a Stronger Person—and a Better Student......Page 157 CHAPTER 2 The Biology of Mind and Consciousness......Page 170 The Brain: A Work in Progress......Page 174 A Neuron’s Structure......Page 177 How Neurons Communicate......Page 181 How Neurotransmitters Influence Us......Page 184 The Nervous System......Page 187 The Peripheral Nervous System......Page 188 The Central Nervous System......Page 193 The Endocrine System......Page 195 Tools of Discovery—Having Our Head Examined......Page 199 Older Brain Structures......Page 204 The Cerebral Cortex......Page 215 THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT: Using More Than 10 Percent of Our Brain......Page 225 The Power of Plasticity: Responding to Damage......Page 228 Our Divided Brain......Page 230 Brain States and Consciousness......Page 236 Selective Attention......Page 238 Sleep and Dreams......Page 244 CHAPTER 3 Developing Through the Life Span......Page 281 Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues......Page 285