Psychology

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• Toc: Copyright Page......Page 1 Title Page......Page 2 Brief Contents......Page 3 Contents......Page 4 Learner-Centered Approach......Page 9 Acknowledgments......Page 18 About the Authors......Page 20 Psychology in Action Secrets for Surviving College and Improving Your Grades......Page 22 Study Skills......Page 24 Managing Time......Page 25 Reading the Text: Textbooks Are Not Meatloaf......Page 27 Getting the Most Out of Lectures......Page 30 Studying for Exams: Cramming Is Not an Option......Page 31 Improving Your Memory......Page 35 Writing Papers......Page 37 Your Ethical Responsibility as a Student......Page 39 Psychology in Action Summary......Page 40 Test Yourself......Page 41 1 The Science of Psychology......Page 42 The History of Psychology......Page 44 In the Beginning: Wundt, Titchener, and James......Page 45 Three Influential Approaches: Gestalt, Psychoanalysis, and Behaviorism......Page 47 Modern Perspectives......Page 51 Psychological Professionals and Areas of Specialization......Page 55 The Scientific Approach......Page 58 Descriptive Methods......Page 63 Correlations: Finding Relationships......Page 66 The Experiment......Page 68 Experimental Hazards and Controlling for Effects......Page 71 APA Goal 2: Scientific Inquiry and Critical Thinking: A Sample Experiment......Page 74 The Guidelines for Doing Research with People......Page 75 Animal Research......Page 77 Applying Psychology to Everyday Life: Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking......Page 78 Chapter Summary......Page 81 Test Yourself......Page 82 2 The Biological Perspective......Page 84 Structure of the Neuron: The Nervous System’s Building Block......Page 86 Generating the Message within the Neuron: The Neural Impulse......Page 88 Neurotransmission......Page 90 An Overview of the Nervous System......Page 95 The Central Nervous System: The “Central Processing Unit”......Page 96 The Peripheral Nervous System: Nerves on the Edge......Page 99 Distant Connections: The Endocrine Glands......Page 103 The Pituitary: Master of the Hormonal Universe......