Psychology
Subtitle: a modular approach
By: John O. Mitterer (Brock University), Dennis Coon, Tanya Martini (Brock University)
Contributors: Coon, Dennis, author; Martini, Tanya, author
Edition: First Canadian edition.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 713
ISBN-13: 9780176503451
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Psychology; Textbooks; Psychologie; Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages R-1-R-58) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: How to Study Psychology; title: Introducing Psychology: Psychology, Critical Thinking, and Science; title: Introducing Psychology: Psychology Then and Now; title: Introducing Psychology: Experimental Studies; title: Introducing Psychology: Nonexperimental Studies; title: Psychology in Action: Thinking Critically about the Media; title: Brain and Behaviour: Neurons and the Nervous System; title: Brain and Behaviour: Brain Research; title: Brain and Behaviour: Hemispheres and Lobes of the Cortex; title: Brain and Behaviour: Subcortex and Endocrine System; title: Psychology in Action: Handedness; title: Human Development: Heredity and Environment; title: Human Development: Language, Emotional, and Social Development in Childhood; title: Human Development: Cognitive and Moral Development in Childhood; title: Human Development: Adolescence and Adulthood; title: Psychology in Action: Well-Being and Happiness; title: Sensation and Perception: Sensory Processes; title: Sensation and Perception: Vision; title: Sensation and Perception: The Other Senses; title: Sensation and Perception: Perceptual Processes; title: Sensation and Perception: Perception and Objectivity; title: Psychology in Action: Extrasensory Perception; title: Consciousness: States of Consciousness; title: Consciousness: Sleep and Dreams; title: Consciousness: Psychoactive Drugs; title: Psychology in Action: Exploring and Using Dreams; title: Conditioning and Learning: Associative and Cognitive Learning; title: Conditioning and Learning: Classical Conditioning; title: Conditioning and Learning: Operant Conditioning; title: Conditioning and Learning: Reinforcement and Punishment in Detail; title: Psychology in Action: Behavioural Self-Management; title: Memory: Memory Systems; title: Memory: Measuring Memory; title: Memory: Forgetting; title: Memory: Superior Memory; title: Psychology in Action: Mnemonics; title: Cognition and Intelligence: Modes of Thought; title: Cognition and Intelligence: Intelligence; title: Cognition and Intelligence: Decision Making; title: Cognition and Intelligence: Problem Solving; title: Psychology in Action: Enhancing Creativity; title: Motivation and Emotion: Overview of Motives and Emotions; title: Motivation and Emotion: Motivation in Detail; title: Motivation and Emotion: Emotion in Detail; title: Psychology in Action: Emotional Intelligence; title: Human Sexuality: Sexual Development and Orientation; title: Human Sexuality: Gender Development, Androgyny, and Gender Variance; title: Human Sexuality: Sexual Behaviour, Response, and Attitudes; title: Psychology in Action: Sexual Problems; title: Personality: Overview of Personality; title: Personality: Trait Theories; title: Personality: Psychoanalytic and Humanistic Theories; title: Personality: Behavioural and Social Learning Theories; title: Psychology in Action: Understanding Shyness; title: Health Psychology: Overview of Health Psychology; title: Health Psychology: Stressors; title: Health Psychology: Coping with Stress; title: Health Psychology: Stress and Health; title: Psychology in Action: Stress Management; title: Psychological Disorders: Normality and Psychopathology; title: Psychological Disorders: Psychosis, Delusional Disorders, and Schizophrenia; title: Psychological Disorders: Mood Disorders; title: Psychological Disorders: Anxiety-Related Disorders and Personality Disorders; title: Psychology in Action: Suicide; title: Therapies: Treating Psychological Distress; title: Therapies: Psychodynamic and Humanistic Experiential Therapies; title: Therapies: Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies; title: Therapies: Medical Therapies; title: Psychology in Action: Facing Mental Health Issues; title: Social Psychology: Social Behaviour and Cognition; title: Social Psychology: Social Influence; title: Social Psychology: Prosocial Behaviour; title: Social Psychology: Antisocial Behaviour; title: Psychology in Action: Multiculturalism; title: Applied Psychology: Industrial/Organizational Psychology; title: Applied Psychology: Environmental Psychology; title: Applied Psychology: The Psychology of Law, Education, and Sports; title: Psychology in Action: Human Factors Psychology.