The Everything Psychology Book
Subtitle: An introductory guide to the science of human behavior
By: Kendra Cherry
Edition: 2nd Edition
Series: Everything Series
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Avon, Mass
Language: eng
Format: paperback; eBook
ISBN-13: 9781440506918; 9781440506925
Copyright date: 2010, 2014
Subjects: Psychology
First sentence: To learn how to think scientifically about the human mind and behavior
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Psychology-yesterday and today; title: How psychologists know what they know; title: Biological psychology; title: The brain and mind-what makes us human; title: How you experience your world; title: Altered states of consciousness; title: Conditioning and learning; title: How you remember, why you forget; title: Thinking, language, and intelligence; title: Motives-why you do the things you do; title: Emotions : feeling up, feeling down; title: Human development-conception, infancy, and childhood; title: Human development-adolescence; title: Human development-adulthood and aging; title: Personality and personality tests; title: Social cognition-thinking about yourself and others; title: Social interactions and interpersonal behavior; title: Stress, coping, and health; title: Disorders-when thinking and emotionality go awry; title: Psychotherapy and other approaches to treatment; title: Careers in psychology.