Invitation to psychology
By: Carole Wade, Carol Tavris
Contributors: Tavris, Carol
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River
Language: eng
Number of pages: 501
ISBN-13: 9780205066100
Subjects: Textbooks; Psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. R-1-R-39) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: From the Authors
pagenum: xi; title: From the Publisher
pagenum: xix; title: About the Authors
pagenum: xxvi; label: 1
title: What Is Psychology?
pagenum: 3; title: The Science of Psychology
pagenum: 4; title: Psychology, Pseudoscience, and Common Sense
pagenum: 4; title: The Birth of Modern Psychology
pagenum: 5; title: Psychology's Present
pagenum: 6; title: What Psychologists Do
pagenum: 9; title: Psychological Research
pagenum: 9; title: Psychological Practice
pagenum: 9; title: Psychology in the Community
pagenum: 11; title: Critical and Scientific Thinking in Psychology
pagenum: 12; title: Descriptive Studies: Establishing the Facts
pagenum: 17; title: Case Studies
pagenum: 18; title: Observational Studies
pagenum: 19; title: Tests
pagenum: 19; title: Surveys
pagenum: 20; title: Correlational Studies: Looking for Relationships
pagenum: 22; title: Measuring Correlations
pagenum: 22; title: Cautions about Correlations
pagenum: 23; title: The Experiment: Hunting for Causes
pagenum: 24; title: Experimental Variables
pagenum: 24; title: Experimental and Control Conditions
pagenum: 25; title: Experimenter Effects
pagenum: 26; title: Advantages and Limitations of Experiments
pagenum: 26; title: Evaluating the Findings
pagenum: 28; title: Why Psychologists Use Statistics
pagenum: 29; title: From the Laboratory to the Real World
pagenum: 30; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 31; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: What Psychology Can Do for You—and What It Can't
pagenum: 32; label: 2
title: Theories of Personality
pagenum: 39; title: Psychodynamic Theories of Personality
pagenum: 40; title: Freud and Psychoanalysis
pagenum: 40; title: Other Psychodynamic Approaches
pagenum: 43; title: Evaluating Psychodynamic Theories
pagenum: 44; title: The Modern Study of Personality
pagenum: 46; title: Popular Personality Tests
pagenum: 46; title: Core Personality Traits
pagenum: 46; title: Genetic Influences on Personality
pagenum: 49; title: Puppies and Personalities
pagenum: 50; title: Heredity and Temperament
pagenum: 50; title: Heredity and Traits
pagenum: 51; title: Evaluating Genetic Theories
pagenum: 53; title: Environmental Influences on Personality
pagenum: 54; title: Situations and Social Learning
pagenum: 54; title: Parental Influence—and Its Limits
pagenum: 55; title: The Power of Peers
pagenum: 56; title: Cultural Influences on Personality
pagenum: 58; title: Culture, Values, and Traits
pagenum: 58; title: Culture and Violence: The Cultivation of Male Aggression
pagenum: 60; title: Evaluating Cultural Approaches
pagenum: 61; title: The Inner Experience
pagenum: 62; title: Humanist Approaches
pagenum: 63; title: Evaluating Humanist Approaches
pagenum: 64; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 65; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: How to Avoid the "Barnum Effect"
pagenum: 66; label: 3
title: Development over the Life Span
pagenum: 73; title: From Conception through the First Year
pagenum: 74; title: Prenatal Development
pagenum: 74; title: The Infant's World
pagenum: 75; title: Attachment
pagenum: 76; title: Language Development
pagenum: 79; title: Cognitive Development
pagenum: 83; title: Moral Development
pagenum: 87; title: Gender Development
pagenum: 90; title: Gender Identity
pagenum: 91; title: Influences on Gender Development
pagenum: 91; title: Adolescence
pagenum: 95; title: The Physiology of Adolescence
pagenum: 95; title: The Psychology of Adolescence
pagenum: 96; title: Adulthood
pagenum: 98; title: Stages and Ages
pagenum: 98; title: The Transitions of Life
pagenum: 99; title: Old Age
pagenum: 101; title: The Wellsprings of Resilience
pagenum: 103; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 104; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Bringing Up Baby
pagenum: 105; label: 4
title: Neurons, Hormones, and the Brain
pagenum: 113; title: The Nervous System: A Basic Blueprint
pagenum: 114; title: The Central Nervous System
pagenum: 114; title: The Peripheral Nervous System
pagenum: 115; title: Communication in the Nervous System
pagenum: 117; title: The Structure of the Neuron
pagenum: 117; title: Neurons in the News
pagenum: 118; title: How Neurons Communicate
pagenum: 119; title: The Plastic Brain
pagenum: 120; title: Chemical Messengers in the Nervous System
pagenum: 121; title: Mapping the Brain
pagenum: 124; title: A Tour through the Brain
pagenum: 126; title: The Brain Stem
pagenum: 126; title: The Cerebellum
pagenum: 127; title: The Thalamus
pagenum: 127; title: The Hypothalamus and the Pituitary Gland
pagenum: 127; title: The Amygdala
pagenum: 128; title: The Hippocampus
pagenum: 128; title: The Cerebrum
pagenum: 129; title: The Two Hemispheres of the Brain
pagenum: 131; title: Split Brains: A House Divided
pagenum: 131; title: The Two Hemispheres: Allies or Opposites?
pagenum: 133; title: Two Stubborn Issues in Brain Research
pagenum: 135; title: Where Is the Self?
pagenum: 135; title: Are There "His" and "Hers" Brains?
pagenum: 136; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 138; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Cosmetic Neurology: Tinkering with the Brain
pagenum: 139; label: 5
title: Body Rhythms and Mental States
pagenum: 147; title: Biological Rhythms: The Tides of Experience
pagenum: 148; title: Circadian Rhythms
pagenum: 148; title: Moods and Long-Term Rhythms
pagenum: 150; title: The Rhythms of Sleep
pagenum: 154; title: The Realms of Sleep
pagenum: 154; title: Why We Sleep
pagenum: 156; title: Exploring the Dream World
pagenum: 159; title: Dreams as Unconscious Wishes
pagenum: 160; title: Dreams as Efforts to Deal with Problems
pagenum: 160; title: Dreams as Thinking
pagenum: 161; title: Dreams as Interpreted Brain Activity
pagenum: 162; title: Evaluating Dream Theories
pagenum: 162; title: The Riddle of Hypnosis
pagenum: 164; title: The Nature of Hypnosis
pagenum: 164; title: Theories of Hypnosis
pagenum: 165; title: Consciousness-Altering Drugs
pagenum: 167; title: Classifying Drugs
pagenum: 168; title: The Physiology of Drug Effects
pagenum: 171; title: The Psychology of Drug Effects
pagenum: 172; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 174; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep
pagenum: 175; label: 6
title: Sensation and Perception
pagenum: 181; title: Our Sensational Senses
pagenum: 182; title: The Riddle of Separate Sensations
pagenum: 182; title: Measuring the Senses
pagenum: 183; title: Sensory Adaptation
pagenum: 186; title: Sensing without Perceiving
pagenum: 186; title: Vision
pagenum: 188; title: What We See
pagenum: 188; title: An Eye on the World
pagenum: 188; title: Why the Visual System Is Not a Camera
pagenum: 190; title: How We See Colors
pagenum: 192; title: Constructing the Visual World
pagenum: 193; title: Hearing
pagenum: 199; title: What We Hear
pagenum: 199; title: An Ear on the World
pagenum: 200; title: Constructing the Auditory World
pagenum: 201; title: Other Senses
pagenum: 202; title: Taste: Savory Sensations
pagenum: 202; title: Smell: The Sense of Scents
pagenum: 204; title: Senses of the Skin
pagenum: 206; title: The Mystery of Pain
pagenum: 206; title: The Environment Within
pagenum: 208; title: Perceptual Powers: Origins and Influences
pagenum: 210; title: Inborn Abilities
pagenum: 210; title: Critical Periods
pagenum: 210; title: Psychological and Cultural Influences
pagenum: 211; title: Perception without Awareness
pagenum: 213; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 215; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Can Perception Be "Extrasensory"?
pagenum: 216; label: 7
title: Thinking and Intelligence
pagenum: 223; title: Thought: Using What We Know
pagenum: 224; title: The Elements of Cognition
pagenum: 224; title: How Conscious Is Thought?
pagenum: 225; title: Reasoning Rationally
pagenum: 228; title: Formal Reasoning: Algorithms and Logic
pagenum: 228; title: Informal Reasoning: Heuristics and Dialectical Thinking
pagenum: 228; title: Reflective Judgment
pagenum: 229; title: Barriers to Reasoning Rationally
pagenum: 231; title: Exaggerating the Improbable (and Minimizing the Probable)
pagenum: 231; title: Avoiding Loss
pagenum: 232; title: The Fairness Bias
pagenum: 233; title: The Hindsight Bias
pagenum: 233; title: The Confirmation Bias
pagenum: 234; title: Mental Sets
pagenum: 235; title: The Need for Cognitive Consistency
pagenum: 235; title: Overcoming Our Cognitive Biases
pagenum: 237; title: Measuring Intelligence: The Psychometric Approach
pagenum: 238; title: The Invention of IQ Tests
pagenum: 239; title: Dissecting Intelligence: The Cognitive Approach
pagenum: 242; title: The Triarchic Theory
pagenum: 242; title: Emotional Intelligence
pagenum: 243; title: The Origins of Intelligence
pagenum: 244; title: The Environment and Intelligence
pagenum: 247; title: Motivation, Hard Work, and Intellectual Success
pagenum: 248; title: Animal Minds
pagenum: 250; title: Animal Intelligence
pagenum: 250; title: Animals and Language
pagenum: 252; title: Thinking about the Thinking of Animals
pagenum: 253; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 254; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Becoming More Creative
pagenum: 256; label: 8
title: Memory
pagenum: 263; title: Reconstructing the Past
pagenum: 264; title: The Manufacture of Memory
pagenum: 264; title: The Conditions of Confabulation
pagenum: 265; title: Memory and the Power of Suggestion
pagenum: 267; title: The Eyewitness on Trial
pagenum: 267; title: Children's Testimony
pagenum: 268; title: In Pursuit of Memory
pagenum: 270; title: Measuring Memory
pagenum: 270; title: Models of Memory
pagenum: 271; title: The Three-Box Model of Memory
pagenum: 273; title: The Sensory Register: Fleeting Impressions
pagenum: 273; title: Short-Term Memory: Memory's Scratch Pad
pagenum: 273; title: Long-Term Memory: Final Destination
pagenum: 275; title: The Biology of Memory
pagenum: 278; title: Changes in Neurons and Synapses
pagenum: 278; title: Locating Memories
pagenum: 278; title: Hormones, Emotion, and Memory
pagenum: 280; title: How We Remember
pagenum: 280; title: Effective Encoding
pagenum: 281; title: Rehearsal
pagenum: 281; title: Read, Recite, Review
pagenum: 282; title: Retrieval Practice
pagenum: 282; title: Mnemonics
pagenum: 282; title: Why We Forget
pagenum: 283; title: Decay
pagenum: 285; title: Replacement
pagenum: 285; title: Interference
pagenum: 285; title: Cue-Dependent Forgetting
pagenum: 286; title: The Repression Controversy
pagenum: 287; title: Autobiographical Memories
pagenum: 289; title: Childhood Amnesia: The Missing Years
pagenum: 289; title: Memory and Narrative: The Stories of Our Lives
pagenum: 290; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 291; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: How to Remember What You Study
pagenum: 292; label: 9
title: Learning and Conditioning
pagenum: 299; title: Classical Conditioning
pagenum: 300; title: New Reflexes from Old
pagenum: 300; title: Principles of Classical Conditioning
pagenum: 301; title: What Is Actually Learned in Classical Conditioning?
pagenum: 302; title: Classical Conditioning in Real Life
pagenum: 304; title: Learning to Like
pagenum: 304; title: Learning to Fear
pagenum: 304; title: Accounting for Taste
pagenum: 306; title: Reacting to Medical Treatments
pagenum: 307; title: Operant Conditioning
pagenum: 308; title: The Birth of Radical Behaviorism
pagenum: 309; title: The Consequences of Behavior
pagenum: 309; title: Principles of Operant Conditioning
pagenum: 311; title: Skinner: The Man and the Myth
pagenum: 314; title: Operant Conditioning in Real Life
pagenum: 316; title: The Pros and Cons of Punishment
pagenum: 316; title: The Problems with Reward
pagenum: 318; title: Learning and the Mind
pagenum: 321; title: Latent Learning
pagenum: 321; title: Social-Cognitive Learning Theories
pagenum: 321; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 324; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Does Media Violence Make You Violent?
pagenum: 325; label: 10
title: Behavior in Social and Cultural Context
pagenum: 331; title: Roles and Rules
pagenum: 332; title: The Obedience Study
pagenum: 333; title: The Prison Study
pagenum: 335; title: Why People Obey
pagenum: 336; title: Social Influences on Beliefs and Behavior
pagenum: 338; title: Attributions
pagenum: 338; title: Attitudes
pagenum: 340; title: Individuals in Groups
pagenum: 345; title: Conformity
pagenum: 345; title: Groupthink
pagenum: 346; title: The Wisdom and Madness of Crowds
pagenum: 347; title: Altruism and Dissent
pagenum: 348; title: Us versus Them: Group Identity
pagenum: 350; title: Ethnic Identity
pagenum: 350; title: Ethnocentrism
pagenum: 351; title: Stereotypes
pagenum: 352; title: Group Conflict and Prejudice
pagenum: 353; title: The Origins of Prejudice
pagenum: 354; title: Defining and Measuring Prejudice
pagenum: 356; title: Reducing Conflict and Prejudice
pagenum: 359; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 361; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Dealing with Cultural Differences
pagenum: 362; label: 11
title: Psychological Disorders
pagenum: 369; title: Defining and Diagnosing Mental Disorders
pagenum: 370; title: Dilemmas of Diagnosis
pagenum: 371; title: Dilemmas of Measurement
pagenum: 374; title: Anxiety Disorders
pagenum: 376; title: Anxiety and Panic
pagenum: 376; title: Fears and Phobias
pagenum: 378; title: Obsessions and Compulsions
pagenum: 378; title: Mood Disorders
pagenum: 380; title: Depression
pagenum: 380; title: Bipolar Disorder
pagenum: 380; title: Origins of Depression
pagenum: 380; title: Antisocial/Psychopathic Personality Disorder
pagenum: 383; title: Drug Abuse and Addiction
pagenum: 386; title: Biology and Addiction
pagenum: 387; title: Learning, Culture, and Addiction
pagenum: 388; title: Debating the Causes of Addiction
pagenum: 390; title: Dissociative Identity Disorder
pagenum: 391; title: Schizophrenia
pagenum: 393; title: Symptoms of Schizophrenia
pagenum: 393; title: Origins of Schizophrenia
pagenum: 395; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 397; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: When a Friend Is Suicidal
pagenum: 398; label: 12
title: Approaches to Treatment and Therapy
pagenum: 405; title: Biological Treatments for Mental Disorders
pagenum: 406; title: The Question of Drugs
pagenum: 406; title: Direct Brain Intervention
pagenum: 410; title: Major Schools of Psychotherapy
pagenum: 412; title: Psychodynamic Therapy
pagenum: 412; title: Behavior and Cognitive Therapy
pagenum: 412; title: Mindfulness and Acceptance
pagenum: 416; title: Humanist and Existential Therapy
pagenum: 416; title: Family and Couples Therapy
pagenum: 417; title: Evaluating Psychotherapy
pagenum: 419; title: The Scientist-Practitioner Gap
pagenum: 420; title: When Therapy Helps
pagenum: 422; title: When Therapy Harms
pagenum: 424; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 426; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: Becoming a Smart Consumer of Psychological Treatments
pagenum: 427; label: 13
title: Emotion, Stress, and Health
pagenum: 433; title: The Nature of Emotion
pagenum: 434; title: Emotion and the Body
pagenum: 434; title: Emotion and the Mind
pagenum: 440; title: Emotion and Culture
pagenum: 442; title: How Culture Shapes Emotions
pagenum: 443; title: Communicating Emotions
pagenum: 443; title: Gender and Emotion
pagenum: 444; title: The Nature of Stress
pagenum: 446; title: Stress and the Body
pagenum: 446; title: Stress and the Mind
pagenum: 449; title: Stress and Emotion
pagenum: 452; title: Hostility and Depression: Do They Hurt?
pagenum: 452; title: Positive Emotions: Do They Help?
pagenum: 453; title: Emotional Inhibition and Expression
pagenum: 454; title: Coping with Stress
pagenum: 456; title: Solving the Problem
pagenum: 456; title: Rethinking the Problem
pagenum: 457; title: Drawing on Social Support
pagenum: 457; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 460; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: The Dilemma of Anger: "Let It Out" or "Bottle It Up"?
pagenum: 461; label: 14
title: The Major Motives of Life: Food, Love, Sex, and Work
pagenum: 467; title: The Hungry Animal: Motives to Eat
pagenum: 468; title: The Biology of Weight
pagenum: 468; title: Environmental Influences on Weight
pagenum: 470; title: Cultural Influences on Weight and the Ideal Body
pagenum: 471; title: The Body as Battleground: Eating Disorders
pagenum: 471; title: The Social Animal: Motives to Love
pagenum: 474; title: The Biology of Love
pagenum: 474; title: The Psychology of Love
pagenum: 475; title: Gender, Culture, and Love
pagenum: 478; title: The Erotic Animal: Motives for Sex
pagenum: 479; title: The Biology of Desire
pagenum: 479; title: The Psychology of Desire
pagenum: 483; title: The Culture of Desire
pagenum: 485; title: The Riddle of Sexual Orientation
pagenum: 487; title: The Competent Animal: Motives to Achieve
pagenum: 489; title: The Effects of Motivation on Work
pagenum: 489; title: The Effects of Work on Motivation
pagenum: 493; title: Motives, Values, and the Pursuit of Happiness
pagenum: 495; title: Psychology in the News, Revisited
pagenum: 498; title: Taking Psychology with You; title: How to Attain Your Goals
pagenum: 499; title: Appendix: Statistical Methods
pagenum: A-1; title: Glossary
pagenum: G-1; title: References
pagenum: R-1; title: Credits
pagenum: C-1; title: Name Index
pagenum: NI-1; title: Subject Index
pagenum: SI-1