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Psychology
An Introduction
12th Edition
Charles G. Morris, Dr. Albert A. Maisto
0-13-189147-2
Cloth
720 pages
2005
Brief Description
For courses in Introductory Psychology.
Students and professors consistently turn to this best-selling introductory psychology textbook for a solid, balanced foundation of core material, grounded in good research. Classic studies are carefully integrated with the most up-to-date research to provide students with an accurate and current view of the field. Unique pedagogy challenges students with frequent quizzes and critical thinking exercises, while technology provides them with online activities to review and reinforce what they have learned. The discussions of current examples, cross-cultural and gender concerns, and enduring issues that bring the field together provide students with exactly what they need to know to achieve success in introductory psychology.
Features
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IMPROVED - Anatomical illustrations—Now include step-by-step captions.
Helps students understand complex illustrations and processes.
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Enduring Issues features—The five Enduring Issues are person-situation; heredity-environment; stability-change; diversity-universality; and mind-body. These five issues are introduced in Chapter 1, and then reappear throughout the text where appropriate, provide a unifying theme.
Helps students make connections between concepts from different chapters.
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On the Cutting Edge features—One per chapter.
Offers students the latest research suggesting new and exciting directions the field may take.
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Thinking Critically features—Appear 3 to 4 times per chapter.
Encourages students to think analytically about the research presented, clarify their own judgments, and form reasoned conclusions.
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Video Classics in Psychology CD-ROM—Includes video clips of famous experiments and interviews with key contributors to the field of psychology. FREE when packaged with the text.
New to this Edition
Check Your Understanding quizzes—Appear at the end of each major section for students to review key concepts from that section.
Encourages students to read more actively and helps ensure that they understand key concepts before moving on to the next section.
Applying Psychology boxes—Appear in every chapter.
Helps students see how psychology is relevant in their lives.
Live!Psych online activities—Icons in the text margins indicate core concepts that correspond to online activities at www.prenhall.com/morris. Live!Psych modules focus on the concepts students often find most challenging, such as brain structures and functions, neurons and neural impulses, and many others.
Provides students with a thoroughly integrated technology program designed to help them master the core concepts.
Contents
1. The Science of Psychology.
What is Psychology? The Growth of Psychology. Human Diversity. Research Methods in Psychology. Careers in Psychology.
2. The Biological Basis of Behavior.
Neurons: The Messengers. The Central Nervous System. The Peripheral Nervous System. The Endocrine System. Genes, Evolution, and Behavior.
3. Sensation and Perception.
The Nature of Sensation. Vision. Hearing. The Other Senses. Perception.
4. States of Consciousness.
Conscious Experiences. Sleep. Dreams. Drug-altered Consciousness. Meditation and Hypnosis.
5. Learning.
Classical Conditioning. Operant Conditioning. Comparing Classical and Operant Conditioning. Cognitive Learning.
6. Memory.
The Sensory Registers. Short-Term Memory. Long-Term Memory. The Biology of Memory. Forgetting. Special Topics in Memory.
7. Cognition and Language.
The Building Blocks of Thought. Language, Thought, and Culture. Nonhuman Thought and Language. Problem Solving. Decision Making.
8. Intelligence and Mental Abilities.
Theories of Intelligence. Intelligence Tests. What Makes a Good Test? What Determines Intelligence. Mental Abilities and Human Diversity. Extremes of Intelligence. Creativity.
9. Motivation and Emotion.
Perceptions of Motivation. Hunger and Thirst. Sex. Other Motives. Emotions. Nonverbal Communication of Emotion. Gender, Culture, and Emotion.
10. Life Span Development.
Methods in Developmental Psychology. Prenatal Development. The Newborn Baby. Infancy and Childhood. Adolescence. Adulthood. Late Adulthood.
11. Personality.
Psychodynamic Theories. Humanistic Personality Theories. Trait Theories. Cognitive-Social Learning Theories. Personality Assessment.
12. Stress and Health Psychology.
Source of Stress. Coping with Stress. Stress and Health. Staying Healthy. Extreme Stress. The Well-Adjusted Person.
13. Psychological Disorders.
Perspectives on Psychological Disorders. Mood Disorders. Anxiety Disorders. Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders. Dissociative Disorders. Sexual Disorders. Personality Disorders. Schizophrenic Disorders. Childhood Disorders. Gender and Cultural Differences in Psychological Disorders.
14. Therapies.
Insight Therapies. Behavior Therapies. Cognitive Therapies. Group Therapies. Effectiveness of Psychotherapy. Biological Treatments. Institutionalization and Its Alternatives. Gender and Cultural Differences in Treatments.
15. Social Psychology.
Social Cognition. Attitudes. Social Influence. Social Action.
Appendix A. Measurement and Statistical Methods.
Appendix B. Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Glossary.
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/morris
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