This modular version breaks down the 15 chapters of Exploring Psychology 12 into 49 modules which can be assigned in any order. Each module can easily be read in one sitting, based on evidence that shorter reading assignments can lead to better understanding and retention. This unique text offers creative ways to help students retain psychology’s key principles, and do better in all their classes, not just psychology. The authors combine market-leading currency, fresh teaching ideas, fascinating applications, with a compassionate and compelling storytelling voice.
Table of Contents:
Thinking Critically With Psychological Science
Module 1: The History and Scope of Psychology
Module 2: Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions
The Biology of Behavior
Module 3: Neural and Hormonal Systems
Module 4: The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined
Module 5: Brain Regions and Structures
Module 6: Damage Response and Brain Hemispheres
Module 7: Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
Module 8: Consciousness: Some Basic Concepts
Module 9: Sleep and Dreams
Module 10: Drugs and Consciousness
Developing Through the Life Span
Module 11: Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn
Module 12: Infancy and Childhood
Module 13: Adolescence
Module 14: Adulthood
Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
Module 15: Gender Development
Module 16: Human Sexuality
Sensation and Perception
Module 17: Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception
Module 18: Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing
Module 19: Hearing, Skin, Chemical, and Body Senses
Learning
Module 20: Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning
Module 21: Operant Conditioning
Module 22: Biology, Cognition, and Learning
Memory
Module 23: Studying and Encoding Memories
Module 24: Storing and Retrieving Memories
Module 25: Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory
Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Module 26: Thinking
Module 27: Language and Thought
Module 28: Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics
Module 29: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence
Motivation and Emotion
Module 30: Basic Motivational Concepts, Affiliation, and Achievement
Module 31: Hunger
Module 32: Theories and Physiology of Emotion
Module 33: Expressing and Experiencing Emotion
Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing
Module 34: Stress and Illness
Module 35: Health and Happiness
Social Psychology
Module 36: Social Thinking and Social Influence
Module 37: Antisocial Relations
Module 38: Prosocial Relations
Personality
Module 39: Classic Perspectives on Personality
Module 40: Contemporary Perspectives on Personality
Psychological Disorders
Module 41: Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders
Module 42: Anxiety-Related Disorders
Module 43: Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders
Module 44: Schizophrenia
Module 45: Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders
Module 46: Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Therapy
Module 47: Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies
Module 48: Evaluating Psychotherapies
Module 49: The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders
Appendix A: Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life
Describing Data
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Measures of Variation
- Correlation: A Measure of Relationships
Significant Differences
Appendix B: Psychology at Work
Work and Life Satisfaction
- Flow at Work
- Finding Your Own Flow, and Matching Interests to Work
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Personnel Psychology
- Using Strengths for Successful Selection
- Do Interviews Predict Performance?
- Appraising Performance
Organizational Psychology
- Satisfaction and Engagement at Work
- Effective Leadership
Human Factors Psychology
Appendix C: The Story of Psychology: A Timeline
Appendix D: Career Fields in Psychology
Appendix E: Complete Module Reviews
Appendix F: Answers to the Retrieve It and Experience the Testing Effect Questions
Glossary
References
Name Index
Subject Index
