Students First.  Designed for student success, Understanding Psychology provides students with a comprehensive and powerful learning framework to help them connect, engage, and feel excited about psychology. 

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology     MODULE 1: Psychologists at Work     MODULE 2: A Science Evolves: The Past, the Present, and the Future     MODULE 3: Psychology’s Key Issues and Controversies Chapter 2: Psychological Research     MODULE 4: The Scientific Method     MODULE 5: Conducting Psychological Research     MODULE 6: Critical Research Issues Chapter 3: Neuroscience and Behavior     MODULE 7: Neurons: The Basic Elements of Behavior     MODULE 8: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System: Communicating Within the Body     MODULE 9: The Brain Chapter 4: Sensation and Perception     MODULE 10: Sensing the World Around Us     MODULE 11: Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye     MODULE 12: Hearing and the Other Senses     MODULE 13: Perceptual Organization: Constructing Our View of the World Chapter 5: States of Consciousness     MODULE 14: Sleep and Dreams     MODULE 15: Hypnosis and Meditation     MODULE 16: Drug Use: The Highs and Lows of Consciousness Chapter 6: Learning     MODULE 17: Classical Conditioning     MODULE 18: Operant Conditioning     MODULE 19: Cognitive Approaches to Learning Chapter 7: Memory     MODULE 20: The Foundations of Memory     MODULE 21: Recalling Long-Term Memories     MODULE 22: Forgetting: When Memory Fails Chapter 8: Cognition and Language     MODULE 23: Thinking and Reasoning     MODULE 24: Problem Solving     MODULE 25: Language Chapter 9: Intelligence     MODULE 26: What Is Intelligence?     MODULE 27: Variations in Intellectual Ability     MODULE 28: Group Differences in Intelligence: Genetic and Environmental Determinants Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion     MODULE 29: Explaining Motivation     MODULE 30:  Human Needs and Motivation: Eat, Drink, and Be Daring     MODULE 31: Understanding Emotional Experiences Chapter 11: Sexuality and Gender     MODULE 32: Gender and Sex     MODULE 33: Understanding Human Sexual Response: The Facts of Life     MODULE 34: The Diversity of Sexual Behavior Chapter 12: Development     MODULE 35: Nature and Nurture: The Enduring Developmental Issue     MODULE 36: Prenatal Development: Conception to Birth     MODULE 37: Infancy and Childhood     MODULE 38: Adolescence: Becoming an Adult     MODULE 39: Adulthood Chapter 13: Personality     MODULE 40: Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality     MODULE 41: Trait, Learning, Biological and Evolutionary, and Humanistic Approaches to Personality     MODULE 42: Assessing Personality: Determining What Makes Us Distinctive Chapter 14: Health Psychology: Stress, Coping, and Well-Being     MODULE 43: Stress and Coping     MODULE 44: Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being     MODULE 45: Promoting Health and Wellness Chapter 15: Psychological Disorders     MODULE 46: Normal Versus Abnormal: Making the Distinction     MODULE 47: The Major Psychological Disorders     MODULE 48: Psychological Disorders in Perspective Chapter 16: Treatment of Psychological Disorders     MODULE 49: Psychotherapy: Psychodynamic, Behavioral, and Cognitive Approaches to Treatment     MODULE 50: Psychotherapy: Humanistic, Interpersonal, and Group Approaches to Treatment     MODULE 51: Biomedical Therapy: Biological Approaches to Treatment  Chapter 17: Social Psychology     MODULE 52: Attitudes and Social Cognition     MODULE 53: Social Influence and Groups     MODULE 54: Prejudice and Discrimination     MODULE 55: Positive and Negative Social Behavior EPILOGUE: Diversity, Culture, Conflict, and Cooperation MHE CONNECT: McGraw-Hill Education Psychology APA Documentation Style Guide