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PublisherAllyn & Bacon, Incorporated

ISBN-100205547869

ISBN-139780205547869

eBay Product ID (ePID)71052654

Product Key Features

Number of Pages672 Pages

Publication NamePsychology : the Science of Behavior

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

SubjectGeneral

TypeTextbook

AuthorDonald S. Heth, Neil R. Carlson, G. Neil Martin, Harold L. Miller Jr., John W. Donahoe

Subject AreaPsychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight57.1 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.6 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number7

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2008-047663

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal150

Table Of ContentBRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 The Science of Psychology CHAPTER 2 The Ways and Means of Psychology CHAPTER 3 Evolution, Heredity, and Behavior CHAPTER 4 Biology of Behavior CHAPTER 5 Learning and Behavior CHAPTER 6 Sensation CHAPTER 7 Perception CHAPTER 8 Memory CHAPTER 9 Consciousness CHAPTER 10 Language CHAPTER 11 Intelligence and Thinking CHAPTER 12 Life-Span Development CHAPTER 13 Motivation, Emotions, and Health CHAPTER 14 Personality CHAPTER 15 Social Psychology CHAPTER 16 The Nature and Causes of Psychological Disorders CHAPTER 17 The Treatment of Psychological Disorders FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Science of Psychology What Is Psychology? Why Behavior is Studied Fields of Psychology The Growth of Psychology as a Science Philosophical Roots of Psychology Biological Roots of Psychology FOCUS ON: How Scientific is Psychology, Really? Applications in Education and Therapy FOCUS ON: What Are the Roots of Psychology Within Chinese Culture? Major Trends in the Development of Psychology Structuralism Functionalism Freud''s Psychodynamic Theory Psychology in Transition Behaviorism Humanistic Psychology Reaction Against Behavior: The Emphasis on Cognition Reaction Against Behavior: The Emphasis on Neurobiology 2. The Ways and Means of Psychology The Scientific Method in Psychology Types of Research Identifying the Problem: Getting an Idea for Research Designing an Experiment Performing an Experiment FOCUS ON: Response Bias in Different Cultures Performing a Correlational Study Reporting and Generalizing a Study FOCUS ON: Cross-Cultural Research Ethics Research with Human Participants Research with Animals Understanding Research Results Descriptive Statistics: What Are the Results? Inferential Statistics: Distinguishing Chance From Significance FOCUS ON: Alternative Methods 3. Evolution, Heredity, and Behavior The Development of Evolutionary Science The Voyage of the Beagle The Origin of Species Discovering the Mechanisms of Heredity The Three Components of Evolution through Natural Selection Evolution of Humans Human Origins Heredity, Genetics, and Evolution Basic Principles of Genetics Genes Chromosomes and Meiosis FOCUS ON: Frontiers in Evolutionary Research Dominant and Recessive Traits Importance of Genetic Diversity Sex-Linked Traits Mutations and Chromosomal Aberrations Genetic Disorders Evolution and Human Behavior Sociobiology Evolutionary Psychology 4. Biology of Behavior The Brain and Its Components Basic Structure of the Nervous System Cells of the Nervous System The Excitable Axon: The Action Potential Communication with Other Cells: Synapses Drugs and Behavior Effects of Drugs on Synaptic Transmission Neurotransmitters, their Actions, and Drugs that Affect Them Study of the Brain Experimental Ablation Visualizing the Structure of the Brain Measuring the Brain''s Activity Stimulating the Brain''s Activity

SynopsisA rigorous biological and evolutionary approach to introductory psychology text written by an international team of authors. Based on the connections between behavior and its biological underpinnings, Psychology: The Science of Behavior presents psychological behavior in the context of its adaptive significance. The Seventh Edition again combines a scholarly survey of research with real-world applications of research results to problems that confront us today. The authors apply the discovery method to take students inside the research process to foster a critical understanding of the logic and significance of empirical findings.

LC Classification NumberBF121.C35 2010