Psychology, Pearson New International Edition, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (1 November 2013) © 2014

  • Neil R. Carlson University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Harold L. Miller Brigham Young University
  • Donald S. Heth University of Alberta
  • John W. Donahoe University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Barbara Lee Southampton Solent University
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Title overview

For undergraduate courses in Introductory Psychology for two and four year institutions.
A 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 7th 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

Table of contents

Glossary

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 Memory

CHAPTER 7 Sensation

CHAPTER 8 Perception

CHAPTER 9 Consciousness

CHAPTER 10 Language

CHAPTER 11 Intelligence and Thinking

CHAPTER 12 Life-Span Development

CHAPTER 13 Motivation, Emotions, and Health

CHAPTER 14 Social Psychology

CHAPTER 15 Personality

CHAPTER 16 The Nature and Causes of Psychological Disorders

CHAPTER 17 The Treatment of Psychological Disorders

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