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My Psychology 1st Edition by Andrew M Pomerantz Ebook PDF
My Psychology 1st Edition by Andrew M Pomerantz Ebook PDF
My Psychology 1st Edition by Andrew M Pomerantz Ebook PDF
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15. Therapy
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Contents
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The Science of Psychology
What Is Psychology?
Defining Psychology
What Psychology Is Not
CURRENT CONTROVERSY: SHOULD PSYCHOLOGISTS
PRESCRIBE MEDICATION?
Psychology’s Big Questions
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Psychology Then and Now
Old-School Psychology
New-School Psychology
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Brain and Behavior
Brain and Behavior Connections: An Introduction
Phineas Gage’s Accident and Paul Broca’s Discovery
Learning the Brain: A Three-Step Strategy
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The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
The Nervous System
The Endocrine System
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Sensation and Perception
The Fundamentals of Sensation and Perception
The Difference Between Sensation and Perception
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Thresholds: What Your Senses Can and Cannot Do
MY TAKE VIDEO 3.1: DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD
Sensory Overload: When Senses Compete for Your Attention
MY TAKE VIDEO 3.2: SENSORY ADAPTATION
FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE: VARIETY, THE KEY TO
HAPPINESS?
Bottom-Up and Top-Down Processing
IT’S LIKE...: TOP-DOWN PROCESSING IS LIKE
AUTOCOMPLETE
Vision
Your Eye: Its Parts and Their Functions
How You See: Eye Movements, Depth Perception, Color
Perception, and More
CURRENT CONTROVERSY: CAN YOUR RETINA OR IRIS
UNLOCK YOUR SMARTPHONE?
CHAPTER APP 3.1: VISION
CHAPTER APP 3.2: VISUAL ILLUSIONS
How Culture Influences Vision
Hearing
Your Ear: Its Parts and Their Functions
How You Hear: Pitch, Location, and More
How Culture Influences Hearing
CHAPTER APP 3.3: AUDITION
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The Nose Knows: Your Sense of Smell
Detectable as Delectable: Your Sense of Taste
Other Senses
Skin Deep: Your Somatosenses
WATCHING PSYCHOLOGY: MORE TOUCH, MORE WINS?
On the Move and in Balance: Your Kinesthetic Sense and
Vestibular Sense
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Consciousness
Sleep
IT’S LIKE...: CONSCIOUSNESS IS LIKE A LIGHT CONTROLLED
BY A DIMMER
Why Do We Sleep?
MY TAKE VIDEO 4.1: SLEEP DEPRIVATION
Circadian Rhythm: Your Biological Clock
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FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE: Do You Realize What Sleep
Deprivation Does to You?
MY TAKE VIDEO 4.2: CIRCADIAN RHYTHM
WATCHING PSYCHOLOGY: WHAT (BODY CLOCK) TIME IS
KICKOFF?
Normal Sleep
CHAPTER APP 4.1: REM SLEEP
Diversity in Normal Sleep
CURRENT CONTROVERSY: SHOULD HIGH SCHOOL START
LATER IN THE DAY?
Sleep Abnormalities
Dreams
Theories of Dreams
The Scientific Study of Dreaming
The Effect of Dreams on Daily Functioning
Lucid Dreaming
Hypnosis
The Procedure of Hypnotism
Who Can Be Hypnotized?
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Meditation and Mindfulness
Déjà Vu
Near-Death Experiences
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Memory
Defining Memory
Memory and Identity
The Extremes of Memory Achievement
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CHAPTER APP 5.1: RETRIEVAL
MY TAKE VIDEO 5.1: RECALL VERSUS RECOGNITION
Types of Memory
Explicit Memory
Implicit Memory
Memory Problems
Amnesia
CURRENT CONTROVERSY: DO SPORTS HEAD INJURIES
CAUSE MEMORY LOSS?
Misinformation Effect
MY TAKE VIDEO 5.3: THE FALLIBILITY OF MEMORY
Memory and Psychological Disorders
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Learning
What Is Learning?
Classical Conditioning
Pavlov’s Accidental Discovery
MY TAKE VIDEO 6.1: CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE: CLASSICAL
CONDITIONING IN ADVERTISING
Processes Related to Classical Conditioning
IT’S LIKE...: DOGS DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN SIMILAR
SHAPES ARE LIKE YOU DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN
SIMILAR LOGOS
Applying Classical Conditioning to Your Life
CHAPTER APP 6.1: CLASSICAL CONDITIONING
Operant Conditioning
B. F. Skinner: Operant Conditioning for Everyone
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CHAPTER APP 6.2: REINFORCEMENT
MY TAKE VIDEO 6.2: REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES
Schedules of Reinforcement
Punishment
WATCHING PSYCHOLOGY: HOME RUNS AND SCHEDULES
OF REINFORCEMENT
CHAPTER APP 6.3: PUNISHMENT
Discriminative Stimuli
Shaping
Operant Conditioning Versions of Some Classical
Conditioning Concepts
Applying Operant Conditioning to Your Life
Observational Learning
The Bobo Doll Studies
CURRENT CONTROVERSY DOES VIOLENCE IN THE MEDIA
CAUSE VIOLENCE IN REAL LIFE?
Mirror Neurons
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Cognition: Thinking, Language, and
Intelligence
Thinking
Concepts: What Holds Them Together?
Expertise, Culture, and Concepts
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Cognition and Emotion
MY TAKE VIDEO 7.1: AFFECTIVE FORECASTING
Cognition and Creativity
WATCHING PSYCHOLOGY: CONVERGENT AND DIVERGENT
THINKING ON FAMILY FEUD
Language
The Evolution of Language
The Development of Language
The Rules of Language: Grammar
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CURRENT CONTROVERSY: WHAT IS TEXTING DOING TO
LANGUAGE?
Does Language Influence Thinking?
Intelligence
One Intelligence or Many?
Multiple Intelligences
MY TAKE VIDEO 7.2: INTELLIGENCE
Emotional Intelligence
Nature, Nurture, and Intelligence
FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE: INTELLIGENCE
CORRELATES WITH…
IT’S LIKE...: THE HIERARCHICAL MODEL OF INTELLIGENCE
IS LIKE THE NATIONAL U.S. WEATHER REPORT
CHAPTER APP 7.1: INTELLIGENCE TESTS
Emotion
Theories of Emotion
Communicating Emotions
Emotion Regulation
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MY TAKE VIDEO 8.2: EMOTION REGULATION
Why Emotion Regulation Matters
FROM RESEARCH TO REAL LIFE: Does Money Buy Happiness?
Emotion and Diversity
WATCHING PSYCHOLOGY: THIS SHOW IS SCARY: THE
EFFECT ON CHILDREN OF FRIGHTENING TV AND MOVIES
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Development Across the Life Span
Big Questions About Developmental Psychology
Stability Versus Change
Stage Development Versus Continuous Development
Nature Versus Nurture
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Teratogens: Dangers in the Womb
CHAPTER APP 9.1: PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
Adolescent Development
Physical Development
Cognitive Development
CHAPTER APP 9.2: IMAGINARY AUDIENCE
Psychosocial Development
CURRENT CONTROVERSY: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND
COMPUTER GAMING: GOOD OR BAD FOR ADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT?
MY TAKE VIDEO 9.2: EMERGING ADULTHOOD
Adulthood
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