Exploring Psychology, 11th Edition PDF by David G Myers and C Nathan Dewall

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Exploring Psychology, Eleventh Edition

By David G. Myers and C Nathan Dewall

Exploring Psychology, Eleventh Edition

Contents:

Instructor Preface: Engage Your Students So They Retain

Psychology

In Appreciation

Student Preface: Time Management—How to Be a Great

Student and Still Have a Life

CHAPTER 1

Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

The History and Scope of Psychology

Psychology Is a Science

Critical Thinking

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Scientific

Attitude

Psychological Science Is Born

Psychological Science Matures

Contemporary Psychology

Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and

Answer Questions

The Need for Psychological Science

Psychological Science in a Post-Truth World

The Scientific Method

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Correlation and

Causation

Psychology’s Research Ethics

Use Psychology to Become a Stronger Person—and a

Better Student

CHAPTER 2

The Biology of Behavior

Neural and Hormonal Systems

Biology, Behavior, and Mind

The Power of Plasticity

Neural Communication

The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the

Limbic System

The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined

Older Brain Structures

The Limbic System

The Cerebral Cortex

Structure of the Cortex

Functions of the Cortex

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Using More Than 10

Percent of Our Brain

Responses to Damage

The Divided Brain

Genetics, Evolutionary Psychology, and Behavior

Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

Evolutionary Psychology: Understanding Human

Nature

CHAPTER 3

Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Consciousness: Some Basic Concepts

Defining Consciousness

Cognitive Neuroscience

Selective Attention

Dual Processing: The Two-Track Mind

Sleep and Dreams

Biological Rhythms and Sleep

Why Do We Sleep?

Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders

Dreams

Drugs and Consciousness

Tolerance and Addiction in Substance Use Disorders

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Tolerance and

Addiction

Types of Psychoactive Drugs

Influences on Drug Use

CHAPTER 4

Developing Through the Life Span

Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and

the Newborn

Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues

Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Infancy and Childhood

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Parenting Styles

Adolescence

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Emerging Adulthood

Adulthood

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

CHAPTER 5

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Gender Development

How Are We Alike? How Do We Differ?

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Gender Bias in the

Workplace

The Nature of Gender: Our Biological Sex

The Nurture of Gender: Our Culture and Experiences

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Sexual Aggression

Human Sexuality

The Physiology of Sex

The Psychology of Sex

Sexual Orientation

An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality

Sex and Human Relationships

Reflections on the Nature and Nurture of Sex, Gender,

and Sexuality

CHAPTER 6

Sensation and Perception

Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception

Processing Sensations and Perceptions

Transduction

Thresholds

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Subliminal Sensation

and Subliminal Persuasion

Sensory Adaptation

Perceptual Set

Context, Motivation, and Emotion

Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

Light Energy and Eye Structures

Information Processing in the Eye and Brain

Perceptual Organization

Perceptual Interpretation

The Nonvisual Senses

Hearing

The Other Senses

Sensory Interaction

ESP—Perception Without Sensation?

CHAPTER 7

Learning

Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

How Do We Learn?

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Skinner’s Experiments

Skinner’s Legacy

Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning

Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Biological Constraints on Conditioning

Cognition’s Influence on Conditioning

Learning by Observation

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Effects of

Viewing Media Violence

CHAPTER 8

Memory

Studying and Encoding Memories

Studying Memory

Encoding Memories

Storing and Retrieving Memories

Memory Storage

Memory Retrieval

Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving

Memory

Forgetting

Memory Construction Errors

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Can Memories of

Childhood Sexual Abuse Be Repressed and Then

Recovered?

Improving Memory

CHAPTER 9

Thinking, Language, and Intelligence

Thinking

Concepts

Problem Solving: Strategies and Obstacles

Forming Good (and Bad) Decisions and Judgments

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Fear Factor

Thinking Creatively

Do Other Species Share Our Cognitive Skills?

Language and Thought

Language Structure

Language Acquisition and Development

The Brain and Language

Do Other Species Have Language?

Thinking and Language

Intelligence and Its Assessment

What Is Intelligence?

Assessing Intelligence

Intelligence Across the Life Span

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Cross-Sectional and

Longitudinal Studies

Genetic and Environmental Influences on

Intelligence

Heredity and Intelligence

Environment and Intelligence

Gene-Environment Interactions

Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores

The Question of Bias

CHAPTER 10

Motivation and Emotion

Basic Motivational Concepts, Affiliation, and

Achievement

Motivational Concepts

The Need to Belong

Achievement Motivation

Hunger

The Physiology of Hunger

The Psychology of Hunger

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Challenges of

Obesity and Weight Control

Theories and Physiology of Emotion

Emotion: Arousal, Behavior, and Cognition

Embodied Emotion

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Lie Detection

Expressing and Experiencing Emotion

Detecting Emotion in Others

Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior

Culture and Emotion

The Effects of Facial Expressions

CHAPTER 11

Stress, Health, and Human Flourishing

Stress and Illness

Stress: Some Basic Concepts

Stress and Vulnerability to Disease

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Stress and Health

Health and Happiness

Coping With Stress

Reducing Stress

Happiness

CHAPTER 12

Social Psychology

Social Thinking and Social Influence

Social Thinking

Social Influence

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Internet as

Social Amplifier

Antisocial Relations

Prejudice

Aggression

Prosocial Relations

Attraction

Altruism

From Conflict to Peace

CHAPTER 13

Personality

Classic Perspectives on Personality

What Is Personality?

Psychodynamic Theories

Humanistic Theories

Contemporary Perspectives on Personality

Trait Theories

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT The Stigma of

Introversion

Social-Cognitive Theories

Exploring the Self

CHAPTER 14

Psychological Disorders

Basic Concepts of Psychological Disorders

Understanding Psychological Disorders

Classifying Disorders—and Labeling People

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT ADHD—Normal

High Energy or Disordered Behavior?

Risk of Harm to Self and Others

Rates of Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD

Anxiety Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Understanding Anxiety Disorders, OCD, and PTSD

Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder

Major Depressive Disorder

Bipolar Disorder

Understanding Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar

Disorder

Schizophrenia and Other Disorders

Schizophrenia

Other Disorders

CHAPTER 15

Therapy

Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological

Therapies

Treating Psychological Disorders

Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies

Humanistic Therapies

Behavior Therapies

Cognitive Therapies

Group and Family Therapies

Evaluating Psychotherapies

Is Psychotherapy Effective?

Which Psychotherapies Work Best?

Evaluating Alternative Therapies

How Do Psychotherapies Help People?

Culture and Values in Psychotherapy

Finding a Mental Health Professional

The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing

Psychological Disorders

THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT Therapeutic

Lifestyle Change

Drug Therapies

Brain Stimulation

Psychosurgery

Preventing Psychological Disorders and Building Resilience

APPENDIX A Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

APPENDIX B Psychology at Work

APPENDIX C Career Fields in Psychology, by Jennifer Zwolinski

APPENDIX D Complete Chapter Reviews

APPENDIX E Answers to Retrieve It and Experience the

Testing Effect Questions

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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