Psychology : The Science of Behavior
by Carlson, Neil R.; Miller, Harold L.; Heth, Donald S.; Donahoe, John W.; Martin, G. NeilEdition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Allyn & Bacon
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Table of Contents
| The Science of Psychology | |
| The Science of Psychology What Is Psychology? | |
| Explaining Behavior | |
| The Goals of Psychological Research Fields of Psychology | |
| The Rise of Psychology as a Science Philosophical Roots of Psychology | |
| Biological Roots of Psychology | |
| Major Trends in the Development of Psychology | |
| Structuralism Functionalism Freuds Psychodynamic | |
| Theory Psychology in Transition | |
| Behavior Humanistic Psychology | |
| Reaction against Behavior | |
| The Cognitive Revolution | |
| The Biological Revolution | |
| The Ways and Means of Psychology | |
| The Scientific Method in Psychology | |
| Identifying the Problem: Getting an Idea for Research | |
| Designing an Experiment | |
| Performing an Experiment | |
| Performing a Correlational Study Reporting and Generalizing Studies | |
| Evaluating Scientific Issues: Format for Critical Thinking Ethics | |
| Research with Human Participants | |
| Research with Animal Participants Biology and Culture: Cross-Cultural | |
| Research Understanding | |
| Research Results Descriptive Statistics: What Are the Results? | |
| Inferential Statistics: Distinguishing Chance From Significance | |
| Evolution, Heredity, and Behavior | |
| The Development of Evolutionary Theory | |
| The Voyage of the Beagle | |
| The Origin of Species | |
| Natural Selection and Evolution | |
| Natural Selection | |
| Natural Selection in Human Evolution | |
| Heredity and Genetics | |
| Basic Principles of Genetics | |
| The Importance of Genetic | |
| Diversity Influences of Gender on Heredity | |
| Mutations and Chromosomal Aberrations Genetic | |
| Disorders Heredity and Behavior Genetics | |
| Studying Genetic | |
| Influences Evaluating Scientific Issues | |
| The Genetics of Alcoholism Sociobiology | |
| Reproductive Strategies and the Biological | |
| Basis of Parenting | |
| The Biological Basis of Altruism Evaluation of Sociobiology | |
| Biology and Culture | |
| Thinking Critically about Selection | |
| Biology of Behavior | |
| The Brain and Its Components Structure of the Nervous System | |
| Cells of the Nervous System | |
| The Excitable Axon | |
| The Action Potential Communication with Other Cells | |
| Synapses A Simple Neural Circuit Drugs and Behavior | |
| Effects of Drugs on Synaptic | |
| Transmission Neurotransmitters, their Actions, and Drugs that Affect | |
| Them Evaluating Scientific Issues: Physiological versus | |
| Psychological Drug Addiction Study of the Brain Experimental | |
| Ablation Visualizing the Structure of the Brain | |
| Measuring the Brains Activity Stimulating the Brains | |
| Activity Altering Genetics Biology and Culture | |
| Environmental Effects on Brain Development | |
| Control of Behavior and the Bodys Physiological | |
| Functions Organization of the Cerebral | |
| Cortex Lateralization of function | |
| Vision Audition Somatosensation and Spatial Perception Planning and Moving | |
| Episodic and Spatial Memory | |
| Role of the Hippocampus Emotions | |
| Role of the Amygdala | |
| Control of Internal Functions and Automatic Behavior | |
| Control of Internal Functions and Automatic Behavior | |
| The Brain Stem | |
| The Cerebellum Structures within the Cerebral Hemispheres | |
| Learning and Behavior Procedures for | |
| The Study Of Basic Learning Processes Pavlovs Procedure | |
| Thorndikes Procedure Comparison between Pavlovs and Thorndikes | |
| Procedures for Studying Learning | |
| Conditions Required For Learning | |
| Temporal Contiguity Conditioned Reinforcement | |
| Effects of Temporal Contiguity on Human | |
| Behavior Drug Addiction Behavioral | |
| Discrepancy Blocking Biology and Culture: | |
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