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100 1 $aWeiten, Wayne,$d1950-
245 10 $aPsychology :$bthemes and variations /$cWayne Weiten.
250 $a9th ed.
260 $aBelmont, Calif. :$bCengage/Wadsworth,$c[2012], ©2013.
300 $axlv, 687 pages [180] pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c28 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages R1-R83) and index.
505 00 $gMachine generated contents note:$tPsychology's Early History --$tNew Science Is Born: The Contributions of Wundt and Hall --$tBattle of the "Schools" Begins: Structuralism Versus Functionalism --$tFreud Brings the Unconscious into the Picture --$tWatson Alters Psychology's Course: Behaviorism Makes its Debut --$tSkinner Questions Free Will as Behaviorism Flourishes --$tHumanists Revolt --$tPsychology's Modern History --$tPsychology Comes of Age as a Profession --$tPsychology Returns to Its Roots: Renewed Interest in Cognition anc Physiology --$tPsychology Broadens its Horizons: Increased Interest in Cultural Diversity --$tPsychology Adapts: The Emergence of Evolutionary Psychology --$tPsychology Moves in a Positive Direction --$tIllustrated Overview of Psychology's History --$tPsychology Today: Vigorous and Diversified --$tResearch Areas in Psychology --$tProfessional Specialties in Psychology --$tSeven Unifying Themes --$tThemes Related to Psychology as a Field of Study --$tThemes Related to Psychology's Subject Matter --$tPersonal Application Improving Academic Performance --$tDeveloping Sound Study Habits --$tImproving Your Reading --$tGetting More Out of Lectures --$tImproving Test-Taking Strategies --$tCritical Thinking Application Developing Critical Thinking Skills: An Introduction --$tNeed to Teach Critical Thinking --$tExample --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tLooking for Laws: The Scientific Approach to Behavior --$tGoals of the Scientific Enterprise --$tSteps in a Scientific Investigation --$tAdvantages of the Scientific Approach --$tLooking for Causes: Experimental Research --$tIndependent and Dependent Variables --$tExperimental and Control Groups Extraneous Variables --$tVariations in Designing Experiments --$tFeatured Study Subjectivity in Perception: Seeing What We Want to See --$tAdvantages and Disadvantages of Experimental Research --$tLooking for Links: Descriptive/Correlational Research --$tNaturalistic Observation --$tCase Studies --$tSurveys --$tAdvantages and Disadvantages of Descriptive/Correlational Research --$tLooking for Conclusions: Statistics and Research --$tDescriptive Statistics --$tInferential Statistics --$tLooking for Flaws: Evaluating Research --$tSampling Bias --$tPlacebo Effects --$tDistortions in Self-Report Data --$tExperimenter Bias --$tIllustrated Overview of Key Research Methods in Psychology --$tLooking at Ethics: Do the Ends Justify the Means? --$tQuestion of Deception --$tQuestion of Animal Research --$tEthical Principles in Research --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tPersonal Application Finding and Reading Journal Articles --$tNature of Technical Journals --$tFinding Journal Articles --$tReading Journal Articles --$tCritical Thinking Application The Perils of Anecdotal Evidence: "I Have A Friend Who ..." --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tCommunication in the Nervous System --$tNervous Tissue: The Basic Hardware --$tNeural Impulse: Using Energy to Send Information --$tSynapse: Where Neurons Meet --$tNeurotransmitters and Behavior --$tOrganization of the Nervous System --$tPeripheral Nervous System --$tCentral Nervous System --$tLooking Inside the Brain: Research Methods --$tElectrical Recordings --$tLesioning --$tElectrical Stimulation of the Brain --$tTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation --$tBrain-Imaging Procedures --$tFeatured Study Probing the Anatomy of Sexual Arousal --$tBrain and Behavior --$tHindbrain --$tMidbrain --$tForebrain --$tPlasticity of the Brain --$tRight Brain/Left Brain: Cerebral Laterality --$tBisecting the Brain: Split-Brain Research --$tHemispheric Specialization in the Intact Brain --$tEndocrine System: Another Way to Communicate. --$tHeredity and Behavior: Is It All in the Genes? --$tBasic Principles of Genetics --$tInvestigating Hereditary Influence: Research Methods --$tInterplay of Heredity and Environment --$tEvolutionary Bases of Behavior --$tDarwin's Insights --$tLater Refinements to Evolutionary Theory --$tBehaviors as Adaptive Traits --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tPersonal Application Evaluating the Concept of "Two Minds in One" --$tCerebral Specialization and Cognitive Processes --$tComplexities and Qualifications --$tCritical Thinking Application Building Better Brains: The Perils of Extrapolation --$tKey Findings on Neural Development --$tTendency to Overextrapolate --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tPsychophysics: Basic Concepts and Issues --$tThresholds: Looking for Limits --$tSignal-Detection Theory --$tPerception Without Awareness --$tSensory Adaptation --$tVisual System: Essentials of Sight --$tStimulus: Light --$tEye: A Living Optical Instrument --$tRetina: The Brain's Ambassador in the Eye --$tVision and the Brain --$tViewing the World in Color --$tFeatured Study The Color of Lust --$tVisual System: Perceptual Processes --$tPerceiving Forms, Patterns, and Objects --$tPerceiving Depth or Distance --$tPerceptual Constancies in Vision --$tPower of Misleading Cues: Visual Illusions --$tAuditory System: Hearing --$tStimulus: Sound --$tHuman Hearing Capacities --$tSensory Processing in the Ear --$tAuditory Perception: Theories of Hearing --$tChemical Senses: Taste and Smell --$tGustatory System: Taste --$tOlfactory System: Smell --$tSense of Touch --$tFeeling Pressure --$tFeeling Pain --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tIllustrated Overview of Five Major Senses --$tPersonal Application Appreciating Art and Illusion --$tCritical Thinking Application Recognizing Contrast Effects: It's All Relative --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tOn the Nature of Consciousness --$tVariations in Levels of Awareness --$tEvolutionary Roots of Consciousness --$tConsciousness and Brain Activity --$tBiological Rhythms and Sleep --$tRole of Circadian Rhythms --$tIgnoring Circadian Rhythms --$tRealigning Circadian Rhythms --$tSleep and Waking Cycle --$tCycling Through the Stages of Sleep --$tAge Trends in Sleep --$tCulture and Sleep --$tNeural and Evolutionary Bases of Sleep --$tDoing Without: Sleep Deprivation --$tFeatured Study The Surprising Costs of Sleep Deprivation --$tProblems in the Night: Sleep Disorders --$tWorld of Dreams --$tContents of Dreams --$tLinks Between Dreams and Waking Life --$tCulture and Dreams --$tTheories of Dreaming --$tHypnosis: Altered Consciousness or Role Playing? --$tHypnotic Induction and Susceptibility --$tHypnotic Phenomena --$tTheories of Hypnosis --$tMeditation: Seeking Higher Consciousness --$tPhysiological Correlates --$tLong-Term Benefits --$tAltering Consciousness with Drugs --$tPrincipal Abused Drugs and Their Effects --$tFactors Influencing Drug Effects --$tMechanisms of Drug Action --$tDrug Dependence --$tDrugs and Health --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tPersonal Application Addressing Practical Questions About Sleep and Dreams --$tCommon Questions About Sleep --$tCommon Questions About Dreams --$tCritical Thinking Application Is Alcoholism a Disease? The Power of Definitions --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tClassical Conditioning --$tPavlov's Demonstration: "Psychic Reflexes" --$tTerminology and Procedures --$tClassical Conditioning in Everyday Life --$tBasic Processes in Classical Conditioning --$tOperant Conditioning --$tSkinner's Demonstration: It's All a Matter of Consequences --$tTerminology and Procedures --$tBasic Processes in Operant Conditioning --$tPatterns of Reinforcement --$tPositive Reinforcement Versus Negative Reinforcement --$tPunishment: Consequences That Weaken Responses --$tChanging Directions in the Study of Conditioning --$tRecognizing Biological Constraints on Conditioning --$tRecognizing Cognitive Processes in Conditioning --$tObservational Learning --$tBasic Processes --$tObservational Learning and the Media Violence Controversy --$tFeatured Study The Power of Modeling: What. They See Is What You Get --$tIllustrated Overview of Three Types of Learning --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tPersonal Application Achieving Self-Control Through Behavior Modification --$tSpecifying Your Target Behavior --$tGathering Baseline Data --$tDesigning Your Program --$tExecuting and Ending Your Program --$tCritical Thinking Application Manipulating Emotions: Pavlov and Persuasion --$tClassical Conditioning in Advertising --$tClassical Conditioning in Business Negotiations --$tClassical Conditioning in the World of Politics --$tBecoming More Aware of Classical Conditioning Processes --$tPractice Test --$tMedia Resources --$tEncoding: Getting Information into Memory --$tRole of Attention --$tLevels of Processing --$tEnriching Encoding --$tStorage: Maintaining Information in Memory --$tSensory Memory --$tShort-Term Memory --$tLong-Term Memory --$tHow Is Knowledge Represented and Organized in Memory? --$tRetrieval: Getting Information out of Memory --$tUsing Cues to Aid Retrieval --$tReinstating the Context of an Event --$tReconstructing Memories and the Misinformation Effect --$tReality Monitoring, Source Monitoring, and Destination Memory --$tFeatured Study Oops, I Forgot I Already Told You That! --$tForgetting: When Memory Lapses --$tHow Quickly We Forget: Ebbinghaus's Forgetting Curve --$tMeasures of Forgetting --$tWhy We Forget --$tRecovered Memories Controversy --$tIn Search of the Memory Trace: The Physiology of Memory --$tNeural Circuitry of Memory --$tAnatomy of Memory --$tSystems and Types of Memory --$tDeclarative Versus Procedural Memory --$tSemantic Versus Episodic Memory --$tProspective Versus Retrospective Memory --$tReflecting on the Chapter's Themes --$tPersonal Application Improving Everyday Memory --$tEngage in Adequate Rehearsal --$tSchedule Distributed Practice and Minimize Interference --$tEngage in Deep Processing and Organize Information.
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