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An edition of Psychology (2002)

Psychology

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Covers major aspects of psychology, including its background, theoretical premises, and its development into modern science of the mind.

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Cover of: Psychology
Psychology
2002, Grolier Educational, Grolier Academic Reference, Grolier, Brown Partworks Limited
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Table of Contents

v. 1. History of psychology. What is psychology? ; Timeline ; Ancient Greek thought ; Early psychology ; Nature and nurture ; Beginnings of scientific psychology ; Functionalism ; Gestalt psychology ; Psychoanalysis ; Phenomenology and humanism ; Behaviorism ; Neuropsychology ; Brain-imaging techniques ; Cognitive psychology ; Psycholinguistics ; Computer simulation ; Evolutionary psychology ; Nonwestern theories of the mind ; Cross-cultural psychology ; Research methods
v. 2. The brain and the mind. History of the brain ; Biology of the brain ; Mind ; Perception ; Emotion and motivation ; Consciousness ; Artificial minds
v. 3. Thinking and knowing. The human computer ; Attention and information processing ; Learning by association ; Representing information ; Storing information ; Language processing ; Problem solving
v. 4. Developmental psychology. Fetal development ; Infant cognition ; Perceptual development ; Stages of development ; Memory development ; Development of problem solving ; Emotional development ; Social development ; Applications and future challenges
v. 5. Social psychology. People as social animals ; Relating to others ; Relating to society ; Communication ; Personality ; Intelligence ; Nature or nurture
v. 6. Abnormal psychology. What is abnormality? ; Mental disorders ; Abnormality in development ; Psychotherapies ; Physical therapies ; Mental disorders and society.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Danbury, Conn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
150
Library of Congress
BF149.5 .P78 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
6 volumes :

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26453721M
Internet Archive
abnormalpsycholo00grol
ISBN 10
0717256626, 0717256561, 071725657X, 0717256588, 0717256596, 071725660X, 0717256618
ISBN 13
9780717256624, 9780717256563, 9780717256570, 9780717256587, 9780717256594, 9780717256600, 9780717256617
LCCN
2002002494
OCLC/WorldCat
49312906

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