Brief Contents

1 Introduction to Psychology

MODULE 1 Psychologists at Work

MODULE 2 A Science Evolves:The Past,the Present,and the Future

MODULE 3 Research in Psychology

MODULE 4 Research Challenges:Exploring the Process

2 Neuroscience and Behavior

MODULE 5 Neurons:The Basic Elements of Behavior

MODULE 6 The Nervous System and the Endocrine System:Communicating Within the Body

MODULE 7 The Brain

3 Sensation and Perception

MODULE 8 Sensing the World Around Us

MODULE 9 Vision:Shedding Light on the Eye

MODULE 10 Hearing and the Other Senses

MODULE 11 Perceptual Organization:Constructing Our View of the World

4 States of Consciousness

MODULE 12 Sleep and Dreams

MODULE 13 Hypnosis and Meditation

MODULE 14 Drug Use:The Highs and Lows of Consciousness

5 Learning

MODULE 15 Classical Conditioning

MODULE 16 Operant Conditioning

MODULE 17 Cognitive-Social Approaches to Learning

6 Memory

MODULE 18 Encoding,Storage,and Retrieval of Memory

MODULE 19 Recalling Long-Term Memories

MODULE 20 Forgetting:When Memory Fails

7 Thinking,Language,and Intelligence

MODULE 21 Thinking

MODULE 22 Language

MODULE 23 Intelligence

8 Motivation and Emotion

MODULE 24 Explaining Motivation

MODULE 25 Human Needs and Motivation:Eat,Drink,and Be Daring

MODULE 26 Understanding Emotional Experiences

9 Development

MODULE 27 Nature,Nurture,and Prenatal Development

MODULE 28 Infancy and Childhood

MODULE 29 Adolescence:Becoming an Adult

MODULE 30 Adulthood

10 Personality

MODULE 31 Psychodynamic Approaches to Personality

MODULE 32 Other Major Approaches to Personality:In Search of Human Uniqueness

MODULE 33 Assessing Personality:Determining What Makes Us Special

11 Health Psychology:Stress,Coping,and Well-Being

MODULE 34 Stress and Coping

MODULE 35 Psychological Aspects of Illness and Well-Being

MODULE 36 Promoting Health and Wellness