Understanding Psychology: Pearson New International Edition

Continuing Attention to Enduring Issues in Psychology Understanding Psychology, 10th edition highlights the enduring issues that cut across and unite all subfields of psychology- Person-Situation, Nature-Nurture, Stability-Change, Diversity-Universality, and Mind-Body- to show students the surprising unity and coherence of the diverse and exciting science of psychology. This 14-chapter program presents a scientific, accurate, and current overview of the fundamental concepts of psychology in a clear and accessible language, with significant emphasis on applications of psychology. It is current without being trendy. A better teaching and learning experience This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience- for you and your students. Here's how: *Personalize Learning - The new MyPsychLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals. *Improve Critical Thinking - Five enduring themes are woven throughout the text to help students connect ideas across chapters, while critical thinking questions within chapters push students to a deeper understanding of the material. *Engage Students - Applying Psychology exercises in each chapter allow students to connect what they have learned to real-life problems and situations, such as how to use the principles of psychology to tackle environmental conservation. *Explore Research - This introductory book references relevant research reflecting how psychology is both rapidly evolving and remaining the same. Using the Experiment's Tool in the new MyPsychLab, students participate in classic experiment simulations to experience the research process firsthand. *Support Instructors - This book is supported by Pearson's unrivaled instructor resources for introductory psychology, including the new 17 episode MyPsychLab video series, an expansive class-tested Test Bank, interactive PowerPoints, an easy to use Instructor's Manual, Clicker questions and support for a broad range of learning management systems.

Table of Contents:
In this Section: 1. Brief Table of Contents 2. Full Table of Contents   1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1   The Science of Psychology Chapter 2   The Biological Basis of Behavior Chapter 3     Sensation and Perception Chapter 4  States of Consciousness Chapter 5     Learning Chapter 6  Memory Chapter 7     Cognition and Mental Abilities Chapter 8  Motivation and Emotion Chapter 9  Life-Span Development Chapter 10   Personality Chapter 11   Stress and Health Psychology Chapter 12   Psychological Disorders Chapter 13      Therapies Chapter 14 Social Psychology  Appendix A   Measurement and Statistical Methods Appendix B   Psychology Applied to Work 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS   Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology What is Psychology? The Growth of Psychology Human Diversity Research Methods in Psychology Ethics and Psychology Research on Humans and Animals Careers in Psychology   Chapter 2: The Biological Basis of Behavior Neurons: The Messengers The Central Nervous System The Peripheral Nervous System The Endocrine System Genes, Evolution, and Behavior   Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception The Nature of Sensation Vision Hearing The Other Senses Perception   Chapter 4: States of Consciousness Sleep Dreams Drug-altered Consciousness Meditation and Hypnosis   Chapter 5: Learning Classical Conditioning Operant Conditioning Factors Shared by Classical and Operant Conditioning Cognitive Learning   Chapter 6: Memory The Sensory Registers Short Term Memory Long Term Memory The Biology of Memory Forgetting Special Topics in Memory   Chapter 7: Cognition and Mental Abilities Building Blocks of Thought Language, Thought, and Culture Nonhuman Thought and Language Problem Solving Decision Making Multitasking Intelligence and Mental Abilities Heredity, Environment, and Intelligence Creativity Answers to Problems in the Chapter Answers to Intelligence Test Questions   Chapter 8: Motivation and Emotion Perspectives on Motivation Hunger and Thirst Sex Other Important Motives Emotions Communicating Emotion   Chapter 9: Life-Span Development Methods in Development Prenatal Development The Newborn Infancy and Childhood Adolescence Adulthood Late Adulthood   Chapter 10: Personality Studying Personality Psychodynamic Theories Humanistic Personality Theories Trait Theories Cognitive-Social Learning Theories Personality Assessment   Chapter 11: Stress and Health Psychology Sources of Stress Coping with Stress How Stress Affects Health Staying Healthy Extreme Stress The Well-Adjusted Person   Chapter 12: Psychological Disorders Perspectives on Psychological Disorders Mood Disorders Anxiety Disorders Psychosomatic and Somatoform Disorders Dissociative Disorders Sexual and Gender-Identity Disorders Personality Disorders Schizophrenic Disorders Childhood Disorders Gender and Cultural Differences in