PSYchology

Chapters from the book

Authors — R.L. Atkinson, R.S. Atkinson, E.E. Smith, D.J. Boehm, S. Nolen-Hoeksema.

Under the general editorship of V.P. Zinchenko. 15th international edition, St. Petersburg, Prime Eurosign, 2007.

PART I. Psychology as a science and a human act

Chapter 1 The Nature of Psychology

PART II. Biological processes and development

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

  • Interaction between congenital and acquired
  • Stages of development
  • Newborn abilities
  • Child cognitive development
  • Development of moral judgments
  • Personality and social development
  • Sexual (gender) identity and gender formation
  • What impact does kindergarten education have?
  • Youth

How much do parents influence the development of their children?

  • The influence of parents on the personality and intelligence of children is very short
  • The influence of parents is undeniable

PART III. Awareness and perception

Chapter 4 Sensory Processes

Chapter 5 Perception

Chapter 6

  • preconscious memory
  • Unconscious
  • Automatism and dissociation
  • Sleep and dreams
  • Hypnosis
  • Meditation
  • The PSI phenomenon

PART IV. Learning, remembering and thinking

Chapter 7

  • Classical conditioning
  • Insight in learning
  • Conditioning increases sensitivity to pre-existing fears
  • Phobias are an innate defense mechanism

Chapter 8

  • Short-term memory
  • Long term memory
  • implicit memory
  • Improving memory
  • productive memory
  • Are the memories stored in the subconscious real?

Chapter 9

  • Concepts and categorization: the building blocks of thinking
  • Reasoning
  • Creative thinking
  • Thinking in Action: Problem Solving
  • The influence of thinking on language
  • How language can determine thought: linguistic relativity and linguistic determinism

PART V. Motivation and emotions

Chapter 10

  • Motivation
  • Reinforcement and Incentive Motivation
  • Homeostasis and needs
  • Hunger
  • Sex (gender) identity and sexuality
  • Imprinting
  • Sexual orientation is not innate
  • Sexual Orientation: Research Shows People Are Born, Not Made

Chapter 11

  • Communication of emotions in facial expression
  • Emotions. Feedback hypothesis
  • mood addiction
  • The benefits of positive emotions
  • Benefits of negative emotions

PART VI. Personality and individuality

Chapter 12

  • Interaction of personality and environment
  • Personal assessment
  • Latest theories of intelligence
  • SAT and GRE test scores — accurate indicators of intelligence
  • Why IQ, SAT and GRE don’t measure general intelligence

Chapter 13

  • I-schemes
  • Gender Schema Theory by Sandra Behm

PART VII. Stress, pathopsychology and psychotherapy

Chapter 14

  • Mediators of stress responses
  • Type «A» behavior
  • Stress Coping Skills
  • Stress management
  • The Dangers of Unrealistic Optimism
  • Unrealistic optimism can be good for your health

Chapter 15

  • Abnormal Behavior
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Mood disorders
  • split personality
  • Schizophrenia
  • antisocial personality
  • Personality disorders
  • Border states

Chapter 16

  • Treatment methods for abnormal behavior. background
  • Methods of psychotherapy
  • Effectiveness of psychotherapy
  • Biological therapy
  • placebo response
  • Strengthening mental health

PART VIII. social behavior

Chapter 17

  • Intuitive theories of social behavior
  • Settings
  • interpersonal attraction
  • How to arouse passion with external arousal
  • Evolutionary origins of sex differences in mate preference
  • The influence of social learning and social roles on mate choice

Chapter 18

  • Presence of others
  • Altruism
  • Concession and resistance
  • Internalization
  • Collective decision making
  • Negative aspects of «affirmative action»
  • Benefits of affirmative action

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