Glencoe understanding psychology
Title:
Glencoe understanding psychology
Personal Author EPSB:
Other Title:
Understanding psychology
Year Published:
2008
Physical Description:
xii, 692 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ; 27 cm. + teacher's wraparound ed. (1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.)
Contents:
Unit 1. Approaches to psychology -- Introducing psychology -- Psychological research methods and statistics -- Unit 2. The life span -- Infancy and childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood and old age -- Unit 3. The workings of mind and body -- Body and behavior -- Altered states of consciousness -- Sensation and perception -- Unit 4. Learning and cognitive processes -- Learning : principles and applications -- Memory and thought -- Thinking and language -- Motivation and emotion -- Unit 5. Personality and individuality -- Psychological testing -- Theories of personality -- Unit 6. Adjustment and breakdown -- Stress and health -- Psychological disorders -- Therapy and change -- Unit 7. Social psychology -- Individual interaction -- Group interaction -- Attitudes and social influence -- Psychology : present and future.
ISBN:
9780078745171
9780078745188
9780078753671
9780078753657
Publisher:
New York : McGraw-Hill/Glencoe, 2008.
