The evolution of psychology -- The research enterprise in psychology -- The biological bases of behavior -- Sensation and perception -- Variations in consciousness -- Learning -- Human memory -- Cognition and intelligence -- Motivation and emotion -- Human development across the life span -- Personality -- Social behavior -- Stress, coping, and health -- Psychological disorders -- Treatment of psychological disorders -- Appendix A. Practice tests and answers to the concept checks -- Appendix B. Statistical methods -- Glossary.
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This book surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its relationship to application, to show both the unity and diversity of psychology's subject matter, and to help students master the basic concepts and principles of psychology with as little struggle as possible. Weiten's themes provide unifying threads across chapters that help students to see the connections among different research areas in psychology.