Approaches to psychology: Introducing psychology; Psychological research methods and statistics -- Life span: Infancy and childhood; Adolescence; Adulthood and old age -- Workings of mind and body: Body and behavior; Altered states of consciousness; Sensation and perception -- Learning and cognitive processes: Learning, principles and applications; Memory and thought; Thinking and language; Motivation and emotion -- Personality and individuality: Psychological testing; Theories of personality -- Adjustment and breakdown: Stress and health; Psychological disorders; Therapy and change -- Social psychology: Individual interaction; Group interaction; Attitudes and social influence; Psychology, present and future -- Glossary.
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Psychology provides tools to help us gain insight into our own behavior, as well as our relationships with others. As you begin your study of psychology, you will find that it is different from any of your other classes. This is because psychology is connected to both the social sciences, such as history or economics, and the natural sciences, such as biology and chemistry. - p. xiv.