Introductory Psychology
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- Psychology is designed for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students, this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general psychology courses.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introduction to Psychology
- 2: Psychological Research
- 3: Biopsychology
- 4: States of Consciousness
- 5: Sensation and Perception
- 6: Learning
- 7: Thinking and Intelligence
- 8: Memory
- 9: Lifespan Development
- 10: Emotion and Motivation
- 11: Personality
- 12: Social Psychology
- 13: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
- 15: Psychological Disorders
- 16: Therapy and Treatment
- Back Matter
- Introduction to Psychology (LibreTexts)
- Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to introductory students. This book aims to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a conceptual level.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introducing Psychology
- 2: Psychological Science
- 3: Brains, Bodies, and Behavior
- 4: Sensing and Perceiving
- 5: States of Consciousness
- 6: Growing and Developing
- 7: Learning
- 8: Remembering and Judging
- 9: Intelligence and Language
- 10: Emotions and Motivations
- 11: Personality
- 12: Defining Psychological Disorders
- 13: Treating Psychological Disorders
- 14: Psychology in Our Social Lives
- General Psychology for Honors Students (Votaw)
- This text surveys the basic concepts, theories, and pivotal findings over the past 100 years in the science of Psychology, with special emphasis on contemporary concepts and findings focused on the relation of the brain to normal and pathological behaviors. Psychology has long evolved past the psychodynamic influence to include biological, social, learning, motivational, and developmental perspectives, to name a few.
- Front Matter
- 1: History of Psychology
- 2: Contemporary Psychology
- 3: Overview of the Scientific Method
- 4: Research Designs
- 5: Thinking like a Psychological Scientist
- 6: Neurons
- 7: Our Brains Control Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior
- 8: Psychophysiological Methods in Neuroscience
- 9: What Is Consciousness?
- 10: Sleep and Why We Sleep
- 11: Stages of Sleep
- 12: Sleep Problems and Disorders
- 13: Seeing
- 14: Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
- 15: The Healthy Life
- 16: Substance Use and Abuse
- 17: Predictive Learning
- 18: Operant Conditioning
- 19: Memories as Types and Stages
- 20: How We Remember- Cues to Improving Memory
- 21: The Many Varieties of Conformity
- 22: Obedience, Power, and Leadership
- 23: How the Social Context Influences Helping
- 24: Other Determinants of Helping
- 25: Gender
- 26: Prejudice and Discrimination
- 27: Cognitive Development in Childhood
- 28: Theories of Development
- 29: Attachment Through the Life Course
- 30: Research Methods in Developmental Psychology
- 31: Personality Traits
- 32: What Are Psychological Disorders?
- 33: Diagnosing and Classifying Psychological Disorders
- 34: Anxiety and Related Disorders
- 35: Mood Disorders
- 36: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
- 37: Personality Disorders
- 38: Therapeutic Orientations
- 39: Psychopharmacology
- Back Matter
- Introduction to Psychology (Jorden A. Cummings and Lee Sanders)
- Front Matter
- 1: Introducing Psychology
- 2: Introduction to Major Perspectives
- 3: Psychological Science and Research
- 4: Genetics and Evolution
- 5: Brains, Bodies, and Behaviour
- 6: Sensing and Perceiving
- 7: States of Consciousness
- 8: Remembering and Judging
- 9: Intelligence and Language
- 10: Learning
- 11: Emotions and Motivations
- 12: Stress, Health, and Coping
- 13: Psychology in Our Social Lives
- 14: Growing and Developing
- 15: Culture
- 16: Personality
- 17: Defining Psychological Disorders
- 18: Treating Psychological Disorders
- 19: Appendix
- Back Matter
- Introductory Psychology 1e (OpenStax)
- Psychology is designed for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students, this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such, this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to their lives. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most general psychology courses.
- Front Matter
- 1: Introduction to Psychology
- 2: Psychological Research
- 3: Biopsychology
- 4: States of Consciousness
- 5: Sensation and Perception
- 6: Learning
- 7: Thinking and Intelligence
- 8: Memory
- 9: Lifespan Development
- 10: Emotion and Motivation
- 11: Personality
- 12: Social Psychology
- 13: Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 14: Stress, Lifestyle, and Health
- 15: Psychological Disorders
- 16: Therapy and Treatment
- Back Matter
- Map: Discover Psychology - A Brief Introductory Text (Noba)
- Front Matter
- 1: INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
- 2: RESEARCH IN PSYCHOLOGY
- 3: BIOLOGY AS THE BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
- 4: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
- 5: SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
- 6: CONSCIOUSNESS
- 7: LEARNING
- 8: MEMORY
- 9: COGNITION, LANGUAGE AND INTELLIGENCE
- 10: EMOTION AND MOTIVATION
- 11: PERSONALITY
- 12: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
- 13: THERAPIES
- 14: SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
- 15: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH
- Back Matter
- Psychology (Noba)
- Front Matter
- Chapter 1: Biological Basis of Behavior
- Chapter 2: Psychology as Science
- Chapter 3: Personality
- Chapter 4: Emotions and Motivation
- Chapter 5: Learning and Memory
- Chapter 6: Development
- Chapter 7: Cognition and Language
- Chapter 8: Sensation and Perception
- Chapter 9: Psychological Disorders and Treatments
- Chapter 10: Well Being
- Chapter 11: Social Part I
- Chapter 12: Social Part II
- Back Matter