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What is psychology?

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This book introduces the fundamental principles of psychology and explores how people think, feel, learn, and behave. It discusses major areas of psychology including cognition, personality, motivation, emotions, development, and mental processes. The text is written in an accessible style and is suitable for beginners and students studying introductory psychology.
What Is Psychology? -- How Does Biology Influence our Behavior? -- How Do We Sense And Perceive Our World? -- Consciousness: Wide Awake, In A Daze, Or Dreaming? -- How Do We Learn -- How Does Memory Function? -- Cognition, Language, And Intelligence: How Do We Think? -- Motivation And Emotion: What Guides Behavior -- How Do People Grow, Change, And Develop? -- How Do Gender And Sexuality Affect Our Behavior -- Social Psychology: How Do We understand And Interact With Others? -- Health, Stress, And Coping: How Can You Create A Healthy Life -- What Is Personality, And How Do We Measure It -- What Are Psychological Disorders, And How can We Understand Them -- What Therapies Are Used To Treat Psychological Problems.

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Series Title

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Call Number

BF121.P84

Publisher

Australia : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning., 2012

Collation

XXXIX, 680 [82] pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781111356590

Classification

NONE

Content Type

text

Media Type

unmediated

Carrier Type

volume

Edition

3rd ed.

Subject(s)

Human behavior Cognitive psychology Personality Ps

Specific Detail Info

Includes introductory concepts in psychology, human behavior, cognition, emotions, personality, learning, and psychological research methods.

Statement of Responsibility

Ellen Pastorino, Susann Doyle-Portillo.

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