Introduction to Psychology

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Psychology Table of Contents	3
Chapter One: The Nature and History of Psychology	7
1.1 Definition and Goals of Psychology	7
1.2 History of Psychology	8
1.3 Research Methods	11
1.4 Psychological Specialties	15
Chapter 1 Practice Quiz	17
Chapter Two: Biological Influences on Behavior	18
2.1 Genes, Evolution, and Environment	18
2.2 Environmental Influences	20
Chapter Two Practice Quiz	28
Chapter Three: Sensation and Perception	29
3.1 Psychophysics and Thresholds	29
3.2 Sensory Adaptation	29
3.3 Vision	30
3.4 Hearing	30
3.5 Taste	31
3.6 Smell	31
3.7 Skin Senses	32
3.8 Basic Perceptual Phenomena	32
3.10 Subliminal Perception	34
3.11 Extrasensory Perception	34
Chapter Three Practice Quiz	35
Chapter Four: Consciousness	36
4.1 Biological Rhythms	36
4.2 Sleep	36
4.3 Hypnosis	38
4.4 Psychoactive Drugs	38
Chapter Four Practice Quiz	40
Chapter Five: Learning and Memory	41
5.1 Learning	41
5.2 Memory	44
5.3 Memory as a Reconstructive Process	44
Chapter Five Practice Quiz	47
Chapter Six: Motivation and Emotion	48
6.1 Specific Motives	48
Chapter Six Practice Quiz	53
Chapter Seven: Thinking and Intelligence	54
7.1 Cognition	54
7.2 Intelligence	56
Chapter Seven Practice Quiz	59
Chapter Eight: Human Development	60
8.1 Development over the Lifespan	60
8.2 Early Development	64
8.3 Influences of Gender Development	65
Chapter Eight Practice Quiz	67
Chapter Nine: Personality	68
9.1 Theories of Personality	68
Chapter Nine Practice Quiz	74
Chapter Ten: Psychological Disorders and Therapies	75
10.1 Abnormal Psychology	75
10.2 Disorders	78
10.3 Approaches to Therapy	81
Chapter Ten Practice Quiz	83
Chapter Eleven: Social Psychology	84
11.1 Behavior in Social and Cultural Context	84
11.2 Attitude	86
11.3 Group Behavior	87
Chapter Eleven Practice Quiz	92
Practice Test	93
True and False Questions	97
Answer Keys	98

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