Introduction to Psychology | Charles Stangor and Sue Frantz

- 1Welcome to Psychology
- 2Research Methods: The Science of Psychology
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  - 2.1Psychologists Use the Scientific Method to Guide Their Research
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  - 2.2Psychologists Use Descriptive, Correlational, and Experimental Research Designs to Understand Behavior
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  - 2.3Critical Thinking about Psychological Research in the News
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  - 2.4Chapter Summary
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- 3Biological Psychology: The Brain at Work
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  - 3.1The Neuron Is the Building Block of the Nervous System
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  - 3.2Our Brains Control Our Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior
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  - 3.3Psychologists Study the Brain Using Many Different Methods
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  - 3.4Putting It All Together: The Nervous System and the Endocrine System
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  - 3.5Chapter Summary
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- 4Sensation and Perception: Experiencing the World Around Us
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  - 4.1We Experience Our World Through Sensation
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  - 4.2Vision
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  - 4.3Hearing
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  - 4.4Taste, Smell, Touch, Proprioception, and Balance
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  - 4.5Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Perception
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  - 4.6Chapter Summary
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- 5Consciousness: Sleep, Drugs, and Other Mental States
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  - 5.1Sleeping and Dreaming Revitalize Us for Action
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  - 5.2Altered Consciousness: Psychoactive Drugs
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  - 5.3Altered Consciousness: Hypnosis, Meditation, and Flow
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  - 5.4Chapter Summary
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- 6Development: Changes Across Our Lifetime
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  - 6.1Conception and Prenatal Development
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  - 6.2Infancy and Childhood: Exploring and Learning
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  - 6.3Adolescence: Developing Independence and Identity
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  - 6.4Early and Middle Adulthood: Building Effective Lives
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  - 6.5Late Adulthood: Aging and Retiring
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  - 6.6Chapter Summary
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- 7Learning: Changing Our Behavior
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  - 7.1Classical Conditioning: Learning by Associating Stimuli
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  - 7.2Operant Conditioning: Learning by Associating a Behavior with Consequences
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  - 7.3Using the Principles of Learning to Understand Everyday Behavior
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  - 7.4Learning by Insight and Observation
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- 8Memory and Cognition: Remembering and Thinking
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  - 8.1Memories as Types and Stages
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  - 8.2How We Remember: Cues to Improving Memory
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  - 8.3Accuracy and Inaccuracy in Memory and Cognition
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- 9Intelligence and Language: Processing Information and Communication
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  - 9.1Defining and Measuring Cognitive Intelligence
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  - 9.2Theories of Specific Intelligences
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  - 9.3Communicating with Others: The Development and Use of Language
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- 10Emotions and Motivation: What Drives Us
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  - 10.1The Experience of Emotion
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  - 10.2Stress and Coping
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  - 10.3The Power of Happiness
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  - 10.4Motivation: Eating, Sexual Behavior, and Achievement
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  - 10.5Chapter Summary
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- 11Social Psychology: Interacting with Those Around Us
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  - 11.1Social Cognition: Making Sense of Ourselves and Others
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  - 11.2Interacting with Others: Helping, Hurting, and Conforming
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  - 11.3Working with Others: The Costs and Benefits of Social Groups
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  - 11.4Chapter Summary
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- 12Personality: Development and Measurement
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  - 12.1Personality and Behavior: Approaches and Measurement
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  - 12.2Genetics of Personality
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  - 12.3History: Personality Theory’s Early Years
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  - 12.4Chapter Summary
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- 13Psychological Disorders: Defining Mental Illness
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  - 13.1Mental Illness: What Makes a Behavior “Abnormal”?
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  - 13.2Anxiety and Trauma-Related Disorders
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  - 13.3Mood Disorders
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  - 13.4Schizophrenia
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  - 13.5Personality Disorders
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  - 13.6Chapter Summary
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- 14Therapy: Coping with Life’s Changes
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  - 14.1Psychotherapy
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  - 14.2Biomedical Therapies
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  - 14.3Environmentally Based Treatment
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  - 14.4Evaluating Treatment and Prevention: What Works?
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  - 14.5Chapter Summary
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- AThe Evolution of Psychology: History, Approaches, and Questions
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  - A.1History
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