The science of psychology : an appreciative view / Laura A. King.

Includes bibliographical references (p. R1-R65) and index.

1. What is psychology?
Structuralism
Functionalism
Biological approach
Behavioral approach
Psychodynamic approach
Humanistic approach
Cognitive approach
Evolutionary approach
Sociocultural approach
Cross-cultural psychology and emotion
Psychology and health and wellness
2. Psychology's scientific methods
Anthropological theory and social psychology
Descriptive statistics
Inferential statistics
Conducting ethical research
3. Biological foundations of behavior
The nervous system
Neurons
The neural impulse
Synapses and neurotransmitters
Neural networks
Structures of the brain and their functions
Cerebral cortex
Cerebral hemispheres and split-brain research
Integration of function in the brain
The endocrine system
Brain damage, plasticity, and repair
Brain tissue implants
Genetics and behavior
Chromosomes, genes, and DNA
The Human Genome Project
Genes and the environment
Psychology's biological foundations and health and wellness
Stress and stressors
4. Human development
Child development
Prenatal development
Physical development
Cognitive development
Socioemotional development
Positive psychology and children's development : resilient children
Adolescence
Physical development
Cognitive development
Socioemotional development
Developing a positive identity
Positive psychology and adolescence
Adult development and aging
Emerging adulthood
Physical development
Cognitive development
Socioemotional development
Positive psychology and aging
Development psychology and health and wellness
Coping and development
Life themes and life-span development
5. Sensation and perception
Detecting, processing, and interpreting experiences
Sensory receptors and the brain
Signal detection theory
Sensory stimuli
Sensory adaptation
The visual stimulus and the eye
Visual processing in the brain
Color vision
Perceiving shape, depth, motion, and constancy
Illusions
The auditory system
Sound
Structures and functions of the ear
Theories of hearing
Auditory processing in the brain
Localizing sound
Cochlear implants
The skin senses
The chemical senses
The kinesthetic and vestibular senses
Sensation, perception, and health and wellness
6. States of consciousness
Consciousness and the brain
Levels of awareness
Sleep and dreams
Biological rhythms and sleep
Sleep stages
Sleep and disease
Sleep disorders
Dreams
Hypnosis
Psychoactive drugs
Psychedelic drugs
Consciousness and health and wellness
7. Learning
Classical conditioning
Pavlov's studies
Operant conditioning
Thorndike's law of effect
Skinner's approach to operant conditioning
Shaping
Principles of reinforcement
Psychology and life : mind games
Behaviorism and neuroscience
Observational learning
Bandura's model of observational learning
Cognitive factors in learning
Purposive behavior
Insight learning
Biological, cultural, and psychological factors in learning
Learning and health and wellness
Behavior modification
8. Memory
Memory encoding
Attention
Levels of processing
Elaboration
Imagery
Memory storage
Sensory memory
Short-term memory
Long-term memory
Memory and sensation
Memory retrieval
Serial position effect
Retrieval cues and the retrieval task
Memories : recovered, discovered, or false?
Forgetting
Encoding failure
Retrieval failure
Study tips for the science of memory
Encoding, rehearsal, and retrieval of course material
Mnemonic strategies
Memory and health and wellness
Autobiographical memory
Memory and aging
Memory and everyday life. 9. Thinking, intelligence, and language
Cognitive revolution in psychology thinking
Emotion and cognition
Intelligence
Measuring intelligence
Genetic and environmental influences on intelligence
Extremes of intelligence
Theories of multiple intelligences
Language
Structure of language
Links between language and cognition
Biological and environmental influences on language
Early development of language
Language and education
Thinking, problem solving, and health and wellness
Cognitive appraisal and coping
Strategies for successful coping
10. Motivation and emotion
Theories of motivation
Evolutionary approach
Drive reduction theory
Optimum arousal theory
Hunger
Biology of hunger
Obesity and eating behavior
Dieting
Sexuality
The biology of sex
cognitive and sensory/perceptual factors
Cultural factors
Sexual behavior and orientations
Beyond hunger and sex : approaches to motivation in everyday life
Maslow's hierarchy of human needs
Self-determination theory
Intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation
Self-regulation : successful pursuit of goals
Motivation and cognition
Emotion
The biology of emotion
Cognitive factors
Behavioral factors
Sociocultural factors
Classifying emotions
Emotion and health and wellness
Positive emotions, health, and coping
Interplay of positive emotions and resilience
11. Personality
Psychodynamic perspectives
Freud's psychoanalytic theory
Psychodynamic dissenters and revisionists
Humanistic perspectives
Maslow's approach
Roger's approach
Trait perspectives
Trait theories
Five-factor model of personality
Personality and emotion
Personological and life story perspectives
Murray's personological approach
Life story approach and identity
Social cognitive perspectives
Bandura's social cognitive theory
Mischel's contributions
Personality assessment
Self-report tests
Projective tests
Personality and health and wellness
Conscientiousness and personal control
Type A/type B behavior patters
Optimism and hardiness
12. Social psychology
Social cognition
Social behavior
Altruism
Aggression
Social psychology and developmental psychology
Social influence
Conformity and obedience
Group influence
Intergroup relations
Group identity
Prejudice
Interethnic relations
Close relationships
Attraction
Love
Social psychology and health and wellness
The healing power or writing
Social isolation and life's transitions
13. Industrial and organizational psychology
Scientific management
Ergonomics : where psychology meets engineering
The Hawthorne Studies and the human relations approach to management
Industrial psychology
Job analysis and job evaluation
Personnel selection
Training
Performance appraisal
Organizational psychology
Approaches to management
Job satisfaction
Employee commitment
Meaning of work
Leadership
Psychology and personality
Organizational culture
Toxic factors in the workplace
Psychology and health and wellness
Stress at work
Managing job stress
14. Psychological disorders
Defining and explaining abnormal behavior
Anxiety disorders
Panic disorder
Phobic disorder
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Mood disorders
Depressive disorders
Bipolar disorder
Clinical and development psychology
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative amnesia and fugue
Dissociative identity disorder
Schizophrenia
Personality disorders
Odd/eccentric cluster
Dramatic/emotionally problematic cluster
Chronic-fearfullness/avoidant cluster
Psychological disorders and health and wellness
Targeting illness and unhealthy lifestyles
Facing up to and overcoming stigma
15. Therapies
Biological therapies
Drug therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy
Psychosurgery
Psychotherapy
Psychodynamic therapies
Humanistic therapies
Behavior therapies
Cognitive therapies
Clinical psychology and neuroscience
Sociocultural approaches and issues in treatment
Group therapy
Family and couples therapy
Self-help support groups
Community mental health
Cultural perspectives
Effectiveness of psychotherapy
Therapies and health and wellness
Links between therapy and physical and psychological health
Psychotherapy, wellness, and personal growth
16. Health psychology
Biopsychosocial model
Relationship between the mind and body
Positive life changes
Theoretical models of change
Stages of change model
Tools for effective life change
Self-efficacy
Motivation
Religious faith
Cultivating good habits
Controlling stress
Becoming physically active
Eating right
Quitting smoking
Practicing safe sex
Integrating psychology and health and wellness