Psychology: an exploration

by Ciccarelli, Saundra K.

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Full title :Psychology : an exploration / Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pearson
Place of Publication:Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxii, 497 pages : : color illustrations ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780205256419, 0205256414
oclc:ocn762135105
LC Classification:BF121
Dewey Decimal:150

Introduction: secrets for surviving college : how to improve your grades -- 1. The science of psychology -- Wundt, introspection, and the laboratory -- Titchener and structuralism in America -- William James and functionalism -- Psychology's African American roots -- Gestalt psychology -- Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis -- Pavlov, Watson, and the dawn of behaviorism -- Psychodynamic perspective -- Behavioral perspective -- Humanistic perspective -- Cognitive perspective -- Sociocultural perspective -- Biopsychological perspective -- Evolutionary perspective -- Psychological professionals and areas of specialization -- Psychology : the scientific methodology -- Stereotypes, athletes, and college test performance -- Ethics of psychological research -- 2. The biological perspective -- An overview of the nervous system -- Neurons and nerves -- Neurotransmitters -- Synapse -- Central nervous system -- The brain -- The spinal cord -- Peripheral nervous system -- Somatic nervous system -- Autonomic nervous system -- Endocrine glands -- The pituitary -- Pineal gland -- Thyroid gland -- Pancreas -- The gonads -- Adrenal glands -- Inside the living brain -- Lesioning studies -- Bra…