Psychology in your life

by Grison, Sarah

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Title Statements

Full title :Psychology in your life / Sarah Grison, Todd F. Heatherton, Michael S. Gazzaniga.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2017
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2017

The Physical Object

Description:xxix, 577 pages, 104 variously numbered pages : : colour illustrations ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780393265156, 0393265153
oclc:ocn956878057
LC Classification:BF713
Dewey Decimal:150

Machine generated contents note: 1.1. Why Is Psychology Important to You? -- Psychology Explains Our Mental Activity and Behavior -- Psychology Teaches Us to Think Critically -- Learning Tip: Developing Critical Thinking Skills -- Psychology Helps Us Succeed in School and at Work -- Using Psychology in your life: How Can Psychology Help Me Study? -- 1.2. What Do Psychologists Investigate? -- Psychology Originated in Philosophical Questions -- Psychologists Investigate the Conscious and Unconscious Mind -- Psychologists Explore Behavior and Mental Activity -- 1.3. Who Are Psychologists Today? -- Psychologists Work Across Levels of Analysis -- Psychologists Investigate Many Different Topics -- Psychologists Today Follow Strict Ethical Guidelines -- 1.4. How Do Psychologists Conduct Research? -- Psychologists Use the Scientific Method -- Descriptive Methods Describe What Is Happening -- Scientific Thinking: The Hawthorne Effect -- Correlational Methods Test Associations --

Learning Tip: Problems Determining Causality in Correlational Methods -- Being a critical consumer: Does Spanking Cause Long-Term Harm? -- Experimental Methods Test Causation -- Learning Tip: Dependent and Indepen…