Annual editions : pscyhology 98/99 /

By: editor [Karen G. Duffy]
Language: English Publisher: Connecticut : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill , 1998Edition: Annual editionsDescription: x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0697391957; 9780697391957Subject(s): Psychology | Emotions | Motivation (Psychology) | PersonalityDDC classification:
Contents:
Unit 1. The science of psychology. The origin of psychological species: history of the beginnings of American Psychological Association Divisions -- The benefits and ethics of animal research -- On the validity of psychological experiments -- Unit 2. Biological bases of behavior -- Nature, nurture: not mutually exclusive -- Keys to the kingdom -- Secrets of the brain -- Revealing the brain's secrets. Unit 3. Perceptual processes -- The senses -- Seeing is hearing -- Science yields powerful new therapies for pain -- The rhythm method -- Does ESP exist -- Unit 4. Learning and remembering -- What constitutes "appropriate" punishment? -- Fear of forgetting -- It's magical! It's malleable! It's ... memory -- Lies of the mind -- Unit 5. Cognitive processes -- Your child's brain -- To be intelligent -- Reflections on mulltiple intelligences: myths and messages -- Can machines think? Unit 6. Emotion and motivation -- Is it nature or nurture? -- The EQ factor -- A doubtful device -- Forget money: nothing can buy happiness, some researchers say -- Addicted -- Born to be good? -- Unit 7. Development -- Fertile minds -- Rethinking puberty : the development of sexual attraction -- Am I an adult yet? -- Can we stay young -- Unit 8. Personality processes. The stability of personality: observation and evaluations -- Evolutionary necessity or glorious accident? -- Biologists ponder the self -- Are you shy? -- Hotheads and heart attacks -- Unit. 9 Social processes -- What messages are behind today's cults -- Mixed blood -- Disintegration of the family is the real root cause of violent crime -- The future of love -- The enduring power of friendship. Unit 10. Psychological disorders -- Should we destigmatize mental illness? -- Is mental illness catching -- Don't face stress alone -- Mother's little helper -- Making sense of mania and depression -- Patterns of abuse -- Unit 11. Psychological treatments -- No more bells and whistles -- What can you change and what you cannot change -- Prescription for happiness? -- Upset? Try cyberthrapy. editor : Karen G. Duffy. Annual editions : Psychology
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Unit 1. The science of psychology. The origin of psychological species: history of the beginnings of American Psychological Association Divisions --
The benefits and ethics of animal research --
On the validity of psychological experiments --
Unit 2. Biological bases of behavior --
Nature, nurture: not mutually exclusive --
Keys to the kingdom --
Secrets of the brain --
Revealing the brain's secrets. Unit 3. Perceptual processes --
The senses --
Seeing is hearing --
Science yields powerful new therapies for pain --
The rhythm method --
Does ESP exist --
Unit 4. Learning and remembering --
What constitutes "appropriate" punishment? --
Fear of forgetting --
It's magical! It's malleable! It's ... memory --
Lies of the mind --
Unit 5. Cognitive processes --
Your child's brain --
To be intelligent --
Reflections on mulltiple intelligences: myths and messages --
Can machines think? Unit 6. Emotion and motivation --
Is it nature or nurture? --
The EQ factor --
A doubtful device --
Forget money: nothing can buy happiness, some researchers say --
Addicted --
Born to be good? --
Unit 7. Development --
Fertile minds --
Rethinking puberty : the development of sexual attraction --
Am I an adult yet? --
Can we stay young --
Unit 8. Personality processes. The stability of personality: observation and evaluations --
Evolutionary necessity or glorious accident? --
Biologists ponder the self --
Are you shy? --
Hotheads and heart attacks --
Unit. 9 Social processes --
What messages are behind today's cults --
Mixed blood --
Disintegration of the family is the real root cause of violent crime --
The future of love --
The enduring power of friendship. Unit 10. Psychological disorders --
Should we destigmatize mental illness? --
Is mental illness catching --
Don't face stress alone --
Mother's little helper --
Making sense of mania and depression --
Patterns of abuse --
Unit 11. Psychological treatments --
No more bells and whistles --
What can you change and what you cannot change --
Prescription for happiness? --
Upset? Try cyberthrapy. editor : Karen G. Duffy. Annual editions : Psychology

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