Psychology 13th Edition by David G. Myers, ISBN-13: 978-1319132101

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Psychology 13th Edition by David G. Myers, ISBN-13: 978-1319132101

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• Publisher: ‎ Worth Publishers; Thirteenth edition (August 24, 2020)
• Language: ‎ English
• 896 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 1319132103
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1319132101

From its beginnings to this remarkably fresh and current new edition, Myers and DeWall’s Psychology has found extraordinarily effective ways to involve students with the remarkable research underlying our understanding of human behavior. But while the content and learning support evolves edition after edition, the text itself continues to be shaped by basic goals David Myers established at the outset, including to connect students to high-impact research, to focus on developing critical thinking skills, and to present a multicultural perspective on psychology, so students can see themselves in the context of a wider world.

This new edition offers 2100 research citations dated 2015–2020, making these the most up-to-date introductory psychology course resources available. With so many exciting new findings, and every chapter updated with current new examples and ideas, students will see the importance and value of psychological research, and how psychology can help them make sense of the world around them.

Table of Contents:

About this Book

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

About the Authors

Brief Contents

Contents

Instructor Preface

Student Success: How to Apply Psychology to Live Your Best Life

Prologue The Story of Psychology

What Is Psychology?

Psychology Is a Science

Critical Thinking

Psychological Science Is Born

Psychological Science Matures

Contemporary Psychology

Use Psychology to Become a Stronger Person—and a Better Student

Review The Story of Psychology

Chapter 1 Thinking Critically With Psychological Science

Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

The Need for Psychological Science

Psychological Science in a Post-Truth World

The Scientific Method

Psychology’s Research Ethics

Review Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Describing Data

Significant Differences

Review Statistical Reasoning in Everyday Life

Chapter 2 The Biology of Mind

Neural and Hormonal Systems

Biology, Behavior, and Mind

The Power of Plasticity

Neural Communication

The Nervous System

The Endocrine System

Review Neural and Hormonal Systems

Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System

The Tools of Discovery: Having Our Head Examined

Older Brain Structures

The Limbic System

Review Tools of Discovery, Older Brain Structures, and the Limbic System

The Cerebral Cortex

Structure of the Cortex

Functions of the Cortex

Responses to Damage

The Divided Brain

Review The Cerebral Cortex

Chapter 3 Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind

Basic Consciousness Concepts

Defining Consciousness

Cognitive Neuroscience

Selective Attention

Dual Processing: The Two-Track Mind

Review Basic Consciousness Concepts

Sleep and Dreams

Biological Rhythms and Sleep

Why Do We Sleep?

Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders

Dreams

Review Sleep and Dreams

Drugs and Consciousness

Tolerance and Addiction in Substance Use Disorders

Types of Psychoactive Drugs

Influences on Drug Use

Review Drugs and Consciousness

Chapter 4 Nature, Nurture, and Human Diversity

Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

Genes: Our Codes for Life

Twin and Adoption Studies

Temperament and Heredity

Heritability

Gene–Environment Interaction

Review Behavior Genetics: Predicting Individual Differences

Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture

Natural Selection and Adaptation

Evolutionary Success Helps Explain Similarities

An Evolutionary Explanation of Human Sexuality

Review Evolutionary Psychology: Explaining Human Nature and Nurture

Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture

How Does Experience Influence Development?

Cultural Influences

Gender Development

Reflections on Nature, Nurture, and Their Interaction

Review Cultural and Gender Diversity: Understanding Nature and Nurture

Chapter 5 Developing Through the Life Span

Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Developmental Psychology’s Major Issues

Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Review Developmental Issues, Prenatal Development, and the Newborn

Infancy and Childhood

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Review Infancy and Childhood

Adolescence

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Emerging Adulthood

Review Adolescence

Adulthood

Physical Development

Cognitive Development

Social Development

Review Adulthood

Chapter 6 Sensation and Perception

Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception

Processing Sensations and Perceptions

Transduction

Thresholds

Sensory Adaptation

Perceptual Set

Context, Motivation, and Emotion

Review Basic Concepts of Sensation and Perception

Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

Light Energy and Eye Structures

Information Processing in the Eye and Brain

Perceptual Organization

Perceptual Interpretation

Review Vision: Sensory and Perceptual Processing

The Nonvisual Senses

Hearing

The Other Senses

Sensory Interaction

ESP—Perception Without Sensation?

Review The Nonvisual Senses

Chapter 7 Learning

Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

How Do We Learn?

Classical Conditioning

Review Basic Learning Concepts and Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Skinner’s Experiments

Skinner’s Legacy

Contrasting Classical and Operant Conditioning

Review Operant Conditioning

Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Biological Constraints on Conditioning

Cognition’s Influence on Conditioning

Learning by Observation

Review Biology, Cognition, and Learning

Chapter 8 Memory

Studying and Encoding Memories

Studying Memory

Encoding Memories

Review Studying and Encoding Memories

Storing and Retrieving Memories

Memory Storage

Memory Retrieval

Review Storing and Retrieving Memories

Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

Forgetting

Memory Construction Errors

Improving Memory

Review Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Improving Memory

Chapter 9 Thinking and Language

Thinking

Concepts

Problem Solving: Strategies and Obstacles

Forming Good (and Bad) Decisions and Judgments

Thinking Creatively

Do Other Species Share Our Cognitive Skills?

Review Thinking

Language and Thought

Language Structure

Language Acquisition and Development

The Brain and Language

Do Other Species Have Language?

Thinking and Language

Review Language and Thought

Chapter 10 Intelligence

What Is Intelligence?

Spearman and Thurstone’s Intelligence Theories

The Cattell-Horn-Carroll Intelligence Theory

Theories of Multiple Intelligences

Emotional Intelligence

Review What Is Intelligence?

Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics

Early and Modern Tests of Mental Abilities

Principles of Test Construction

Extremes of Intelligence

Intelligence Across the Life Span

Review Intelligence Assessment and Dynamics

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Heredity and Intelligence

Environment and Intelligence

Gene–Environment Interactions

Group Differences in Intelligence Test Scores

Review Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Chapter 11 What Drives Us: Hunger, Sex, Belonging, and Achievement

Basic Motivational Concepts

Instincts and Evolutionary Theory

Drives and Incentives

Arousal Theory

A Hierarchy of Needs

Review Basic Motivational Concepts

Hunger

The Physiology of Hunger

The Psychology of Hunger

Review Hunger

Sexual Motivation

The Physiology of Sex

The Psychology of Sex

Sexual Orientation

Sex and Human Relationships

Review Sexual Motivation

Affiliation and Achievement

The Need to Belong

Achievement Motivation

Review Affiliation and Achievement

Chapter 12 Emotions, Stress, and Health

Introduction to Emotion

Emotion: Arousal, Behavior, and Cognition

Embodied Emotion

Review Introduction to Emotion

Expressing Emotion

Detecting Emotion in Others

Gender, Emotion, and Nonverbal Behavior

Culture and Emotional Expression

The Effects of Facial Expressions

Review Expressing Emotion

Experiencing Emotion

Anger

Happiness

Review Experiencing Emotion

Stress and Illness

Stress: Some Basic Concepts

Stress and Vulnerability to Disease

Review Stress and Illness

Health and Coping

Coping With Stress

Reducing Stress

Review Health and Coping

Chapter 13 Social Psychology

Social Thinking

The Fundamental Attribution Error

Attitudes and Actions

Persuasion

Review Social Thinking

Social Influence

Conformity: Complying With Social Pressures

Obedience: Following Orders

Lessons From the Conformity and Obedience Studies

Group Behavior

Review Social Influence

Antisocial Relations

Prejudice

Aggression

Review Antisocial Relations

Prosocial Relations

Attraction

Altruism

From Conflict to Peace

Review Prosocial Relations

Chapter 14 Personality

Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories

What Is Personality?

Psychodynamic Theories

Review Introduction to Personality and Psychodynamic Theories

Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories

Humanistic Theories

Trait Theories

Review Humanistic Theories and Trait Theories

Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self

Social-Cognitive Theories

Exploring the Self

Review Social-Cognitive Theories and the Self

Chapter 15 Psychological Disorders

Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Defining Psychological Disorders

Understanding Psychological Disorders

Classifying Disorders—and Labeling People

Risk of Harm to Self and Others

Rates of Psychological Disorders

Review Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Anxiety-Related Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders

Understanding Anxiety-Related Disorders

Review Anxiety-Related Disorders

Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders

Major Depressive Disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Understanding Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders

Review Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders

Schizophrenia

Symptoms of Schizophrenia

Onset and Development of Schizophrenia

Understanding Schizophrenia

Review Schizophrenia

Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Dissociative Disorders

Personality Disorders

Eating Disorders

Review Dissociative, Personality, and Eating Disorders

Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Intellectual Disability

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Review Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Chapter 16 Therapy

Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies

Treating Psychological Disorders

Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies

Humanistic Therapies

Behavior Therapies

Cognitive Therapies

Group and Family Therapies

Review Introduction to Therapy and the Psychological Therapies

Evaluating Psychotherapies

Is Psychotherapy Effective?

Which Psychotherapies Work Best?

How Do Psychotherapies Help People?

How Does Human Diversity Influence Psychotherapy?

Who Seeks Psychotherapy and Who Provides It?

What Are Some Important Ethical Principles in Psychotherapy?

Review Evaluating Psychotherapies

The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

Drug Therapies

Brain Stimulation

Psychosurgery

Preventing Psychological Disorders and Building Resilience

Review The Biomedical Therapies and Preventing Psychological Disorders

Footnote

Appendix A: The Story of Psychology: A Timeline

Appendix B: Career Fields in Psychology

Appendix C: Psychology at Work

Work and Life Satisfaction

Flow at Work

Finding Your Own Flow, and Matching Interests to Work

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Personnel Psychology

Using Strengths for Successful Selection

Do Interviews Predict Performance?

Appraising Performance

Organizational Psychology

Satisfaction and Engagement at Work

Effective Leadership

Human Factors Psychology

Review Psychology at Work

Appendix D: Complete Chapter Reviews

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Appendix C

Appendix E: Answers to the Retrieval Practice and Master the Material Questions

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Appendix C

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Notes

Back Cover

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