- Subject:
- Social Science, Psychology
- Material Type:
- Full Course
- Level:
- Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division
- Provider:
- Rice University
- Provider Set:
- OpenStax College
- Tags:
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
Psychology
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.
Senior Contributing Authors
Rose M. Spielman, Formerly of Quinnipiac University
Contributing Authors
Kathryn Dumper, Bainbridge State College
William Jenkins, Mercer University
Arlene Lacombe, Saint Joseph's University
Marilyn Lovett, Livingstone College
Marion Perlmutter, University of Michigan
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Psychology?Lesson 3
History of PsychologyLesson 4
Contemporary PsychologyLesson 5
Careers in Psychology
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Why Is Research Important?Lesson 3
Approaches to ResearchLesson 4
Analyzing FindingsLesson 5
Ethics
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Human GeneticsLesson 3
Cells of the Nervous SystemLesson 4
Parts of the Nervous SystemLesson 5
The Brain and Spinal CordLesson 6
The Endocrine System
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Consciousness?Lesson 3
Sleep and Why We SleepLesson 4
Stages of SleepLesson 5
Sleep Problems and DisordersLesson 6
Substance Use and AbuseLesson 7
Other States of Consciousness
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
Sensation versus PerceptionLesson 3
Waves and WavelengthsLesson 4
VisionLesson 5
HearingLesson 6
The Other SensesLesson 7
Gestalt Principles of Perception
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Learning?Lesson 3
Classical ConditioningLesson 4
Operant Conditioning
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Cognition?Lesson 3
LanguageLesson 4
Problem SolvingLesson 6
Measures of IntelligenceLesson 7
The Source of Intelligence
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
How Memory FunctionsLesson 4
Problems with MemoryLesson 5
Ways to Enhance Memory
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Lifespan Development?Lesson 3
Lifespan TheoriesLesson 4
Stages of DevelopmentLesson 5
Death and Dying
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
MotivationLesson 3
Hunger and EatingLesson 4
Sexual BehaviorLesson 5
Emotion
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Personality?Lesson 5
Learning ApproachesLesson 6
Humanistic ApproachesLesson 7
Biological ApproachesLesson 8
Trait TheoristsLesson 10
Personality Assessment
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Social Psychology?Lesson 3
Self-presentationLesson 4
Attitudes and PersuasionLesson 6
Prejudice and DiscriminationLesson 7
AggressionLesson 8
Prosocial Behavior
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 2
What Is Stress?Lesson 3
StressorsLesson 4
Stress and IllnessLesson 5
Regulation of StressLesson 6
The Pursuit of Happiness
Lesson 1
IntroductionLesson 5
Anxiety DisordersLesson 7
Posttraumatic Stress DisorderLesson 8
Mood DisordersLesson 9
SchizophreniaLesson 10
Dissociative DisordersLesson 11
Personality DisordersLesson 12
Disorders in Childhood