Introduction to psychology / James W. Kalat.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage, 2017Edition: 11th edDescription: xxi, 602pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0357670712
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BF121 .K26 2017
Contents:
What is psychology? -- Scientific methods in psychology -- Biological psychology -- Sensation and perception -- Development -- Learning -- Memory -- Cognition and language -- Intelligence -- Consciousness -- Motivated behaviours -- Emotions, stress, and health -- Social behaviour -- Personality -- Abnormal psychology: disorders and treatment.
Summary: "Drawing from the latest research and literature, Kalat's bestselling 'Introduction to Psychology' teaches you how to evaluate the evidence to separate the plausible from the scientifically demonstrable - helping you become a savvier consumer of information. Thoroughly updated, it includes expanded coverage of replicability and research misconduct, and revisits several classic topics in the light of new scholarly insight."--Provided by publisher
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What is psychology? -- Scientific methods in psychology -- Biological psychology -- Sensation and perception -- Development -- Learning -- Memory -- Cognition and language -- Intelligence -- Consciousness -- Motivated behaviours -- Emotions, stress, and health -- Social behaviour -- Personality -- Abnormal psychology: disorders and treatment.

"Drawing from the latest research and literature, Kalat's bestselling 'Introduction to Psychology' teaches you how to evaluate the evidence to separate the plausible from the scientifically demonstrable - helping you become a savvier consumer of information. Thoroughly updated, it includes expanded coverage of replicability and research misconduct, and revisits several classic topics in the light of new scholarly insight."--Provided by publisher

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